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QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 06:36 AM) Second time his post has been completely misunderstood (ss2k5). His point wasn't that Illinois is a better job than UCLA, not at all what he was saying. His point was that Illinois is a better job because its lower stress, etc. The hell with that and I don't buy it. Illinois isn't one of the best jobs in its conference. That will make it harder for them to win at the elite level. At UCLA you are the best job in your conference and while their is pressure, these guys are winners and want to win it all. Thats why they do this. A young guy like Shaka...he can fail at UCLA and then go get an Illinois job. He should go for the best. Clearly he's going to stay in his comfort zone until whatever his perfect job is comes to him. People that strive to be the very best at what they do (and that is the case with most of these guys coaching at the D1 level) don't just say ahhh, this is as good as it gets. Maybe at some point they get to that point, but a young upstart, hell no. That isn't his nature so it is a stupid argument to me. If he wants comfort, he can just be the top dog in his little s*** conference and win every year.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 26, 2013 -> 11:16 AM) Last year they ranked in the top 50. White, Basabe and Marble are all really good players. Maybe not lottery picks, but guys that can win you games. If no one transfers or flunks out, if Woodbury gets stronger and plays anywhere near someone 7'1", they will contend for the Big Ten title next year. If they could have closed out games this year, the only team they really couldn't or shouldn't beat was Michigan. Peter Jok was rated #10 prospect in the country by Van Coleman, and they have Uthoff coming to play next year as well. McCaffery is really turning that program around. Agreed. They won't have won and done talent, but they'll have a nice mix of senior's and juniors plus other young players with talent that should work well. Marble is pretty darn good and should be one of the better players in the conference.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 26, 2013 -> 10:38 AM) I honestly dont see them competing for a conference title anytime soon. They should compete for it next year. I said "compete". I'm not saying they are a favorite.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 01:47 PM) While all this may be true, haven't there been strong whispers of NCAA violations as well as Howland generally being a jerk to players/administration? No major NCAA violations that I"ve heard of. His issues were non "coaching" related and were more in relation to how he handled his players and just his overall attitude. He'll be a great hire by someone.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 10:25 AM) Shaka lost out on deciding not to come to Illinois and the Big Ten. Though I read on a message board this week rumors that he was actually much closer to accepting the job than previously thought and his wife basically talked him out of it at the least minute. At this point just be content where you're at, making the tournament and being a cinderella favorite every year. I mean, is the extra million really worth the added pressure of having to win at a program like UCLA? Multiple final fours and conference titles wasn't enough for that delusional fan base. Ya...cause the Illinois job is better then the UCLA job, which he isn't even interested in. If he wants to be great, the UCLA job is the job he should have taken. Howland is out for reasons people aren't talking about. He's a great coach and just an awful people person and the UCLA roster has been a mess and that is why a change is being made. He needs to get out of SoCal, he just doesn't fit there. And I really really like Ben Howland the coach.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 27, 2013 -> 08:34 PM) They were an NCAA quality team but not an NCAA worthy team, if that makes sense. It does and I don't disagree. They had their opportunities to be NCAA worthy and failed in that regard. Still, I like what Fran has done and the team is headed in a nice direction and having Marble lead the team as a senior will be great to go with White, Woodbury, Gessel, etc.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Mar 17, 2013 -> 04:10 PM) Hopefully Iowa doesn't play only HS teams in the non conf next year... They blew 4 games against top big ten teams that they should have won. They didn't. They are moving in the right direction and would have been worthy of a birth. They are doing a nice job in the NIT and had a big road win against Virginia today (ending their long home winning streak).

