Home
Forums
New Posts
Illini Basketball
Illini Football
Sports Talk
Log in
Register
What's new
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Sports
Illini Basketball
John Groce Fired
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Golfer63" data-source="post: 1288185" data-attributes="member: 231697"><p>+1</p><p></p><p>I get really annoyed by people who say that Groce has "ran this program into the ground" and act as if our next coach has a full on complete Mizzou-esque rebuild on their hands. Honestly, I just see it as a childish tantrum-like point of view to push an agenda of trying to say "Groce is the worst coach in the history of basketball."</p><p></p><p>The program is certainly not in a great place right now, but it is definitely in a BETTER place than it was back in 2012. Could you imagine if our next coach was able to duplicate the success that Groce had back in his first year? That coach would be bringing back that ENTIRE TEAM the following year. That would make the 2018-19 team a certain pre-season top 15 pick and many experts dark horse Final Four pick. </p><p></p><p>Groce didn't ruin our program. Weber did, and I can guarantee you the program would be in much worse shape right now if Weber was still our coach today. Guys like Kendrick Nunn, Leron Black, JCL, Cliff Alexander, Juwan Evans, and Elijah Thomas would have laughed and hung up the phone if Weber ever tried to recruit them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Golfer63, post: 1288185, member: 231697"] +1 I get really annoyed by people who say that Groce has "ran this program into the ground" and act as if our next coach has a full on complete Mizzou-esque rebuild on their hands. Honestly, I just see it as a childish tantrum-like point of view to push an agenda of trying to say "Groce is the worst coach in the history of basketball." The program is certainly not in a great place right now, but it is definitely in a BETTER place than it was back in 2012. Could you imagine if our next coach was able to duplicate the success that Groce had back in his first year? That coach would be bringing back that ENTIRE TEAM the following year. That would make the 2018-19 team a certain pre-season top 15 pick and many experts dark horse Final Four pick. Groce didn't ruin our program. Weber did, and I can guarantee you the program would be in much worse shape right now if Weber was still our coach today. Guys like Kendrick Nunn, Leron Black, JCL, Cliff Alexander, Juwan Evans, and Elijah Thomas would have laughed and hung up the phone if Weber ever tried to recruit them. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Sports
Illini Basketball
John Groce Fired
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…