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Tim Anderson joins Illinois coaching staff
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<blockquote data-quote="CAIllini" data-source="post: 1644913" data-attributes="member: 6617"><p>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!</p><p></p><p>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...</p><p></p><p>Would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall for the behind the scenes negotiations of the timing of all of this <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAIllini, post: 1644913, member: 6617"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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