What don't you understand about Illinois hitting on mid-major lottery tickets? You understand that there's 50 programs just like Illinois that hire the same types of dudes.
So either they hired better mid major lottery tickets (meaning they’re a better job) or the infrastructure at Illinois is more conducive to winning big (meaning they’re a better job). Another all time L for SMF
A better analogy would be Spud Webb and Mugsy Bogues. Figuratively and Literally.
Ralph Willard was a wildly attractive mid-major lottery ticket and we landed him. Pitt and Illinois and schools like that are all fishing in the same pool. The jobs are basically the same. Pitt got lucky with Howland but struck out with Willard. Illinois got lucky with a few and struck out with Groce.
Spud won an NBA dunk contest and had a few inches on Muggs. In your analogy, which poster is which player?
Pearl is a very good in game coach and an excellent motivator. Perhaps a little too much of a players coach, he tends to run a lax ship, He lets his team go through the motions somewhat in regular season, but if it's a game that means a lot to him or the fan base, his team's usually bring it.
That’s what the rumor was. But Illinois countered with 1 million per year for 4 years so it must’ve been slightly lower than that. Kentucky will obviously match.
Ok. I thought we could have gotten him for a million. Guess not. Probably would have taken 1.5 and we wouldn't have gone near that. That said, he may be the highest paid assistant in the country now. If Pitt could go out and spend 600K-800K, they could get a premier recruiter. To me, spending a few extra thousand on a guy who could possibly bring in a few guys to get us to the tournament would be money well spent
He is the highest paid assistant in the country when this is done.
Well they need to. If Heather can find $300 million for a volleyball arena and study hall, she should be able to find an extra $300K for a premier recruiter
I don't think Underwood is in a position where he needs to do that. Mitchell and step-dad will go to a Pitt-level program. If he goes without step-dad, he can name his school
I don’t think so. Tony B is virtually unhireable for a coach of Underwood’s stature. Look for him to make a run at Pastrana at Oklahoma State who is a stud and give Orlando’s money to keep Chin.
That’s one thing people tend to forget.I guess he didn’t have the bags of cash to hand out at Pitt.lol
