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<blockquote data-quote="Spanky" data-source="post: 1409697" data-attributes="member: 746040"><p>Illinois owned Chicago in the 1980s. Really owned the entire state but had a strong foothold in Chicago. Is that repeatable in today's recruiting climate? I think recruiting back then, was far more regional and thus it was easier to protect your home turf that it is today. Today, you gotta compete against everybody in the country if there's a Parker, Okafor, Alexander, Davis, Rose type player in Chicago.</p><p></p><p>The pride in the state school between the 1980s, and today isn't even close. Illinois was revered in the 1980s as a destination place. You had the IHSA finals in Champaign, you had strong connections to Simeon, King, Westinghouse. Even the student population itself was mainly Illinois kids, and that created lot of state pride. Lot of enthusiasm for "staying home" and producing for the state school. Today, you got 25% of undergrads that are foreign students (not just out of state). And the IHSA finals aren't even in Champaign anymore. That connection to Chicago, and even to the entire state just isn't there anymore (relative the 80s). I think that's what the school administration wants, which I think hurts the athletic dept.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spanky, post: 1409697, member: 746040"] Illinois owned Chicago in the 1980s. Really owned the entire state but had a strong foothold in Chicago. Is that repeatable in today's recruiting climate? I think recruiting back then, was far more regional and thus it was easier to protect your home turf that it is today. Today, you gotta compete against everybody in the country if there's a Parker, Okafor, Alexander, Davis, Rose type player in Chicago. The pride in the state school between the 1980s, and today isn't even close. Illinois was revered in the 1980s as a destination place. You had the IHSA finals in Champaign, you had strong connections to Simeon, King, Westinghouse. Even the student population itself was mainly Illinois kids, and that created lot of state pride. Lot of enthusiasm for "staying home" and producing for the state school. Today, you got 25% of undergrads that are foreign students (not just out of state). And the IHSA finals aren't even in Champaign anymore. That connection to Chicago, and even to the entire state just isn't there anymore (relative the 80s). I think that's what the school administration wants, which I think hurts the athletic dept. [/QUOTE]
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