OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Definitely a Ty Rodgers fan and will be rooting for him wherever he ends up. He’s been through a lot, so I hope he finds a great fit and contributes.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
Hotter than a set of twin Balkans. When the ball goes up, we gonna run the score up to the mid 80s
No idea, but I would guess Andrej. It SOUNDS like we are inside the 5 yard-line with that negotiation.
A Denzel appearance with a wry smile popped up when he was asked about yesterday.
P. S. See post #212 by @FI_8905
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I wasn't happy with Underwood screaming at Epps the following year, but where was it that Podz left because Brad was too mean?
I've only ever seen that he left because he wasn't guaranteed minutes and believed he was being recruited over.
The source is reading the messaging from the insiders that we will be fine if Blackwell doesn't come. That, to me, is them trying to let us down easy; the Blackwell-to-Illinois situation does not seem to be going as well as thought.
How does the 5 year rule benefit Ben?Qatar
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You are correct. Pods left over playing time. But I agree Brad has really mellowed out over his tenure here and I like it. He’s still intense but much much focused on his intensity.
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Have you seen him standing next to Wagler?
If I remember correctly, he left after Skyy Clark committed. I think we can all admit we would have preferred Podz over Clark that year.
That’s correct. It’s somehow morphed into back to back injured seasons for some people.
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Michigan won ‘26 title in April ‘25. Lock Get Drej and Blackwell done!
Folks are just so anxious lol.
This may be a hot take, but I think Stojakovic being retained is more important than Blackwell.
When I look at the list of players, and I want to give Isaac Trotter full credit for this because he discussed it at length, the names available to replace Stojakovic are really underwhelming. There just aren’t great options.
As far as Blackwell’s position, there are many more solid options, whether it is McNeil, or Hiill, or rolling with Coleman, etc. You get the idea.
When I look at the list of players, and I want to give Isaac Trotter full credit for this because he discussed it at length, the names available to replace Stojakovic are really underwhelming. There just aren’t great options.
As far as Blackwell’s position, there are many more solid options, whether it is McNeil, or Hiill, or rolling with Coleman, etc. You get the idea.
Interesting that we seem to have made the cut for Zens and Wisconsin didn’t. Similar systems but sure seems like a much clearer path to a role and PT at Wisconsin, maybe as soon as this year. Seems like a good prospect but I don’t see any way he cracks the rotation this year, and will likely get recruited/portaled over in coming years.
I do feel for Gard as I think he’s a good coach, but I saw someone call him Wisconsin’s Bruce Weber and that’s probably pretty close, although a. He has had more success than Weber after the prior coaches recruits left and 2. I don’t know that anyone could do better at Wisconsin as it seems like they don’t have great resources for basketball.
I do feel for Gard as I think he’s a good coach, but I saw someone call him Wisconsin’s Bruce Weber and that’s probably pretty close, although a. He has had more success than Weber after the prior coaches recruits left and 2. I don’t know that anyone could do better at Wisconsin as it seems like they don’t have great resources for basketball.
I would imagine their NIL is close to nil; (on the basketball side mostly) which sucks greasy, grimy, golden gofer guts for NM.
Maybe one of the insiders can weigh in…?
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We are good with who we have coming back at this moment. I now trust staff to plug holes and get the right character fits on roster. So much good talent in portal.
Priority #1 is Andrej …
iLL 89ers
- Dallas,TX , Born and raised in Alton,Illinois
Facts there captain!
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
If you have to spend all the money on #TheRetention, spend all the money on #TheRetention.
And Vaaks will not have come cheap. He's arguably a more valuable asset than Blackwell given the extra years of eligibility.
I like the idea of giving Lee the surplus guard job. It's that fourth big that's a bit of a head-scratcher. Humrichous was really critical for us in terms of making lineups work.
Narrator: “the staff is in fact not”
Sure. But that's like saying I would've preferred two dozen other players over Wagler at the beginning of this year.
No one knew Clark would be a flop, who knows if Podz would've been the same player without a 26% usage rate he had at Santa Clara or if he would've been able to maximize his potential under Brad.
It's not like the dude ended up at Duke or even Wisconsin/Marquette, the majority of high major basketball passed on the guy...so the gotcha-ism that pops up with folks saying ButwhataboutPodz when we won a b10 title the year he was here and then went to an e8 and a f4 since is confounding
To be fair the difference between 6' and 5'11" is 6'.