My 2 cents.
You know, we could have actually made a higher offer to Koenning. If Koenning has HC aspirations, what better place to go than to Illinois. If Zook doesn't have an unbelievable year in 2010, he's gone. I think Keonning is playing this strategically by going to Illinois thinking that this move may be the quickest way to a HCing job. IMO, Zook is DONE, he won't be back for the 2011 season. If Illinois will hire Zook as their HC, they would certainly hire Koenning as well. Might be a great move for Koenning.
I, too, like the idea of someone with NFL experience the more I think about it.
Welcome back watson, have missed your posts.