Me either. I do enjoy their "inside" information, but it's been proven many times that their info is not 100% reliable. They obviously know people in the program who pass along semi-confidential information at that point in time, but it is certainly not infallible. And to their credit, they have been very up front about admitting this. If one thinks everything they tell us is absolutely going to come to fruition, well, you're just setting yourself up for disappointment down the road. But I still enjoy it so keep it coming.
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Joel Goodson
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Watched the game, nobody on the opposing team could guard him. The guards just couldn't get Rez the ball or do it effectively. Guards also never met a three point shot that they didn't love!... Rez should've had 25 to 30 points easy
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Maybe letting them play a little would help. Obviously is not always the answer, some play and leave anyway, but having them practice and watch isn't going to keep a person on the team who knows he should be playing.
Ability does nothing if he can’t run the offense and isn’t rotating correctly on defense. Just because you have the talent to be on the field/floor doesn’t mean you are ready.
Unfortunately, I believe this has to be true. Been a tough last couple years.
Are you kidding me. Illini have won Big Ten, won Big Ten Tournament and won more games than any BIg Ten team. Just need better NCAA Tournaments.
Name checks out.
This narrative is getting tiresome.
You mean like Miller, Curbelo, Clark, Epps............
And every player on the team feels like they know they should be playing more. They are not the ones who decide this.
Read the next sentence please. The "Obviously this isn't always the answer" part.
or thinks he should be playing. If someone is going to help them win, the coach is going to play them.
I did. You still said the first part though.
Just stand by how you really feel.
You finished the second sentence by returning to your original narrative. ".....but having them practice and watch isn't going to keep a person on the team....".
Underwood also has a track record of putting lead guards in the NBA if they will stick with him. Obviously Ayo, and as I remember, Juwan Evans at 6' tall about 170 lbs was also drafted after one year in Underwood's system.
I’d agree but given everything that’s happened the past couple of years, this will all be a blip. Most fans just follow Illinois so it’s always going to be easy to point out our own deficits but most programs struggled with turnover with all the recent changes. How Underwood does this next season is going to be almost the only variable that matters and that in turn will impact our NIL potential. Heck, even UNC will recover and they managed to go from preseason #1 to missing the tournament entirely.
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The way the game is played now with wide open paint and extreme spacing, most kids don’t even think to look to make post entries, let alone practice and execute them.Watched the game, nobody on the opposing team could guard him. The guards just couldn't get Rez the ball or do it effectively. Guards also never met a three point shot that they didn't love!
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A couple years ago I had 2 really good bigs and we played through the low post. We had to do so much work with the guards on post entry I could have done it for entire practices.
We’re short now and run 5 out, and they just naturally have more of those small details down. It’s more instinctual for them, where for older guards (probably like the 35 and up crew), looking to enter to your big was more instinctual.
It may not be the playing time per se but rather the managing of expectations. If Perrin hypothetically was sold on transferring mid-season as an impact player then sits on the bench that’s a coaching failure either way.
Multitudes of these scenarios under BU may undermine his recruiting pitch with future recruits.
Multitudes of these scenarios under BU may undermine his recruiting pitch with future recruits.
Watching BP3’s 43 point game on Big Ten Classic right now. The announcer (Tirico, I believe) has already mentioned the Illini’s lack of a true point guard is killing them three times.. in an edited Illini classic highlight reel. Some things never change.
You also need to factor in how Underwood has caused a decline in the talent level of Chicago area kids which has resulted in less talented recruits coming into the program.
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Who honestly believes the pitch was for Perrin to be an impact player immediately?
If he thought so, then it was obviously lost in translation. Perrin was always more of a candidate to redshirt than see impact minutes last year.
Perrin leaving is not on BU. There is plenty to fault the coaching staff for, but this is not one of them. I wish folks would stop using Perrin as a strike against BU.
I know I'm in the minority, but I would have loved to have seen John Groce succeed at Illinois. He seemed to be a quality guy, but good guy or not, you have to win. He seems to just be a mid-major guy. He's done well at Akron and from an outside perspective, he makes his players better men.John Groce says "Hi, remember me?"
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This isn't a knock on the post, it was funny. Just a random thought.
I’m sorry. I don’t understand what you are saying. Are you suggesting he single-handedly drained the talent pool of an entire city? Or somewhat? How so?
I read his post with a heavy dose of sarcasm, since the attitude of the board seems to have gone from BU can do no wrong to BU can do no right in the last 12 months.
Joel Goodson
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if this is sarcasm, great job!
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