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Nice to hear Watson's a good guy. Heard a rumor tonight that Tubby Smith will be coaching in the ACC next year, with NC State the likely spot. He'd love to go to GT, but they won't be able to afford him.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 7, 2011 -> 10:54 PM) Rodney Watson. Assistant for SIU forever then went to Southern Indiana and has been the head coach there for a couple years now. He's been absolutely dominant at USI but he had Jamar Smith last year and a pretty damn talented team for a D2 school. No clue what the talent looks like this year but these obviously aren't all players that he recruited in, so it's hard to get a good read obviously. To be honest, I just don't know enough about him to make an informed opinion.. That being said, Brian and I have talked about this and the one thing we both agree on is that we want SIU to actually hold a national coaching search and not just automatically stay in the SIU family like they've done for years now. I was under the impression that the USI coach was dirtier than hell. Hopefully that's not true.

Who's Rodney?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 7, 2011 -> 11:10 PM) Hopefully I can say the same about Lowery. It's looking more and more likely that he will indeed be fired but I wont believe it until I see it. I've heard he's out, but I'm sure you have better sources than I do.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Feb 7, 2011 -> 04:47 AM) I would guess that 90% of the posters on this thread is unhappy with how the basketball season is going for their team. I'm thrilled with this season, as it was the nail in the coffin for Hewitt. A .500 conference record, and you never know if they bring him back.

Shameless might be my favorite show on TV right now.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 11:48 PM) BTW fathom I think you will like two of the recent suggestions I've seen from fans in the event Weber is fired: Jeff Capel or Craig Robinson. Robinson I can at least see the possibility of him doing really well at Illinois because him and Howard would probably do extremely well recruiting Chicago but I'm not sold on his coaching whatsoever. If Capel is hired I would riot. Robinson would do an amazing job at U of I. One thing to keep in mind for Illini fans is that Howard is likely gone for a head coaching job after this season.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Feb 7, 2011 -> 01:38 AM) Whenever I think Superbowl HT Show, that's the 1 image that's always gonna be stuck in my mind. Over Janet Jackson's nipple?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 7, 2011 -> 02:16 AM) Can Fergie pee herself to improve the show? Our own Hawk LOVES Fergie, and thinks she looks good in anything she wears.

When's Fergie mic was out at the beginning, it was the best she's ever sounded!

Best commercial so far, IMO, was the careerbuilder.com one with the monkeys.

when people act like they are too cool to care about a struggling team and respond to a thread by saying "oh, I didn't even know they had a game today".

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 12:27 AM) Ricketts is completely handcuffed by the horrible contracts and cub fans are agitated that he isn't pumping money into this Titanic of a baseball roster. He's getting the label of being a cheap-ass but there's really nothing he can do but wait it out. With the potential revenue of the cubs year in and out, Pujols is a very legit target for Ricketts. If cub fans really think Ricketts isn't going to try to win with the cubs they're delusional. He's a cub fan, but he's just laying low during this necessary purge. I expect Ricketts to make huge moves once he is able to... as his livelihood depends on putting butts in those seats. Pujols would be perfect and it scares the crap outa me that he could actually do that. We'd become completely meaningless if Pujols signed there. It is very scary the idea of Pujols going to the Cubs, but I still think this is just a negotiation ploy.

Dent made HOF

Grant is likely not leaving the south, as he has very strong ties there. He's also a lock to take over the Florida job when Donovan leaves. And yes 99, Drew is an awful coach. He gets the least out of the most.

Interesting reading that some of the big Illini boosters want to get Weber canned after this season. That would be a brilliant move by the Illini, as they could get some good candidates and recruiting will go nowhere but up as long as Howard stays.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 09:30 PM) Which is why I can't wait for the 2011 class to get to campus and why I wish Head would get a little playing time (although not a ton because he can't shoot at all, like he is freshman and sophomore year Chester Frazier bad). Abrams is a warrior (like having a Chester Frazier with talent), Shaw plays really hard at all times, Egwu has a constantly running motor. Henry doesn't play defense but he isn't going to back down from a challenge. Langford I don't know enough about but he seems to lack assertiveness at times but he has high upside and won't be counted on until he is an upperclassman anyways. But then you run into a problem if Richmond and Leonard are two of your "leaders". Both of them still have a ton of growing up to do. And can I also repeat that I think D.J. Richardson is extremely mediocre and Brandon Paul really needs to be playing 30 minutes a game and getting a hell of a lot more shots than he is. He's going to make the NBA, and then Illini fans will look back and be like "why didn't he play more?" Trust me, as a GT fan, it's a sickening feeling.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 09:21 PM) This Illinois team is unlikeable. It is incredible how lazy the players are at times. Illinois lost the game because they got beat to loose balls and didn't fight through screens and that is simply unacceptable and it starts with the SR class which is made up of a bunch of p*****s and Weber. Definitely the winners of the "bad body language" team contest.

Yeah, I'd like to know what's up with McCamey. I saw some places where him and Richmond don't get along well, but who knows what's really going on.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 03:56 AM) You think anyone will actually write an article about this consistent phenomenon? I'm not holding my breath. Whitlock is the best bet, and I don't even think he will touch it. It will be very interesting to see the reaction by the national media when the three coaches fired in the ACC after this season are Hewitt, Haith, and Lowe.

The Kevin Love special on NBA TV was pretty awesome.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 10:08 PM) Please.fire.lowery Add him to the conversation I had earlier about minority coaches!! Also, Trent Johnson has done a TERRIBLE job at LSU.

Two straight awful episodes of the Office.

Something changed in Dye like 2 1/2 years ago. Heard some places it was marital issues, but he just hasn't been the same guy since.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 03:16 AM) Sidney Lowe has been bad at NCST. Seems like he slides under the radar. I know he's a legacy but I would have to assume NCST's patience is running thin. He's long gone...they emptied their, um, recruiting budget last year to give him one more shot.