The Illinois Coaching Search
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They could have Alford if we get Marshall or Bennett. Marshall at IU is my nightmare scenario.
The primary thing I'm trying to convince myself of now is that this makes Keatts more likely. Perhaps JW decides to move more quickly than he otherwise would have and get his guy if he loses to Virginia today.
Romar is godfather to his son. That is exactly the point. For the right coach, Porter Sr. moved across the country. It is not that he just wanted to move to Mizzou and only Mizzou for any coach. He has a relationship with Cuonzo. It is possible he would have followed Cuonzo to UI as well.
Trakis
- Chicago, IL
Archie at IU is mine.
Buckle up. It's gonna be a bumpy landing folks.
Side note: how crazy would it be for the Big Ten if Indiana and Illinois both hire big name coaches
Indiana: Alford, Miller, Marshall
Illinois: Bennett, Miller, Marshall
Any combo of those to either school would be massive
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Side note: how crazy would it be for the Big Ten if Indiana and Illinois both hire big name coaches
Indiana: Alford, Miller, Marshall
Illinois: Bennett, Miller, Marshall
Any combo of those to either school would be massive
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Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
That is a negative for IU, they are more impatient than us. Injuries derail the season and he gets launched.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
It's a complete body of work thing, and also they look to be worse next season. So not a tough choice.
Two of his daughters play basketball at Mizzou currently. They lived in Columbia for years and only moved away because of this Romar deal.
I'm not saying you're necessarily wrong, but do not yadda yadda the fact that Columbia, MO is home for the whole Porter family, whereas they have no ties whatsoever to Illinois, and only vague ties to Cuonzo Martin.
illinihawk16
- Chicago
#DanDakich4iubb
Agree. Although I could see Marshall having success while turning into the next crazy man aka Bob Knight
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The worst news? The chances we have a guy at a podium next week just cratered, and even the week after that might be dicey now.
SampsonRelpenk
- Edwardsville, IL
So are we rooting for UCLA to have a deep run in the tournament now?
My bigger concern is the resultant vacancy at UCLA. They will be gunning for the same sort of people we will.
illynifan34
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My stress level about this coaching search just went up a few orders of magnitutde.
No. Whether it's yes or no, we want the Alford to Indiana answer absolutely as soon as possible.
Why? Crean was always likely to be fired.
Based on what exactly? Indiana will have known they were going to fire Crean for a few weeks now and have reached out to other coaches. Just because we just heard this probably makes no difference to what has been going on behind the scenes
Even better, if they get upset early, Daddy Ball is going to be hilarious.
haasi
- New York
:clappy::clappy::clappy:
illinipioneer
- Richmond, VA
And I would assume most coaches in the Tournament will not even be paying attention to the carousel until they are out, just leave any back channeling to their agent? Enlighten me!
I know. I'm confident. But it will still be a bumpy landing until we have our guy.
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illynifan34
That's a winner!!
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When things become actual vs possible I have a response
Not vague ties, they are good friends, and it is known in AAU for years. They have been together at different AAU events, I have seen them with my own eyes. This is a pre-existing relationship, not sure how long back it goes but I bet it goes back from Cuonzo being a coach in the area (or even before? youth?) before Porter Sr. moved with Romar.
My point was not that Cuonzo/MO do not offer a possible better alternative to Porter Sr. than Cuonzo/UI. Of course they do. But saying that Porter Sr. was definitely not coming to UI if Cuonzo was hired, or that you had to move the UI campus to MO, is not true.
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