And with KHANzo at the helm, Missouri will end up being buried alliiiive.... buried aliiiive..... burrrrried ALIIIIIVE!
Lol. This is the second funniest thing I have seen tonight
And with KHANzo at the helm, Missouri will end up being buried alliiiive.... buried aliiiive..... burrrrried ALIIIIIVE!
Uhh, that seems like a gross misrepresentation.
They appear to be universally confident he'll stay.
Meaningless, of course, but your schadenfreude is misplaced.
I doubt seriously that a coach will be announced until his team is out of the tourney.
It'll take a lot for Bennett to leave but this guys twitter reads worse than their fan board.
And with KHANzo at the helm, Missouri will end up being buried alliiiive.... buried aliiiive..... burrrrried ALIIIIIVE!
I was hoping for a meltdown, after what I read earlier today. And, by the way, why do they think that UI leaked the story? No benefit to that, am I right? Any way, they do seem confident.
The Wrath of KHANzo?
Don't know what's more pathetic, the Star Trek references or them making me giggle.
If I was in their situation I would be confident too. They have a coach that has been highly successful at his current job, why would they be worried about him leaving to go to a program that has missed the tournament for 4 years. If I was a Virginia fan, I would be thinking that this would get their coach a raise but that's all.
It'll take a lot for Bennett to leave but this guys twitter reads worse than their fan board.
Oh Lord (no pun intended) where does one acquire one of these? Perhaps it also comes as an Xmas ornament?? Must find.
Those nice folk over at the Virginia Board seem to think we are a bunch of po dunk country folk in a run down city with an old stadium that's falling apart. Weird Cause Champaign-Urbana has a population of over 120,000 and their city is 50,000.
I was going to wait for my 1,000 post to be on big news but this thread is to much to pass up. I agree with S&C that this coaching search feels like the one 5 years ago. Is the Tony Bennet speculation just Shaka Smart Part Two? Look I am cautiously optimistic that JW will make a good hire but I expect it will be the Keatts/Musselman variety. I am not fully discounting the possibility of a "big splash" hire but I am not expecting it. The names that have been mentioned would be extremely difficult to pry away from their current situations. I don't think that this lack of splash would be something to worry about. I think the next coach will have the Illini in a significantly better place within a few years. I know it is the nature of this board, and human nature in general, to panic at the slightest of bad news. But I personally am going to let this process play out and I expect to be happy, if not pleasantly surprised, at the outcome. Carry on.
Sounds like Shaka is going to take Illinois or is leaning that way, from what I hear.
Already names like Shaka Smart, Frank Martin and Anthony Grant are making the rounds
Shaka Smart 100% has to take the Illinois job if it's offered. You don't turn a job like Illinois down.
Shaka Smart is 1st choice. Fallbacks with strongest support right now are Reggie Theus and Anthony Grant.
Young & talented-Chris Collins with Illinois background as a HS STAR-Can recruit ,teach, & motivate ILLINOIS should HAVE GUTS & hire him.
Stevens is Weber V2.0. His offense is not explosive and I would say is just as methodical as Steven's personality. We have been arguing against that sort of offense for years. Why go with another coach who is going to play grind it out basketball?? He is a good coach, but he is not a game changer for UofI.
The closest candidate out of Smart, Theus, and Grant to Bill Self is Reggie Theus.
Yeah, I'm pretty high on Theus or Smart. Not so much Grant or Stevens.
If Martin achieves a top 10 kenpom four years in a row at Mizzou I would be very surprised.
As S&C said there's some great stuff in the last coaching thread. Take a look and post anything good!
There's so much more...great stuff.
Is there a specific reason why Gregg Marshall isn't being mentioned more? Is it because he's middle age and still in the MVC (ie too much like Bruce)?
It will be interesting to see if this view remains the same if we hire Bennett. I can see it now 48-43 win at PSU BORING! There will be long lists of complaints if we are winning games like this and we are not in top 25.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I don't mind watching good defense and his offense may be slower, but is incredibly efficient. I honestly don't care if it's not the fast paced exciting style that some teams play as long as he wins games. He's been very successful at Washington State and Virginia which are two programs that, imo, don't offer the basketball resources that we are able to offer. I'd be thrilled if Bennett came here.