This is true. Eldridge was all but enrolled at U of I after his freshman season. He was going to walk on one year and play on scholarship for the next three.
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Jim Les or Tim Jankovic
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This is true. Eldridge was all but enrolled at U of I after his freshman season. He was going to walk on one year and play on scholarship for the next three.
Really? Kind of like how you told us Champ Oguchi was walking on at ISU and that came directly from Coach Jankovich's mouth?
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Absolutely--although I have to admit Jank appears to be a class act, and I read that he was a Rhoades scholar--but I think Jud is a real asset to him and their program's resurgence--but on the same line--I wasn't a big Les fan until Buescher came on board--and I think HE had a lot to do with making Les better and helping BU--and Les has improved IMO--
I am at work and don't have time to read the entire thread... But here are my thoughts...
Jim Les works well with a varied backround of talent and molds that into a gameplan that works. Jim Les certainly has basketball experience that Jank does not. However, IMO Jim Les attempts to micromanage a game, calling unnessecary timeout which stem momentum, and making gameplan switches away from something that works. I feel we often get outcoached at halftime when adjustments are made, and we use the first 3-4 minutes of the second half figuring out how to adjust to the other team.
On the other hand, I feel Jank was given talent in a handbasket so to speak. Jank did not recruit his most talented player, yet he continues to win. Jank has proven he can outcoach and outplay cupcakes; now schedule 2-3 top 25, including one top 10 team, and see how everything shakes out.
Right now, my vote goes to Les. Lets just figure out when we need to take a timeout to stop the bleeding, or forego a timeout to build momentum before i rip all my hair out and poison my liver.
Jim Les works well with a varied backround of talent and molds that into a gameplan that works. Jim Les certainly has basketball experience that Jank does not. However, IMO Jim Les attempts to micromanage a game, calling unnessecary timeout which stem momentum, and making gameplan switches away from something that works. I feel we often get outcoached at halftime when adjustments are made, and we use the first 3-4 minutes of the second half figuring out how to adjust to the other team.
On the other hand, I feel Jank was given talent in a handbasket so to speak. Jank did not recruit his most talented player, yet he continues to win. Jank has proven he can outcoach and outplay cupcakes; now schedule 2-3 top 25, including one top 10 team, and see how everything shakes out.
Right now, my vote goes to Les. Lets just figure out when we need to take a timeout to stop the bleeding, or forego a timeout to build momentum before i rip all my hair out and poison my liver.
If loyalty has anything to do with the way you rate a coach JL must rate tops. I am person that appreciates loyalty and admire how much blood, sweat and tears he has put into the program. That alone tells me there are very few coaches I would rather have for BU. It would take a practical John Wooden for me to want to switch to anyone else. The win now mentality takes away truly great qualities that all of us should be concerned with but with the trends of current society we are worried about our BLING. I guess I'm one of the few who did not want to see Molinari leave, abet a little to religious for me, because he produced quality human beings for our society. If the job of universities is to produce NBA players then most of them are really failing. I just hope that the big cat alumni understand that the true measure of a human being has nothing to do with winning or losing but how a coach prepares his teamto compete and that I believe JL has never done a better job then with the hand dealt to him.
I can't speak about Jank but if all indications come true I believe the ISU fans will not call him loyal down the road.
I can't speak about Jank but if all indications come true I believe the ISU fans will not call him loyal down the road.
IMO, both are good coaches Redbirdfan... No one team aside from UNI is going to dominate the MVC this year.