Comments on: Bruce Weber: The right guy? http://blogs.dailyillini.com/sports/2007/04/12/bruce-weber-the-right-guy/ Your source for Illini Sports news Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:17:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Andy http://blogs.dailyillini.com/sports/2007/04/12/bruce-weber-the-right-guy/#comment-12732 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:13:23 +0000 http://blogs.dailyillini.com/sports/2007/04/12/bruce-weber-the-right-guy/#comment-12732 Jake- Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like your argument is that Weber spoiled us by going to the Final Four, and we should not expect those kinds of results every year. Further, Self was able to entice top-tier talent (alliteration!) to Champaign, yet we should not expect Weber to do produce similar results. As legitimate fans, shouldn't we expect the best of our team, not merely mediocrity in the Big Ten? I for one would like to get to the Final Four again, and with the players that Weber has brought in the past five years, it seems unlikely it will ever happen again. If finding a better coach/recruiter is the solution, so be it. Jake-

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems like your argument is that Weber spoiled us by going to the Final Four, and we should not expect those kinds of results every year. Further, Self was able to entice top-tier talent (alliteration!) to Champaign, yet we should not expect Weber to do produce similar results. As legitimate fans, shouldn’t we expect the best of our team, not merely mediocrity in the Big Ten? I for one would like to get to the Final Four again, and with the players that Weber has brought in the past five years, it seems unlikely it will ever happen again. If finding a better coach/recruiter is the solution, so be it.

]]> by: Jake http://blogs.dailyillini.com/sports/2007/04/12/bruce-weber-the-right-guy/#comment-1000 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:49:01 +0000 http://blogs.dailyillini.com/sports/2007/04/12/bruce-weber-the-right-guy/#comment-1000 I agree with you for the most part. I get sick of everyone yelling "he can't recruit like Self." Well lets be honest who can? Self is one of the best recruiters in college basketball. Point 2, we will see who the true Illini fans are now and who jumped on the bandwagon 2 years ago for the magical run. Why are people mad at Weber? Because he spoiled us with the run to the Final 4, the magical season the whole nine yards. But we have to keep Weber. He is a class act who cares about these kids, loves the Orange Crush, and can consistantly win. I hope he retires from UofI. I agree with you for the most part. I get sick of everyone yelling “he can’t recruit like Self.” Well lets be honest who can? Self is one of the best recruiters in college basketball. Point 2, we will see who the true Illini fans are now and who jumped on the bandwagon 2 years ago for the magical run. Why are people mad at Weber? Because he spoiled us with the run to the Final 4, the magical season the whole nine yards. But we have to keep Weber. He is a class act who cares about these kids, loves the Orange Crush, and can consistantly win. I hope he retires from UofI.

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