Recent content by thenoodler

I remember when jkat wasn't an insider. I guess we all just take turns around here?

Not that unusual for companies to rent their private plans when not in use. Asphalt Materials owns Emulsicoat, which is in Urbana.

I understand that opinion as he is relatively unproven, but I'd be thrilled. I love his style of play and love his background. I think he has very high potential.

I heard this exact thing about an hour ago with the exception of the "end of the weekend" part. This was secondhand information, so I have no idea if it's accurate, just saying I heard the same.

Among realistic candidates, Kevin Keatts, and Dan Hurley stand out to me. Archie Miller had no interest in Pitt job (his hometown), so I've little reason to believe he would jump at the Illini job. As others have noted, Ben Jacobson seems very content at Northern Iowa, and the same for Randy...

Wouldn't be surprised if all those guys and Ben Jacobson say no, though I agreee they are all obvious top choices. Marshall and Miller are at mid majors with big fan bases and resources, and Jacobson loves it at UNI. This is no reason not to fire Groce. There are plenty of impressive candidates...

Great call. I really like him as high-risk, high-reward candidate, but he's probably too high-risk at this point. My guy is Kevin Keatts

Without the benefit of any "insider" connections, I have learned to exercise my best judgment given the available information when following recruiting. After listening to Derek Piper on the Tay and J Show http://tayandj.podbean.com/, my gut tells me Tilmon will play for SLU. Any attempt to...

That's good perspective and I wouldn't expect illinois to be a player for any of the big names because of it. I do think, however, that coaches like Bryce Drew, mike lonergan, and Kevin keatts would come based on the money and power conference prestige. And for that reason, if I'm Whitman, I'm...

Exactly this. There is almost nothing happening off the ball, and there's almost always only one action to defend at a time. And all too often, that action is something like a ball screen for Lewis that the defense doesn't have to concern itself with

True on some levels, but it's a coach's job to put his guys in positions to score. The fact that we've shot over 50% in one big ten game in Groce's tenure leads me to believe he struggles with this

I've read a lot of comments to the effect of, "you can't judge john groce on this season because of the injuries". I disagree. The injuries make it more difficult to judge Groce's performance, but it doesn't make it impossible. In my opinion, this team, even in its current, depleted state has...

No one knows what TA will look like after two catastrophic injuries. TJL is a 3 star recruit, and the odds are not good that he will be ready to meaningfully contribute

Agree - we will learn a lot soon

You can laugh it off, but we've all seen the recruiting thread get blinded by optimism in the past. To me, the party that benefits most from these rumors is john groce. So, to me, it is not at all unreasonable to conclude that he has played a part in spreading the word.