Illinois loses again

[tornado]

if anyone wants some laughs...go check some of the discussions on the Illini boards...
mulling over who they'd maybe go with as a new head coach if John Groce gets fired...

The options mentioned are truly amazing....the threads are >>50 pages...
Believe it or not I have seen all these names mentioned..
Sergio McClain, Tim Jankovich, Norm Roberts, Dan Muller, Rob Judson, Ben Jacobson, Tommy Amaker...and dozens more..

Most of those names have either NEVER made it to the NCAA even one time and some have never been a head coach at DI or had a winning season in DI!
Plus- I cannot imagine the Illini donors & fan base would want to risk the mid-major experiment again unless they get a guy who's shined in the NCAA tourney like Drew or Marshall.
Hiring a Dan Muller or a Ben Jacobson (guys who have really never recruited or landed NBA-Talent) would be like John Groce 2.0 and Illinois would continue getting upper-mid-major talent just like they've been getting.

There are occasional mentions of Bryce Drew, Lon Kruger, Cuonzo Martin, Gregg Marshall, Archie Miller, Tony Bennett, Dana Altman, Fred Hoiberg...
but most of those guys are already at far better spots being paid $2-3 million per year - (Hoiberg is getting almost $5 mil - are they serious?)

Three decent-sounding options that get mentioned are Chris Collins, Greg McDermott & Steve Wojciechowski but it would probably take >$3 per year to pry them away if they were even interested...

Any thoughts from the BU fan base? Currently the number of outstanding, "hot" midmajor coaches who they'd be able to lure away - is quite slim...and others who have tried getting Gregg Marshall haven't come that close.

[Future Walk-On]

My patience for hiring mid-major coaches who are "hot" is running out...

Jury out on Wardle but Groce didn't even have a good resume.

[Chico]

Right now we are in no position to laugh at or ridicule any other program.

[tornado]

Former Nevada/current Georgia head coach Mark Fox is a good coach, perpetual 20-game winner and on pace to do it again this year, post-season four consecutive years and 9 of his 12 years as head coach...
And yet almost every year the fans and the media rip into him and want him fired..

this first link likens him to John Groce...and how hard it is to please everyone in this business

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/214434442/coaching-death-spiral-mark-fox-john-groce

http://dawnofthedawg.com/2017/01/18/georgia-basketball-mark-fox-hot-seat-talk-ridiculous/

http://www.dawgsports.com/2013/1/12/3870214/a-difficult-post-to-write-but-its-time-to-replace-coach-mark-fox

[Chico]

After reading PJS this morning, I've become a North Carolina fan.

[Stickboy46]

He woulda dominated the MVC and dominated Wich St.... but he just couldn't keep his own locker clean of crap.

I'd take a motivated Shaq Morris in a matchup vs Lynch any day of the week.

[tornado]

I like Shaq Morris, just puts his hard hat on every day and goes to work..
doesn't always start but does seem to care...seems to always have the monster game when they need it..