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- The desert
No one is born just wanting to be an Illini for the sake of being an Illini unless you are willing to have our team be made up of a bunch of legacies and Champaign Centennial grads.What’s even wilder is a coach giving the keys to the bus to someone like that. As 0440 says, promises and recruiting seem to go hand in hand. Sometimes it works (Ayo, …), sometimes it doesn’t (Smith, Miller, Clark, …).
I think what most fans want is guys who WANT TO BE AN ILLINI and who will bust their butts to be their best, wear the jersey proudly, and buy in to the team tradition. Find talented guys like that.
You have to convince people to want to be an Illini.