Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Ugly is the Kentucky and UNC boards right now.

Hubert might be Matt Doherty 2.0 - unfortunately there is no Roy Williams waiting around anymore. The coaching tree got old fast.

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I really don’t find the board all that negative (well, except for the game threads too often). Sure some go over the top at times, but I just scroll through those. All the posts on a former player with a Z in his name are more bothersome. And not sure why, but the posts where the posters feel the need to list all the players/positional breakdown whenever they post about the team drive me nuts. We know who are on the team.

Going to have misses in recruiting. Can’t get them all. And some of those misses could have a negative impact on team. Tough for some people to move on especially during a slow news time.
 
#306      
This is quite possibly the most negative fan message board I've visited. If there's bad news, there's heaps and heaps of negativity. If there's good news, there's usually also heaps of negativity and devil's advocacy. If there's no news, its well, lets talk about some negative things like Brandin Podziemski, Jayden Epps, Skyy Clark to pass the time. Intersperse some cottage cheese/pizza discussion as well to make it somewhat palatable.

It's a shame I am starting to feel like I need to just avoid this place, as Illinois basketball (and football too) are a couple of my favorite things in life. I have so many on ignore already, it seems they just pop up everywhere. You'd think it was 2016 in here where we're winning 4 conference games in a year and not, you know, coming off the best 4 year stretch we've had in about 20 years.

Sorry for ranting but geez...
Lol. This board is generally considered a very very pro Illini and pro staff board and there is quite a bit of moderation.
 
#315      
I feel like people just equate negativity with any opinion that disagrees with them lol.
Or having somewhat realistic expectations for younger players or any player for that matter as it pertains to the NBA. We have had a few guys that were no doubt NBA guys before that have played in the league a while. It was pretty obvious when we had those guys but it gets tossed around a lot as if it's likely.

As far as next season goes I am very optimistic. I personally have high expectations TSJ and Hawk but also for Domask, Dain and QG in that order. I think those three are proven and if Williams and Goode are healthy we will be fine. It certainly is nice to have someone like Ty who can play nearly anywhere he is needed. Its nice to see players get better on the court with experience. No doubt Ty and others have potential to be very good but I also live who we have brought in for next season to provide leadership and skill as 1st and 2nd year guys develop and adjust. We didn't have that last season. That isn't being negative imo. It is the truth and a positive heading into next season
Plus we may not even be done yet. Hell Arizona added a player today.
 
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This board is very optimistic! Anybody ever visit Twitter? You wanna talk about negative?

For one of the few top 15 historically successful programs yet to win a national championship, and given the numerous examples of shall I say "bad luck" the program has endured over the past 40 years, I would say the fanbase is extraordinarily positive. And this board, in particular, is very positive compared to many fan forums. At least many I have visited.
 
#322      
This is quite possibly the most negative fan message board I've visited. If there's bad news, there's heaps and heaps of negativity. If there's good news, there's usually also heaps of negativity and devil's advocacy. If there's no news, its well, lets talk about some negative things like Brandin Podziemski, Jayden Epps, Skyy Clark to pass the time. Intersperse some cottage cheese/pizza discussion as well to make it somewhat palatable.

It's a shame I am starting to feel like I need to just avoid this place, as Illinois basketball (and football too) are a couple of my favorite things in life. I have so many on ignore already, it seems they just pop up everywhere. You'd think it was 2016 in here where we're winning 4 conference games in a year and not, you know, coming off the best 4 year stretch we've had in about 20 years.

Sorry for ranting but geez...
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Let us know what you decide 😊
 
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Dr Copejam

The Rock
This is quite possibly the most negative fan message board I've visited. If there's bad news, there's heaps and heaps of negativity. If there's good news, there's usually also heaps of negativity and devil's advocacy. If there's no news, its well, lets talk about some negative things like Brandin Podziemski, Jayden Epps, Skyy Clark to pass the time. Intersperse some cottage cheese/pizza discussion as well to make it somewhat palatable.

It's a shame I am starting to feel like I need to just avoid this place, as Illinois basketball (and football too) are a couple of my favorite things in life. I have so many on ignore already, it seems they just pop up everywhere. You'd think it was 2016 in here where we're winning 4 conference games in a year and not, you know, coming off the best 4 year stretch we've had in about 20 years.

Sorry for ranting but geez...
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skyIdub

Winged Warrior
If any of you would like a brief respite and learn all about orange...head on over to the Illinois Football Uniforms thread and check out the rabbit hole I fell into!
Color Therapy!

 
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