BirdDog9048
The Chief Lives
- Chicago, IL
Things get really murky when a coach's son is involved.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (April 2017)
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JT
Man this is exhausting
Man this is exhausting
afpharmdawg
- Colorado Springs
Unless we have proof Martin is crooked and was in Tilmon's ear. Somebody in ESL with video?
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal
Guys, we're not going to block him.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
Can't we ask the NCAA to look into the tampering? The circumstantial evidence is hard to explain away.
IlliniRunIn07
- Tampa, FL
Sure. They'll determine there may or may not have been tampering in 2021.
afpharmdawg
- Colorado Springs
I sure hope BU knows, I'm sure he does, how to operate in the gray. Toe the line.
If this goes the way Missouri fans are hoping, their rotation next year will be
Mark Smith
Terrence Phillips
Kevin Knox
Michael Porter, Jr
Jeremiah Tilmon
Kevin Puryear
Jordan Barnett
Frankie Hughes
That's Duke/Kentucky territory in terms of raw talent.
illiniCA
- DC Area
No one should overreact.
We should have expected to lose at least one recruit and one recruit should not make or break the long-term health of the program.
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
LOL... very professionally done...
BirdDog9048
The Chief Lives
- Chicago, IL
And community college territory in terms of coaching talent.
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal
So that means
[plugs recruiting rankings into Cuonzo Performance Calculator]
they are going to be like, the feistiest 7-seed next year.
You don't coach with Huggins and Martin without razor sharp elbows. If Antigua is coming, you will need not worry about us playing hardball
IlliniRunIn07
- Tampa, FL
And Akron territory when it comes to coaching chops.
Ubermensch
BOOM! Feed my ego.
The news of the day is Orlando Antigua (hoping it's true), not Tilmon. It's not even close, really.
I agree with that. I think Tilmon's commitment was big for our program, and keeping him is a HUGE step towards the rebuild. All of that said, and I said this before, I am not convinced he is the player that we all want him to be. He will probably be a good player at some point in his career, but he isn't a program changer in my opinion.
Hopefully he changes his mind back to us, but it's clear he can't make up his mind as we've been dealing with his waffling ever since he originally committed. If he is willing to de-commit because a one year player and a mediocre coach are in his ear for a few weeks, it probably wouldn't have worked here anyway. I'm not convinced the Groce situation is anything more than an excuse to do something he would have done regardless.
Now Brad has to do a bit more work, and Cuonzo (likely) just has to learn how to coach.
If one is all we end up losing. I hope that's not the sound of Domino's falling. However, the news just came out, so I think I will wait and actually see what happens with this before really getting disappointed.
IlliniRunIn07
- Tampa, FL
I agree. With a guy like Antigua on the staff, you expect to get multiple players of Tilmon's caliber every year.
Hughes is transferring but the rest is the goal at this point. Blake Harris would be another name.
IlliniRunIn07
- Tampa, FL
Watch Tilmon go to Iowa.
I think I just spit up a little bit
BirdDog9048
The Chief Lives
- Chicago, IL
I think I would start laughing hysterically.
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