Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Hard to think of what else would stop deals other than money ... although I suspect one or more of T/Z/Mirk could go through the draft process.
Maybe demanding we re-up Petro or Bilic for decent $$ as part of some package deal?
Does he not remember that they took Bilic!
Long as there aren't any hard feelings from the Petro and Bilic camps for not playing here.
Are we talking about current players, potential future players, or both?
Tipton of On3 has gotten some bad rap a few times:
Im not familiar with the euro recruiting scene. Does he represent all of euro guys (Mirk, Tomi and Big Z)?
What’s the update here? Feel like I’m missing something.
sacraig
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We would have beat UCONN by 30...
Does that get significantly harder to become a reality if we're paying our Euros twice as much?
The numbers Misko is asking for his guys...
That doesn't sound good - the only other aspect I can imagine it being about is if his agent is wanting guarantees on role/usage, that we'll build the offense around him, etc. Which I think we would, but Brad and Tyler have to go with what's working, so it would be tough to guarantee anything
I would also imagine other programs are in Misko's ear for Mirk to go there and they will build the whole team around him, so that could be driving some of that too - however any other good program would have the same challenges we would have in those types of guarantees and any coach that is going to guarantee his agent that is a coach I wouldn't trust
sacraig
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Tipton has always been a clown whose only "skill" was making crappy recruitment edits and he somehow parlayed that into a career in "journalism." I go out of my way to not give On3 clicks since they employ him.
And our Final Four run put all of his college guys on the map! We made him a lot of money, hopefully he understands thatThe numbers Misko is asking for his guys...
For example….
I mean honestly is anyone surprised by this? Hopefully this gets us out of going euro.
With which player?
Tomi 2.5 Z 2 Mirk 2 Petro stay same but needs to start is that deal breaker
I’m afraid if this caps our abilities to dominate the Balkan market (which we’ve benefited so much from).The numbers Misko is asking for his guys...
As for this year — he represents Andrej, Mirk, and the twins. Staff will have to negotiate it out.
Reality of the NIL era. This is Tomi and Z’s final college paydays and they held their own against Tarris Reed who dropped 26/9 vs. Duke’s frontline.
Dre got downhill and scored at key moments during the E8 and F4 games.
Mirk has potential to be B1G player of the year next year.
I would love to return all 4. Pay them. You have Jake. Add Blackwell. That’s a solid starting lineup with scoring options specialized for 3 levels (3pt line, mid-range, at the rim). Jake provides spacing and 3s. Tomi plays the Mara role with a serviceable 3pt shot you have to respect. Coleman starts.
Hope Z makes a year two jump and rediscovers his shot. Morillo provides gaurd depth. Add some backup pieces in the portal.
Top 10 team with a 1 seed ceiling and 3 seed floor. Worth the $10-15M budget we’ll have to spend.
Dre got downhill and scored at key moments during the E8 and F4 games.
Mirk has potential to be B1G player of the year next year.
I would love to return all 4. Pay them. You have Jake. Add Blackwell. That’s a solid starting lineup with scoring options specialized for 3 levels (3pt line, mid-range, at the rim). Jake provides spacing and 3s. Tomi plays the Mara role with a serviceable 3pt shot you have to respect. Coleman starts.
Hope Z makes a year two jump and rediscovers his shot. Morillo provides gaurd depth. Add some backup pieces in the portal.
Top 10 team with a 1 seed ceiling and 3 seed floor. Worth the $10-15M budget we’ll have to spend.
I have a feeling Andrej is gonna surprise us with his 3 point shooting next year. He knows it his key to getting in the league. I’m predicting 35%. Put that in his repertoire and he will be 1st team all big ten
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