sacraig
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Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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That's OK, nobody's perfect /s
Except my PhD is from a different school. BS is from Illinois.
I couldn't get all my degrees from Illinois yet I'm still the most attached to the beloved.
Same with me actually
Except my PhD is from a different school. BS is from Illinois.
sacraig
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Probably why we're here. Your loyalty typically stays with the first big sports school you attend.
Hearing Adama Sanogo might enter the portal after the season. Have you heard this @illini0440 @LvilleILL?
I hope Illinois is recruiting this dude.
I got all mine from U of I Geology. BS 1968; MS, 1971; PhD, 1974, and I was an avid Illini fan from the late fifties when my cousin went to school. Thick and thin, thick and thin, but the high points live with me, and the lows are largely forgotten.
Have you seen Certa play or are you just taking the side of our expert because you trust him unwaveringly?
Please, show me where I took anyone's side. I would love to see that.
Bigtex
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Like caleb love was last year. Don’t believe it will happen after playing (and winning?) in championship game
So… now that he’s in the portal. Illini0440, any comments?
He's not in the portal yet. He's just testing the NBA waters.
I get it. Clans and tribes resort to cannibalism if they get hungry enough.
It’s been an up an down season; and a slow news cycle. Apparently you’re bored, and you wanna pick a fight about nothing. Cool.
I’m thinking most of the “upset fans”you speak of would likely come around eventually…(in the unlikely event that would actually transpire.)
So for for chrissake…If that happens…which it won’t…
Maybe give people a minute. He was the enemy about 5 minutes ago. He might fit like a glove here. Or, his personality and behavior MIGHT be an issue. No one knows. The last couple of years should have taught us that.
But he ain’t comin’ here anyway.
I didn't see anything about the portal, only the NBA Draft.
Edit: State of Chicago already got it.
I know there's been plenty of criticism of Brad & rumors floating the past few weeks, but I just had a thought.
The man has a proven track record of regular season success, and getting a bunchhhh of guys reach/surpass expectations either at Illinois or their following season after being in the program.. Giorgi, Feliz, Griffin, Podz, Ayo, Kofi, Coleman, Leron Black was a monster in Brads system people forget, Plummer, TSJ, Damonte, Trent, heck Curbelo was 6th man of the year in the Big Ten will he ever have a season like that again? On a 1 seed caliber team... I could keep going, but for the talk of losing guards & whatever else, the man has developed and put a ton of guys in positions to be successful. Even Mayer this year said in interviews that Brad is great at getting guys looks & had his best year statistically in college. For the talk of "loss of culture", which I think was unfortunately just having a group of interesting characters this season rather than a Brad/program issue..I think the culture is actually in place.
If you come to Illinois you're:
- Going to get in the best shape of your life (Fletch)
-Compete for a BTT/Play in the NCAA tournament (Brad)
- Develop as a player & reach your potential
- Learn to take/handle tough love (very important lesson for young men)
-Be pushed
The point I'm actually making is these are huge & unique offers that not every school can make. You come to Illinois, and you are tough enough to buy in, you're going to be a better player/man. We have one of the best facilities in the country. In a world of constant movement, transfer portals, guys wanting to develop as quickly as they possibly can to get to the next level.. Illinois is one of the best options. We should absolutely feast in this era of transfer portaling for as long as we have Brad. The hard job for him, is to find out if a player is tough enough to follow through on Brads vision.
The issue? You don't know who anyone is until you hit adversity. Goes for all parts of life & relationships. Here's to hoping the guys we have on our roster are bought in and understand his vision from here on out. When everyone is bought in to Brad, we've seen how good we/he is.
The man has a proven track record of regular season success, and getting a bunchhhh of guys reach/surpass expectations either at Illinois or their following season after being in the program.. Giorgi, Feliz, Griffin, Podz, Ayo, Kofi, Coleman, Leron Black was a monster in Brads system people forget, Plummer, TSJ, Damonte, Trent, heck Curbelo was 6th man of the year in the Big Ten will he ever have a season like that again? On a 1 seed caliber team... I could keep going, but for the talk of losing guards & whatever else, the man has developed and put a ton of guys in positions to be successful. Even Mayer this year said in interviews that Brad is great at getting guys looks & had his best year statistically in college. For the talk of "loss of culture", which I think was unfortunately just having a group of interesting characters this season rather than a Brad/program issue..I think the culture is actually in place.
If you come to Illinois you're:
- Going to get in the best shape of your life (Fletch)
-Compete for a BTT/Play in the NCAA tournament (Brad)
- Develop as a player & reach your potential
- Learn to take/handle tough love (very important lesson for young men)
-Be pushed
The point I'm actually making is these are huge & unique offers that not every school can make. You come to Illinois, and you are tough enough to buy in, you're going to be a better player/man. We have one of the best facilities in the country. In a world of constant movement, transfer portals, guys wanting to develop as quickly as they possibly can to get to the next level.. Illinois is one of the best options. We should absolutely feast in this era of transfer portaling for as long as we have Brad. The hard job for him, is to find out if a player is tough enough to follow through on Brads vision.
The issue? You don't know who anyone is until you hit adversity. Goes for all parts of life & relationships. Here's to hoping the guys we have on our roster are bought in and understand his vision from here on out. When everyone is bought in to Brad, we've seen how good we/he is.
Portal = Draft
It sounds like the military. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
There have to always be players on other teams that the coaches watch that they “are interested in”, right?
skyIdub
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And brunch......
skyIdub
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Ahhhhh....The University of Hard Knocks. Painful memories.
Same, BS in Physics from Illinois, PhD in Physics from Stanford. Nerds unite!
Except my PhD is from a different school. BS is from Illinois.
This is just silly and you probably know it.
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