Illini Basketball 2025-2026

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PepeSilvia
Maybe I'm in the minority but I think Brad needs to start doing more with all the talent he finds.

I'm not saying they should move on from Brad and I think he's bought himself at least 2 years of comfort but if it's more of the same then that seat might be very warm in a few years.

If you look at this year you have a ton of excuses you can make with Tomi getting mono, team illnesses, injuries, etc but the truth is that the team underperformed their talent level(2 first round picks plus more) and had entire games where it didn't even seem like they wanted to play. The Duke game was obviously a national embarrassment but the USC, Rutgers, and Nebraska losses were also just inexcusable as they just got outworked from the tip.

The Shannon/Domask team was a fun run but it still ended with a 30 pt drubbing by UConn(albeit a great UConn team that was a bad matchup for the Illini), but is that something Brad is capable of repeating or was that unique because he had Shannon? (Shannon was the most dominant perimeter player in the country and nPOY caliber guy that could take over games just by getting downhill.

The year before that he had a very talented team with Shannon, Mayer, and Coleman and they fell apart/failed to play up to their talent level. Prior to that I think Kofi's final team was actually pretty mediocre and they overachieved and were able to win a conference title in a weak Big10 year(Kofi was a unique matchup problem but I never thought that team was a threat to make a run). Then you have the 1 seed team who had a great year only to get completely embarrassed by Loyola in a game that was never competitive(that game is the biggest blemish on Brad's record imo because he got completely outclassed by Moser).
 
#203      
PepeSilvia
I'm sure Tyler doesn't have to worry about money. Brad has made probably close to 30 mil at Illinois alone so I'm sure Tyler and his siblings would be set for life either way.

Also, 115k is nothing to shake a stick at(especially in Champaign) and being underpaid should kind of come with the territory of getting a p5 assistant job that you were unqualified for but your dad is the HC.
 
#204      
Illini4Christ
Absolutely right. No telling how many hours he puts in and look at the success that we have on our offensive schemes.

He definitely deserves more money.
 
#207      
JKR
Illini2010-11 said:
Agreed. His pay should be in line with Hamer, IMO. But then again, maybe Brad is funneling some cash to Tyler on the side from his salary, in an effort to be able to pay the other assistants.
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#209      
DirtyBurgIllini
DirtyBurgIllini said:
In the works & close to the finish line, but not done yet
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