Hence the prolbem ive called out multiple time this season...posters seem to only remember/call out his bad, but not the good.
Can you or anyone else be any more specific regarding the "for a while now" part? Is this whisper campaign weeks, months, or years old?
I’ll repost the below…I feel Indy knows basketball and is very connected. His connections seem to be more donor/basketball community. Love what they all share!
Well here's my advice to your sources slash you personally.
That's the expectation for like 75% of Big Ten teams. In the last 5 years, 3 programs have won at least one Big Ten regular season title and at least one Big Ten Tournament. BU's Illini, Painter's Purdue, and Michigan with 2 different HCs (Juwan won a reg season title but no BTT, May vice versa).
That's what I'm saying the vibe has changed so much. I don't know if it's NIL or something else. Just a few years ago we were monsters in recruiting with guys like Orlando, Chin and Tim landing multiple top 30 kids - year after year, then we were killing it in the portal landing both TSJ and Mayer in the same class. I was watching national guys in the scene and when Illinois hoped on a player they all took it seriously - "look out for Illinois" now when Illinois is "on" a player it's not even taken seriously. Long gone are the days when it was echoed that "If Brad usually wants someone - he gets them." Maybe I'm snake bitten from Weber and Groce because myself and a few other were the quiet voice that expressed concerns when things started trending badly and were constantly shot down. Something changed - maybe it's the whispers some of the ex-players who are coming at the program about how playing time has been distrubuted the past years and the changes to the staff.
Its more the fact that people say it over and over and over and over. If you get my point.
Why is the baseline the worst period in Illinois basketball history?
I still don't get it, can you please repeat your point hundreds of times over the next five months, preferably relying on as many capitalized letters as humanly possible?
Yes, but I probably shouldn't.
He's small, 5'10" 175 pounds, but the kid is a player! He averaged 17.1 points/3.2 rebounds/ 4.2 assists, while shooting 43.3/35.9/75.6 this past season for SLU. He was so tough late in games, and in the clutch. He's a heady player, trying to get others involved, but knowing when to turn it on. He also worked hard on defense, often picking up his man full court, or at the half court line. I don't know how much it would "cost" the Illini for him to transfer here, or if he'd sign on for a backup role, but if Swope is good on both, he'd be a very nice addition.
And we're concerned about Ben?? Lol
Another piece of advice: consider the possibility that there is a correlation in the factual accuracy of these reports.
Many of those programs dont have a top 8 paid head coach, the 8 highest valued program, a top 5 most profitable program, a top ten fan base and the potential NIL that we have.
At this point, with every target mentioned(to date) bailing....when is the meltdown warranted.
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