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The Illinois Coaching Search
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Trakis
- Chicago, IL
No way on Hoiberg. First of all, the bulls won't fire him. Second, Hoiberg hates recruiting. Openly hates it. Third, he has a perception as a failure in Chicago. The main recruiting hub for the university. Way too many cons with Hoiberg.
Bennett would be amazing, but I just can't see him leaving Virgina for us. Idk. I'd love to be wrong though.
That depends if Cuonzo is like Nick Saban.
Q: How do you know if Nick Saban is lying?
A: His lips are moving.
Trakis
- Chicago, IL
Not interested. Mediocre NBA experience. No college experience.
My goodness
Nothing has happened. We are waiting for the fellers in the tourney to finish. Quit panicking. This isn't an 18 year old kid. We will be fine. Onward and upward.
Nothing has happened. We are waiting for the fellers in the tourney to finish. Quit panicking. This isn't an 18 year old kid. We will be fine. Onward and upward.
I want a splash and not in the kiddie pool either
. I'll be honest Martin doesn't excite me but I'll give him a chance(not like I have a choice). Let's see what Whitman does.Also, I can't see the Princeton offense of JTIII being a great recruiting tool. I mean, come on, we had the Flying Illini.
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Maybe. But right now, gun to my head, I'm saying Cuonzo to Illinois.
This is what we need right now. We need someone who can get premier recruits so when they leave, we will be a hot commodity for a great coach.
How would you know what's in his tax return? LMAO
I cooled on Cuonzo when Cal fell off at the end, but would be good with the hire. His ceiling is much higher at Illinois than any other job.
Soxfreak64
- Bloomington
Now that Monty is out of the picture (and you should trust Woj), 95% of what you hear today through Sunday is going to be empty prognosticating.
Don't get your panties in a bunch over every rumor, positive or negative. Enjoy the tournament and Malcolm Hill's swan song-our coaching fun won't begin in earnest until next week.
Don't get your panties in a bunch over every rumor, positive or negative. Enjoy the tournament and Malcolm Hill's swan song-our coaching fun won't begin in earnest until next week.
Who would that be?
Not sure Eric could pass the anger management and alcohol test.
Yeah, we want our coach to actually, you know, be able to coach. Cuonzo has plenty of time as a HC to show that his teams consistently under-perform.
Illinifan533
- Normal, Illinois
All this speculation when we probably won't even know who the new coach will be until at least another week or so. I decided to do some digging on previous Illini coaching searches to see if they were as angsty as the one to replace Weber. Found some interesting speculation and tidbits from back in the day. Crean could have left Marquette to come here back when Self left, according to this article. It's also nice to have an ESPN article treat Illinois with some measure of respect.
http://static.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/katz_andy/1539023.html
Then I stumbled upon this article, where I learned that Kelvin Sanctions was apparently close to signing a deal here (which has probably been mentioned many times on this board but I probably skimmed over it).
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-06-09/sports/0006090083_1_guenther-illinois-job-tulsa
As far as I could find, Weber was the only candidate to replace Self, as Guenther refused to name any other candidates according to this article.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigten/2003-04-30-illinois-weber_x.htm
I didn't bother doing any searching for the search that wound with Kruger, but it's amazing to see how much has changed regarding Illinois basketball since the early 2000s. This morning I was flipping through stations and settled for a few minutes on ESPN Radio's Morning Roast, until one of the hosts, when discussing with Eamon Brennan about how the NCAA tournament is an audition for coaches of smaller schools for bigger jobs mentioned, "Illinois just fired their coach. God knows why, they've been irrelevant for the past 10 years." I instantly changed the station out of frustration. I don't have to repeat how much I want this next coach to make Illinois successful just in part to prove the East Coast elitists wrong.
http://static.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/katz_andy/1539023.html
Then I stumbled upon this article, where I learned that Kelvin Sanctions was apparently close to signing a deal here (which has probably been mentioned many times on this board but I probably skimmed over it).
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-06-09/sports/0006090083_1_guenther-illinois-job-tulsa
As far as I could find, Weber was the only candidate to replace Self, as Guenther refused to name any other candidates according to this article.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigten/2003-04-30-illinois-weber_x.htm
I didn't bother doing any searching for the search that wound with Kruger, but it's amazing to see how much has changed regarding Illinois basketball since the early 2000s. This morning I was flipping through stations and settled for a few minutes on ESPN Radio's Morning Roast, until one of the hosts, when discussing with Eamon Brennan about how the NCAA tournament is an audition for coaches of smaller schools for bigger jobs mentioned, "Illinois just fired their coach. God knows why, they've been irrelevant for the past 10 years." I instantly changed the station out of frustration. I don't have to repeat how much I want this next coach to make Illinois successful just in part to prove the East Coast elitists wrong.
There's no point in Marshall not taking a phone call. He took one from Bama & got a big raise.
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This is where I'm at as well
After the Blunder Years of Weber and the see-saw mediocrity of Groce, Illinois fans deserve to be picky.
It really isn't anymore.
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That shirtless deal sure reeks of Bruce Pearl to me. That didn't do much for me
No Zo.
So, about Cuanzo Martin...
We did not fire a good recruiter/mediocre coach to hire another good recruiter/mediocre coach.
JW knows that BOTH pieces need to be there and he has the money to make it happen. Or maybe he won't need to spend that much to get it. Our coach is in the tourney...
So, about Cuanzo Martin...
We did not fire a good recruiter/mediocre coach to hire another good recruiter/mediocre coach.
JW knows that BOTH pieces need to be there and he has the money to make it happen. Or maybe he won't need to spend that much to get it. Our coach is in the tourney...
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