Do you think Jerrance can coach? Why?
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Do you think Jerrance can coach? Why?
89illinigrad
- Chicago
OK, let me get this straight, you are saying that, if we hire a new coach, lose our 6 seniors to graduation AND lose Tilmon and Frazier, we will still be better next year?
How is a new coach going to fill all those roster spots with "quality" players when he is basically being hired right around the spring signing period?
I think if the above happens, next year will most definitely be a step back, no matter who the coach is.
Is Finke going to play center and suddenly develop lateral quickness? He will be eaten alive by all of the BIG centers.
Are our guards going to suddenly be able to keep the opposing teams guards in front of them?
Who is going to replace all the scoring provided by Morgan and Hill?
Groce may not be all that great of a coach, but our "talent" has some weaknesses too.
Every time we bring in a new coach, my fear is that fans will expect too much too soon and if the coach doesn't deliver, they will be calling for his head in year 3. Imagine if Cubs fans did the same thing with Theo. We'd still be talking about the Curse.
Not saying we will be, saying we could be. And part of that uncertainty is discerning quite how bad we'll end up this year. Is this a 5-13 team or a 9-9 team? Fair to call that up in the air at this point.
But under any coaching or roster scenario, next year will be a prelude to the year after that when Black, JCL and Finke (and hopefully DJW) will be seniors. I am very confident that is a tournament team under new leadership. Heck, I'm confident that's a tournament team under this leadership, but I'm being burned by that exact same prediction this year so :noidea:
I wish people would realize players come and go. The health of the basketball program is in dire need of a good coach. A coach is the most important thing, he's the foundation. All the five stars in the world mean very little without a good coach it'd be like building a house on sand.
:thumb: Great point Farmer!!
Yet people are having Martin affection??? Why because he from Midwest yet he can't finish above Krystowiak in a not much of a juggernaut of the PAC 12
He has the personality to connect with today's athletes and coaches. He works very hard and he is very active and popular on the AAU/HS scene. He often runs practice at KU, very popular with players, as he was with UI players. Pretty connected, good mentors, HOF coaches, he will get the job recommendations he needs, I think he will get the players, just that he needs to find the "right" opportunity, the "right" school, rather than settle just to get to HC. He has already turned down overtures from smaller schools, so he will get his opportunity.
I am more Jerrance-curious than most of the data-heads in this thread, as I was back in 2012. I think he's unlikely, and I believe the questions that need to be answered about him are ultimately ones that we can't answer here, but I'd encourage Whitman to do his due diligence there.
Having said all of that, your contention that we will hire a more established coach than Jerrance out of an institutional commitment to risk-aversion is absolute pure nonsense.
Great info - thanks for sharing. :thumb:
Hands Malone
- Quad-Cities, IL
Jerrance will not be the next Illinois coach. It will be either Bennet, Miller, Martin or guy from Cincinnati. Money talks.
Interesting. And there's a big gap between the first two and last two.
the national
- the Front Range
I do think Jerrance will get a legit shot with convincing Whitman he is the right guy for the job. Of all the names thrown about, he is the only name the perks up my ears. I really really like the UI connection aspect of him. Maybe it's nostalgia, or something, but I wouldn't mind having a guy came back to his alma mater and bring back some of our old swagger. His connections to former players might help rebuild our image. John Groce just doesn't have that, will never and ultimately would have to overcome that. To date he is a long way from it and getting further with each game. Jerrance is a different personality than some of our past coaches but that doesn't make him a bad choice. He is young but that also doesn't make him a bad choice.
I don't think Obelix is arguing that Jerrance will be the next Illinois coach or that he should be the priority hire. They're just stating that he will have success as a head coach provided he takes the right opportunity. I too agree.
What baffles me is the disdain for one of our own over the past couple of years. I too have talked with Howard (at a KU event) and he still is very much attached to Illinois and a proud alum. He also has no problem letting it be known that he wants our program to succeed.
Who does Jerry Colangelo want as our new head coach??
That's who I want...... JC is an Illini and knows how to build WINNERS!!
JW give JC a call about replacing JG
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That's who I want...... JC is an Illini and knows how to build WINNERS!!
JW give JC a call about replacing JG
)
Who does Jerry Colangelo want as our new head coach??
That's who I want...... JC is an Illini and knows how to build WINNERS!!
JW give JC a call about replacing JG
Who does Jerry Colangelo want as our new head coach??
That's who I want...... JC is an Illini and knows how to build WINNERS!!
JW give JC a call about replacing JG
So Chris Collins, it is!
Who does Jerry Colangelo want as our new head coach??
That's who I want...... JC is an Illini and knows how to build WINNERS!!
JW give JC a call about replacing JG
What was Jerry Colangelo''s last winner? I agree that he is an illini.
I know. Meant it as a joke
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STAHHHHHP! ...
"In April 2015, it was announced that Gillispie would become the new basketball coach and athletic director at Ranger College, a junior college and his alma mater.
After using ineligible players and other violations, his 2015–16 Ranger College men's basketball team will forfeit all games from that season and have been placed on probation by the NJCAA for the 2016 – 2017 season.[38] On December 7, 2016, Gillispie announced his immediate retirement from coaching, citing severe health issues related to his blood pressure."
Illinois will not get these coaches because they can offer money. Actually, money will have very little to do with their decision.
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