It looks like the Bruce Weber era at Illinois is coming to an end
February 14, 2012 8:56 AM
While Weber supporters can point to an admirable coach who has run a clean program and been a fine ambassador, he's vulnerable because of his record the last five-plus seasons. Since Brown and James Augustine left, Illinois is 49-51 in Big Ten play, has won only one NCAA tournament game and has missed the tournament twice.
Plus, unlike previous athletic director Ron Guenther, who looked for reasons to keep coaches, Thomas showed with his firing of football coach Ron Zook that he's going to measure coaches by results.
"We want to be relevant, part of the discussion," Thomas said. "It's our hope that we're always in the NCAA tournament, that it's not whether we're going but where we're going to be seeded, that we're a real threat to make some noise in the tournament. We're going to try to achieve in the future."
Herb Gould
Plus, unlike previous athletic director Ron Guenther, who looked for reasons to keep coaches, Thomas showed with his firing of football coach Ron Zook that he's going to measure coaches by results.
"We want to be relevant, part of the discussion," Thomas said. "It's our hope that we're always in the NCAA tournament, that it's not whether we're going but where we're going to be seeded, that we're a real threat to make some noise in the tournament. We're going to try to achieve in the future."
Herb Gould
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