Never fails. There are always a good number of fans who delude themselves into thinking we're the most talented team in the country and anything less than a FF is a failure.
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Brad will be done when his contract is up
Definitely feel like this happens, and cuts both ways though - yesterday someone comped our 2 very highly regarded Euro recruits to former zero star recruits Nico Morretti & Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk.
And to be a little fair here, Carey Booth was pretty highly thought of coming into Illinois as I recall, and not just people here on this forum. He was on 2nd round 2025 mocks after his initial season with Notre Dame, so 'first round upside' could be a bit of hyperbole but not out of the complete realm of possibilities, imo.
NBADraftRoom #57 for 2025 (7 spots ahead of Andrej Stojakovic)
EDIT: web.archive.org giving me fits trying to look up more mocks, but there's at least one, I suppose
pretty much can’t leave for a coaching gig unless it is pro
So, no more extensions?
Yep. And you can already see the ramifications. No 5th graders even considering us until this uncertainty gets resolved.
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
I believe this is spot on. Ty may attempt and make an occasional three-pointer, but he just needs to stick to his strengths about which you mentioned in your post.
We will see a better version of Ty from two years ago. He's going to be an asset.
rmlsr
- El Paso,IL
If you read my post I said if what I heard was correct. Although the person that told me was correct with the years NIL money split up between players so I believe that he has a good idea
Plenty of NBA centers learned to shoot as the game evolved just in the past 10-15 years. i.e Brook Lopez, Jonas Valenciunas, Dewayne Dedmon. Even Kawhi Leonard drastically improved his shooting. If you can hoop, you can learn to shoot better at almost any age.
Clearly what this means is 15 years from now there will be a movie about how Brad quit Illinois to go coach Tyler and Hamer in their church league
Starring Kevin James as Brad of course
I don't understand the criticism of insiders on here..their track record is very good and I for one appreciate them
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You making the point that I very, very poorly did and got jumped on a bit, which is fine. This all started over a Sports Illustrated opinion that Ben H will be starting the season.
Tevo
- Wilmette, IL
With automatic extensions when he makes the tournament, that contract won't be up for a long time, hopefully...
Yes. Our insiders are awesome(!!!!), but the hype of some of our players coming in is, at this point, just as insane as those who think they'll max out at being decent role players. We just don't know. Then, the fans jump on the kids because of unrealistic expectations we upon them.
Yeah, people seem to not understand we've gone through this already. Before his new contract, he was already contracted through 2030 due to his auto-extensions, it's just that his contract didn't allow for any more, so they had to give him a new one and pack his already-earned extension years into it.
Mutual agreement of termination or as others have said AD changes.
With the nature of recruiting now(who knows what it will be 3 years from now) and the motor required to do it successfully.....bless him if he wants to keep going after five more years. The non coaching part has to be an absolute drain to the system.
Is there a feeling that Brad's ultimately goal is to hand this over to Tyler? When you sign this type of deal, there's generally a back end plan in place.
Is there a feeling that Brad's ultimately goal is to hand this over to Tyler? When you sign this type of deal, there's generally a back end plan in place.
I don't think that there's any criticism in this case. They, too, are fans and have a habit of overrating our talent. We all do it, but their voices, on this board, carry more weight. So, when Ben H gets brought in and is advertised as Marcus D and he's not that.....the kid gets destroyed and was the whipping boy all year.
Carey Booth came in with comments that he has an NBA future. He obviously struggled and got torn up because he was viewed as a wasted roster spot, while in reality, he needs a lot of development and the thirst for instant gratification wasn't met.
Petrovic and Mirkovic have been anointed as major contributors to our 2025-2026 roster. Some point to their play in Euro pro leagues as the reason that they are ready to role on day one. People take the opinion as law, then when they struggle or the transfer isn't clean....the pitchforks come out.
The reality is that these kids are packing up their bags and are moving to a different flipping country, then have to carry expectations that shouldn't be created yet. Some people get immediately home sick. Who knows? Their expectations, on this board however, have been set.
The original poster, IMO, wasn't being critical of anyone, but was just pointing out that the picture painted is usually viewed through the lens of O & B goggles at the beginning, but in November, when the goggles come off....the picture doesn't look the same and there's disappointment.
Carey Booth came in with comments that he has an NBA future. He obviously struggled and got torn up because he was viewed as a wasted roster spot, while in reality, he needs a lot of development and the thirst for instant gratification wasn't met.
Petrovic and Mirkovic have been anointed as major contributors to our 2025-2026 roster. Some point to their play in Euro pro leagues as the reason that they are ready to role on day one. People take the opinion as law, then when they struggle or the transfer isn't clean....the pitchforks come out.
The reality is that these kids are packing up their bags and are moving to a different flipping country, then have to carry expectations that shouldn't be created yet. Some people get immediately home sick. Who knows? Their expectations, on this board however, have been set.
The original poster, IMO, wasn't being critical of anyone, but was just pointing out that the picture painted is usually viewed through the lens of O & B goggles at the beginning, but in November, when the goggles come off....the picture doesn't look the same and there's disappointment.
I swear the first time I saw BBV he made like 3 threes in a game? Seemed like a good spot up shooter who would play here and there and then about a season later he had this complete body transformation, got so much bigger, and was a complete non-shooter. Is my memory serving me deelu? Bit of a strange situation.
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