I've seen it first hand. You have an amazing coach who leaves. Next coach is decent, but not near the level of the first coach. He rides the coattails of his predecessor for a bit. The fans are happy, and they expect the same results as the previous guy was giving them. Miss a couple tourneys, and you get the next guy. Problem is Gard is signing a bunch of system players that aren't really going to work for most people.
I'm always at least 10% salty. Having to converse with Purdue fans wears on the majority of the board.
when i've watched Illinois, it seems like their defensively philosophy is to force the refs to call as many fouls as possible -- just play very handsy defense.
You really think so? Your team next season will be one of the last athletic teams in the big ten. Who is going to score the ball aside from trice.
That's the youth and inexperience. If you go back and watch the way his SFA teams played, it was just as up in your face, but didn't commit the stupid fouls. Still fouled, but they were smarter. I'm not convinced he won't have to adjust some in the future, but the team now is still incomplete as constructed.
That you're going to be less skilled and staggeringly unathletic going forward.
You're acting like this is new for me. I've been rooting for Illinois basketball and football my entire life. The basketball team has been bad for awhile. We're playing 27 power 5 teams this season with a very young and incomplete roster. I knew it was going to be bad.
The athletic had a good article on the reasoning. Not extending him only further handicaps the program. As bad as the season was, there was progress and he still was playing the youngest team in P5.
If John Fvcking Groce and Fran McCaffery can win ten games in the big ten and make the tournament, I don't see any reason why Underwood can't. There's a reason all his contemporaries praise his coaching acumen. That sure as shit never happened with Groce.
I think they'll definitely need to adjust, or life on the road in the B1G is going to be VERY difficult for them. Fouling on over 30% of defensive possessions and giving up nearly 27 FTA/game...is bad. I know some of that is fouling at the end of a couple games, but it's a lot of the style of play as well.
heard it's gonna be packed with YMCA rec league scouts due to that Boudreaux-Osetkowski match up.
but seriously shaka losing to VCU is pretty hilarious
Looks like it. Hell of a preformance by Amir Coffey tonight.
I hate when iu schedule's a team 250+. The OOC schedule should consist of
As a IU fan, I don't think that you're right.....that would never happen.
In all honesty, your sounding like I did during Creans first couple of years. If you'd like to hear how the story you're in right now ends up...let me know.
That's the dumbest ****ing take you've ever said. Happ is the most technically skilled big you've ever had.
