Well, I'm not too big on any promises. Until you lace 'em up and step on the floor with 9 other guys no one really knows how good guys are.
Zacharie Perrin has left the Illinois program
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skyIdub
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To be fair....Dainja has been outstanding and is deserving all his minutes.
My guess is that it's a delicate balancing act. If some "assurances" aren't made, you'd probably never get anybody.
Surprised our coaches didn't manage him more effectively (expectations, PT, encouragement). I understand we live in the age of the portal, but mid-season defections are a significant waste of resources.
Tonight has been one big bummer so far.
We Italianos always displace the French…
That's a terrible reflection of this staff then.
Just like the "Auto" Matic Vesel era?
Lol. Welcome to recruiting?
May be tough to repair the French pipeline
10 years from now the Illini forum will discuss how Perrin dunked on Zach Edey. Some will say it never happened but the standard belief will be he dunked on Edey and we would have won the 2024 NCAA if he didn't transfer.
We aren't ready for big boy recruiting
NIL $ or PT or both?
Well he can only make NIL in France so I’d assume PT
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
I still thank France for her
People need to realize RE promises made, did he think he’d come in mid-season and get minutes, coaches managing his expectations that this wasn’t the linear journey that was expected. If he hadn’t had the eligibility issue and been able to join the team as planned things might well have been different. Throw in Dain’s rapid development and his ability to stay out of foul trouble for the most part (no DQs and only 4 games with 4 fouls), and it was a difficult situation. Perrin is an 18 year old kid far away from home who was forced to go to a prep school where it is very likely he didn’t make too many connections. He then gets to Illinois and likely didn’t connect with his new teammates as well as he would have if he had arrived when planned. So basically he hasn’t had the anchors of playing meaningful basketball and teammate relationships during what I’d expect has been a difficult adjustment. Just saying I wouldn’t be too quick to judge anyone involved. Just didn’t work out. No reason to asses blame; just wish him good luck in the future.
The portal is our best player
Give me the over …
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