Actually, I think they do already. I'm not sure why you believe they'd spend less. I'd guess we have a richer fan base. But that doesn't mean they pony up cash.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Murray and others but there are still to come available. BUs "second wave!"
Murray is the only one
sacraig
- The desert
I think you're just snakebitten after the Groce years. Making the tourney is a relatively low bar to clear for a program like ours and with the talent level we are bringing in. That's what made the Groce years that much more frustrating. Our lack of returning experience certainly may portend a down year, but with the state our program is in, a down year doesn't necessarily) mean missing the tournament. Culture and talent matter, and we are finally back to having both.
No offense intended here, but if we are not going to accept that TSJ was seriously pursued by Illinois, then I don't know why any of us are bothering to discuss anything and we should all just pack it up until next season begins and we see the team we have then (it would certainly be better for my own sanity if I did that).... he was heavily linked to Illinois since he put his name in the portal.
I feel like I'm reading a post meant for late September.
This reminds me of last year, waiting for the third assistant to be named. Everyone was freaking out. “No one wants to come here!” “Underwood has whiffed on all of his targets!” Etc. I’d say Tim Anderson was worth the wait. I think our patience will be rewarded again, with the portal.
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
I don't get the need by some to rewrite history. the idea that the only guy we'd have taken in the hundreds of transfers so far in the portal is Murray is laughable. And it certainly doesn't comport with the hints from insiders.
sacraig
- The desert
Linked by whom? Fans certainly linked us. We showed up in a lot of national reporters' lists of schools who were "involved," but what does that even mean? Does it mean the camps have just talked or does it mean there are serious discussions going around? Our insiders talked about it, but they also pretty rapidly shifted gears toward other portal options and (later) mentioned that the TSJ camp was not easy to work with and the staff cooled as a result. Perhaps that's an excuse, but it is certainly plausible given the various nuggets of information we got from various sources.
And why should we all just accept everything at face value here? None of us have the whole picture. Maybe the insiders have something close to it, but it's still second-hand information for them at best and they obviously can't share everything they know without angering their sources. So why would we just accept everything? We have various bits of incomplete information at best. The natural tendency is to try to weave them together into an absolutely ironclad story whether that is warranted or not. I am proposing that it, generally speaking, is not.
frozenrope9190
- Aurora, IL
For crying out loud, can we have a little patience please? It's still freakin' April. We dont have to fill up our roster by May 1st. Let this play out.
I thought the staff wanted TSJ and several were excited he was out in Chicago with Kofi and some other Illini. Are you saying we didn't want TSJ?
The staff wasn’t interested in Kendrick Davis, manny bates or mark sears… come on. Those are elite players that would have bridged the gap. I simply don’t believe our staff has only wanted 1 player (what about TSJ) since the end of March. Just doesn’t seem logical.
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"Just might have to accept that next year might be a missed tournament year"
Looks at the date
Looks at the date
Because of one public deal? Maybe the difference in spending isn’t far off, but you’re kidding yourself if you think the Miami alumni are more invested in their basketball program than we are. Regardless of their lack of football success recently, that’s a football school through and through. And again, plenty of reports Kofi made off better than 400k last year. Other guys definitely had some good money coming in.
It’s short sighted to see Pack sign a 2 year 800k deal and immediately say we’re being outspent.
In terms of the level of talent that is now infused into the program, our DOWN years will now be 10-12 wins in the B10 with a low-seed tournament appearance at WORST. Book it. It's a different level than the Groce and end of Weber years. Get that out of your brain.
A lot of you guys are eager to accept the view that TSJ was ours to have based on insider's info and other reports, but seem unwilling to believe later information that things went south due to the difficulties of his camp, as Sacraig has pointed out here. Some folks just seem so anxious to be negative
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Petition to start a new thread now, based on the takes not only failing to improve, but inexplicably getting far worse.
I am confident and optimistic we will get better transfers than in the past ten or so years. I am excited to see who that may be. I'd love someone that could make a big impact like Battle did back in the day. I honestly expect we will add some very good players in the portal. I'm just anxious to hear some of those we are recruiting
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Joel Goodson
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the beatings will continue until morale improves
interest and seriously pursued are two different things. Manny wasn’t getting into school here
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