Great stuff as always, Jeff..Senior Hit was also a Mike White thing..fall 87, whispers of the fake hit get out, so Coach White lines up a couple guys to demonstrate..my roomie Tim Simpson was one of them..only 5-6 yds, not 40+, but solid collisions nonetheless..the rest of us frosh took notice😳
damn....an Illinois assistant coach, 3 players that era said it was a Mackovic thing.....from mid field running towards the frosh...guess as the years go by, stories get bigger and better. course the Illini assistant, 3 players all were Mackovic hires or recruits.
remember talking to Steve Bernstein when he was an assistant at Northern Illinois. BS'ing with him at a one day camp, bring up the 'Senior Hit' and Bernstein just lit up, 'it was my favorite day of practice' he said....loved the reaction, the whole bonding experience, watching the film after....how much he respected those that went thru the experience.
Great stuff as always, Jeff..Senior Hit was also a Mike White thing..fall 87, whispers of the fake hit get out, so Coach White lines up a couple guys to demonstrate..my roomie Tim Simpson was one of them..only 5-6 yds, not 40+, but solid collisions nonetheless..the rest of us frosh took notice😳
damn....an Illinois assistant coach, 3 players that era said it was a Mackovic thing.....from mid field running towards the frosh...guess as the years go by, stories get bigger and better. course the Illini assistant, 3 players all were Mackovic hires or recruits.
Simpson shared your info with our Illini4Life Facebook group..you got the boys talking!👍
remember talking to Steve Bernstein when he was an assistant at Northern Illinois. BS'ing with him at a one day camp, bring up the 'Senior Hit' and Bernstein just lit up, 'it was my favorite day of practice' he said....loved the reaction, the whole bonding experience, watching the film after....how much he respected those that went thru the experience.