It's been pretty embarrassing how the events have transpired since Thomas was let go. Not including what happened under his watch. http://footballscoop.com/news/with-no-ad-and-no-head-coach-illinois-is-currently-in-considerable-turmoil-according-to-report/ Sources tell 670 The Score that as overwhelmed university officials are dithering and providing little guidance, the group of trustees, boosters and alums left to run things can’t yet agree on much. Some want to hire a search firm with a spotty recent track record, others want to form their own search committee, while another faction thinks they need to act faster by using their own contacts to target specific AD and coaching candidates right now and just get moving. This hire will have be a home run to prevent the regression of Illini sports (sans Baseball last year). To throw into the mix they supposedly have mentioned Bud Foster as a coaching candidate despite not even being able to decide on how conduct a search for AD once George declined is bizarre. IMO, they should put Tom Bowen of Memphis and Oliver Luck (Former WV AD, currently with NCAA, Andrew Luck's dad) at the top of their list.