Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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LaTulip is going to be on the national scene before long …
Between working with Jeremy and Field of 68 … It’s just a stepping stone … The guy knows ball … People on the national scene have seen it …
He’s had some coaching opportunities and decided that’s not the path for him …
Not to mention how Werner spent half the article talking about what a great job he did building up his business and, oh yeah, Piper did help a little.
Piper did say Geoff is currently in Greece rn.
Maybe, I remember Meacham doing at least one maybe 2 games
You guys are really confused as to what Derek did and what Latulip does/is qualified to do
Clearly, none of business. But I think that’s kind of a bummer. He’d be a great coach.
Ooh, that's a good call, but I agree with you on the barriers to hiring him. My prediction is Kyle Tausk. In one of the articles, Werner mentioned that Piper helped identify the replacement. Tausk interned on the Tay/Piper show...no clue, but that's my guess
Yep, I could certainly see Werner looking to get LaTulip on the podcast even more to fill the Piper void in the meantime. But I don't think LaTulip has even done any type of sports writing or recruiting coverage.
LaTulip is a great analyst and podcast guest but he certainly could not be a one for one replacement for everything that Piper did for Inquirer.
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Yes, you are right. I may have gotten them mixed up. But. I thought I would ask my old friend AI. I just asked if Mike LaTulip had broadcast any Illini games last year. It came back with the answer, yes. But the citation it gave was Illinois Loyalty. So, I clicked on the link that AI provided, and it brought me right to this thread and to this page, or page 9. Funny. I am guessing it was actually citing me (hey, I’m famous), but I was just asking, I didn’t say he did for sure. Or did someone since my post affirm that he did broadcast one game? If so, I apologize if I missed it.
Agreed. Sounds much more like a spot for Holocek than for LaTulip.
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Wow ! Not at all did Jeremy do that. Jeremy is a super star and works his a.. off. What a horrible take.
FSU, Miami and Illinois is what I’ve been told …
Going to be really tough to get him out of Florida … But Antigua has us in the mix …
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
we're gonna need a bigger plane
Anything LaTulip does is an automatic listen for me. Guy knows ball. Think he could go whatever path he wants (coaching, media, etc.) and be highly successful. Glad he is a former Illini!
Dude is a mini (i guess) Kofi
It’s just my opinion but I don’t think what LaTulip does (which is basically breakdown and analyze the play on the court in a very detailed way) is something people would pay for. I think 247 premium is all about getting “exclusive insider stuff on recruiting”. That IMO is what people were paying for and what Derek provided. So if you don’t replace him with someone else that brings that, I think subs are going to go down.
Jeremy is a pretty polished broadcaster and given all the Illini fans across the world, I think he should focus more on building YouTube content and becoming a YouTube personality. The model of the premium subscriber to a fan site I don’t think works given all the places free news is available
Sleepers guys are halarious. Literally made a 11 minute video about "only 13 percent of purdue fans view Omar Meyer as a day one starter" (among countless other 10+ minute vids about in all honesty....nothing).
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