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will there be more under the NEW Athletic Director...?
football coach Bill Cubit, who many thought deserved a shot at staying - has been fired
..what's really odd is that while he was the interim head coach after Tim Beckman was fired....he did well enough that a few games later, on November 28, 2015...
he had his "Interim" tag removed and he was given a $2.4 million/TWO YEAR contract!!!
Now Illinois will obviously have to buy that out...
funny how the articles read....
"In case there was still any doubt, Bill Cubit will indeed be coaching Fighting Illini football this upcoming Fall (2016).
University of Illinois trustees met in Chicago on Thursday, and official approval of Cubit's new two-year, $2.4 million contract was on the agenda.
The two sides agreed to the deal in principle back on November 28th..."
..but now he's gone......several of the Illini assistants 8 or 9 of them) who were still under former contracts - were hauling in ~$200K up to $440K.
Presumably most of those will now also have to be bought out.
along with this announcement came a confirmation that basketball coach John Groce will not be fired this year and will be back in 2016-17
Unfortunately - in an effort to win a couple games and save his job - he brought Mike Thorne back from injury when he should not have played..
then after a few minutes - he was reinjured and done for the season but had blown his possible redshirt.
football coach Bill Cubit, who many thought deserved a shot at staying - has been fired
..what's really odd is that while he was the interim head coach after Tim Beckman was fired....he did well enough that a few games later, on November 28, 2015...
he had his "Interim" tag removed and he was given a $2.4 million/TWO YEAR contract!!!
Now Illinois will obviously have to buy that out...
funny how the articles read....
"In case there was still any doubt, Bill Cubit will indeed be coaching Fighting Illini football this upcoming Fall (2016).
University of Illinois trustees met in Chicago on Thursday, and official approval of Cubit's new two-year, $2.4 million contract was on the agenda.
The two sides agreed to the deal in principle back on November 28th..."
..but now he's gone......several of the Illini assistants 8 or 9 of them) who were still under former contracts - were hauling in ~$200K up to $440K.
Presumably most of those will now also have to be bought out.
along with this announcement came a confirmation that basketball coach John Groce will not be fired this year and will be back in 2016-17
Unfortunately - in an effort to win a couple games and save his job - he brought Mike Thorne back from injury when he should not have played..
then after a few minutes - he was reinjured and done for the season but had blown his possible redshirt.
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