They've been signing contracts for a long time. (scholarships and the support that goes with them are contracts). Inducements have been around for a very, very long time. My point is not to be pedantic but to argue that free agency is effectively here already. If the colleges want signees to stay longer than 1 year, they're going to have to come up with something that provides more stability. Loyalty is a 2 way street.
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They've been signing contracts for a long time. (scholarships and the support that goes with them are contracts). Inducements have been around for a very, very long time. My point is not to be pedantic but to argue that free agency is effectively here already. If the colleges want signees to stay longer than 1 year, they're going to have to come up with something that provides more stability. Loyalty is a 2 way street.
I loved that guy. He was Brian Cook before there were Brian Cook's. Kruger got a lot out of him his senior year, but I wonder how he would've done in Self's hi-low offense.
The first three yes...... I'd argue Mayer was not a net plus for the Illini.
But I'd need to slam a bunch of Monster drinks first!!
Illinicpa14
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Some of those guy were top 150 recruits…
I mowed their lawn one summer-Wesleyan groundskeeping crew summer job!
Calvin Brock in 2009 was my first thought. Only started five games because Chester got injured but played in every game.
ChiefGritty
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Oh don't do our boy like that. Dislike.
It’s fake.Lieb to Duke?
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
As an aside, with Lieb gone and the likelihood of Shannon going pro, we're looking at the possibility of zero Illinois native scholarship players.
I don't love that, tbh.
I don't love that, tbh.
Homecoming 2019
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Brandon Iieb to Duke! Wonder if Brandon Lieb will follow suit??
Anyone else wonder why a forum dedicated to Illinois sports doesn't default to a font that let's you type a proper capital i that doesn't look like a lower case L?
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Brandon was finally getting some playing time.
Still if he wants to be a starter he should transfer to someplace like Ivy league and become a legend!
I guess we are looking in portal for backup center now. I would like a Euro-5 that can spread the floor but still have the size to block shots in the lane.
Good luck Brandon.
Still if he wants to be a starter he should transfer to someplace like Ivy league and become a legend!
I guess we are looking in portal for backup center now. I would like a Euro-5 that can spread the floor but still have the size to block shots in the lane.
Good luck Brandon.
Yeah but it rhymes. wait wrong cliche' LOL
Fighter of the Nightman
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I completely agree in hindsight, don't get me wrong. However, at the time it was quite the coup, and my point was mainly that Underwood has proven his ability beyond any doubt to have at least as much talent coming in from the portal as exiting out (again, without 20/20 hindsight).
Haha, I saw something similar at the one practice I went to during that time. Except in that one Chin was telling Greg to play with more confidence and said something along the lines of "I know you don't have any confidence, I've seen that ugly girl you mess around with"
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Underwood Set to Receive Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award
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Underwood Set to Receive Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award - University of Illinois Athletics
Brad Underwood will receive the 2023 Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award on Friday in Houston, presented annually to a Division I head coach who goes above and beyond in
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Dip your nuggets in my staff source sauce.
If there's one thing Underwood has shown he can do, it's find guys to fill a roster. He'll get guys. He'll get good ones. We just don't know if he'll be able to patch it together in a meaningful way.
RichardKeenesCousin
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nope, and we should go ahead a forfeit the year away at this point. Redshirt everyone, then we can start recruiting hard for the years after. Might give us an edge in the long run.
The NBA is more complex than ever, sincerely sit down and watch a team like the Warriors, Kings, or the Bucks on defense and I would be shocked if you don't find that to be true. The amount of off-ball movement and complex actions is crazy. Most people with this lazy take point to "poor defense" and players just being able to run to the rim. The reason those lanes are so open now is because of how ridiculously good of a shooter the average NBA player is today, allowing for spacing that opens up huge lanes for athletic demigods to attack the rim (plus some gracious refereeing).
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