I was one who blamed a lot on health of the team. After last night we saw that mid major players can't compete with the good teams, especially when we have an offense that has no movement and the defensive scheme is terrible. I have been an Underwood supporter but he has to find different offensive and defensive coaches. I have watched the Illini for 58 years and that was one of the worst games ever.
Duke 110, Illinois 67 Postgame
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Exactly Chester left because of the way Brad treated his recruits like Epps . If Brad does well in recruiting and players like him why did Sincere and Hansberry leave with Chester instead of staying at Illinois. That should tell you all you need to know about Brad and who is really doing the recruiting
Late to the discussion again (can't stand the pain to jump in), but couple of things. Pretty ridiculous to rip Ben when, as Second pointed out, we lost by 40. Also, though I wouldn't mind if we never shot another 3 pointer this season, the truth of the matter is, we are almost totally inept in attacking the basket. Look at how hard we have to work to get anything moving to the basket. One would think we don't have coaches who can devise an offensive game plan to accomplish this!
Did the 6'7" guys at his niece's house need to guard him, or could they stand about 5-10 feet away watching him shoot and brick open threes like many of our attempts were last night?
In my option, this post hits the nail on the head.
He is bat crap crazy with stats what happened to getting in a young man's backside. Quit listening to your son, fire him. Let's move on. We have money, tradition, and fan base.
The Problem is BRAD not his assistant. Brad has no coaching philosophy or no system. Weber had a system, Matt Painter has a system, Izzo has a system, Greg Gard has a system, Chris Collins has a system, Dan Hurley has a system, Tony Bennet has a system, Chris Beard has a system, Rick Barnes has a system, Shaka Smart has a system, Bruce Pearl has a system , Rick Barnes has a system, Jay Wright has a system, Dana Altman has a system, Greg McDermott has a system , Dusty May has a system
It's called playing possum. We have Duke right where we want them. When we play them in the tournament, they will be so over-confident, they won't even bother to prepare for us. We'll blitz them in the first five minutes and win going away.
Just hope we didn't make this plan too obvious by letting them win by that much.
Just hope we didn't make this plan too obvious by letting them win by that much.
Actually Hamer made 200k alone last year.
Agree. We have lost the "spurtability". Early this season, everyone was talking about how quickly/often we could go on a 10-0 or 14-0 "spurt" in a couple minutes. That is gone. When you can't get stops/kills and can't shoot that makes for some ugly BB.
Boswell’s stats at AZ v Ill
2 years ago season total: 30-77 for 39%
this year so far: 24-108 for 22%
he made 6 more 3’s two years while taking 31 less shots than so far this year.
last year totals: 66-174 for 38%
this year so far: 24-108 for 22%
he needs to shoot 63.6% for the next 66 shots to match last year.
Ben
so far this year he has made the same number he made last year but needed 30 more attempts to accomplish it
this year so far 53-158 for 33.5%
last year 53-128 for 41% from 3
Big Jack
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You think Jai is going to Miami because Jon is doing the coaching? His staff is doing the coaching he is the maestro conducting the show and is damn good at it.. He learned from the best and I am not a Coach K fan. You hire competent assistants to teach and run the segments of the game and it is your job to see that they do their jobs and then you orchestrate. Brad honestly has one coach that is on the same playing field level in Orlando and Brad honestly IMHO lacks Jon's savvy of the game.
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When we were 12-3, was is Brad and Brad alone that was the reason for it? Was the Big Ten ChampionshipSSS based on Brad and Brad alone that got us there? Was it Brad and Brad alone that got us to the elite 8 last year?
If the answer is no to ANY of the questions, drop the narrative. You can't pick and choose the reasoning behind winning and losing.
His the honest truth. This roster is good, not great and they're young, not experienced. Leave it at that.
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But it wasn't just Morez that was rebounding. The two things I've noticed that have dropped off on defense has been help/rotations and rebounding from the guards. Both of those take a lot of effort and right now there is a lot more standing around than there was earlier in the year. Combine that with the even worse shooting recently and it adds to my theory that the conditioning just isn't there after everyone got sick. Maybe it's a foolish belief but I'm hoping that the slower pace of games over the next couple weeks will let them get their legs back before the tourney.
Edit: conditioning would also help explain the even worse second halves.
You're so high on the talent on this team and it's Brad's fault for not coaching then up.....where did the talent come from? I'm not seeing West Virginia having a decent year. You?
From what I’ve been told … Brad’s representation has been made aware we would be willing to negotiate the buyout if he were to leave for another program …
This pretty much describes every competent leader,you surround yourself with knowledgeable individuals willing and able to implement your vision and ideas.As a leader you must know your deficiencies and then be willing to hire someone that can complement you.
You think Jai is going to Miami because Jon is doing the coaching? His staff is doing the coaching he is the maestro conducting the show and is damn good at it.. He learned from the best and I am not a Coach K fan. You hire competent assistants to teach and run the segments of the game and it is your job to see that they do their jobs and then you orchestrate. Brad honestly has one coach that is on the same playing field level in Orlando and Brad honestly IMHO lacks Jon's savvy of the game.
Wow are people seriously calling for BU to be fired after everything he’s done for our program? It’s one season. You’re allowed to have a “hiccup” season after losing most of your roster. And if our hiccup season still includes a tournament berth, that’s pretty good. If he continues to underperform season after season that’s a different story.
The talent came from OA relationships with Will Riley and Tomi. Without OA Illinois doesn’t have Tomi or Will Riley. TA recruiting and relationship with Morez, They stumbled upon KJ when they were Recruiting Egor Demin. Chester, OA, TA , Chin Coleman and Alexander are the reasons for recruits and transfer portal not BRAD. Brad even admitted he didn’t want Domask when the rest of his staff did. Brad has absolutely no idea what he’s doing and mark my words he will eventually be fired in the next couple of seasons or leave for another Job. Brad has been at Illinois for 8 seasons.
As a high major coach, part of the job is public relations. Game after game now, BU attacks a reporter for a question. The one this time that bothered me was him snarling about not comparing (Booth) in the shoot around to play in the game. Then, he turned right around and said that the players make the shots in practice. Bill Self has a pretty good reputation and record, and I see a contrast between his recent postgame interview after being embarrassed by BYU. Although he made some of the same points as Brad did last night, he wasn't rude or bitter toward the reporters. Like it or not, the fans are a part of the support that a team needs. I also feel a bit bad for Hamer. and Tyler, as I am sure they are getting a lot of flack in public and message boards. They were thrown into an untenable position by being put in charge of the O and D. A few choices for Self's postgame BYU - https://www.google.com/search?clien...ate=ive&vld=cid:ab425dbb,vid:O_zUMMf1WFQ,st:0
Plenty of teams lose on bad shooting nights. Not many lose by FORTY - FLIPPIN - THREE.
It’s the way we've lost the last two that has me more concerned than anything else. If we lose to Iowa, and concerns of being on the bubble become very real.
I cannot help but notice the sharp looks OA is shooting Brad mid-game when defensive assignments are blown…Orlando is no dummy. I’m sure he’s not onboard with whatever is being drawn up.
I second the Tyler / Hammer comments when together they earn less then .5% of our total coaching salary pool. If they are in over their heads, it’s not their fault and they are certainly not getting paid enough for the grief they are getting.
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