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Groce to Illinois

Are You getting anything better then what they had?
Did they have just as good of choice sitting in the interem HC job. W/ the right choice at asst coach from the Chicago area they might have been way ahead of the game. Just something to think about
 
This is funny. At least to Bruce it probably is..

Also, if it weren't for D.J. Cooper trying out for the NBA (not like he'll ever make it) instead of playing for his team, they would have been in the elite 8. He shot 3-20 and 1-10 from the field. Some of them from 35 feet.
 
Chico said:
Now, now. Don't we have to give him, or whoever the new coach is, time to build the program?
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haha

I heard that ppl think Groce is an able chicago recruiter

a private plane scheduled from champaign to athens, ohio was also cancelled right before the press conference


shit is going down because he is not a minority
 
Da Coach said:
Apparently the deal was all done with John Groce, and a press conference was about to be called, but then one of the U of I trustees threw a stink, and the press conference has been called off. This circus is not going to end well...
https://twitter.com/#!/thekapman/status/184724454889357312
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This search was doomed from the beginning when you think about it...

HAS to be minority hire.....so while Smart ,Hamilton,Grant, etc are good coaches they have to wonder if they lead the group becuase they were black and the white head coaches knowing that BOT are searching for minority hire...see themselves as 4th-5th fiddle after the black coaches turn it down.......it's ridiculous
 
Da Coach said:
Apparently the deal was all done with John Groce, and a press conference was about to be called, but then one of the U of I trustees threw a stink, and the press conference has been called off. This circus is not going to end well...
https://twitter.com/#!/thekapman/status/184724454889357312
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People can't blame this latest snag on their athletic director. This is a trustee that is making a big stink about Groce not being a minority candidate. That has to stop! This is not a racial issue. U of I did what they could to bring in the best minority candidate in Shaka Smart, who in my opinion was the best candidate period that was out there. Stevens would have been my next choice, followed by Anthony Grant and Lorenzo Lamar. But none of them wanted the job, and now is the time for the Board to stop with the minority requirement and get the best remaining candidate for the job before this becomes so out of hand! If Groce is not named the new coach, there is still Scott Drew out there. Otherwise, this better not drag out any further because Illinois looks like the bad guy here.
 
Illinois now in damage-control mode-
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/illini/x760604729/Illini-still-focused-on-Groce

What I don't understand is how one single member of the Board of Trustees can hold an entire university hostage like this. Each board member should have no more power than any other member.

Here is how silly this has gotten. According to the above article by John Supinie-

James Montgomery, one of two trustees who voted against the hiring of football coach Tim Beckman over the lack of minority hiring in football and men??™s basketball, suggested to a wire service for the school consider President Barack Obama??™s brother-in-law, Oregon State coach Craig Robinson, who is 27-45 in the Pac-12 in four seasons.

???I just became concerned that they were now getting into a second tier,??? Montgomery told The Associated Press. ???I sent a communication to the president and the chairman of the trustee board, Christopher Kennedy, giving them the resume of a gentleman from Oregon State University.???

The AP story said Montgomery also suggested that former Chicago Bulls and New Mexico State and Sacramento Kings coach Reggie Theus, once considered a potential candidate for the job, would be worth a look.

So this board member is concerned that Illinois is "now getting into a second tier" of coaches? Yet he is suggesting that they hire Craig Robinson, who's record in the Pac-12 is 27-45! And he has coached his Oregon State team to the 9th seed in an awful conference the last 2 years. Robinson's average RPI in his 4 years at Oregon State is 173, and he's never been better than 132!

And I won't even waste energy making fun of his other suggestion, that Illinois consider Reggie Theus. What a joke! His guys are somewhere in the 9th or 10th tiers. :)
 
Da Coach said:
Illinois now in damage-control mode-
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/illini/x760604729/Illini-still-focused-on-Groce

What I don't understand is how one single member of the Board of Trustees can hold an entire university hostage like this. Each board member should have no more power than any other member.

Here is how silly this has gotten. According to the above article by John Supinie-

James Montgomery, one of two trustees who voted against the hiring of football coach Tim Beckman over the lack of minority hiring in football and men??™s basketball, suggested to a wire service for the school consider President Barack Obama??™s brother-in-law, Oregon State coach Craig Robinson, who is 27-45 in the Pac-12 in four seasons.

???I just became concerned that they were now getting into a second tier,??? Montgomery told The Associated Press. ???I sent a communication to the president and the chairman of the trustee board, Christopher Kennedy, giving them the resume of a gentleman from Oregon State University.???

The AP story said Montgomery also suggested that former Chicago Bulls and New Mexico State and Sacramento Kings coach Reggie Theus, once considered a potential candidate for the job, would be worth a look.

So this board member is concerned that Illinois is "now getting into a second tier" of coaches? Yet he is suggesting that they hire Craig Robinson, who's record in the Pac-12 is 27-45! And he has coached his Oregon State team to the 9th seed in an awful conference the last 2 years. Robinson's average RPI in his 4 years at Oregon State is 173, and he's never been better than 132!

And I won't even waste energy making fun of his other suggestion, that Illinois consider Reggie Theus. What a joke! His guys are somewhere in the 9th or 10th tiers. :)
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I would much rather have Theus than robinson if you HAD to make a choice....

aaahh...what happened to the days when the AD was able to make a decision
 
Da Coach said:
Illinois now in damage-control mode-
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/illini/x760604729/Illini-still-focused-on-Groce

What I don't understand is how one single member of the Board of Trustees can hold an entire university hostage like this. Each board member should have no more power than any other member.

Here is how silly this has gotten. According to the above article by John Supinie-

James Montgomery, one of two trustees who voted against the hiring of football coach Tim Beckman over the lack of minority hiring in football and men??™s basketball, suggested to a wire service for the school consider President Barack Obama??™s brother-in-law, Oregon State coach Craig Robinson, who is 27-45 in the Pac-12 in four seasons.

???I just became concerned that they were now getting into a second tier,??? Montgomery told The Associated Press. ???I sent a communication to the president and the chairman of the trustee board, Christopher Kennedy, giving them the resume of a gentleman from Oregon State University.???

The AP story said Montgomery also suggested that former Chicago Bulls and New Mexico State and Sacramento Kings coach Reggie Theus, once considered a potential candidate for the job, would be worth a look.

So this board member is concerned that Illinois is "now getting into a second tier" of coaches? Yet he is suggesting that they hire Craig Robinson, who's record in the Pac-12 is 27-45! And he has coached his Oregon State team to the 9th seed in an awful conference the last 2 years. Robinson's average RPI in his 4 years at Oregon State is 173, and he's never been better than 132!

And I won't even waste energy making fun of his other suggestion, that Illinois consider Reggie Theus. What a joke! His guys are somewhere in the 9th or 10th tiers. :)
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This is what happens when "affirmative action" trumps common sense. The idea is to hire a qualified minority coach, not ANY bad coach that happens to be out there! If we have gone through the list, then the next best option is to hire the best remaining coach out there, no matter what his race is. Robinson is a "suicide" hire just to satisfy a nutcase like this Board member is. I can sort of see Theus being hired over Robinson, but frankly I most certainly don't want him either as he is arrogant and has not won consistently enough.

I hope Illinois can stand this Board member down and hire Groce since he is one of the best remaining candidates left.
 
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