BTW -- a few facts about Illini Bluffs--
they are a small school - high school enrollment 294 so they have played in the smallest class size up 'til now...but...the new alignment by IHSA appears to push Illini Bluffs into 2A in basketball...but fluctuating enrollments and cutoffs may have them back and forth between 1A & 2A.
BTW -- the principlel at Illini Bluffs is a guy named Joe Stoner-
http://www.illinibluffs.com/school.php?school=hs&id=office_staff
Joe Stoner was Jeremy's high school basketball coach while JC was at Pekin -- and as noterd, is JC's uncle.
http://thecapitalsportsreport.com/?p=236
http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=122999
Uh oh -- Jeremy may be on strike even before he starts work --
IB teachers and the board are "at an impasse"...
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1510861111/Illini-Bluffs-school-district-teachers-union-at-an-impasse
bingo: one of the problems is the ex coach sho still teaches at IB is also head of the bargaining team and so far no one knows why he was let go from the head coaching position. He was informed before JC was avaialble so, I hope, that wasn't the reason he was let go. I am out of town but heard that WMBD had something about all of this on the 10pm news last night.
It is my understanding the teachers are standing up for the ex coach so not sure where all of this will end up but I feel sorry for JC as he is now in the middle of this (although I do know some people warned him ahead of time and tried to talk him out of taking this particular coaching job.