Illini Basketball 2024-2025

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HensonHall71
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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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BretMyBeachHouse
IlliniFan42 said:
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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You're implying a lot of things that you don't know. You don't know he was "bluffing". You don't know what he'll end up making. And you don't know what he'll make while not coaching.

I really don't get the need for some people to trash players and/or coaches who move on from our school. There are so many factors that go into these decisions that no one here knows that's it's ridiculous to think that you can judge the merits of any of these moves.
 
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cjw1901
redwingillini11 said:
15-5
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Yeah, this looks more realistic to me. Since I'm thinking our top three scorers will be freshman this season and that we went 16-4 last season with a more experienced team, so redwing's pred seems about right. It's true there is no Edey to deal with this season, but I see even that last senior-night game against Purdue as a potential loss, since Purdue is still a very good team.

I am hoping for an awesome run (maybe with Tomislav finally eligible to play) from late Jan to mid Feb. Even 15-5 has us close to a big ten title. I expect poor shooting nights on the road will account for some of these losses, especially with a young Morez, who we can't count on to simply take over when our 3s aren't dropping.
 
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EyeoftheIllini
BretMyBeachHouse said:
You're implying a lot of things that you don't know. You don't know he was "bluffing". You don't know what he'll end up making. And you don't know what he'll make while not coaching.

I really don't get the need for some people to trash players and/or coaches who move on from our school. There are so many factors that go into these decisions that no one here knows that's it's ridiculous to think that you can judge the merits of any of these moves.
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Agree. Or the need to label moves as a mistake by those who don’t know the person, who don’t know the person’s career or life plan, or the entire circumstances.

I wish TA was staying, but if he feels the need to move on for whatever reasons then I say thank you for your contributions to the Illini’s success and best of luck. He’s the only one responsible for his happiness. If he felt slighted or isn’t happy for any reason, then he should do what he feels is best for him. He’s a talented coach and will land on his feet — hopefully at a place that meets his needs and further prepares him for more success down the line.
 
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BashCtIllini
Peteronthespot said:
Huge loss. It was nice to have Chicago back and a lot of that was because of tim.
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who do we have from Chicago?

I guess you can count Morez, though he's from the burbs. Harmon as a transfer? Shannon as a transfer? That's it since Anderson has been here.

Kids don't stay at their high school anymore. Well over 50% of kids in the top 100 are at private schools. A good amount at local Catholic schools, but more at these prep schools that have become basketball factories. So quite frankly, if Tim Anderson interviews with me and says I can lock down Chicago for you, and Coach B interviews with me and says I can get you kids from Montverde every year, I'm going with Coach B in a heartbeat.
 
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BWA
All I can say is Chet and TA came in after we lost OA and absolutely crushed it in keeping this program moving forward. I really hope bringimg OA back was worth the turmoil of losing both of those guys.
 
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GetAWin
BWA said:
All I can say is Chet and TA came in after we lost OA and absolutely crushed it in keeping this program moving forward. I really hope bringimg OA back was worth the turmoil of losing both of those guys.
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They both looked dissatisfied sitting halfway down the bench last season.
 
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