I am not saying that we shouldn't set our standards higher, I just hoping that fans will be patient enough for us to get there.
Some guys are suggesting we should be in the tourney in year two or even year one with a new coach and I don't think that realistic. We are losing 6 seniors, could potentially lose Tilmon and some of our other key recruits and who knows who might transfer.
Groce had to cobble together a 5-man class when he was hired and ended up with Hill (4*), Nunn (4*), Morgan (3*), Colbert (3*) and Tate (3*). Hill has been great and Morgan finally became a BIG caliber center towards the end of last year. But Nunn and Colbert are gone and many here wish that Tate had left too.
The key will be how many of the recruits that the next coach will be able to retain. Because, if he loses Tilmon and Frazier and has to replace them with players like 3* players like Morgan and Tate, it will take time for them to develop (if at all).
Finally, whoever the next coach is has got to balance the classes better, so we don't have to deal with the 5-6 man classes every other year.
) And I think it would just be too much work to get this Illini program going again at this stage of his career.
