Recent content by badbatch

He needs a change of scenery. Wherever that may be, who knows, but I am not writing off his ability to coach and recruit until he crashes and burns at his next spot.

is this an overwhelming majority opinion? Is all this back and forth and speculation all for a potential stepping stone coach that will be gone in 3 years? Priorities. All in there right places.

Nah, that was when I woke up yesterday.

What it means is I would like to have him as a coach or at least have JW kick the tires, but I don't think he is leaving Manhattan regardless.

Illini teams have stunk much longer than that

Because I honestly believe that if you take him out of Manhattan that he will be a better recruiter and develop into a potential long term coach. Personally I don't think he would leave if offered. That said, I certainly don't think there is as big of a talent gap between he and say Bryce Drew...

Steve Masiello, Cunzo Martin, or Larry Krystowiak are who I am keeping my fingers crossed for. All realistic options, all knockout recruiters. All would leave current job (save maybe Masiello) for C/U.