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Shoot, if we miss the NCAA tournament I imagine heads will roll. It would have echoes of Weber: a spike of success followed by a slow decline.
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40% on low volume. DWill was low 50% as a
Freshman with some real awful streaks if memory serves. I’ll eat my hat if he shoots that poor at the FT line again this year.
But I thought Curbelo would improve his shooting as a sophomore, so this is probably just pre season optimism on my part. Also I make all my hats out of pizza dough so they don’t taste half bad. The downside is they don’t look great for long.
He'll probably end up at Baylor or Utah
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and Tyler takes over as head coach?NIT …
Soooo if we do not make second weekend- Underwood is out???
That seems a bit rash. I could see him being out if they miss the tournament, but I feel like a second round exit would buy him one more year but it would be a very hot seat.
I’ll say it again: if you’re a fan, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to focus on the tournament as your measure of success and failure. If you’re an AD, tossing out the results of 188 games and making your judgments on five is severely lacking in prudence.
On the other hand he could post up opposing PGs
Phoenix Gill is in highschool, summer before his junior year, I thought Rabid made a joking comparison of father and son at equal points in their (highschool) basketball career
Dudes gotta be the winningest coach on a hot seat of all timeCurrently...
I think there is a mutual parting of ways if they have first round loss.
Yes, hot seat if no S16 and they may just decide to move on still.
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If we do not make the 2nd weekend … Brad will very much be looking to get out before he’s told to get out … The seat is already hot …
No Tourney and I can almost guarantee Brad and Illinois will “mutually part ways” … Expectations are high …
And that’s not me saying I want Brad to fail … Heck no! I want him to succeed … I like Brad … I want to get back to the dang 2nd weekend … But there a lot of people (boosters, Josh, and heck even me!) who really question if the Loyola year was the peak … And will we ever get back to there ?
Let me introduce you to a man named John Calipari … Rick Barnes was pretty dang good … Fired …
Regular season is not what we play for … Sure getting that Big Ten championship is nice but if that’s the bar for “winning” then that’s a pretty low bar for how much talent we’ve had …
Tournament success … All that matters …
The amount of resources that Whitman has poured into the program, in addition to a brand new practice facility, the history of success at Illinois, the recruiting territory we have, our universities network, etc... The list goes on as to why our program can and needs to be better. Brad HAS to have to tourney success. Shoot, even Brad's own rhetoric says the same thingLet me introduce you to a man named John Calipari … Rick Barnes was pretty dang good … Fired …
Regular season is not what we play for … Sure getting that Big Ten championship is nice but if that’s the bar for “winning” then that’s a pretty low bar for how much talent we’ve had …
Tournament success … All that matters …
I want Brad to succeed…but if he can’t get us to the next level with the talent that we have then he’s not the right person to get us there. Expectations are high…
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I agree with this. But my read on the situation is that missing the tournament is more like the final straw vs the sole reason JW would make that move. I imagine the off court stuff like flirting with other programs, booster relations, player retention, and other issues that haven't been talked about on here are all contributing factors in addition to the on court results.
FWIW I, personally, don't think next year should be any kind of make or break year but I really do trust JW to do what's best for this program so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Next year is make or break … When you’ve got guys like Sean Miller, Eric Musselman and others that would be interested … Boosters willing to support a move if it’s necessary …
It makes making a move a little easier …
Back to RECRUITING,,, I like the looks of Jalen Tucker. He might even get us to the 2w33k end of the Big Ten tournament! Looks like more of a scorer than a passer, tho...
Is muss really an option? Why would he leave Arkansas for us when he has unlimited Walmart NIL and is already recruiting nationally and in a big time conference. I could be missing part of the equation
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