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<blockquote data-quote="Illinijose" data-source="post: 1176038" data-attributes="member: 519068"><p>Heart of a Champion (13,000 post wow), I followed the team since 1983 and feel the same way, you nailed it. Someone asked what Groce has done well? He kept us from becoming what Indiana and Iowa became following the lost of their coaches back in the early 2000's. Tom Crean has had some real bad teams and Iowa is not fully back either. Those Indiana and Iowa teams featured players that were not division 1 IMHO. Groce has filled the voids with Ravonte Rice, McLauren, Rechy (2013-4), Starks, Crosby, Thorne. He also reversed the Nunn commit from Tex Am to Illinois. </p><p> </p><p> Crean and several Iowa coaches were not able to reverse the recruiting trend for years. Groce landed a solid class his first year, in fact his first team overachieved almost beating Miami a top 5 team nationally. His second year the team should of been selected, I believe they were the first ever 10-8 big ten team not to be selected. </p><p> </p><p> Last year was supposed to be the year that Groce had his best team. But the lost of Abrams and Paul, temporary lost of Rice, and declining offensive output from Egwu turned it in the negative direction. </p><p> </p><p> I agree that the coaches need to be looked at. We need a recruiter who can close.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illinijose, post: 1176038, member: 519068"] Heart of a Champion (13,000 post wow), I followed the team since 1983 and feel the same way, you nailed it. Someone asked what Groce has done well? He kept us from becoming what Indiana and Iowa became following the lost of their coaches back in the early 2000's. Tom Crean has had some real bad teams and Iowa is not fully back either. Those Indiana and Iowa teams featured players that were not division 1 IMHO. Groce has filled the voids with Ravonte Rice, McLauren, Rechy (2013-4), Starks, Crosby, Thorne. He also reversed the Nunn commit from Tex Am to Illinois. Crean and several Iowa coaches were not able to reverse the recruiting trend for years. Groce landed a solid class his first year, in fact his first team overachieved almost beating Miami a top 5 team nationally. His second year the team should of been selected, I believe they were the first ever 10-8 big ten team not to be selected. Last year was supposed to be the year that Groce had his best team. But the lost of Abrams and Paul, temporary lost of Rice, and declining offensive output from Egwu turned it in the negative direction. I agree that the coaches need to be looked at. We need a recruiter who can close. [/QUOTE]
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