MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
Didn't get Your Guy, eh?
My condolences.
The pain never really goes away, but in time your coping mechanism will get better.
Tim Anderson joins Illinois coaching staff
Didn't get Your Guy, eh?
My condolences.
The pain never really goes away, but in time your coping mechanism will get better.
sacraig
- The desert
Luther Head will pay his salary.
That’s my shortstop
I know this has been posted before...but below is an excerpt from Tim Anderson's bio on the Depaul website. Really impressive and a great selling point to recruits. Yes, this is a good hire.
"Known as one of the top basketball trainers in the nation, most recently he worked with the Nike EYBL's MeanStreets AAU program while also training the nation's top players at the high school, collegiate and professional levels as founder of Ground Zero Training. Six players were selected in the 2017 NBA Draft that worked under Anderson and Ground Zero, and in the last four years a total of 21 NBA selections have prepped for the draft with GZT."
"Known as one of the top basketball trainers in the nation, most recently he worked with the Nike EYBL's MeanStreets AAU program while also training the nation's top players at the high school, collegiate and professional levels as founder of Ground Zero Training. Six players were selected in the 2017 NBA Draft that worked under Anderson and Ground Zero, and in the last four years a total of 21 NBA selections have prepped for the draft with GZT."
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Finally. Glad I practiced for this earlier.
I might be too optimistic here, but damn would it be cool if this patches up the relationship with MeanStreets. If Illinois can pull kids from MIF and MeanStreets with some consistency that would be incredible.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Back before Tim Anderson was officially announced as our next AC3, were his services generally available to players preparing for the draft? Just curious.
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Probably lost to Lincoln in high school
Punesguy
- Ft. Collins, CO
Sounds like an awful hire and someone that we should all trash ad nauseum! /s
I don’t understand this take. Does he not blow your mind because you just aren’t familiar with him? Because I think anyone in the know would say this is an excellent hire as a third assistant. He’s been lauded on this very board going back years by people who were connected to the AAU scene
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Wolves and others too. No longer being reliant on the MIF is a very good thing and is definitely attainable.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Yeah, he pulled some guys into DePaul that definitely surprised me.
Another homerun hire. This staff is an upgrade overall!
Bball and football staffs make off-season upgrades!!
Bball and football staffs make off-season upgrades!!
Could it be so that his new role doesn’t impact players deciding whether or not to stay in there he Draft?I'm good with it, can't say I'd ever heard of him before this hiring process but I like his diverse connections. Mostly happy the thread can now die!
Curious though, if you're going to speculatively announce it with a delayed starting date, then way wait till now? If it was the theory to allow sneaky unofficial recruiting for Illinois before being hired, then why not wait till July 26th to announce to maximize that? If it was due to his contractual obligations to clients for his training prep for NBA draft, etc., I guess delaying the announcement helps not piss of his paying customers who want him solely focused on them. Maybe this was a happy middle ground announcement date given BU/JW's pressure to announce something as speculation grew...
Would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall for the behind the scenes negotiations of the timing of all of this
I think the next few AC hire carousels we may see a very different skillset being pursued for at least one AC focused on corporate business development / fundraising to align with NIL....or maybe that becomes a non-coaching staff role, or AD position across football & men's hoops...guess we'll see how it all unfolds.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Now that players have decided whether to stay in the draft or come back, there is no chance that he would be interacting with a student who may choose to withdraw from the draft and transfer to Illinois, while he was publicly announced as an AC at Illinois.
You’re going to judge him on pulling in Washington in under a week? When he’s already got 6 crystal balls to UNC? That seems like a hefty expectation.
the way I see the staff…as far as strengths go
Chester: recruiter
Geoff: schemer
Tim: development
I’m sure they overlap in areas.
Chester seems to have a great repore with players and work ethic/ development as well
Geoff supposedly has aau connections.
seems a good way to balance out the staff/ emphasize different areas.
Chester: recruiter
Geoff: schemer
Tim: development
I’m sure they overlap in areas.
Chester seems to have a great repore with players and work ethic/ development as well
Geoff supposedly has aau connections.
seems a good way to balance out the staff/ emphasize different areas.
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NB2D, I like Deon Thomas for this post. What are your thoughts on that?
Hopefully he can take over recruiting with CF. Would love to see pics of him siting next to kofi
Under a week and in a week in which he isn't actually working for us.
Sounds reasonable.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Slightly unrealistic too.
Well, it's official he failed. He had a few hours and couldn't lock it down. Terrible hire. /s
that this board remains unrealistically obsessed with hiring alums