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<blockquote data-quote="Fighter of the Nightman" data-source="post: 1755606" data-attributes="member: 590800"><p>Fine - we’ll lose coaches to the NBA. But would any Michigan fan expect to lose a coach to UNC or Kentucky? MAYBE, but I’d say no. This job is as good as Michigan, no questions asked. We have just as good of a tradition, better facilities, better fan support (AND less demanding fans), a better recruiting base, the same national exposure and we’ve recently shown that we have an AD capable of getting the donors on his side and digging into the war chest to spend big bucks.</p><p></p><p>We might lose a coach to a Blue Blood, but I think our fans - and by extension the culture at Illinois - could use a touch more arrogance in this regard! We are closer in prestige to Arizona or Syracuse than we are to Iowa or Missouri … it needs to be a surprise if a coach ever leaves the big bucks at one of the best jobs in the nation. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😎" title="Smiling face with sunglasses :sunglasses:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" data-shortname=":sunglasses:" /> People got scarred by Self, but personally I believe him … he wasn’t leaving for any job but KU.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fighter of the Nightman, post: 1755606, member: 590800"] Fine - we’ll lose coaches to the NBA. But would any Michigan fan expect to lose a coach to UNC or Kentucky? MAYBE, but I’d say no. This job is as good as Michigan, no questions asked. We have just as good of a tradition, better facilities, better fan support (AND less demanding fans), a better recruiting base, the same national exposure and we’ve recently shown that we have an AD capable of getting the donors on his side and digging into the war chest to spend big bucks. We might lose a coach to a Blue Blood, but I think our fans - and by extension the culture at Illinois - could use a touch more arrogance in this regard! We are closer in prestige to Arizona or Syracuse than we are to Iowa or Missouri … it needs to be a surprise if a coach ever leaves the big bucks at one of the best jobs in the nation. 😎 People got scarred by Self, but personally I believe him … he wasn’t leaving for any job but KU. [/QUOTE]
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