I was kinda hoping for an answer on this one, too. I am behind in the posts as usual, about 10 pages behind. This was on page 162 and I looked at the next three pages through 165 then I had to go and didn't see an answer. Anyone?
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I was kinda hoping for an answer on this one, too. I am behind in the posts as usual, about 10 pages behind. This was on page 162 and I looked at the next three pages through 165 then I had to go and didn't see an answer. Anyone?
You can't blame them for wanting to keep this recruiting class in tact. Walker is the best way to potentially ensure they stick together. That being said, we cannot know anything about Walker's status if we know nothing about who the coach will be at Illinois.
illini80
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JW said in the press conference that he would encourage the new coach to keep him on staff. Most are hoping if that happens that we could keep all the recruits. Nothing is for sure until a HC is hired and makes that call.
OurMottoisOskeeWowWow
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IllinoisLoyalty right now.
illiniCA
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There is very little sense of community in SoCal. It's a disjointed collection of parts that don't fit together. As someone once said, the LA area is 100 suburbs in search of a city. They only support winners, and even then it is more of an image thing that you appeared at a certain event. Few real hard core fans, and many of those are "From Back East" transplants. USC football has some hard cores, and the Dodgers have some. When they are good, the Lakers are the closest thing to a regional team that a lot of people support. It's a real culture shock when someone from fly-over country gets caught living in that bizzare environment. You'll appreciate Champaign like never before after spending a couple days in the LA Basin. You'll see corn fields in a whole new light.
There are winds blowing but not from the south.
illiniCA
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I grew up in SoCal and went to school at
You are pretty spot on. Even the lakers dont get support when they are bad
So no other schools are interested in Monty Williams but Illinois needs to pay him $5m ?.....
That is a fair point. My point is, there isn't a perfect hire. People can learn to recruit, very few can learn to coach. There are a lot of good coaches that are potentially available us, each with pros and cons. Everyone has the right to their opinions, but how many people have watched a lot of Dayton or UNCW basketball outside of a few games. Monty has as good of an opportunity to be successful as any of the other top coaches mentioned here (who I would also be ecstatic with).
The NBA is interested
The number would be high to entice him to coach in the NCAA over waiting for an NBA offer. Not because we are battling other colleges for his services.
Fighter of the Nightman
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Seriously. What are some of these posters' problems?!
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Hopefully from about 250 miles east.
They see Monty's average NBA record as if that's an indication of how he'll do in the college game. It's a completely different situation. You create your team in the college game whereas in the NBA, if you have a bad roster, there's nothing you can do.
IlliniForTheWin
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I was told there'd be no Geography lessons in this thread.
Illwinsagain
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Betting on smartest guy in the room. But, I'm optimistic at this point.
From the east:
Tony Bennett
Archie Miller
Buzz Williams
Bryce Drew
Dan Hurley
Will Wade
ILLINIShox24
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I have confusion again.
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That's a winner!!
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Is Archie the only name out there that nobody has complaints about?
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