2017 Coaching Carousel
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peace davids
- Colorado
I was thinking about our overall Athletics Department the last few days. It has been tough with football and both sides of basketball in recent years, but from my perspective, our non-profit sports have been in very good hands. Whitman started his rebuild at the top with Football and made a big investment with our coaches and future facilities. That decision, paired with non-profit stability bought him a little time. However, with the loss of Hambly, the lack of success of Groce, and the downward spiral of Bollant - Whitman will face a tough Spring.
The time is now to instill that hope and invest into MBB. Good news, we have the facilities already. I would like to see plans for a new practice facility in the next 5 years, but the infrastructure is set up for success right now.
Yes, we still need to find a volleyball coach to build on Hambly's success AND likely find a more serviceable situation for WBB, but hope in our Men's basketball program buys him more time and some room for error there. Gosh I hope he hits a homerun with somebody.
The time is now to instill that hope and invest into MBB. Good news, we have the facilities already. I would like to see plans for a new practice facility in the next 5 years, but the infrastructure is set up for success right now.
Yes, we still need to find a volleyball coach to build on Hambly's success AND likely find a more serviceable situation for WBB, but hope in our Men's basketball program buys him more time and some room for error there. Gosh I hope he hits a homerun with somebody.
89illinigrad
- Chicago
All I'm saying is I'm getting tired of this incompetence. Weber could coach but couldn't recruit. Groce had one great recruiting class for another school and can't coach a lick. That's basically 10 wasted years of Illini (after Kruger and Self's players were gone) basketball.
Are any of you ready to give another unproven Wunderkind another 5 years to learn how to win in a big time conference? I'm not.
At the same time, people expecting JW to pull a Love Smith type of basketball hire out of his a$$ will probably be disappointed.
JW does not have the same kind of connections in basketball as he does football.
Money talks, but only if people are listening.
Sean Miller extended until 2022
If that's because of a feeler we put out there, good job crossing that bridge on Feb 2 rather than Mar 20.
Go after his brother - like it's been said before if Archie doesn't take Ncst job he be a very good fit with Illinois - guys he is a really good coach and I think he has out grown Dayton
And that would be how?
What reason would he want to come to Illinois? Unless you pay him so far and away anything even reasonable, he has no reason to come here. And even then it would be hard to justify for him- he'd have to play it off like it wasn't just money. You people need to be realistic about this. All thes Sean Miller or Tony Bennett people, etc. not happening.
KEATTS HYPE TRAINED HAS BEEN CHARLESTON CHEWED
So you got drunk and wallowed in your misery? Dan Muller, it is!
Bennett would want to come and make you a top assistant :thumb:
The opposite really. Cal was up 18-4 early, but Utah came back to lead in the 2nd half. We go to overtime, the future of Illini Basketball hanging in the balance.
Make that Double OT.
This is the losing in the First Four of Coaching Carousel Games Of Destiny.
It is written.
This is the losing in the First Four of Coaching Carousel Games Of Destiny.
It is written.
Charlie Moore has to hit the game winner so he can join Martin at Illinois.
Cheez
- Sun Prairie WI
Moore with the assist
I was close.
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