Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Coaches working to improve their rosters has been happening forever. Was Giorgi "recruited over" when BU brought in Kofi? The coach's job is to bring in the best talent he can. The player's job is to force the coach to play him. There are more opportunities for the coach to improve his squad than there used to be, and there are more opportunites for athletes to find a situation in which they are more likely to see the court.
College basketball recruiting is a far different game than it was 3 years ago. Scouting and recruiting are a much different game now. We didn't get Kylan two years ago, but thanks to our prep scouting and recruiting, we had a relationship that gave us a chance to get him as an upper classman.
Personally, I am glad we have a coach who can see which way the wind is blowing and change his tack. You can either adapt or lose momentum.
I definitely still root for specific players...on the team. It always boiled down to that last part.
My mistake. I will correct.
Really gonna miss Sencire. He was my daughter's favorite player and was nice enough to take a picture with her after the game in Iowa City. Wish him much success at his next stop.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Not really. I’d argue even most folks defending the new system on some notion of fairness to the players (totally valid) are not enjoying it too much as fans. It is what it is, I guess.
However, it is what it is and we should at least be thankful that Illinois Basketball, specifically, is incredibly well-positioned compared to the field in this new universe of Power Two conferences and NIL.
wow we only have 3 guards on the roster and 1 of them if moretti
The portal giveth and the portal taketh.
sacraig
- The desert
Yeah, it's really sad how no one was able to get excited about rooting for Shannon.
Sign me up for doing what is necessary to cheer for a *winning* uniform.
Have to agree.. Maybe those that love fantasy ball love this time of year, but as a fan of a school it makes it a much less fan connected sport. I know I started watching a lot less (not zero) NFL once free agency got in full gear. May happen here as well, though my ties to the O&B are stronger than they were to the Bears, Bucs etc.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
At the end of the day, having it be universal free agency all the time with no durable connection between players and schools is not to the long term benefit of the players both from an economics perspective (limit supply while keeping demand steady and prices rise), and also because the whole machine depends on the passion of fans whose love for college athletics arises because the player mirror our own relationships with our schools.
What is bad for fan interest is definitionally bad for player compensation. It's all the same money.
Don't pay too much attention to that. With no clear position for most players, that's just a guess!
Also- Marcus Domask and Justin Harmon? Ugh, I should have been paid an hourly wage to root for those guys.
I sure hope so! Illinois has got a number of spots to fill, and he really needs a stud wing or two to get back to the top of the B1G heap.Brad is cooking
I say only recruit 5 stars for freshman and transfer portal everyone else. Similar to UConn
Admittedly, I don't know the internal discussion process but it feels like a mistake to let Sencire go out the door so (apparently) easily. If nothing else, his high energy play and shut-down defense would have kept him in most any rotation. I guess we will have to see how the guard position is backfilled but I was really hoping Sencire would be a part of the roster. Heck, he would have helped this past season.
I mean c'mon guys.......I refuse to believe some of y'all are this naive. Outside of the super rare cases like Jack Ingram for example....this is literally how it's ALWAYS been for the entire history of college basketball. These guys have always been funneled into lower workload majors like RST or Communications and they have tutors that pretty much do 70% of their work FOR them even then.
Kendall, Nick Anderson, Frankie, BCook, Dee, Deron, Luther, BP3, Rayvonte,Malcolm, Meyers....these dudes most definitely spent more time at KAMS then they ever did in class. I know for a fact during my time there that UI athletics would literally have someone whose entire job was stopping in classrooms and checking if the athletes were in attendance. Half the time the guys would wait until they got marked as present and then bounce anyways.
The illusion of the "amateur-college-athlete" has ALWAYS been just that........an illusion (for the vast ,vast majority of the players).
Side note, I've always been of the opinion that if you can major in Theatre, Music, or Dance....you should be able to major in Basketball/Football or the D1 sport you're playing. You probably would have better job prospects right out of college with the latter as a high level D1 athlete
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I think it’s as simple as Chester was Sencires guy here and he’s following him out the door. That kind of stuff happens frequently.
Not too bent out of shape about this.
Missing the whole point to try to dunk on someone…
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