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Post by flamesfan20 on Mar 19, 2024 7:24:47 GMT -6
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Post by flamesfan20 on Mar 19, 2024 7:30:12 GMT -6
I hope we can close the deal on this. Love this hire. Out of the box and a proven winner. 2 NCAA tournament appearances and only 1 year out of 11 finishing below 500 overall with a team in the MEAC which is HARD to do.
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Post by UICJohn on Mar 19, 2024 8:19:24 GMT -6
He is currently under contract for a few more years at Norfolk State where he is making just over $300,000. Luke Yaklich had a salary of $425,000.
I wonder what we are offering him. He is already a Head Coach so comes in with more experience than most of our hires. He also did beat Illinois State this year.
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Post by waadle on Mar 19, 2024 8:28:43 GMT -6
ISU and Pedon are gonna hate us
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Post by waadle on Mar 19, 2024 8:31:24 GMT -6
Hopefully, he can get Jamari Thomas, the MEAC player of the year to come with him. Gave ISU 31 when they played
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Post by Big D on Mar 19, 2024 8:41:06 GMT -6
Hopefully, he can get Jamari Thomas, the MEAC player of the year to come with him. Gave ISU 31 when they played Jamarii probably would’ve been the best player on our team this year. The guy was unstoppable against ISU. If Jones is the hire, I’d hope he bring this guy along. I don’t know enough about him to have an opinion. He has won some games. What kind of system does he run?
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Post by goveybaseball on Mar 19, 2024 8:46:24 GMT -6
Why does ISU keep getting mentioned what is the correlation?
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Post by waadle on Mar 19, 2024 8:51:36 GMT -6
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Post by waadle on Mar 19, 2024 8:53:16 GMT -6
Per ISU's investigation, nothing was said but idk
Clip of the game
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Post by uiclaflame on Mar 19, 2024 8:53:46 GMT -6
From 30min of scanning Jones' google search results and instagram profile, I like it. Recent winner at d1 level, recent NCAA tournament experience, and seems to be a player's coach. With the lack of recent winning culture at UIC and the reality of the fanbase (i.e., we aren't filling up the arena) - our best chance at getting players to come here and stay here for a while is if they are with a coach they trust/like/care about (a la Skobalj and Yak) - and he seems like the type of guy that can create that bond with players. I could see him doing well first handful of years then moving on (like Scherts at Indiana State seems to be doing) - which would stink - but no need to get in the cart in front of the horse . Would take success any day!
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Post by uiclaflame on Mar 19, 2024 9:04:31 GMT -6
Apparently, EKU coach is in the mix too
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Post by UICJohn on Mar 19, 2024 9:11:32 GMT -6
Just saw the same report. Interesting turn of events because I haven't seen the other candidate's name anywhere but Jones' has been all over Twitter.
How does that work? When hiring, I've never given term sheets to multiple candidates for one job..
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Post by goveybaseball on Mar 19, 2024 9:20:23 GMT -6
Term sheets to multiple coaches huh?
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Post by flamesfan20 on Mar 19, 2024 9:31:21 GMT -6
My buddy in the industry said he's shady. You gotta be shady to win at UIC haha
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