Why is Jerry Colangelo's advice so heavily regarded when it comes to assessing college coaching? I know he is well connected in NBA and Olympic team circles but college is a different kind of animal and I'm puzzled as to why paying Monty 4 mil plus is a sound idea. Can someone enlighten me?
The Illinois Coaching Search
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Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
Miller - Time to go B1G
Bennett - Chance to dominate one of the top 2 conferences in BBall, and get back to the Midwest.
It's been at least somewhat disputed that he ever was offered the job.
FeelYourPaign
- So Cal
I was reading your list, nodding my head in agreement, and then I came to Ray Harper. Ray Harper? Seriously? Who is that? So, I went and looked. Then I came back to your board name. Oh !! Ray Harper! OK
OK for you that is. He'll probably come in a bit lower on most lists
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
Exactly. Why worry about sanity when no one who posts in this thread is even remotely involved in the hiring process. Dream big kiddies!
ivwilsoniv
- Aurora, IL
Basically, what I get out of this thread so far is:
(1) No coach has actually been offered
(2) Everyone assumes Whitman has $4-5MM to work with because of a tweet
(3) A lot of coaches would make people happy: Miller, Bennett, Drew (2x), Marshall, Keatts, Buzz, Musselman
(4) Cuonzo Martin wants the job but would be seen as a "missed our top guys" hire
(5) Illinois may or may not be a top 20 job in the country
(6) People on this board put a lot of stock in GIFs
Anything I forgot from the last 66 pages?
(1) No coach has actually been offered
(2) Everyone assumes Whitman has $4-5MM to work with because of a tweet
(3) A lot of coaches would make people happy: Miller, Bennett, Drew (2x), Marshall, Keatts, Buzz, Musselman
(4) Cuonzo Martin wants the job but would be seen as a "missed our top guys" hire
(5) Illinois may or may not be a top 20 job in the country
(6) People on this board put a lot of stock in GIFs
Anything I forgot from the last 66 pages?
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
Personally, I would add Archie Miller to the top 3, no idea what order, that is JW's call. Who can you get along with. Then, I would add Cuonzo with Keatts. I am not sure who would be better for the University. From what I have read, this is Cuonzo's dream job! That should count for something.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
Pretty much got it covered, though GIFs should be either #1 or #2.
Just got an email that REO will be at the Peoria Civic Center on September 15 ... pure coincidence or a sign?
Mike
C-U Townie
(2) Read somewhere that JW might have 25Million or more to work with.
(5) We have premier facilities in a premier conference, tons of nearby potential recruits for the "right recruiter", some history, and again a boatload of money for the right candidate. Would personally say we are easily a top 20 job for the right coach.
To me, getting the ability to fully tap into Chicago is the key. Need a guy who will get this done.
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I got the same thing and only read every 6th page.
Just got an email that REO will be at the Peoria Civic Center on September 15 ... pure coincidence or a sign?
A sign that you have to follow more current band's listservs. :thumb:
No clue who will be running the program by this time next week, tonight I had fun at the Farm watching Mr. Walker coach the current team. The schemes may have been close to the same but the coaching was not. Ford sat the entire game, it was very clear who was in charge. SO in the interim, great job by Walker tonight.
This has been widely reported across multiple media outlets. It even made its way into the tribune
Mike
C-U Townie
Only thing I saw about coaches being there was this -
https://twitter.com/KedPrince4/status/841801291936460800
So it doesn't look like it.
I'm only on the 17th page... you need to change your setting, 100 posts/page makes for much less page clicking when threads really get going
FinalFour88
- Charlotte, NC
BTW, I was listening to the local radio here today in Charlotte and they were talking about NC State's coaching search. The two names that came up first were Archie Miller and Kevin Keatts. Seems Illinois and NC State could be going after the same guy(s).
Mike
C-U Townie
MrOizo
- Chicago
I like this list with Keatts and musselman as the upside guys and Cuonzo and Capel the high floor types. For some reason I think Cuonzo recruiting at Illinois would be gaudy...
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Pretty good press, honestly.
sacraig
- The desert
I was in Charlotte this morning after being stranded by the airlines overnight. I was amused to hear them talking about how wonderful it would be to have a Duke-UNC final.
:hurl:
Bardo4assistant
- springpatch
I was just looking up coaches salaries and notice that Jay Wright is at 2.47m
With 4-5m being talked about why has no one been talking about Jay Wright?!
With 4-5m being talked about why has no one been talking about Jay Wright?!
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
Because he just won a national championship.
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