Wow, that's all this thread gets?
I've been thinking of this match-up for a week or more, wondering if the Bobcat faithful want to pretend to care or not. I'm a big JG fan, been in his house, my kids have played with his kids, and though I didn't decide to post until recenly I've been a huge OU fan for decades.
So, like a lot of us, I read every page of our record JG to UI thread in the spring. I wanted him to stay, but I understood the business and knew he should go if he had the chance.
But I bought into the dope that so many were selling that UI was in shambles, that re-building would have to take place for their program to be in sweet 16 territory. So let OUr coach go, root for him to do his magic to prove the doubters wrong, recruit his own players and in 5-6 years have a seriously competitive program on his hands.
But in all this love for OU and JG, did I want U of I to be a better team than the Bobcats in 2012? No freakin way. I'm still stuggling with my respect for JG and his newfound success. If he beats the 5000 lb gorilla from Columbus I'm on his side, but otherwise am I alone in hoping that his decision to change programs wasn't so easy?
Someone shed some light... is this for real? How has that Illini team become a team capable of beating a pretty damn good Zags team? I mean if I remember correctly nobody on this board thought much of that team AT ALL and now they are in a national championship (top 10) conversation?
Wow.
I wantOhio's basketball coaches to move up and succeed. I'm fine if Christian wins 28-30 games for three years and leaves. Unlike football, I don't think coaching continuity matters as much. You can change a program with one recruiting class. In football, you need to build for five years.
If Ohio starts producing big-time college basketball coaches on a three-year schedule, e're all going to be very happy with the product on the floor.