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John Groce was fine

Posted on: April 8, 2017 at 10:09:03 CT

JimD MU

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And he got fired. He made the Sweet 16 while at Ohio. A hot, young up and comer.

There's a lot of pressure at Illinois. This year was his best recruiting class before they started decommitting after his firing.

He's still a good coach.

Underwood has to get horses. Just squeaking into the tournament with overachievers won't be acceptable there for very long.

Edited by JimD at 10:09:21 on 04/08/17

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With the decommitment of Pickett at Illinois - JimD MU - 4/8 09:19:46

Big picture. - tjwheeler UI - 4/8 13:32:12

JT won't be just one player if you don't let him go, now - MoGold MU - 4/8 14:16:13

Weird. - tjwheeler UI - 4/8 22:15:50

Illinois will be fine - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/8 13:44:25

I agree. - tjwheeler UI - 4/8 13:48:37

I wouldn't put BU ahead of Self - wu-tangtiger MU - 4/8 23:33:26

You sure loved the Groce hire at the time, too. (nm) - zounami MU - 4/8 16:45:35

Not even the same. I'm excited about this hire. - tjwheeler UI - 4/8 22:16:21

RE: With the decommitment of Pickett at Illinois - Ragarm MU - 4/8 10:47:22

Well, for one, these aren't his first 5* recruits - MoGold MU - 4/8 14:19:18

Tillmon is on the way, possibly Knox. - 1500University MU - 4/8 11:16:06

He also really impressed CJ Roberts family and was able - zounami MU - 4/8 11:43:36

Underwood is an extremely poor recruiter, and I'm not even - zounami MU - 4/8 10:36:20

All in the land of zounami. LOL(nm) - tjwheeler UI - 4/8 13:49:13

I would probably say he is a better - Hoosier Daddy1 IU - 4/8 11:23:58

Cuonzo has been to a Sweet 16... - zounami MU - 4/8 11:41:30

I think both were good hires - Hoosier Daddy1 IU - 4/8 11:53:25

The fact that you think Underwood has been to a Sweet 16.... - zounami MU - 4/8 16:42:58

You lecturing someone about facts? LOL(nm) - tjwheeler UI - 4/8 22:16:40

He will be fine(nm) - BOILERTIGER MU

- 4/8 09:51:28

John Groce was fine - JimD MU - 4/8 10:09:03

Actually, Groce was awful when it came to recruiting. - tjwheeler UI - 4/8 13:34:58

What coach is tampering with Pickett - doughboy MU

- 4/8 09:41:56

He survived on Juco and prior kids. May need the same at IU - TigerFan92 MU - 4/8 09:40:00

He's a good game coach - JimD MU - 4/8 10:01:57

Yes(nm) - TigerFan92 MU - 4/8 10:07:20

There was a ton of bs said about the hires by Illini fans. - 1500University MU - 4/8 09:30:57

Don't you think it's a bit early to make a judgement like - MakeShift MU - 4/8 09:28:06

Exactly. (nm) - tjwheeler UI - 4/8 13:35:31

Yet, Cuonzo is retaining and gaining recruits despite taking - JoplinTiger07 MU - 4/8 10:23:30

I agree, but there is a double standard about this topic - 615Tiger STL - 4/8 09:45:07

I think you're missing the point. - JimD MU - 4/8 09:36:37

Illinois is probably the 6th best job in the Big 10. - Evenflow MU - 4/8 10:10:40

I said "Top 10 or so" - JimD MU - 4/8 10:14:52

You're equating some historical ranking with - Evenflow MU - 4/8 10:20:51

Dont know about that - JimD MU - 4/8 10:35:28

arguable top 15-25, no higher(nm) - TigerFan92 MU - 4/8 09:42:07

Not true. Number 11 - JimD MU - 4/8 10:00:40

The job is more like #20, basically the same as Missouri. (nm) - zounami MU - 4/8 11:49:29

Opinion and not by last 40 year standards or more recent - TigerFan92 MU - 4/8 10:08:33

I gave you evidence. The AP has been doing this continuously - JimD MU - 4/8 10:13:27

I agree with you- it is a top 10 approximately - MakeShift MU - 4/8 10:35:05

I agree with you, Every coach deserves time to prove himself - JimD MU - 4/8 10:48:10

Probably still too early to tell. Turnover is common after - TB Tiger MU - 4/8 09:25:48

They see to be losing their inroads to east st. louis (nm) - Lateshift32 MU - 4/8 09:23:54

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