People dissing on Petro’s lack of defense preventing him from playing time and yet we see cr@p like what we saw tonight. Please, he can’t be worse what we saw. Put him out there. At least he might contest a three.
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Brad didn’t whiff on Podz. Pretty sure he had a spot if he wanted to stay. Brad isn’t going to give anyone guaranteed playing time, nor should he.
Podz went to Santa Clara, where he had an ultimate green light. That’s what he needed to flourish. There was no reason to believe we should have designed an offense around him. Kid was always a worker though.
I don’t think so?
Pretty sure we had an insider(s) straight up say that Brad told him he wasn’t gonna play here. I dunno? Maybe a personality clash; perhaps. Who knows? Stuff happens.
I give Brad/staff for pulling the kid out out of the weeds in dairyland…when his home state flagship program couldn’t care less.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
welp, there it is then. mortal lock.
assigning value to shaky sources (click bait factories dependent on limited scouting by amateurs) is tricky, at best
at worst though, we certainly seem like a prime contender. hope we get him
not trying to be a pedant here, recruiting service citations are a flippin' trigger. mebbe I need help
welp, there it is then. mortal lock.
assigning value to shaky sources (click bait factories dependent on limited scouting by amateurs) is tricky, at best
at worst though, we certainly seem like a prime contender. hope we get him
not trying to be a pedant here, recruiting service citations are a flippin' trigger. mebbe I need help
I like how they felt the need to go out to tenths of a percent to boost their validity, lol
We’re always going to struggle with how far we want to stray from the archetypes of players we want. I know there’s been discussion on Morez and Plummer not fitting their positional wants for this current team.
I do think BU does a good job of molding the play style around the current roster. I also think a non shooting big vs a smaller PG are vastly different deficiencies.
I think one area this current roster would benefit from would be having a more diverse bench. It’s obviously fresh on our minds, but quick smaller guards have been our Achilles heel this year. Having someone like Davis to defend against that would be beneficial.
I do think BU does a good job of molding the play style around the current roster. I also think a non shooting big vs a smaller PG are vastly different deficiencies.
I think one area this current roster would benefit from would be having a more diverse bench. It’s obviously fresh on our minds, but quick smaller guards have been our Achilles heel this year. Having someone like Davis to defend against that would be beneficial.
Yeah the chatter about Brad not taking Jaxson Davis because of our system ignores how successful we've been at changing/tailoring our system to our players
I don’t think we’re strongly perusing Jaylan Mitchell. He’s fallen pretty big in the rankings, and sounds like trending towards Ohio State.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
not directed at you, one iota...
but only an idiot would think we're sleeping on Morillo. this tweet is click bait, pure and simple
Bigtex
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Never have or never will compare the Podz and DGL. Don't see a future NBAer in DGL.
Who said he should have had the offense built around him? He was an NBA first rounder the next season and never really played. Now i like Damonte the person. I see him here in Peoria and support him as a person. He isnt playing professionally at all because he wasnt near Podz. To say he or some others were or are better player than Podz is just nuts. Its not the same as Mihailo who has 3 stud guards ahead of him in Boz, Wags, and Andre
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Illinois is pushing harder for Jaxon Davis and that is one to watch. I do think backing off of him earlier set them back some. He liked Illinois a lot early on. Meanstreets guys aren't Underwood fans, so that's a little bit of an obstacle, but Davis doesn't really listen to them that much
In the 2026 class, they aren't ready to add anyone yet. Waiting to see who stays, who goes, and what the portal and international markets looks like.
Also, keep a close eye on the coaching carousel. Potential transfers and class of 2026 signees opting out.
Petrovic is leaning towards leaving. We'll see. To stay, he would have to take a pay cut.
In the 2026 class, they aren't ready to add anyone yet. Waiting to see who stays, who goes, and what the portal and international markets looks like.
Also, keep a close eye on the coaching carousel. Potential transfers and class of 2026 signees opting out.
Petrovic is leaning towards leaving. We'll see. To stay, he would have to take a pay cut.
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I am a little surprised they would want Petrovic back even discounted.
I like Davis a lot and hope we can land him. The type of guard that kills us all the time.
Haven’t seen you post in 6 months…welcome back! Thanks for the update. Are you suggesting potential Illini assistant coaches moving on? That makes me worry about Coach O, Murillo, and Lee.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
name sounds familiar:
Because Petrovic is way shorter than most everyone he's gonna play against, and because he is much older with more experience, I figured he must be better than them on almost all other fronts. So I expected him to be quick and fast, to have really good handles, court vision, hoops IQ, etc, I want all of our guys to succeed, because that makes our team better, but, sadly, I haven't seen much of any one of those things from Petrovic. I think he needs to move on and we open up a spot for another recruit.
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