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[doowink]

Also hiring Nick cuts Chins legs out from under him.

 

[illini0440]

I fail to see how promoting someone already here gets us access to his connections.

Casue he cant actively go out on the road and recruit those connections where as Nick in that spot his only connection we care about is MIF and we took care of Nick so he will take care of us with MIF.

 

[Joel Goodson]

Hiring an Irvin in any capacity won't help Illinois with Meanstreets. Underwood needs to hire someone that won't anger other AAU teams.

He did. Alexander.

 

[sacraig]

Nick gets a nice salary, Brad doesn't actually have to listen or take any of Nicks coaching advice. Win-win lol

Sounds like the start of a healthy working relationship.

 

[KnoxIllini2]

Casue he cant actively go out on the road and recruit those connections where as Nick in that spot his only connection we care about is MIF and we took care of Nick so he will take care of us with MIF.

Transactional relationships don't often have a long stable shelf life. Maybe this one will be different, said every Charlie Brown ever.

 

[illini0440]

Sounds like the start of a healthy working relationship.

Hahah. Brad will at least pretend to listen

 

[skyIdub]

Also hiring Nick cuts Chins legs out from under him.

Your move Cal...

 

[Joel Goodson]

I'd rather have an in with one and make others mad than not have an in with any

Why not both? Or better yet, all of them.

 

[doowink]

Sounds like the start of a healthy working relationship.

yea kind of what I was thinking.....but I also wonder why other P5 programs haven't already pursued him for this very reason??

 

[partial popliteus]

Also hiring Nick cuts Chins legs out from under him.

 

[Joel Goodson]

Also hiring Nick cuts Chins legs out from under him.

4D chess. Now we gotta get WIU to offer Bergeron Irvin's slot. Ergo, Mitchell. 5D chess.

 

[sacraig]

Hahah. Brad will at least pretend to listen

Nick...........................................................................Brad

Probably.

 

[illiniCA]

Hahah. Brad will at least pretend to listen

Is Nick a good coach? I dont have any info about his actual coaching skills

 

[illini0440]

Is Nick a good coach? I dont have any info about his actual coaching skills

He gets talent and has won....does that make one a good coach though?

 

[doowink]

Is Nick a good coach? I dont have any info about his actual coaching skills

Probably would've won the Loyola game

 

[illiniCA]

He gets talent and has won....does that make one a good coach though?

Recruiting is very important but I was thinking x's and o's when I asked that questions.... so I guess ill take that as a no.

 

[sacraig]

Probably would've won the Loyola game

I still want to know who wrote that tweet. I am reasonably sure it wasn't him, but someone in his camp with less to lose.

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Probably would've won the Loyola game

By 30 points.

 

[Seagee]

There was a heck of lot more that went into those 2 recruitments than Chin. The down payment on Ayo actually started back in the Groce era.

100%. I just meant that BU hiring Chin was a very strategic & shrewd move that substantially helped with landing both Ayo & Miller.

 

[RJK01]

He did. Alexander.

So Alexander has been hired as an assistant?

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

I still want to know who wrote that tweet. I am reasonably sure it wasn't him, but someone in his camp with less to lose.

If asked, I hope Nick tells Brad the MIF Twitter was hacked. Because everything involving Chicago recruiting seems to be nutso and overly complicated.

 

[illiniguy24]

By 30 points.

Funny bc it started at 20 points and went up 10 points the next tweet lol

 

[Joel Goodson]

So Alexander has been hired as an assistant?

Not officially, but all signs point to it.

 

[Joel Goodson]

Is Nick a good coach? I dont have any info about his actual coaching skills

Is Cal a good coach?

 

[TheFameProtector]

Transactional relationships don't often have a long stable shelf life. Maybe this one will be different, said every Charlie Brown ever.

Doesn't hurt that he'd be the second Irvin working in UI athletics. Would have to think that having two family members working down here would start to change perceptions in Chicago and miiiight help increase the shelf life a tad.