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2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #390 on: April 14, 2023, 09:32:50 AM »
Did he visit again this time? Or are you talking when he decommitted before? I thought he was a Chin guy before.

I think we are going to not be able to sell any wing on playing time with TSJ and Hawkins status not fully resolved and we added the Domask kid who I assume will start.

We can go after PGs hard and promise them the keys to the team, and really a Post should not be afraid of not getting 20 minutes a game minimum, or even an experienced one can start over Dainja.

Just before and it said we were interested again this time. No idea if this time it was reciprocated or not, but weird. Yeah I’m not hurt about it or anything.

I really do think the main thing is PG and C. I honestly will put my trust in Underwood and think we’ll be happy with the results. Everything he’s done has been good to great except tourney results. He just needs a breakthrough there. Even a down year like this last one resulted in 20+ wins and an easy entry into the tourney. I’ll take that, but agree his tourney results need to step the fuck up.
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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #391 on: April 14, 2023, 09:43:39 AM »
Storr is a great get for Wisconsin.

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #392 on: April 14, 2023, 09:44:26 AM »
But like did something happen on his visit? Does he hate Illinois? Hate Underwood? It’s just honestly very odd how everything with him has played out.

We told him he might want to look elsewhere when he was committed to us, that at least probably didn't help.

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #393 on: April 14, 2023, 09:46:25 AM »
I mean look what we did to Aaron Cosby.

Is there another Alfonso Plummer out there?

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #394 on: April 14, 2023, 09:54:39 AM »
Just before and it said we were interested again this time. No idea if this time it was reciprocated or not, but weird. Yeah I’m not hurt about it or anything.

I really do think the main thing is PG and C. I honestly will put my trust in Underwood and think we’ll be happy with the results. Everything he’s done has been good to great except tourney results. He just needs a breakthrough there. Even a down year like this last one resulted in 20+ wins and an easy entry into the tourney. I’ll take that, but agree his tourney results need to step the fuck up.

I think a lot of folks would disagree on the this last year being easy anything. We finished 7-8 and looked pretty overmatched or disinterested half of most every game.
Yes, we were good enough to get into tourney, but we had not played a complete 40 minutes all year, and were certainly not going to play two complete games the first weekend. 

He has a couple years to get over the hump and hopefully they have learned something about the positionless BB myth when putting this roster together.
But if he misses or does not get past first weekend the next couple years he is likely moving on.
 

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #395 on: April 14, 2023, 09:57:33 AM »
Is there another Alfonso Plummer out there?

Loved Plummer.

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #396 on: April 14, 2023, 09:58:06 AM »
We told him he might want to look elsewhere when he was committed to us, that at least probably didn't help.

Ahhh, I did not know this. Thanks Spark!
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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #397 on: April 14, 2023, 09:58:57 AM »
We told him he might want to look elsewhere when he was committed to us, that at least probably didn't help.

Well, that was stupid if we did that.

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #398 on: April 14, 2023, 10:48:24 AM »
We told him he might want to look elsewhere when he was committed to us, that at least probably didn't help.

Did our resident insider Dom tell you that?  ;D

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #399 on: April 14, 2023, 11:57:32 AM »
I think a lot of folks would disagree on the this last year being easy anything. We finished 7-8 and looked pretty overmatched or disinterested half of most every game.
Yes, we were good enough to get into tourney, but we had not played a complete 40 minutes all year, and were certainly not going to play two complete games the first weekend. 

He has a couple years to get over the hump and hopefully they have learned something about the positionless BB myth when putting this roster together.
But if he misses or does not get past first weekend the next couple years he is likely moving on.

Assume you knew what he meant - that we weren't close to the bubble.  He's right, we weren't close, we were easily in.

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #400 on: April 14, 2023, 11:59:37 AM »
Well, that was stupid if we did that.

The Illini internet was happy about it at the time for the most part.  A 3-star recruit, and we replaced him with a bunch of better recruits.  They just mostly have transferred already, just like he did.

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #401 on: April 14, 2023, 12:04:20 PM »
We told him he might want to look elsewhere when he was committed to us, that at least probably didn't help.

Yeah that’s another lie. 

Chin Coleman was his primary recruiter.  Chin Coleman took the Kentucky job.  Subsequently Storr decommitted.

Nothing more to that story.

And he was “committed” for all of 1 month. 

again, nobody good wants to play for Underwood. Nobody. Antigua got Kofi.  Chin got Ayo.  Groce got Frazier.



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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #402 on: April 14, 2023, 12:31:27 PM »
Ahhh, I did not know this. Thanks Spark!

It’s bc it never happened.  It’s taking the “we didn’t want him narrative” to an extremely stupid angle.

Now, they did tell that to Podz.  And that was fucking retarded. And Podz shoved it up their ass

Podz was a guy that had a Kentucky offer, chose to come to Illinois, and watched Damonte Williams play 28 min a game in front of him.

Again, there’s nothing Underwood does good.  Not one thing.

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #403 on: April 14, 2023, 12:43:18 PM »
Everything he’s done has been good to great except tourney results.

No it hasn’t been. Did you get amnesia about what the team looked like before Kofi?  Did you not watch this year?

With Kofi, Underwood is a fine regular season coach.

Without Kofi, Underwood is a level where any credible AD fires him.  Period. 

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Re: 2023 PORTAL TRACKING THREAD
« Reply #404 on: April 14, 2023, 01:06:09 PM »
Again, there’s nothing Underwood does good.  Not one thing.

He's good at yelling and not visiting Mark Smith in the hospital. BOOM!
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