Leading scorer and rebounder @ OkState, Jeffrey Carroll is a soon to be 5th year grad student.
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".
Leading scorer and rebounder @ OkState, Jeffrey Carroll is a soon to be 5th year grad student.
Every coach says his school is the best school and he's going to be there until the end - until he isn't. Nature of the job.
I watch a fair amount of UConn Womens basketball, and I see a lot of similarities in the offensive style - ball moves quickly, aggressive passes deep into the post to cutters, extra passes to find open 3s, not a lot of dribbling and looking around. The style is fun to watch and effective - lots of 3s and layups, minimize contested 2s. Looking forward to seeing this with our Illini
Maybe I'll attend our 100th consecutive win, too.
For those familiar with Underwood's offensive and defensive concepts, how does the returning roster and incoming recruits (assuming they all stick) fit what he'd like to do? Who fits well? Who doesn't?
Offensively, all fit exceedingly well. Like I'm super giddy bro.
Defensively might be a struggle. He likes to extend and press and we were a packline under Groce.
Leading scorer and rebounder @ OkState, Jeffrey Carroll is a soon to be 5th year grad student.
Going to toot my own horn here a bit. Not sure how to post some of the talk in the coaching thread, but I had an inkling Underwood was going to be a part of the process.
Had him on my list and thought we might have a shot with his low salary. Great hire. Love the style and we FINALLY have an identity!
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.
Yes, yes he did. Yes he is. More than anything else, I'm so dang happy to have JOSH WHITMAN.