I listened to an interview of the Toledo play by play guy today on Beckman.
He said Beckman is a good motivator and recruiter,and a solid coach. But,he was a bit surprised that he made this leap this quickly. Toledo players are in shock and angry that he sold them on bleeding blue/gold,then jumped.
He was 21-16 in three years at Toledo...as this guy said,not exactly setting the world on fire in the MAC,but solid. Clearly,the Illini were rejected by Sumlin and a couple of other candidates before turning to Beckman. This is why I do not want Iowa to have a revolving door with the BB head coaching job....Fran is the man for the long haul. Once the turnstyle starts turning in the coach's office, it is hard to stop.