I'm not sure he's an automatic take. I mean, that handle-bar 'stache would play well at The Rose Bowl in Urbana. But the long neck, skinny arms, and poor facial taste would infuriate a majority of the fan base and donors, who would likely pull their donations.
I understand your feelings but for me I have been motivated in just the opposite way. I have more many years contributed to the university but in the past two years have made substantial donations to the I Fund. Yes, the landscape for athletics has changed and currently seems to lack any control. But I also realize that there are hundreds of Illini athletes that don’t get NIL money and benefit from scholarships and funding to their programs. At the same time I see the university building new buildings and expanding like crazy both here and abroad so I don’t feel they are hurting. I guess as I get older I just enjoy the escape Illinois athletics provides and am willing to support it as much as I can.
Most understand and do not blame you. I'm sure your info was SOLID at that time and turned liquid recently...hence the reason recruiting is fluid.
I say pass on him. I don't want him taking minutes from the freshmen (that Brad won't play).
We will get a transfer, just a matter of who.
I actually represent this! Bald on top with a looong party down my back. I wear a cap almost always! I am total bs. Lol. Maybe the first thing I can completely relate to about young people and hoops recruiting.
I mean… this team sorely needs proven players at the college level. Our most experienced returning player is Coleman. That isn’t a recipe for success. I get that youth is exciting but age wins. As BU says “get old and stay old”. I don’t see how we have any momentum either. If anything we faded down the stretch and bowed out of the tourney rather weakly.
You don't see how hanging 2 banners in 2 years, putting Ayo in the league (as one of the better rookies this year,) and bringing in a top-10 class in the country, including our highest ranked recruit in 20 years, constitutes as having momentum? Tough crowd.
Punish the insiders if they didn’t have accurate information 100% of the time. This board will be so much better if the only people on here have no actual information and it’s all speculation about players there is no chance with, neck length, admissions standards, and athletic comparisons to Larry Bird.
You meant 24-7 not 24-17
I'd like to say I'm better looking than Brad Pitt, but most would disagree.
How does any of that make the on court product better for 2022-2023?? If the argument is that we have momentum on the recruiting trial. That is 100% fair and accurate. But I’d consider a long tourney run to provide momentum for a program. We won the big ten regular season title and then proceeded to go 1-2 with a scoring differential of -16 to close out the season. And we were -19 dating back to the Purdue game. I just don’t see how “momentum” is carrying over. We also lost multiple players to the portal and kofi declaring. I like the trajectory of the program. But we really need to add some proven college players.
Interesting, since that time we have no S16s and Scum has a final four appearance and 4 S16s. I hate to say it, but at this point they are a better program historically. Hope we surpass them in the coming years and feel good about the prospect of doing that.
Don't know if this guy is trustworthy or not, but wouldn't surprise me based on Jones commenting about playing on the same team as Curbelo.
Is this a legit source?
I would say we were one of the top programs in the country before the Ill-timed 1966 derailing. Lou Henson had on us back on track in the 1980s, until his program was sabotaged. Kruger and Self had us back on top on the early 00s. Then things went internally awry after Self left.
