...bout time
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| Author: | illini81887 [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Bruce Weber fired |
Press conference @ 11am |
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| Author: | Hatchetman [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Congrats Bruce Weber! Probably the second happiest day of his life. |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
That voice finally silenced,Thank God! He needed his 7 footer to hustle like JNoah,didn't happen. |
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Good Luck, Bruce! We will always have 2005! |
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| Author: | 312player [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
| ...bout time
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| Author: | Brick [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Now is when the fun starts. The next guy will start to hear "At least Bruce made it to a Final Four" if he isn't successful fairly quickly. |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Boilermaker Rick wrote: Now is when the fun starts. The next guy will start to hear "At least Bruce made it to a Final Four" if he isn't successful fairly quickly. Maybe if the new guy can get some of Bill Self's players he can get to a final four as well? |
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| Author: | Hawkeye Vince [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
RFDC wrote: Boilermaker Rick wrote: Now is when the fun starts. The next guy will start to hear "At least Bruce made it to a Final Four" if he isn't successful fairly quickly. Maybe if the new guy can get some of Bill Self's players he can get to a final four as well? The next will have two McDonald's all americans on the roster - isn't that enough? Keep Leonard from leaving and you got 3 parts of a top team. And I'm being serious here. |
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Hawkeye Vince wrote: RFDC wrote: Boilermaker Rick wrote: Now is when the fun starts. The next guy will start to hear "At least Bruce made it to a Final Four" if he isn't successful fairly quickly. Maybe if the new guy can get some of Bill Self's players he can get to a final four as well? The next will have two McDonald's all americans on the roster - isn't that enough? Keep Leonard from leaving and you got 3 parts of a top team. And I'm being serious here. Who are the burger boys? |
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| Author: | Krazy Ivan [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
MY GUY!!! 
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
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| Author: | Krazy Ivan [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
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| Author: | spmack [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Krazy Ivan wrote: MY GUY!!! You like him because he looks like you.  I actually wouldn't mind seeing if they give Jerrance Howard a chance. |
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| Author: | Krazy Ivan [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
My people are saying there is a good chance Shaka is getting the job... |
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| Author: | SHARK [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Krazy Ivan wrote: My people are saying there is a good chance Shaka is getting the job... Seth Davis, the CBS/Turner Sports' studio analyst who will be in New York this weekend and Atlanta next weekend on NCAA Tournament duty, was a guest on "The Dan Patrick Show" this morning. Davis, also with Sports Illustrated, says that Shaka Smart does have connections with new Illinois AD Mike Thomas. Seth thinks it's Smart's job if he wants it. |
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
SHARK wrote: Krazy Ivan wrote: My people are saying there is a good chance Shaka is getting the job... Seth Davis, the CBS/Turner Sports' studio analyst who will be in New York this weekend and Atlanta next weekend on NCAA Tournament duty, was a guest on "The Dan Patrick Show" this morning. Davis, also with Sports Illustrated, says that Shaka Smart does have connections with new Illinois AD Mike Thomas. Seth thinks it's Smart's job if he wants it. Smart was the Assistant Coach at Akron when Mike Thomas was AD there. |
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| Author: | SHARK [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Big Chicagoan wrote: SHARK wrote: Krazy Ivan wrote: My people are saying there is a good chance Shaka is getting the job... Seth Davis, the CBS/Turner Sports' studio analyst who will be in New York this weekend and Atlanta next weekend on NCAA Tournament duty, was a guest on "The Dan Patrick Show" this morning. Davis, also with Sports Illustrated, says that Shaka Smart does have connections with new Illinois AD Mike Thomas. Seth thinks it's Smart's job if he wants it. Smart was the Assistant Coach at Akron when Mike Thomas was AD there. +1 |
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| Author: | Krazy Ivan [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
SHARK wrote: Big Chicagoan wrote: Smart was the Assistant Coach at Akron when Mike Thomas was AD there. +1 You were an assistant in Akron too, SHARK? |
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| Author: | SHARK [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Krazy Ivan wrote: SHARK wrote: Big Chicagoan wrote: Smart was the Assistant Coach at Akron when Mike Thomas was AD there. +1 You were an assistant in Akron too, SHARK? No...The +1 was for Big Chicagoan reporting the connection with Shaka Smart & Mike Thomas. |
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| Author: | SchruteFarms [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Smart and Stevens should probably be the top targets. I don't get the Theus rumors at all. |
