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Brad Underwood Named Illini Basketball Coach
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illini55
- The Villages, FL
Ubermensch
BOOM! Feed my ego.
That's pretty intense. :thumb:
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
Josh Whitman is a steely-eyed missle man. :congrats:
Yes his first year.... but look at his previous gig and note the trend toward much improved defense. No worries with this guy!
Dan
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The plane!
https://twitter.com/Coach_Waz/status/843228243058720769
Headed straight to the SFC-
https://twitter.com/IlliniMBB/status/843229852354469888
The plane!
https://twitter.com/Coach_Waz/status/843228243058720769
Headed straight to the SFC-
https://twitter.com/IlliniMBB/status/843229852354469888
Illiini
- In the land of the Nittany Lion
I'm alway from the keyboard for a couple of hours and I come back and this happens. But anyway, I get to say it:
I TOLD YOU SO!
I said that Josh Whitman would find someone completely off the radar, someone that no one was talking about, and
I WAS RIGHT!
And I'll be the first to admit that I know nothing about what I'm talking about.
I TOLD YOU SO!
I said that Josh Whitman would find someone completely off the radar, someone that no one was talking about, and
I WAS RIGHT!
And I'll be the first to admit that I know nothing about what I'm talking about.
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Oh, and whatever anyone thinks about this hire... Josh Whitman just made a complete under the radar poaching of a Power 5 coach. And not one of those "golden parachute" type deals.
Whitman is quite clearly a boss.
Whitman is quite clearly a boss.
You Sir... are a Seer!
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Indeed
What does Weber make at KSU? I can't see them paying more than $3 million/year for Underwood in addition to buying out the contract.
Also, like you said, not anything that we should be remotely worried about. Just curious/trying to reiterate that point.
He's living at the SFC? That's commitment.
PostersLastStand
- Wayne County, IL
I love that he went right to the SFC, I see Josh Whitman pointing out where the Championship banners will hang. 
dgcrow
- Kelso, WA
Weber will make a reported $2.15 million next year, assuming he stays at KSU.
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I just realized this is the 6th coach Ive watched at Illinois since I was born. Thats an ave of just over 5.4 yrs per coach.
Hope underwood can bring up that average!
Hope underwood can bring up that average!
dgcrow
- Kelso, WA
Agreed.
And an OSU alum perhaps more importantly
Goemaw saw the contract he got at Illinois and seemed resigned to the fact they will never get him now. That is unless he fails here and "they can pick up our crap again".
OMG music to my ears ... er... eyes. Or sight for sore eyes. Or whatever, I like it!
Charge it to the Underwoods
I just realized this is the 6th coach Ive watched at Illinois since I was born. Thats an ave of just over 5.4 yrs per coach.
Hope underwood can bring up that average!
#10 for me. #peachbaskets
NEIlliniFan
- No longer in New England
As someone who read each and every post in the seemingly-never-ending Coaching Search thread, the answer is "Yes". Underwood's name came up a few times. The universal response was that he was a heck of a good coach but that he'd been at OkSU just a year and UI would never be able to outbid T-Boone for his services.
Little did we know that their AD Holder had alienated Underwood to the point the latter would not even give them a chance to response to UI's offer.
dgcrow
- Kelso, WA
And he also stated time and time again that he was at Illinois "for the long haul". Given his response to Underwood's hiring, I don't believe he really meant what he said about how special Illinois is.
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