Illinois dismisses head coach...

[ACokeForRoy]

Wow. Reminds me of the Butch Davis firing just before the season kicks off.

http://fightingillini.com/news/2015/8/28/Football_0828155855.aspx

 

[SeaHawk98]

Well there is one big difference. Butch was fired to cover up Thorp's wrong doings.

 

[ACokeForRoy]

Well there is one big difference. Butch was fired to cover up Thorp's wrong doings.

Hmmm.. interesting...

 

[uncboy10]

Wow the front half of our schedule is looking pretty manageable right now... Could really be on a roll by the time we get to GT.

 

[WoadBlue]

Well there is one big difference. Butch was fired to cover up Thorp's wrong doings.

Was Butch evcen one-tenth of one per cent responsible for any AFAM class? Nope. But Thorp was.

Was even one-half of one per cent responsible for the firing and training and overseeing of tutors? Nope. But Thorp was.

Thorp was guilty of both, first as A&S Dean and then as Chancellor.

Butch was just a football coach. if he had declared that any class A&S approved to be offered was unfit for his players, he might have been fired for acting beyond his area, for being a coach interfering with academics.