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Izzo on the firing: "I'm sick about it. I'm sick about it. And I'm sick about it -- and make sure you understand the reason why. "They beat us early in January, and I beat Ohio State, and so I have three problems. Bruce is a friend of mine. He's been here since the Gene Keady days. He's done it the right way. He doesn't cheat. He mans up to his own responsibilities. Incredible, incredible person. I've recruited against him and lost, and I've recruited against him and won, and (it) hasn't changed things. "Number two, we have to understand that we blame kids for a lot of things. Kids have changed. Now we have administrators that are pulling the rug under ourselves in the middle of January, when you're 16 and 6 or 7 or whatever it was, and we publicly talk about -- we'll make decisions at the end of the year. "I don't know what you guys think of kids, because they haven't changed much, but if there's one place they've changed, they're a little more fragile. Not as many two-parent homes. Not as good of school systems that are holding kids accountable and demanding. And so now we put that on those poor kids? And then we're surprised that they lose nine out of 10? "I don't know who's beaten me the worst, probably Bo (Ryan), but second on that list -- and I'm canonized as something some of the time ... . "I think it was ridiculous the way that thing was handled. And if I take abuse for that, I really don't care, because I'm also the president of our association. This isn't about a friendship. This is about a profession. "And whenever you're in an organization, whether it be yours, whether it be mine, or whether it be a business one, the only way you can be successful is if, top to bottom, from the president to the trainer, we're all on the same page, and that in five, six months, you can determine something. "I feel bad for the Illini nation, because somebody's -- somebody pulled the rug out from under them. I feel bad for those players that have been there that, in my estimation, weren't given a fair chance back about the middle of January, whenever that famous statement was made. "But if you look at that team from that statement, it went directly down. And I feel worse for Bruce, because we lost a good soldier. And yeah, friendship is some of it, but it's not all of it. We lost a good coach. We got a coach that beat me and my team more often than not, and I just -- I can't figure that out. "I can't figure out how you guys allow it. You guys are always figuring out the negatives of things. I can't figure out how you guys allow it. "And my wife and I shed a tear this morning over it, and it was half for Bruce and half for my profession. "But unless there's things -- and I will publicly state this -- that I don't know, but when I heard those comments back in January, it made me sick, and I said there's a problem. "And so I hope the administrators that made those statements have a good game plan, but you guys lost a good guy, we lost a good guy, and I think -- I just hope he gets another job. And I'm going to do everything in my power to help him. "And I guess that's all I'll say, because I'll probably put my foot in my mouth, because if it was HBO, we could get at it right now, and I'd really be fired up about it, because I just think -- I can't believe -- I can't believe nobody's looked at when those comments were made and where that team went. "I mean, this guy has won more games than anybody -- percentage than anybody that's been at the school. And he's done it the right way, and that's not easy to do. And it's not an easy job there. And when a big-time recruit's father, I think -- watch what I say here -- comes out and makes statements, I mean, you better have a good idea the guy you're dealing with. "And I know this. I've known Bruce Weber since the day I was a grad assistant. There's not a classier, better guy -- and I don't want to just hear he's a nice guy -- better coach. He's had some things thrown at him, too, with injuries and guys leaving early and stuff like that. "So I'm sad, more sad for my profession than I am for Bruce, because he's a man. I've seen him in his press conference. He'll man up, and he'll get it done. "So sorry I had to get on a soapbox, but I'll leave it at that." |
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| Author: | bigfan [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
T Bennett Jr |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Why is Izzo talking like T-Bone? |
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| Author: | Scorehead [ Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Krazy Ivan wrote: My people are saying there is a good chance Shaka is getting the job... I hope you're right. I would really like to see Smart get the job. |
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| Author: | 312player [ Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
no way smart takes the job..it is a lateral move ...i like izzo but he is dead wrong..weber is not a good enough coach so he was canned..that is the way the ball bounces. |
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| Author: | spanky [ Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
312player wrote: no way smart takes the job..it is a lateral move ...i like izzo but he is dead wrong..weber is not a good enough coach so he was canned..that is the way the ball bounces. Um, VCU to Illinois is a lateral move? In the other thread you said Illinois was a top 30 job. Breathe dude, breathe. |
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| Author: | 312player [ Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
ok maybe not a lateral move..call it a one yard gain..the point being that smart has his sights set higher and IF and that is a big if they landed smart he would pull a bill self and leave after 3-4 years for an elite job. |
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
312player wrote: ok maybe not a lateral move..call it a one yard gain..the point being that smart has his sights set higher and IF and that is a big if they landed smart he would pull a bill self and leave after 3-4 years for an elite job. While I wouldn't mind Shaka being hired at Illinois, he is not an elite coach in my mind. He is an elite motivator, but his X's and O's leave a bit to be desired. |
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| Author: | Zizou [ Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
I'd like them to make a move for Stevens but between paying Zook and Weber about $3 million each I don't know if they can justify the big money they'd have to shell out to get Stevens. Money and coaching in the B1G would be the only incentives because Butler has been more successful than U of I in the last few years. |
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| Author: | Krazy Ivan [ Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bruce Weber fired |
Krazy Ivan wrote: My people are saying there is a good chance Shaka is getting the job... Once again they let me down. Shaka is staying... I feel for you. I think I love you. |
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