Recent content by Calvin

IANAL. A criminal conviction is a huge win for a civil trial to follow. She could still win a civil trial even if the criminal complaint fails --something we've seen in the metoo era several times in high profile cases. There is a ton of money at stake in these proceedings.

Nevermind, I see Emerson already posted how he's not able to force moves. LBJ is done for the year and will be 40 next season.

Watched the recent interview of CoHawk. How can you not like him even more? Talks about not wanting to take away from fellow Illini if he came back, the mistakes he made, some of the intricacies of the portal deadline (and how bad that is), etc. Shows how thoughtful he is. Hope he gets a good...

Not sure where' you're getting 20 billion. It's 2.7 billion over 10 years. Still a lot of money, but there's way more than that in the revenue sports. The CFP deal alone is well over a billion a year as is March Madness. Whether it's good or not I suppose depends on whether you side more with...

Gotta give it up to the NCAA. They always do the right thing after exhausting all other options. The long payout is great for the NCAA, which will help them stay in business. The revenue sharing should be interesting. We think we're in a brave new world now, but it's going to get even weirder...

I love efficient players, and this guy has been very efficient. Granted, the competition in the BIG is higher. Totally sold on the pick-up. I also love players who can force the action (Ayo, TSJ) and get to the line, but those are hard to come by. I also love great passers/facilitators. There...

The problem with being opinionated on the internet is it's all recorded. Or maybe it's deep fakes.... Couple comments - One thing I think the staff has proven they are good at is figuring out how to make the pieces work. At least they proved it last year --the collective wisdom of the board had...

I don't know of anyone who could do what he did. I didn't really appreciate it until watching other games where guys tried to go off the backboard with a post shot. My mental model was for it to go in, and of course it usually wouldn't since it's a more difficult shot. That's when I realized...

Couple random thoughts from his videos. 1) he's lacking explosiveness, and Fletch has made some amazing progress with those types of players. 2) you typically need bigs who can pass to run the offense well, and he's got those skills. Huge bonus for his outside shooting.

You're not the only one. It will be interesting to see how the next couple seasons play out as we're in uncharted territory. I don't blame the players for the roster turnover or what it's doing to the sport. I do echo what others have said about fan alienation or losing passion when there's no...

End of an era. And as a fan, this part makes me sad --not the players getting paid. I look back, and pretty much every player I've enjoyed watching in an Illini uniform was a multi-year guy that had a strong connection to the program and developed in it. I realize there's no fix for it. Roster...

That's 10 guys with 3 PG. Seems like a roster that can go at least 8 deep, but I admit I haven't been following this and don't know how the big man rotation is shaping up. I assume that will be next priority?

It takes a while for word to get around. You have to consider that NIL is relatively new, and there's no standard for agreements. Even with that, how saavy is a kid going to be? If any of us actually read all the terms and conditions on the various agreements we've no doubt made, we'd be ashamed...

I agree with that last part. I'll be very surprised if Purdue can pull it off. UConn has been other-worldly down the stretch.

Thanks for the update. I really wonder what the staff is thinking given Storr isn't known for his defense.