Illini Basketball 2024-2025

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HensonHall71
#152      
hoopsfan47
madillini4 said:
Sean miller was brought up as a potential head coaching candidate if underwood were to jump ship. Sean miller is not coming to Illinois to be an assistant.

And as an Arizona alum, I sincerely hope he never coaches in Champaign.
 
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Indy Illini Fan
HensonHall71 said:
I would guess
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He would clearly be a 10
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Indy Illini Fan said:
TA is not returning to the program …

Payroll isn’t my expertise but he isn’t going to be getting paid if he isn’t around the program … And I assume everything is all settled with the $$ considering the announcement …
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Sounds like the announcement wording is just all about being as vague as possible so both sides (who appear to part on not terrible terms) come out of this looking clean so no shade for either side. I assume BU and TA talked about this and agreed on this approach being best for all once it was determined that TA wasn't going to stay on.
 
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LocalChief505
IlliniFan42 said:
I think TA is gonna regret the decision, which is ironic when he's talked in the past about players making a mistake leaving the program.
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Everybody has something nice to say until it's their milk that's spilled.

I agree whole wholeheartedly with your post.
 
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BretMyBeachHouse
IlliniFan42 said:
I think TA is gonna regret the decision, which is ironic when he's talked in the past about players making a mistake leaving the program.
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I doubt he'll regret it. He's talented.

The regret for leaving a program early is the missed opportunity to develop. So for TA the issue would be did he miss out on some sort of development. I don't think he does.
 
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Bucktown
BretMyBeachHouse said:
I doubt he'll regret it. He's talented.

The regret for leaving a program early is the missed opportunity to develop. So for TA the issue would be did he miss out on some sort of development. I don't think he does.
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If he really wanted as much money as OA that was a miscalculation by him. He has ,what, eight(?) years of experience as an assistant coach, and four of those were at DePaul, likely the lowest of all P6 schools. He has proven to be a great recruiter, but he doesn't have nearly the resume or track record as Antigua. The elite 8 run was great. He was a part of that, but only one piece. In my opinion, you need more sustained success to justify big paydays. Sure Illinois isn't going to the elite eight every year, but the program has higher goals.

Perhaps Brad's flirting with other jobs at several points has brought that mentality to the staff? The lack of stability among the players and coaches is concerning, but thus far Brad has been able to use the opportunities for improvement.
 
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IlliniFan42
BretMyBeachHouse said:
I doubt he'll regret it. He's talented.

The regret for leaving a program early is the missed opportunity to develop. So for TA the issue would be did he miss out on some sort of development. I don't think he does.
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Not worried about development so much as the money. He clearly wants far more than his $550k (some sources say $700k) salary, but choosing Memphis, a school that pays its people far less than ours, as his bluff-job was a bad move, because it's obvious now they really don't have the money to pay him and the school called his bluff. So now he's jobless, won't get a raise, and will have to start over somewhere probably making less than he does now.
 
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