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He's getting $1.8m at Cal. So Mizzou wants to almost double his salary. I would think we weren't going to do that.
You're totally right. Switch Muller for Steve Forbes. I was on an alternate timeline.
haasi
- New York
Well, 24 million over 5 years sounds like a plausible offer from a round integer standpoint
Cuonzo takes the Mizzou job means Illinois was going after him....IMO. No way he takes Mizzou over Illinois unless Mizzou was going to pay him more. What's scary is if Cuonzo was really offered 3.5 per year.......
He wasn't even that good at Dayton, in retrospect. Both Oliver Purnell before and Archie Miller after far outshined him in that job.
Gregory is just a guy. I think you could put Groce in that same category.
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I don't really want Cuonzo here, but I don't want him at Missouri A LOT more. That will be a recruiting nightmare for us.
The legend of Cuonzo the recruiter is starting to slightly outstrip reality.
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Ransom Stoddard
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There seems to be a perception that any other coach at Mizzou wouldn't be a recruiting threat. We've been spoiled by the Kim Anderson era I guess.
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He is a good recruiter, so him talking the Mizzou job would not be a positive development under any circumstances.
I wrote a post about him being my dark horse (albeit somewhat tongue in cheek) but the knock on him is that he is probably too old, he's around 63. Not to be ageist but we are probably looking for someone younger.
Still didn't want Cuonzo but yes Mizzou would be interesting. We will win
Right, sadly you only get so much incompetence from your rivals.
The peak era of Illinois basketball happened during the Mike Davis era at Indiana, the Quin Snyder era at Mizzou, the Tommy Amaker era at Michigan and the Steve Alford era at Iowa.
Not a coincidence.
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Sterk is not going to be very popular at the next AD convention.
LOL! Illinoisloyalty After Dark 5 hours before dark!
Knock on him? Geno Auriema is a guaranteed HOF coach, arguably the best women's coach ever. If he ever takes the risk to venture over on the other side, it would be for much more stable situation, and a name program. It would not be for a total program rebuilding situation like UI. It is more a knock on us than on him. Not happening.
I think you go heavy after Bennett, Miller and Marshall and fall back on Keatts, Musselman or Proehm, Jankovich?
I know once I post this I'm going to get murdered here. I know Bennett is a good coach and a winner but I don't want to watch his boring style of play at UI at all. I think some of current recruits might leave because their style doesn't fit Bennett's at all. Take it easy on me.
While I agree, it is plausible that he ends up with a roster that includes
-Charlie Moore
-Mark Smith
-Juhwan Harris-Dyson (top-150ish 2017 kid currently committed to Cal but from the east coast)
-Jordan Brown (#5 player in 2018 - from California, but has a great relationship with Zo apparently)
-The three current underclassman Mizzou players worth a crap: Jordan Barnett, Kevin Puryear, and Terrence "Terrance and Phillip" Phillips
Probably won't happen exactly like that, but they'd be very talented very quickly if it did.
He will be successful at getting recruits. Some of them will be recruits that we wanted. He will not win nearly as much as he should with said recruits. IMO.
Ransom Stoddard
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True, but the other peak (late 80's) was during the Knight, Davis, and Frieder era. I personally think the 89 team faced better competition than 05, and to me that makes them better.
But your point still stands.
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Tilmon, Pickett could fit. Smith could fit. Damonte and TF probably don't. All returning players however, do.
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