Little Danny

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Little Danny

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Wed, Aug 10, 2011 5:11 PM Aug 10, 2011 5:11 PM

UC AD (and former Akron AD) Mike Thomas is the new AD at Illinois. I am going to guess one of his first agenda items will be to fire Ron Zook and find a replacement.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/chi-report-cincinnatis-mike-thomas-gets-illinois-ad-job-20110810,0,7002426.story

Aug 10, 2011 5:11pm

goosebumps

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goosebumps

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Wed, Aug 10, 2011 5:19 PM Aug 10, 2011 5:19 PM

Sad to see him go, he made some tremendous hires while at UC. Illinois is getting a good one

Aug 10, 2011 5:19pm

Little Danny

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Little Danny

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Wed, Aug 10, 2011 5:22 PM Aug 10, 2011 5:22 PM

I think it was his time to move on. Thomas made some good hires, but he struggled in other areas such as fund raising, football and basketball stadium expansion/new facilities and community outreach. UC needs someone with a little fire on their belly to kick things up a notch.

Aug 10, 2011 5:22pm

SportsAndLady

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SportsAndLady

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Wed, Aug 10, 2011 6:35 PM Aug 10, 2011 6:35 PM

He needs to fire Bruce Weber too

Aug 10, 2011 6:35pm

darbypitcher22

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darbypitcher22

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Wed, Aug 10, 2011 6:43 PM Aug 10, 2011 6:43 PM

Gotta think Zook is on the hot seat... probably needs an 8 or 9 win season with 1 or two wins over teams they shouldn't to hold onto his job

Aug 10, 2011 6:43pm