Lol @ Thibbs. THey ask him a question about nate...he goes some good, some bad. Mumbles...he did ok.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Mar 27, 2013 -> 07:35 PM) Hinrich is trying to set a record for number of times blocked in a quarter. He played a great 4th quarter as a whole though. Having him in the lineup makes the Bulls better (and allows Nate to do what he does best). Alright Rose...take this and man the f*** up and play. In fact, book it, Rose is playing the next game.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 27, 2013 -> 07:30 PM) f*** that, James went after Boozer with his shoulder/arm. That's a flagrant. The Bulls foul was clean...James was a flagrant 2 in my mind. Van Gundy was off his rocker. That was a great f***ing game. Physical, hard play. We need more of that. NBA needs to stop sissifying things.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 27, 2013 -> 10:56 AM) I just know him from Yes, Dear, and he was the best on that show. Ummmm...there was this show called "Guts".

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 27, 2013 -> 06:47 AM) To be fair, this is a business. Each player has to look out for himself first and foremost. Derrick Rose is an incredibly powerful brand, and if he comes back and looks like s*** (I'm not going to bring up re-injury, doctors with degrees have stated he has no more risk than anyone else) then that hurts his brand. He wants to come back at that top level. It's what we love about him, so it's hard to turn on him even though it's frustrating as hell. And yes, my opinion on this changes daily, because I've got so much emotion invested in Derrick Rose. It's ridiculous. And to be fair, right around that same time, the Bulls started dropping like flies.

f***ing awesome!!! Mexico got jobbed on what should have been a PK and outplayed the US. Besides that penalty they had 3 opportunities which should have been nailed. I'll take the point in the toughest international stadium to play at!!!

IF Peavy is healthy, he'll be real good. He flat out knows how to pitch. I hope he is, I really love his attitude and determination. That said, I hope he's in great shape cause he was used and abused last year.

Absolutely.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 21, 2013 -> 12:18 PM) Every post on SoxTalk is grammatically perfect. Especially mine!

Congrats Marcus!!!!!

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Mar 21, 2013 -> 10:17 AM) http://mlb.mlb.com/fancave/cave_dwellers.j...bid=bticCrA8024 I'd like to announce that I made the MLB Fan Cave! Thank you all for your support & helping this thing actually happen. Holy cripes...so so cool. That is awesome Marcus!!!

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 09:16 PM) And it's mostly Lovie's fault for having him play in that meaningless game against the Vikings. Thats ridiculous. It was still a game. Plenty of other starters were in. Should teams just quit at week 12. It wasn't like he was playing hurt. He was healthy and got hurt. It happens.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 08:53 PM) I do not like letting Urlacher go. I dont like the fact that we have one LB left with more than a few minutes experience playing in the NFL. I dont like the implication that we are now going to spend, without a doubt, one of our first two picks on a LB when what we really need to do is draft two OL. Urlacher may have been way under par athletically and entirely incapable of being the player he used to be, but he at least knew where to be and was never out of position because he made a mental error. The new guy will undoubtedly be a rookie, f***ing up left and right, biting on fakes, not knowing where to be, generally being confused. But not just that, he'd be a rookie playing a position we could've had covered for this season while Cutler still runs for his life because as it stands now there are 4 guys on our OL that barely deserve to be on NFL rosters. My biggest issue with losing Urlacher is we clearly don't have a replacement for him and now have a need at 2 starting spots in the linebacker corps.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 07:03 PM) I seem to remember pointing out that Urlacher sucked a year or two ago and that Briggs was much more important to this defense...and getting absolutely bashed for it...is this sour grapes or do people finally see that this guy has been overrated since about 2008? I remember being right there with you regarding Briggs. I love me some Briggsy!

Did this actually happen? I have a job so if someone posts someone I expect there to be a link. I went to two sites and found nothing so I assume this is more discussion or there have been some movements that MLB is getting closer to getting all parties to agree to such? Clearly Selig has wanted to do this for a while.

Wow, Bulls comeback ruined. If Noah didn't tip that, I think that is a bucket by Belinelli.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 17, 2013 -> 10:54 PM) Jake Long to Rams for $36M/4 Years To be honest, that isn't a bad deal at all. Sure he has some injury issues but that is relatively reasonable (especially the yrs).

Its downright disgraceful. Disgusting. Its one thing to be wrong with info its another to flat out lie. Its crap like that which causes people to give good blogs and websites with good and real sources a hard time/crap when they are wrong.