I can see him now at the B1G kick off luncheon walking up behind a bunch of the coaches talking in groups with weapon in hand my, my, my. Perhaps giving new meaning to " a shot in the dark"That's what he's gonna do to the rest of the Big Ten
I can see him now at the B1G kick off luncheon walking up behind a bunch of the coaches talking in groups with weapon in hand my, my, my. Perhaps giving new meaning to " a shot in the dark"That's what he's gonna do to the rest of the Big Ten
This is great to hear, but at the same time, I find it odd. How do you host a recruit when your program is on fire? And a majority of the fanbase thinks you won't last two months? Will he meet Whitman? I sure hope so, as I'd imagine that's our best hope of him seriously considering us.
I think this bracket I put together has most of the names mentioned in this thread.
I'm open to ideas on seeding and substitutions of names. I'm happy to update it.
Ohhhh haha, bleacher report put up an article about the next up and coming coaches and Matt McCall was number 2 or 3. I found him intriguing
(Check out where Henson placed in conference in his first five years. T-7,6,7,7,T-6.)
"And it goes further. Duke has put in a call. So has another heavyweight. Ohio State and California are expected to be at the game on Friday."
Wonder if Martin is going to be in to watch Smith on Friday night (Cal is not playing Fri or Sat)? I'm sure it goes without saying that Whitman has to be an integral part of the recruiting visit on Saturday.
This kid is a MUST get!
Why is there no talk about Greg McDermott he just that solid with Creighton I feel like he would eventually want to coach in a power conference please fill me in with info
If we want to go the same route as the football program consideration should be given to Mike Brown, He is the former coach of the Cavaliers and Lakers. he is currently the top assistant to Steve Kerr in San Diego.
The reason he was let go from Cleveland is that he would not let King James control him.
Why is there no talk about Greg McDermott
just as long as Keatts doesn't turn out like Doris in the season finale after your build.
Lol, I can't blame people for not wanting to dig back through 150 pages of posts. Should we all just put a top 5 or top 10 list in our signatures or something?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ollege-basketball-coaches-to-watch-in-2016-17Gotcha. Link?
(He keeps coming up, and my suspicion was because he beat us last year, I guess not in your case)
Bad week for McCall last week. Lost a tough one at East Tennessee State, who is the other team with an upwardly-mobile coach in that league, plus an absolutely brutal home loss to VMI.
There's still an upward trajectory there, and he's got the background for it, but I'm still not sure I see enough.
Between he and Will Wade (who is a frighteningly similar candidate) I'd go with Wade.
People......
Why all the talk about these new up and comers from mid major conferences? Remember 5 years ago when some of you folks thought JG was going to be a great fit for our Illini? What a train wreck that decision was.
Let's all hope JW can procure the funds to hire a proven coach that is looking for a GREAT opportunity to lead an AWESOME P-5 basketball program back to greatness!! Someone who has a good track record big time recruiting and has coached up the talent he has acquired. There will be candidates and it will be all about the dollars.....
It can be done!! It MUST be done!!!!
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ollege-basketball-coaches-to-watch-in-2016-17
Wade is a very similar candidate but would he leave VCU?
Additionally, going after strictly other P5 coaches is an easy way to find yourself overpaying for a coach, IMO.
I say we throw all our chips on the table and get Fat Pat Kennedy. All of the Chicago recruits, none of the results!Or a good way to end up with Frank Haith.
There are more P5 coaches available than just Cuonzo.
Can I interest you in Mark Fox? How about Ernie Kent? Or maybe a gently used Brad Brownell?
Check out how many times Henson's teams were blown off of the court by 20+ during those 5 seasons.
Check out how many 19 loss seasons Henson had.
Check out Henson's longest streak of B1G road losses.
Check out the fact that if the NCAA Tourney had 68 teams in it when Henson was coaching, the Illini were likely in year 5 and possibly year 4 too.
Check into it. We'll be waiting for you to get back to us...
People......
Why all the talk about these new up and comers from mid major conferences? Remember 5 years ago when some of you folks thought JG was going to be a great fit for our Illini? What a train wreck that decision was.
I'm glad you're not hiring our next coach. Penny pinching got us Groce and Beckman.
You get what you pay for. We need the next coach to have an established major recruiting pedigree and the sense to surround himself with a superior staff.
Is that asking to much? I think not.
People......
Why all the talk about these new up and comers from mid major conferences? Remember 5 years ago when some of you folks thought JG was going to be a great fit for our Illini? What a train wreck that decision was.
Let's all hope JW can procure the funds to hire a proven coach that is looking for a GREAT opportunity to lead an AWESOME P-5 basketball program back to greatness!! Someone who has a good track record big time recruiting and has coached up the talent he has acquired. There will be candidates and it will be all about the dollars.....
It can be done!! It MUST be done!!!!
What a strange list.
I would imagine we could land Wade if we wanted him.
Nice. Got a chuckle out of it. How you gonna score it?
take any P5 coach on there you like, and add 500k to their salary. Look at similar coaches in that salary + 500k range, are they comparable?