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Nice hire but I'm not sure it will satisfy the egos of the Chief Illiniwek Nation...
Underwood can flat out coach....Considering it's a coach that couldn't beat Michigan.........
Underwood can flat out coach....
One game doesn't mean much. He is a big time hire.My comment was more in regards to Illinois fans' feelings of Michigan than his coaching abilities..
It is an awesome hire, speaking for this member of the Illini Nation. This guy is a great coach.Nice hire but I'm not sure it will satisfy the egos of the Chief Illiniwek Nation...
This definitely strikes me as a "Whitman knows what he's doing" hire.
Wait... he left the OK St job after only one year? How is that classy?Never heard of him (but these days I don't have time to really follow college basketball outside the B10). He's been a D1 head coach for four years, three at Stephen F. Austin (where he was great), and one at OK St. (where he was ok). He was a D1 assistant or non-D1 head coach for 25 years (!), which I would like if I were an IL fan. After the Bennett news/rumor this is definitely going in a different direction.
He did better than OK at OkSU. Last season they were second to last in the B12, with record 12–20 (3–15). This season they finished 20-13 (9-9) and made the NCAA's. That was a major improvement, which led to the coach finishing second for CoY honor. They did finish poorly, losing several games in a row (including the tourneys).He's been a D1 head coach for four years, three at Stephen F. Austin (where he was great), and one at OK St. (where he was ok). He was a D1 assistant or non-D1 head coach for 25 years (!), which I would like if I were an IL fan.
spin it any way you like but he can flat out coach.......Sounds like they gave him a big fat contract. Doesn't really make sense outside of that.
Then again certain instate rival of the Illini hired a guy with zero years of HC experience at any level, and they seem to be doing alright. Go figure.A guy with one year P5 coaching experience? I'll just leave it at that.
so could Bill Carmody...spin it any way you like but he can flat out coach.......Sounds like they gave him a big fat contract. Doesn't really make sense outside of that.
And got beat by the worst coach in Illinois history twiceThen again certain instate rival of the Illini hired a guy with zero years of HC experience at any level, and they seem to be doing alright. Go figure.
No, no He can't....this isn't bill carmody from Princeton....this is a guy that coached at an all time top 25 program Ok stateso could Bill Carmody...
All time...hardly. You and feli keep smoking whatever it is.No, no He can't....this isn't bill carmody from Princeton....this is a guy that coached at an all time top 25 program Ok stateso could Bill Carmody...
All time...hardly. You and feli keep smoking whatever it is.
He did better than OK at OkSU. Last season they were second to last in the B12, with record 12–20 (3–15). This season they finished 20-13 (9-9) and made the NCAA's. That was a major improvement, which led to the coach finishing second for CoY honor. They did finish poorly, losing several games in a row (including the tourneys).
See ESPN article.
all time what???????????No, no He can't....this isn't bill carmody from Princeton....this is a guy that coached at an all time top 25 program Ok state
Yikes...sense a lot of fear here...The Whining Illini just got back to 500 in the B1G. Missed on the big boys so this should get the entitled back in the tourney. Well, at least we still got the football dominance over them. It was fun while it lasted.
Yes all time, you wouldn't know anything about thatall time what???????????
Yikes...sense a lot of fear here..
your a total jerk and obviously know nothing about basketballYes all time, you wouldn't know anything about that
I know that your fans diminishing our program now over the last few weeks is unwarranted....your a total jerk and obviously know nothing about basketball
Yep shaking in my boots. The entitled Illini always come out and troll anytime they get puffy chested will a bolt of energy after dumping an incompetent coach and paying through the nose for new blood willing to move to the cow pastures.Yikes...sense a lot of fear here...
Tell that to those who voted him CoY (2nd place). Coaches aren't evaluated with that kind of hypothetical. The previous coach achieved what he did in his last season, and Underwood improved on that as cited.You can't really say that they wouldn't have been just as good if Travis Ford was still the coach.
You lost twice to Groce.....lololololoYep shaking in my boots. The entitled Illini always come out and troll anytime they get puffy chested will a bolt of energy after dumping an incompetent coach and paying through the nose for new blood willing to move to the cow pastures.
SFA lost 4 of 5 starters when Underwood took over. They were 18-15 this yearTell that to those who voted him CoY (2nd place). Coaches aren't evaluated with that kind of hypothetical. The previous coach achieved what he did in his last season, and Underwood improved on that as cited.
Should he had been hired by Illinois, because of that? That's another question. It obviously depends on who else was realistically available to them.
Why? This isn't 1989.No. Illinois should always be a top half B1G program.. We'll see if this guy can do it.
You lost twice to Groce.....lololololo
Why?
Using that logic DePaul should be too. I really don't think kids give a rats about tradition when it is all from before their lifetimeVery easy admissions for athletes, excellent recruiting base (should be) and damn good tradition. Illinois is a basketball state.
Football hire is fine. Lovie needs to build his roster first......Wow, nice comeback. Want me to start naming the times our putrid teams beat the entitled when you made the tourney.
How is that football hire working out?