Recent content by SaveChief

Head Coach Nothing against Jerrance or Dee, but doesn't it seem like we need to get someone who has a proven track record of head coaching and recruiting, game tape of his philosophy? I am just not sure Illinois fans have the patience for an experiment. I am also not sure the program can...

You might be right in that there would probably be a bit of hesitation based upon the misconception that injuries caused the Illini issues. However, any coaching candidate worth his salt would watch tape to get a feel for the talent on the team. The minute such a candidate watches the tape, he...

JG Out of His Depth I have already stated in other posts the statistics and anecdotal evidence of why JG should not be here after this year. Watch the first five minutes of last night's game. That is the season, that is the JG era. No plan on offense resulting in poor shots and no ability or...

Support the Program Support the program means blindly follow? That is like saying raising your children means never reprimanding them..."johnny, way to pull that girls hair!" Illinois needs to rebuild the trust in the athletic department by not making stupid decisions regarding the two...

More Rhetoric I agree with you on the question of whether Illinois can get someone to come here. I am admittedly biased in that I think this job is ripe with opportunity. First, after the last 4 years, almost any coach is going to look good. Second, supposedly the new State Farm is going to...

No More Excuses I was looking at bracketology and Wisconsin is on the bubble. Wisconsin lost 2 first round picks, their starting pg, another starter and a sixth man (dukan) who got big minutes, oh, yeah, a hall of fame coach. I am tired of the excuses, no more excuses after 4 years...

No one on this board, to my knowledge, has accused Groce of not being a decent man. But the premise that you cannot be a decent man and a good coach is on its face clearly wrong. So then the question becomes has this decent man been given enough time to show his ability and does that ability...

State of Affairs Lifelong Illini fan and alum. Didn't watch game (wasn't even sure when or on what station it was). I no longer read the recruiting news (because it won't be great and it won't matter). The basketball team has been taken down to irrelevance. The University of Illinois...

Should have Won This FT shooting hurt us. But why can't we figure out who the right person is...MH effective fg% 21% last night, KN 63%...MH forces bad shot at end of regulation...not sure what the coaching was...and comes down in ot late and instead of giving it up to KN for the 3...loses...

$160 Million? I went to the Michigan Illinois game and I have to ask at this point...where did the $ go? Nothing was a wow factor of any sort. Is there more coming that is actually going to create a wow or did we just get bamboozled by another state run organization...really unimpressive for...

Criteria I can't imagine anyone is happy with the current product. What is the solution? Is it firing the current coach? What is the criteria for firing a coach? If he is fired, who is going to be the replacement? After the Beckman hiring (I literally turned to my wife after the...