For me, it was nice just to imagine different possible coaches to get the job, but in the end, this may be a good thing. Out of some conflict, an understanding emerges. Hopefully, BU will be motivated and up to the task to--at the very least--get the Illini to the Sweet 16.
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Big Jack
- Decatur
Got a 70 year old guy here in town that makes 95 out of a 100 everyday at the YMCA. Maybe he is available to show them what touch means!
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Terrible Ted was my first rock n roll concert at the Assembly Hall in 1977.
I agree it is important to have players who are warriors in crunch time. However, I told my wife with three minutes to go in the Texas game that the worst thing Texas can do is have the ball in Marcus Carr's hands in crunch time. The ball will stop and he will revert to hero ball chucking. The ball stopped and Carr turned it over at a critical time. Watched him chuck shots in hero ball fashion when he was at Minnesota.
Reminds me of one of the coaches at CHS in the 70s. Stood there at the South FT line between class periods in Combes Gym and hit 50 in a row. Some days he went for 75 or 100. Rarely missed. Shot them one armed. Drew a small crowd.Got a 70 year old guy here in town that makes 95 out of a 100 everyday at the YMCA. Maybe he is available to show them what touch means!
I agree it is important to have players who are warriors in crunch time. However, I told my wife with three minutes to go in the Texas game that the worst thing Texas can do is have the ball in Marcus Carr's hands in crunch time. The ball will stop and he will revert to hero ball chucking. The ball stopped and Carr turned it over at a critical time. Watched him chuck shots in hero ball fashion when he was at Minnesota.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
TEXAS:
Largest alumni base and largest AD budget and largest NIL budget
paired with
Coach Cal:
the guy who is most accustomed to coaching in the modern NCAA universe, and turning over his roster annually
PROBLEM: Not sure his stock is at its peak.......so, betting there is a sexier choice.
Oh, no. Saw Uncle Ted in Peoria in 1994 or 1995, then again in Clearwater in 2022. Two of the loudest, maybe the top 2, concerts I've ever attended!
sacraig
- The desert
Sure. But will Jerome Tang? Or rather, will he coach anyone other than K-State next year?Brad isn't going to be the coach of Texas
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Let's just say Texas gets Cal and Kentucky lands Oats. Are top coaches interested in Alabama? My guess would be no.
I think the carousel only really turns if Tang or Musselman end up in Texas (of the most discussed candidates).
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That's OK approach, but we MUST ensure that we recruit guys that already have form and track record for freethrows (proven performance say above 70%).
That said, suggest you relay that "recruiting rule" to our Asst Coach for recruiting coordination
Never saw Nugent. Once caught REO at the Urbana Civic Center. Terry Luttrell was the lead singer.
Concerts attended: Procol Harum, Jethro Tull, the Grateful Dead (twice), John Mayall, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Frank Zappa, Emmylou Harris.
Caught Vassar Clements (hillbilly jazz) at Panama Red's. Saw Pork and the Havana Ducks there too.
Saw Kool Ray and the Polaroids and the Vertebrats at Mabel's
Thank you for this Pru. I am stealing it. I can’t believe something this simple was sitting in my lap for this long and I never realized it.
IlliniMike_Aurora
Straight outta Champaign
Cabuti ?
To recap
our current coach isn’t doing good enough, despite 2 conference titles and 4 straight tourney berths (counting 2020)
but also is considered to take (not “be offered” or “in consideration”) a top-5 profile job in all of college basketball
our current coach isn’t doing good enough, despite 2 conference titles and 4 straight tourney berths (counting 2020)
but also is considered to take (not “be offered” or “in consideration”) a top-5 profile job in all of college basketball
Irvin would have held onCDC probably will probably fire him before he gets back to the locker room for blowing the lead.
Im not sure Texas is a top 5 job. You also forgot the robust 60/70s band and old coach free throw shooting conversations.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
You say that like upheaval is preferred, which I totally disagree with. If Brad Underwood remains here? Fantastic! If the rumors that might lead to Sean Miller being coach instead of Underwood? Fantastic, he’s great.We have three insiders that think there may be chaos and then one that doesn’t sound too optimistic that there will be any chaos. Who has the better sources here….we shall find out soon.
What would be an unambiguous disaster is if Underwood leaves us and we end up with a lesser replacement. I have every faith in Whitman, but this is at least a remote possibility if we need a new coach. I do not want any haters talking about us “losing a coach,” especially to the likes of KSU or Arkansas. That simply should not happen.
I have to apologize for contributing to part of that. I got caught up in the flow of the offense and reacted instinctively. Also, I am not sure if REO was at the Civic Center or the Union. Or both.
sacraig
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