Zook reports conflicting, assistant dismissals begin.

Stay tuned folks, things will probably being moving a lot today.

The Trib is saying that the earlier reported meeting between Guenther and interim President Ikenberry concerning Zook never happened, and that at least at that level there is not yet a serious consideration to make a move on Zook, this contradicts the Sun Times article from yesterday and many others. We will see I suppose.

According to Adam Rittenberg the first round of assistant coach dismissals will begin today with the following four coaches.

Quarterbacks Coach Kurt Beathard

Receivers Coach Jim Pry

Special Teams Coordinator

Mike Woodford

and the biggest name thus far

Offensive coordinator Mike Schultz.

I doubt anyone will argue with the firing of Woodford, whose special teams units this year were among the worst in every phase, from kicking, to coverage to returns. But the others are all offensive coaches, from an offense that, by the end of the year, was not the unit that was losing games for the team. (the first 5 games, a different story) Surprising I am sure to most Illini fans would be the complete lack of any defensive coaches from this list. Mallory and Disch have been the focus of a lot of criticism for some time. This more than likely wont be the only round of coach firings in the near future.