There were others that you have not mentioned, but board politics is stupid and I'm sorry for engaging.
Groce is a Punk
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Philips waited several years. A new guy (who is not in place) would likely have very little idea regarding Groce coming in. Likely will be stuck with FB for at least a year as well as it is too late in the process. If the AD was in place already he might have an opinion but with none in place during the season, awfully hard to make such a move (unless he/she already has a replacement in mind) Just saying the longer it goes, more difficult it is to make the move right away.
Nah...it's just much easier to remember a poster's handle when they have something interesting to say. I can't remember yours because you don't much.
Well, the new AD is a former Illini and was living across the river in St. Louis so my guess is he has a handle on the quality of coaching at his alma mater.
His resume shows that he swiftly and completely cleaned house at Wash. U. Even money says he does the same at Illinois. Wouldn't be surprised if the football coach doesn't make it to April. My guess is he bounces Groce after this season, not that Groce has done anything terrible.
And this AD, once hired, won't give two ***** about the chancellor's opinion of the coaches. It's his show. He'll raise big money and simultaneously transform the two revenue sports.
Bad for us.
It's a little different doing those activities at a D-III school like Wash U compared to a B1G school with a recent terrible reputation. Let's try to avoid Chicken Littleism until the guy makes his first hire maybe?
Didn't realize that they had anew AD. I guess it just happened. That said, I would still guess he might wait a year. Probably too late for FB to change right now. And BB? Hard to say that Groce really did anything wrong.
Ya know what Cappy? I'm trying not to be rude on this board. I regret that post. Maybe you're his dad. How would I know?
IMO he's a much higher quality hire than I though Illinois was capable of making. At Wash U. he was a very big fish in a medium sized pond.
I'll leave it at that.
I would say he's coming from a small sized pond and he was their 5th or 6th choice, after the others turned them down. There two top choices were the AD at Colorado and former illini and then there was the tennis exec from down under, who also said no thanks. The rest of the possibilities were employed at directional schools. Don't think many, including many Illinois alums consider this a quality hire, just a desk that needed to be filled.
I don't think Illinois has a clue who they just hired. This is a little like Pope Francis....if they knew what they were getting they never would have hired him. He'll clean house.
The only questionable part is that he's leaving St. Louis to live in Champaign. So it could be a case of one too many hits to the head.
Wash U for Josh W was like AAA for Kris Bryant. An amazing number of accomplishments in very little time. He was headed to D1, it was just a question of where and when.
The only questionable part is that he's leaving St. Louis to live in Champaign. So it could be a case of one too many hits to the head.
Wash U for Josh W was like AAA for Kris Bryant. An amazing number of accomplishments in very little time. He was headed to D1, it was just a question of where and when.
We already proved in the other thread that it is far from "a lot". So you can stop repeating this exaggeration.
See, guess I will just have to keep my observations to myself, so I can follow your rules.