When Josh Whitman announced the firing of head football coach Bill Cubit less than a day into his reign as Illinois' new athletic director, two theories seemed to prevail when it came to the untimely move.
Theory 1: Whitman had something up his sleeve to justify the sudden shakeup.
Theory 2: By firing his head coach a week away from the start of spring practice, the new Fighting Illini AD was only furthering the mess that had been left for him by his predecessors in Champaign.
"The decision to change football staffs has broader implications than just about anything else," Whitman said in a Saturday press conference.