Bruce Weber has "retired"
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Section136
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Uhhh, according to ESPN he was fired.
Illinois Fighting Illini's Bruce Weber loses job - ESPN Chicago
Illinois Fighting Illini's Bruce Weber loses job - ESPN Chicago
DesMoinesHawki
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Boy that didn't take long! Did they even give him time to get off the bus? Obviously expected but just surprising when it happens so quick ... I get it ... But still ...
goods10
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I was watching sportscenter and they broke in for an update saying Bruce Weber has retired and will not coach Illinois in post season if they make it.
Either way he gone.
BSpringsteen
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JD Miller is obsessed with the talent in Chicago.
JD Miller has Iowa-itis. That is a treatable condition that comes from growing up in Iowa. See, everyone in Iowa grows up dreaming of playing for the Hawkeyes. That same thought process isn't the same in every state in These United States.
No one in Chicago or St. Louis gives two shakes from a rat's rectum about the University of Illinois. It is a state school without any real fan base in the state.
It is not a brand like Indiana or Kentucky or Duke.
As a program, it is in better shape than Iowa. As a job, it is about the same.
JD Miller has Iowa-itis. That is a treatable condition that comes from growing up in Iowa. See, everyone in Iowa grows up dreaming of playing for the Hawkeyes. That same thought process isn't the same in every state in These United States.
No one in Chicago or St. Louis gives two shakes from a rat's rectum about the University of Illinois. It is a state school without any real fan base in the state.
It is not a brand like Indiana or Kentucky or Duke.
As a program, it is in better shape than Iowa. As a job, it is about the same.
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eveningnewsteam
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shocking
ssckelley
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Wasn't he the recruit that said he was only going to Illinois if Weber was coach?
1977Hawkeye
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Not shocking to his Hawk fan. Weber's teams have been pretty consistently underachieving since Self's players graduated/went pro. I've been expecting this day for a while now, honestly.
My fear now is that they hire someone who can really coach & recruit.
Herkyalert
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Self is probably better off at a mid major to be honest.
Section136
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Pretty sure the post you responded to was being sarcastic. Everybody saw this coming, including Weber.
ColumbusHawk
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Funny how the basketball season mirrored the fooball season. Both teams started out great & collapsed down the stretch. The new AD was quick to get the old regime's coaches out of town.
racerhawk
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I was thinking the same thing. The fball team was 6-0, only to close out the season 0-6.
Basketball was the same.
Rotting orange in Champaign.
Wassabbe
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Agreed. I don't get why people feel like Illinois has some right to all the Chicago recruits. As far as most of those kids are concerned, Champaign might as well be in another state.
Also Weber was 78-9 at one point in his career at Illinois, that is an unbelievable start.
