Arrelious Benn slams Zook's offense

[O-town Gator]

"But the Fighting Illini changed quarterbacks his senior year, which he blamed for his dropoff to 38 catches in 2009.

"I didn't have a quarterback. I went through three quarterbacks, I had a change of offensive coordinators, I didn't have the right guys around me that I thought I needed to win."

"Despite his 2008 turn as the Big Ten's total yardage king, insiders and professionals alike affirm the widespread reputation of Juice Williams as a certified offense killer. (Juice himself, unsurprisingly, went undrafted.) But you probably already knew that. Now, the final question of wasted potential of the Juice/Benn/Ron Zook era in Champaign is this: Was Williams' failure to develop beyond his sophomore year an indictment of his own squandered expectations, or of Zook and his staff's inability to mold a quarterback from raw talent (see also: Florida's Chris Leak, a similar disappointment turned into a national champion after Urban Meyer's arrival there), or a symbiotic flop on both parts?"

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[Leakfan12]

Of course Zook sucks and I didn't know why UI kept him. How tall is Juice Williams? I don't think he was that tall.

 

[GainesvillebornNraised]

im glad he had a drop off this year


thats the only reason he was left on the board for the bucs 3rd pick

 

[Leakfan12]

im glad he had a drop off this year


thats the only reason he was left on the board for the bucs 3rd pick

Well that's true and I hope he delivers especially for Freeman's sake.

 

[O-town Gator]

Of course Zook sucks and I didn't know why UI kept him. How tall is Juice Williams? I don't think he was that tall.

Not only was Juice William's talent wasted, Chris Leak was stymied and Rex Grossman saw his Heisman hopes head right down the loo on account of Zook.

Zook is like the antithesis of Midas - instead of everything he touches turning to gold, it turns to crap - especially quarterbacks.

This wasn't the first time an Illinois player came out with something negative on the state of the current program; when Rashard Mendenhall bailed on Zook back at the end of the 2007 season, he didn't have kind words for him and was very critical of the way he was running things.

Another crapola season and the Zooker needs to be shown the door. Bottom line: He's not cut out to be a head coach.

 

[CaliZona_Gator]

It's true, Benn didn't have a decent QB or decent coach. Now that he has said what he needed to say, he needs to shut up and play hard, and prove to everyone that he is one of the best WR's in the draft.

 

[O-town Gator]

Zook made Dr. Saturday's list of the worst coaching hires of the decade twice:

"Ron Zook, Illinois. His overall record in Champaign is so bad (21-39 over five years, with three seasons of three wins or less) that even the stunning Rose Bowl run in 2007 is unlikely to save Zook's job with another losing season this fall. In fact, that brief success has made the subsequent failure to capitalize over the last two years all the more damning: The young starts of that team, quarterback Juice Williams and receiver Arrelious Benn, seemed to steadily regress from that moment on. Even Illini fans (those that have reconciled themselves with Zook's return for a sixth season after last year's death spiral to 3-9, anyway) don't dare hold out hope for an 11th-hour turnaround."

"Ron Zook, Florida. The Gators don't deserve quite the shaming directed at Illinois, if only because they didn't yet have Zook's wobbly tenure in Gainesville to warn them away. Zook has taken credit for recruiting the vast majority of the Gators' 2006 national championship team, but the bottom line is that Steve Spurrier before him was 122-27-1 with six SEC championships, and Urban Meyer after him is 57-10 with two SEC championships, to say nothing of their three national titles. In between, the greatest moments of Zook's tenure included finishing 24th in the final AP poll in 2003, threatening frat boys and ushering in the Meyer era by losing to Mississippi State."

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