If Cuonzo ends up at Mizzou, Alford ends up and Indiana, and Northwestern continues its upward trajectory, we’d find ourselves in the middle of one crazy geographic rivalry-triangle.
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Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Huh. I've been going with an extra syllable this whole time: Koo-AHN-zo
I thought it was KWAN-za Mar-TEEN
Here is why Martin will leave and Alford will give his first born child for an offer from Indiana.
School.....arena capacity.............average attendance this year
UCLA 13,800 7256
USC 10,258 3492
ASU 14,198 5576
Cal 11,877 7653
Oregon 12,544 5899
OSU 9,604 4851
Stanford 7,233 4756
Wash 10,000 6272
WSU 11,671 2723
Attendance at PAC 12 games has been falling for years and was down 4% this year. Nobody gives a rats !!!. Somebody yells "surf up" and half the crowd leaves. Yes the games are on TV but they are in the BIG also. USC against then #11 Utah drew 2800 people. There is so much to do out there that college basketball is probably not in the top 50. To paraphrase JW, at no place (except Arizona) does the hair on the back of your neck tingle when the home team comes on the floor. You want to be a head coach and live in total anonymity, this is your conference.
School.....arena capacity.............average attendance this year
UCLA 13,800 7256
USC 10,258 3492
ASU 14,198 5576
Cal 11,877 7653
Oregon 12,544 5899
OSU 9,604 4851
Stanford 7,233 4756
Wash 10,000 6272
WSU 11,671 2723
Attendance at PAC 12 games has been falling for years and was down 4% this year. Nobody gives a rats !!!. Somebody yells "surf up" and half the crowd leaves. Yes the games are on TV but they are in the BIG also. USC against then #11 Utah drew 2800 people. There is so much to do out there that college basketball is probably not in the top 50. To paraphrase JW, at no place (except Arizona) does the hair on the back of your neck tingle when the home team comes on the floor. You want to be a head coach and live in total anonymity, this is your conference.
haasi
- New York
At this point I have confidence in Whitman to make the best hire and not to be cowed into hiring a guy just because he's a name
Before any one asks, those figures count no shows, which at some schools average 700
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
illynifan34
That's a winner!!
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I'm so nervous that we are going to be screwed over in this situation.
IlliniFan12
- Cedar Falls, IA
Someone who works for SB Nation is saying Illinois is talking about offering $4.8m/yr to Tony Bennett
After watching California last night, even realizing the Bears were without their best player, you have to wonder if Cuonzo can X and O or just recruit. I would have liked to have seen Brian Gregory get a shot. He's an Illinois kid from the NW suburbs, was an asst. for years under Izzo then went to Dayton and had a great run before taking the Ga. Tech gig. Realize he got axed at Tech, but then everybody does. Any chance we can convince Alford to take the Illinois job?
Gentlemen! I just got back from the future. Here's what happens:
-Cuonzo Martin to Missouri
-Gregg Marshall to Indiana
-Tony Bennett stays at UVA with a big raise
-Archie Miller to NC State
-Kevin Keatts to Illinois
-Will Wade to LSU
-Dan Muller to Wichita State
-Eric Musselman to Cal
-Pat Kelsey to Dayton
-Tom Crean to Assistant Coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves
-Kenny Payne to VCU
Keatts wins a ton of games at Illinois, sticks around for 17 years. In 2043, the apocalypse occurs (the result of fast tracking AI development in an attempt to manage massive water pollution due to nanotech proliferation). Pretty much everyone dies
-Cuonzo Martin to Missouri
-Gregg Marshall to Indiana
-Tony Bennett stays at UVA with a big raise
-Archie Miller to NC State
-Kevin Keatts to Illinois
-Will Wade to LSU
-Dan Muller to Wichita State
-Eric Musselman to Cal
-Pat Kelsey to Dayton
-Tom Crean to Assistant Coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves
-Kenny Payne to VCU
Keatts wins a ton of games at Illinois, sticks around for 17 years. In 2043, the apocalypse occurs (the result of fast tracking AI development in an attempt to manage massive water pollution due to nanotech proliferation). Pretty much everyone dies
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Goodman says Mizzou offering Martin 3.5M a year.
ps - sorry, it's this guy who named the figure.
Ryan Gorcey @RGBearTerritory
Ryan Gorcey Retweeted Jeff Goodman
Source tells me the offer is for $3.5m a year
ps - sorry, it's this guy who named the figure.
Ryan Gorcey @RGBearTerritory
Ryan Gorcey Retweeted Jeff Goodman
Source tells me the offer is for $3.5m a year
Highlight doubt Hoiberg is in play at this point. This is the same account that basically said Cuonzo to Illinois was a done deal....
Why are people assuming that walker would go to Mizzou with cuonzo? The two are not connected.
That being said, if our new coach doesn't offer him a job and cuonzo does, then yeah, makes sense... but this idea that Jamal is going to follow cuonzo to Mizzou just because there was a rumor that cuonzo would keep him on staff at ILL needs to die.
That being said, if our new coach doesn't offer him a job and cuonzo does, then yeah, makes sense... but this idea that Jamal is going to follow cuonzo to Mizzou just because there was a rumor that cuonzo would keep him on staff at ILL needs to die.
Illinithad
- Northeast Missouri
Yes. It's Sam Snelling who said that. He runs Mizzou's Rock M Nation. He's from St. Louis. He tweeted it I think.
I think that's a pretty good slate of predictions.
Not Muller to WSU though. An alum isn't selling out within his own conference like that.
Chris Yates
Recruiting Correspondent
- Michigan
MizNoz probably threw in an extra $500K per year after watching the Cal game last night.
TownieMatt
CU Expat
- Chicago
Gentlemen! I just got back from the future. Here's what happens:
-Cuonzo Martin to Missouri
-Gregg Marshall to Indiana
-Tony Bennett stays at UVA with a big raise
-Archie Miller to NC State
-Kevin Keatts to Illinois
-Will Wade to LSU
-Dan Muller to Wichita State
-Eric Musselman to Cal
-Pat Kelsey to Dayton
-Tom Crean to Assistant Coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves
-Kenny Payne to VCU
Keatts wins a ton of games at Illinois, sticks around for 17 years. In 2043, the apocalypse occurs (the result of fast tracking AI development in an attempt to manage massive water pollution due to nanotech proliferation). Pretty much everyone dies
This seems alarmingly plausible to me. Maybe without the apocalypse part (or maybe not).
Gentlemen! I just got back from the future. Here's what happens:
-Cuonzo Martin to Missouri
-Gregg Marshall to Indiana
-Tony Bennett stays at UVA with a big raise
-Archie Miller to NC State
-Kevin Keatts to Illinois
-Will Wade to LSU
-Dan Muller to Wichita State
-Eric Musselman to Cal
-Pat Kelsey to Dayton
-Tom Crean to Assistant Coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves
-Kenny Payne to VCU
Keatts wins a ton of games at Illinois, sticks around for 17 years. In 2043, the apocalypse occurs (the result of fast tracking AI development in an attempt to manage massive water pollution due to nanotech proliferation). Pretty much everyone dies
I know this is not your first travel through time. However, I'm concerned why such an expert time traveler would spill so many beans. No one should know that much about their future.
That's a spicy meat-a-ball
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Gregory was one of those guys that's great at a place like Dayton, but was just god-awful terribad at Tech. If you thought Groce's in-game adjustments were lacking, Gregory sets a new low standard.
Please no. I can't stand that guy, and I can't see him wanting to coach against IU every season.
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal with Do Not Contact Tag
Didn't Gregory just take the job at UCF? (or some other directional Florida school?)
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