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Since these are articles I am giving each one a new thread.

This one is also interesting. This says he was interviewed on Tuesday and hired almost immediately. I guess they really liked what they saw!

"Mike Thomas arrived on the Illinois campus Tuesday for a late morning interview to replace the retired Ron Guenther as athletic director.

The school didn't need to hear much, as it hired the former Cincinnati AD Wednesday afternoon."

Also - I was not aware of this - "Thomas, who served as Akron's athletic director before Cincinnati, said he helped construct $30 million worth of new facilities for the Bearcats, including a new football practice facility. The school also is in the second phase of studying its basketball arena"

He did? Other than the practice facility, what am I forgetting?

And - Ron Zook does not seem too impressed - "Zook said he hasn't had an opportunity to meet Thomas as the football team is training in Rantoul. He was not consulted about the hire, he said.

"I'm excited that it's over with and we know who it is," he said. "I'm looking forward and I think it's a great day for the University of Illinois. It's go, man, go."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/site/newsp...5022.story

I'm excited that it's over with and we know who it is," he said. "I'm looking forward and I think it's a great day for the University of Illinois. It's go, man, go."

Zooker, you may get pink slipped...

(08-11-2011 10:24 AM)BearcatBeta Wrote: [ -> ]I'm excited that it's over with and we know who it is," he said. "I'm looking forward and I think it's a great day for the University of Illinois. It's go, man, go."

Zooker, you may get pink slipped...

i was just going to say, Zook's got 99 problems and a new AD ain't one...

Yea I'm not sure Zook does. Does Mike Thomas have a history of firing coaches. He always seems to just stick with what he has available.

Ron Zook, seventh year at Illinois, 51-59 career record, 28-45 at Illinois

While the Illini program has NEVER won bowl games two years in a row, Zook has yet to put together two winning seasons in a row while in Champaign.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/ne...-ncaaf-iic

(08-11-2011 10:34 AM)cinbinsportsfan Wrote: [ -> ]Yea I'm not sure Zook does. Does Mike Thomas have a history of firing coaches. He always seems to just stick with what he has available.

That may partly be a function of the budget constraints he's had to work with. Maybe if Illinois has enough money, he can finally hire Skip Holtz!

(08-11-2011 01:19 PM)JackieTreehorn Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-11-2011 10:34 AM)cinbinsportsfan Wrote: [ -> ]Yea I'm not sure Zook does. Does Mike Thomas have a history of firing coaches. He always seems to just stick with what he has available.

That may partly be a function of the budget constraints he's had to work with. Maybe if Illinois has enough money, he can finally hire Skip Holtz!

Good point about the budget. Forgot about how constrained they were/are.