Bruce Weber has "retired"

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.

I strongly disagree. Read what some other coaches have had to say about that job. Lorenzo Romar is angling for that job. Whether they should or shouldn't, coaches consider the illinois job a top 20 destination. That hasn't been the feeling for the Iowa job. If it was there wouldn't be guys like Lickliter and McCaffery here. Not to say McCaffery won't do a great job, but he wasn't in demand by big time programs. Indiana, Ohio st., Mich. st., Michigan and Illinois are the best jobs in the conference. Not best teams as we stand here today........best coaching gigs.
 
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