Illini Coaching Staff

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Peoria Pipeline

Peoria Pipeline
Peoria Pipeline
jbutts718 said:
but he has a lot more to sell at UI than he did at Bradley and UIC. If he can get Chicago kids/parents/coaches to give Underwood a chance, winning and style of play will win them over. We will see if he is as connected to Irvin's/Slaughter, etc as people have mentioned. This is a far, far better staff than what Groce had. I expect good things. Maybe I am crazy.
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Exactly selling Bradley is tough. Small enrollment, small campus, not a college town. Its a good school if you're looking for a good education, but to play basketball....not so much.
 
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WesterveltVictoryCigar

WesterveltVictoryCigar
WesterveltVictoryCigar
AJT said:
If we are going to go after a UIC assistant that has Chicago ties for the 3rd assistant role, why not give Deon Thomas a look? He was at UIC as an assistant, played at Simeon (albeit awhile ago) and could speak to being an Illini...

This could be a dumb suggestion, but was just curious.
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Deon just got out of coaching so seems unlikely he'd want the job.
 
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Whitmans Sampler

Whitmans Sampler
Eastern Iowa
Whitmans Sampler
Antigua will have the duty of coaching/developing our bigs, according to the article above. I wonder if that was also his role at UK with Anthony Davis, Noel, Cousins, etc.
 
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JFGsCoffeeMug

JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
Chicago
JFGsCoffeeMug
Wow! Really needed some good news after reading all the Tilmon chatter. Big thanks to Underwood and Whitman for making this happen!
 
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Burt Toast

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Burt Toast
All I know about "chin" Coleman is that there isn't a major college asst basketball coach who has stronger ties to the Irvin's and the Chicago AAU scene than he - primarily because he was a coach for their AAU TEAMS for years. Secondly, he was very successful at infiltrating Chicagoland talent in his short time at Nebraska which is the closest he has ever been to a P5 asst. coaching job. (If I recall he got quite a few 3/4* recruits on CAmpus and he was on their support staff). I'm sure there might be better overall choices but if you want Chicagoland talent -he is more than capable at getting some of the best.
 
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Ubermensch

Ubermensch
BOOM! Feed my ego.
Ubermensch
JFGsCoffeeMug said:
Wow! Really needed some good news after reading all the Tilmon chatter. Big thanks to Underwood and Whitman for making this happen!
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And the timing of all this makes it seem like an intentional stealing of the headline; controlling the narrative. Maybe it's a coincidence, but I like my conspiracy theory better.
 
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PlayAZ

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PlayAZ
Whitmans Sampler said:
Antigua will have the duty of coaching/developing our bigs, according to the article above. I wonder if that was also his role at UK with Anthony Davis, Noel, Cousins, etc.
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Love the Antigua pedigree, recruiting resume for sure....interesting that Tilmon would not want to be "Stuck" with a potential coach that will be working with BIGS and has that history....maybe Kiir is the better fit?

Time will tell!
 
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PlayAZ

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PlayAZ
Dan said:
Officially official

And Fletch is back on staff
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Am I the only one that thinks this staff is starting to actually look/feel like we are serious and a Top 10 type of a program with retentions/new hires?

10 years of misery....the Kool Aid is tasting good right now!

:chief:
 
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PhillyIllini

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Los Angeles
PhillyIllini
PlayAZ said:
Love the Antigua pedigree, recruiting resume for sure....interesting that Tilmon would not want to be "Stuck" with a potential coach that will be working with BIGS and has that history....maybe Kiir is the better fit?

Time will tell!
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Apparently, the price wasn't right Bob ;)
 
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TownieMatt

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CU Expat
Chicago
TownieMatt
PlayAZ said:
Am I the only one that thinks this staff is starting to actually look/feel like we are serious and a Top 10 type of a program with retentions/new hires?

10 years of misery....the Kool Aid is tasting good right now!

:chief:
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After today, I'm hitting the Kool Aid hard tonight. #LoyaltyAfterDark
 
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CARPET

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CARPET
ILLINOIS hit the Jackpot landing the best recruiter in the nation.

Antiqua- This guy knows all the players 5 star nationwide. Great news.

Word is he is already chasing top talent to fill the gaping hole at center.
 
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Larken24

Larken24
Florida
Larken24
I want to ask my fellow Illini fans, did we ever have this much excitement for Illini Basketball this early into a new coaching season like we are now? I don't recall us being this excited early in Groce's tenure but this feels AWESOME!!!
 
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SescIllini

SescIllini
SescIllini
Ron Coleman would be a great hire. Yes he has ties to the Irvins, but he also has paid his coaching dues with several DI jobs. He also has ties to Whitney Young where he served as an asst coach for about 5 years. Illinois has done well with Simeon, having a coach with ties to Mac Irvin, Morgan Park, and Whitney Young alone will serve use well.
 
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MainelyIllini

MainelyIllini
uh, Maine
MainelyIllini
This is fantastic news!! Big Boy Brad bringing Big Boy Basketball back to Chambana!!!


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MrOizo

MrOizo
Chicago
MrOizo
I am perfectly good with Chin Coleman to wrap the assistants. I want Jimmy's and Joe's. And more Jimmy's. And more Joe's.

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sacraig

sacraig
The desert
sacraig
Adnarel said:
Today is the day where a whole bunch of Kool Aid splashed out of our cup, but when we looked in it again, it was fuller than before!
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An apt metaphor.

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