Mennenga + Powell is the dream team.
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Who am I kidding? I wouldn't say no to this, either. But is Roger interested in coming home? Or for that matter, is Robinson or Mennenga?
And now that Ayo is gone, maybe Robinson could bring THT with him...? (kidding).
chrisRunner7
- Spokane, WA
Roger Powell gave a couple of interviews recently where he said he feels he's ready to take a head coaching job somewhere when the right situation arises. Gonzaga is rolling and I don't think he'd be looking to come back to Illinois as an assistant.
But as associate head coach? (if his credentials are worthy of a title like that)
chiefini
- Rockford, Illinois
And, if both OA and RC leave, wouldn’t Gentry be directly in line to be associate head coach (unless he is a complete jerkhole or something)?
I AM AN INSIDER!!!!
The passion of Kentucky's fan base is second to none. I'll trade eight national titles and 97 winning seasons out of the past 100 for whatever we've got, thanks.
This article is hot garbage.Now the negative articles are coming out.
Column | Possibility of losing assistant coaches hints at program’s ceiling - The Daily Illini
It was March 14. It didn’t matter that the Big Ten had Michigan — which Illinois beat by 23 — as the Big Ten regular season champion. Illinois had just won its first Big Ten tournament title and secured its first No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament since 2005. After the Illini finished the...dailyillini.com
From his article: "The only way Illinois can fix this problem is to consistently win under Underwood for a decade." earlier in the article he complained about Kruger and Self leaving after winning consistently. LOL
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Pure laziness.
TheFameProtector
- Champaign
Gotta hope that the negativity surrounding him this past week didn't leave a sour taste in his mouth too (assuming he's not a jerkhole and we want him here for the long haul).
How come you guys can say jerkhole but I can’t say a**?
TheFameProtector
- Champaign
texillwek
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You can have bacon when you earn bacon.
JW
- Vancouver
Yeah, I guess I give the student writing it a little grace because he is a student.
But consider these two problematic paragraphs:
However, the possibility of assistants Orlando Antigua and, especially, Ron “Chin” Coleman leaving for other assistant jobs signals the potential fact that Illinois will never be considered one of the nation’s most elite programs.
If Antigua and Coleman were leaving for head coaching jobs, so be it. But with Calipari having the chance to lure them away for assistant gigs after his worst season in Lexington, Illinois is taking two steps back after a step forward. The only way Illinois can fix this problem is to consistently win under Underwood for a decade.
hooraybeer
- Pittsburgh, PA
bummer. hopefully that money is still available for new assistants. would be very surprised if we don’t see some new transfers if both are gone
Think about it, Antigua and Chin stay here and they miss an opportunity to move to Head Coaches. Illinois was Chin's first big Assistant job. Kentucky is a launching pad for Head Coaches. Illinois, in my memory have had few assistants that were offered other positions in past. Also, Look at the pay raise they garner from Whitman and Cal in a bidding war. This looks to outsiders that both schools covet them.
JW
- Vancouver
The reason we are not an elite program is not because OA and Chin are leaving (if the rumors are true). The reason we are not an elite program is because we have not performed like an elite program. One trip to the championship game, one Final Four since 1989, three tournament appearances in the last ten years. Not exactly rare air.
Under Underwood we are going in the right direction. I think the suggestion that we are taking steps back demonstrates a misunderstanding of what is happening. If our assistant coaches get offers at one of the top programs in NCAA history, or our players leave for the NBA, that is the logical and foreseeable consequence of our improvement.
Am I missing something? The negativity was a few posters on a message board?
I like all the potential assistant names I'm hearing. I will predict though that if two spots open up, one of them will go to someone with pretty close ties to BU. So I'd be curious as to the best possibilities there.
Hopefully BU got some of OA's Caribbean contacts! Love the players we have been getting from the area.
Ransom Stoddard
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- Bloomington, IL
Yep. Repeated enough, they become real facts.
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