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03-09-2012 , 11:00 AM

ClarkNasty

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Our long national nightmare is finally over. Three years too late. Better than four years too late I guess.

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03-09-2012 , 11:06 AM

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I dont follow the big ten too closely but my fave bruce weber moment was when he failed to recruit jon scheyer

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03-09-2012 , 11:14 AM

IlliniLou

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Hoooorayyyyyyy

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03-09-2012 , 11:22 AM

Steroid Boy

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enjoy shaka smart

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03-09-2012 , 11:22 AM

Jetto

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A classic example of a One hit wonder coach.

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03-09-2012 , 11:24 AM

capone0

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He wasn't really a one year wonder. He used self's talent to do well and then basically declined almost every year after their national championship appearance run.

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03-09-2012 , 11:37 AM

ClarkNasty

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At first the knock was that he was a great game coach, but just couldn't recruit. Turns out - he's not very good at either.

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03-09-2012 , 11:39 AM

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Is illinois a job that Smart would be interested in? Obv its got to be his job if he wants it, but the guy seemed to get a ton of offers last year too and passed on all of them.

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03-09-2012 , 12:01 PM

aejones

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seems like chicago is a dirty city and he refused to cheat

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03-09-2012 , 12:31 PM

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ClarkNasty

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Biggest prob was he was a very poor leader and an inflexible game coach.

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03-09-2012 , 12:34 PM

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dkgojackets

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now you can hire some guy from a mid-standings A-10 team and be just as bad!

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03-09-2012 , 12:36 PM

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ClarkNasty

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now you can hire some guy from a mid-standings A-10 team and be just as bad!

Maybe. At least there's a chance with that.

There will be a lot of pressure to hire a black head coach. So Smart is likely the guy we'd want most, though I think Brad Stevens is clearly the best "available" guy. I think either is a longshot though.

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03-09-2012 , 12:39 PM

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dkgojackets

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maybe paul hewitt will be looking to get back into a power conference

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03-09-2012 , 12:40 PM

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ClarkNasty

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Also, if UNLV passed on Reggie Theus, I definitely don't want him.

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03-09-2012 , 12:41 PM

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ClarkNasty

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maybe paul hewitt will be looking to get back into a power conference

The B1G won't work then.

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03-09-2012 , 12:53 PM

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Nice guy but micro-managed wayyyyyyyyyyyyy tooooooooo much.

There are a dozen candidates ready to bring Illinois back.
Smart is the focus of the AD.
Theus is the choice of WWW from what I've heard and has been hanging out with the Chicago recruits of late.

Personally, I go with what WWW wants.

I don't want another white guy (lol... that's racial).

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03-09-2012 , 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDean1

I dont follow the big ten too closely but my fave bruce weber moment was when he failed to recruit jon scheyer

that's an unfair criticism

Of all the recruiting misses, Scheyer bothers me the least. Guy was Dukie from birth.

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03-09-2012 , 12:55 PM

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Somewhere, Weber probably throws McCamey under the bus for this.

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03-09-2012 , 12:56 PM

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Brad Stevens is one of the smartest coaches I can recall seeing. He's so good. I assume he wouldn't come but it would be silly to not try for him.

I'd rather stay away from WWW tbh. We've gotten recruits just fine with Jerrance on staff.

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03-09-2012 , 12:59 PM

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Jerrance is working with WWW from what I've heard.

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03-09-2012 , 01:00 PM

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http://www.fightingillini.com/allaccess/?media=308887

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03-09-2012 , 01:02 PM

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Also, if UNLV passed on Reggie Theus, I definitely don't want him.

they passed on theus to hire the brother of shabazz muhammed's high school coach. dont think thats an indictment of theus' coaching ability

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03-09-2012 , 01:07 PM

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AD confirms the buyout

$1.3M per year for the next 3 years... What a **** show by the last AD to have that contract signed recently given the way the program had been going.

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03-09-2012 , 01:07 PM

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ClarkNasty

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Hey, I'm going to the UNLV game tonight so I'm all in favor of that move!

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03-09-2012 , 01:08 PM

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AD confirms the buyout

$1.3M per year for the next 3 years... What a **** show by the last AD to have that contract signed recently given the way the program had been going.

I just threw up in my mouth.

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