Groce also had some terrible luck - with injuries (ie Rice and Cosby in 2014-15 and Throne and Black in 2015-16, think Tate was also hurt for part of one or both of those years). and add some of his players pulling BS (Nunn, Darius Paul, Black) at the same time.Thats a little unfair. Lou had the triple whammy of the whole Bruce Pearl fiasco, the LaPhonso Ellis disaster, and losing his son. In an alternative timeline Lou is coaching successfully at Illinois for years after 1990.
Don’t forget he still got several seasons of winning ball done at New Mexico after we cut him loose.
Loved Lou, not trying to badmouth him. He will always be a legend for what he did accomplish, which was getting the Illini back into the national conversation and keeping us there after a long period in the wilderness.
