Recent content by Gillini

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    The Illinois Coaching Search

    You people are smoking some strange weed if you think Marshall is on the candidate list. Yes, Whitman would love to hire him, but he isn't taking Illinois phone call. A complete joke to say otherwise. Stop talking about him, it will NEVER, EVER happen.
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    2017 Coaching Carousel

    Interesting post, but as a guy who runs several companies, I can tell you all of my managers know that I would rather fire someone incompetent and bring in anyone new than keep a failure. Groce is a proven failure and as a leader of his organization, Whitman sends a really bad message by keeping...
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    2017 Coaching Carousel

    I don't think you are looking at this correctly. We have a coach that will NEVER see the tourney without buying a ticket. In my opinion he could recruit the top class in the nation and still find a way to finish 10th in the conference. You never hold an entire program hostage to players, the...
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    West Virginia 89, Illinois 57 POSTGAME

    I have no idea why you would feel bad for a guy making this kind of money to be a completely incompetent coach. He has been horrible since the first day he took the job. Since year 1, our offense is garbage and our players look undisciplined and uncoached. What you see on the floor now is...
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    2016-17 Preseason Predictions

    From what I can see on this board, I won't be popular for this. I've got 17-12. Maybe still a NIT invite. I could easily see this flip up to 20 wins though I think that will be our ceiling this year. SE Missouri State - W N. Ky. - W McKendree - W Detroit - W Winthrop - W West Virginia...
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    Illini Basketball 2016-2017

    I hate to say it, but pretty much the entire media picked us between 8th and 11th last year and that was before all of our injuries. I see a lot of optimism here and I like that but I cannot see this team finishing better than 8th this year. I hope I am wrong because these bottom half finishes...