Hard disagreement here. Which player on our roster would have matched up athletically in ANY of the games this weekend. We had crafty guys, but really no gifted athletes. Those closest thing we have to that is Ty.
did you mean non- compete clauses?? Always remember --what goes around comes around...
Ha this sounds like some good Monday morning procrastination fuel. Will report back tomorrow.
Plus the games with Maryland. There are teams that we can't compete with unless we happen to be making a high percentage of the 50 3s we are chucking. Then we can beat anyone.
1. The kid left because he got an offer for substantially more money. 2. I still think Tim Anderson is going to be involved somehow. 3. The comments about 3-point shooting opportunities, etc were of tertiary importance. People don't like to say it's about the money when it is.
Whomever it was that sent the DM to Indy needs to be banned. I wish the insiders would publicly call out those usernames that have been rude to them.
If I have to choose between a team that is moderately successful and retains players from year to year or a team that has NBA players and erratic seasons with a possible deep run but only retains two players year over year, I’m taking moderate success with consistency every single time.
I am okay with the odds of a new cast of characters gelling. Watching these other tournament teams, I really don’t think this collection of players had much hope to ever reach that level unless KJ and Riley both decided to stay.
Correct. We badly lack athleticism.
When was the last time this team was moderately successful with consistently retained players that stay for 3+ years? Better yet, how many coaches can pull this off in this climate? It’s a small handful.
You are dead wrong about not needing athletic players. Probably the best athlete on the team was Tre and he couldn't keep up with the teams outside of the big ten
Hope his paint brush stroke is better than his 3 point stroke.
Was it Ben that was starting over him or was it Tre? I thought Tre filled the role of a 4 more than Ben did.
Is there any disagreement that’s not hard? Lol
I agree. We weren't that athletic outside of Tre, DGL, and Johnson. However, the best run-jump athlete on the team had to be DGL.
These kids get run off. Lazy coaching not wanting to invest and develop these kids, especially in the mental and emotional space, imo.
IMO, Morez not athletic and Tre is average for a college wing.
And that’s the problem. I am disenfranchised with the product as it is today. I watched less than half of the Illini games this season because I just didn’t care about all these new kids. And it’s not going to get better next year….or the year after that.
