Illini Women's Basketball 2022

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RJK01

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I am looking forward to watching good WBB like when Grentz was the coach. I also like the fact that she has some experience in the BIG and is from the midwest. Hopefully, she keeps Corey Irvin on staff to help with Chicago recruiting.
 
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Gary J

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The Grentz era was fantastic. Still have my 96-97 Big Ten Champs tshirt. Some silliness at the end of the run led to the dumpster fire.

Let's get this rolling again! It will take a few years....
 
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The Galloping Ghost

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Genuinely excited about Coach Green. If you haven't watched, it's definitely worth it. Possibly the most fascinating part takes place at the 35:20 mark when Jeremy Werner asks what Josh did to recruit her. She goes into pretty heavy detail about the full-court press Josh uses to bring in his coaching candidates. It's impressive stuff and makes me appreciate the fact that we have an AD willing to put in the work to give us the best chance of winning. I really hope this is the start of a process that finally gets us back into the NCAA tournament and some much-needed banners.
 
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WyattEarp

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The Galloping Ghost said:
Genuinely excited about Coach Green. If you haven't watched, it's definitely worth it. Possibly the most fascinating part takes place at the 35:20 mark when Jeremy Werner asks what Josh did to recruit her. She goes into pretty heavy detail about the full-court press Josh uses to bring in his coaching candidates. It's impressive stuff and makes me appreciate the fact that we have an AD willing to put in the work to give us the best chance of winning. I really hope this is the start of a process that finally gets us back into the NCAA tournament and some much-needed banners.
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Personally, I like that she seems very honest, sincere and no BS. It was more like …here’s the deal
it’s gonna be hard. We need to get to work…without going overboard with the
usual BIG promises and rah-rah type stuff that you often hear at these kinda things.
I’m a fan already. I think she just might be what this fractured program needs right now. I liked the candor in which she
talked about Whitman’s full court press too.
 
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WWWWRocU

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Yes, please, bring her on board!! Welcome aboard the famILLy Shauna!!
 
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ILLFAN67

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Well she can’t do hardly any worse. The previous administration was an absolute dumpster fire, 7 Big Ten wins in 5 Yrs? A great start would be to at least make us competitive again! I would like to see a return to the Grentz yrs.
 
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TCTORNADO

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ILLFAN67 said:
Well she can’t do hardly any worse. The previous administration was an absolute dumpster fire, 7 Big Ten wins in 5 Yrs? A great start would be to at least make us competitive again! I would like to see a return to the Grentz yrs.
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She thanked Chancellor Robert Jones 3 or 4 times in her press conference. He's certainly present administration and was involved in her hiring. Just a great guy.
 
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Chief512

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Kelly Bond White long time assistant coach at Texas A&M, former Illini did not get head coaching job there. Do we have a chance at landing her as top assistant?
 
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logjam

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illini0440 said:
Give it some time…..she was just announced 2 days ago
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hungry feed me GIF

Lol....for a friend.
 
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Pasquale

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JFGsCoffeeMug said:
Might have missed it, but is Green bringing any assistants with her?
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Based on a comment she made about her staff at Dayton during her press conference, it wouldn't surprise me if she brought some of them with her. I can't remember specifically what she said, but she made some reference about the success they had recruiting Illinois (as if to suggest they have already done it and can do it again).
 
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JFGsCoffeeMug

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BU:1 Trash cans:0
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Pasquale said:
Based on a comment she made about her staff at Dayton during her press conference, it wouldn't surprise me if she brought some of them with her. I can't remember specifically what she said, but she made some reference about the success they had recruiting Illinois (as if to suggest they have already done it and can do it again).
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Yeah, but has she been visiting any of them at their homes?
 
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Pasquale

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With five players planning to transfer, we'll only have eight players on the roster in the fall. Coach Green will have the hit the transfer portal hard in the coming weeks. Fortunately, there are a lot of players in the portal now.
 
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