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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 186590" data-source="post: 1304777"><p>I like your assessment there. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Chin would be the biggest Chicago "insider" Illinois has ever hired. I don't think we should take that point lightly, the Chicago coaches have been banging the table for a hire like this for decades and for whatever reason it hasn't come to fruition. I go back to the 80's and even Jimmy Collins wasn't a Chicago guy when he was hired. Jerrance played in Chicago, but it's a big difference when you've been a HS and AAU coach in the city vs. just a player. Parham had three seasons of coaching HS in chicago, but didn't grow up in Chicago.</p><p></p><p>It would be exciting to actually see if having a Chicago guy on staff would make a difference. If nothing else we've created aligned incentives with the chicago AAU and HS coaches - they will want to make Chin successful to make that path easier for other coaches wanting to move up to the college ranks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 186590, post: 1304777"] I like your assessment there. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Chin would be the biggest Chicago "insider" Illinois has ever hired. I don't think we should take that point lightly, the Chicago coaches have been banging the table for a hire like this for decades and for whatever reason it hasn't come to fruition. I go back to the 80's and even Jimmy Collins wasn't a Chicago guy when he was hired. Jerrance played in Chicago, but it's a big difference when you've been a HS and AAU coach in the city vs. just a player. Parham had three seasons of coaching HS in chicago, but didn't grow up in Chicago. It would be exciting to actually see if having a Chicago guy on staff would make a difference. If nothing else we've created aligned incentives with the chicago AAU and HS coaches - they will want to make Chin successful to make that path easier for other coaches wanting to move up to the college ranks. [/QUOTE]
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