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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 02:17 PM) The Hornets are 4-21 on the season. If there's any question about Rose, sit him. I wouldn't care if they were playing the Miami Heat. If there is any question about Rose you sit him during the regular season. All that matters for a team like the Bulls in the NBA is the playoffs.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 6, 2012 -> 11:51 AM) Top basketball schools don't lose their coaches to other places. Sure they do. Roy Williams left Kansas for UNC and it isn't uncommon for coaches to leave top basketball schools for the NBA. If money is equal and the coach doesn't have ties to a certain school there are probably only 5 or 6 (UNC, Kansas, Kentucky for sure and then a couple of others like Duke or UCLA that a guy may leave for but is Duke really that great of a job once Coach K leaves?) jobs at most that a coach would leave Illinois for.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 6, 2012 -> 10:16 AM) I was too busy prepping my place for a superbowl party, so I didn't get to watch much of the game. Frankly, I could care less how well they played or how much better NW played. That's a game you simply have to win. No excuses. If I'm Thomas I'm on the phones this week to see what kind of money I can gather for a buyout and a new contract going forward. Problem is this decision will come down to finances. Weber makes 1.3 mil a year, that's fourth to last in the Big Ten. Izzo makes 3.5, Matta makes 2.5, Crean makes 2.2. In other words, if Illinois fans expect them to compete for a top of the line coach, they're going to have to come up with some money. That's something they've never really done before. If you can somehow get Shaka to come AND you can keep Howard, I'm all for it. Otherwise I think you have to fire a couple of assistants, give Weber the end of his contract (next year) and hire an assistant that can take over if need be. Here's what I see happening: they barely make it to the tournament and lose in the first or second round. Everyone calls for Weber's head. Then he pulls in a good recruiting class. He's already got 2 good verbals, maybe he gets Hamilton too. Then what do you do? Risk losing those recruits? James and Hill are very good players but they aren't program changers and the next coach will have a good chance at keeping both of them. I honestly don't care about Hamilton. Very talented but he is always hurt, never plays and doesn't seem to work hard on his body or his game. Short of going 7-1 or 8-0 down the stretch or landing Jabari Parker in the next two months I don't see a single reason to keep Weber on board unless the finances are so bad that you would have to go incredibly cheap on the next coach. Really sucks that Shahid Khan is supposedly friendly with Weber or he could easily be the money behind buying out Weber and landing the next coach. He was behind buying out Zook and was the money behind Illinois' offer to Sumlin (which was for top dollar btw).

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 5, 2012 -> 10:27 PM) Fire Lowery, fire Bruce, hire Bruce. #pipedream I fully expect Weber to be successful at his next stop. It is pretty clear that the pressure of the Illinois job got to him and he just isn't the same coach he was when he first got the job. He inherited a lot of talent but those teams were also exceptionally well coached and executed on offense at an incredible level. His success at Illinois wasn't just the talent he got from Self, it was also good coaching and his teams at Southern Illinois were also very well coached. I think that the recruiting failures he had early at Illinois coupled with the failures on the floor made him very uptight in his coaching and the play on the floor has reflected that. He also hasn't seemed to truly connect with a lot of his players recently which is a major issue at the high major level where you have guys with bigger egos and guys that need to be pampered a little more than at the mid major level.

Also, I'm shocked the Patriots didn't let the Giants score earlier than they did. You do it before you use the 2nd timeout and with 30 extra seconds on the clock and you have a legit shot at coming back and winning.

Wes Welker lost that game with his drop on the previous drive.

Patriots should have done that 30 seconds ago when the Giants got inside the red zone.

New England should let them score.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Feb 5, 2012 -> 05:31 PM) That was an odd game. Illinois made more 3's at a higher percentage than NU and Leonard was unstoppable, and yet they somehow lost? Bruce Weber sucks. Really no other explanation needed.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 5, 2012 -> 05:25 PM) Go away Bruce, I'm tired of the Jekyll and Hyde personalities of this team. Time for a new start, and if done right it wouldn't take long to put Illinois back into a top 15 program. Illinois could be top 15 next year if Leonard returns and you have a competent coach. The only player they will lose is the guy who has been amongst the worst players in the country since he got hurt against St. Bonaventure.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Feb 5, 2012 -> 05:20 PM) I don't think Thomas would have taken the job if his hands were tied to that degree, Bye, bye Bruce. Mick Cronin, come on down. Cronin and Thomas are not on friendly terms and I'm not convinced Cronin would be able to recruit Chicago right off the bat. Get me Shaka Smart (and maybe keep Jerrance) and you could potentially own Chicago. He will also excite the fanbase and with the talent returning next year will be set up for success right off the bat.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Feb 5, 2012 -> 05:09 PM) The problem is money. Thomas just had to fire Zook and had to pay the buyout (although I heard a booster covered a lot of it). I just have to imagine that it would be hard to fire both coaches in the same year. I hope to God it happens though. Khan (Jaguars owner) covered the buyout. Problem is I've heard Khan is actually friendly with Weber.

Weber should be fired today. Let McClain take over and try to salvage the season. If Mike Thomas doesn't fire Weber after the season I want him gone already at well. There is literally no reason for Weber to be coaching after this season. The talent differential in the game today was remarkable, Illinois scored at will and still lost to Northwestern at home. Thanks for your first three years now GTFO Weber.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 1, 2012 -> 08:37 PM) That's what he does. He fattens up on the cupcakes of the league. Legitimate teams? Shadow. I've been wrong a lot on these boards. But I have never been more on the money about a basketball player than I was about Boozer before the Bulls signed him. I absolutely despise Boozer as a basketball player.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 11:49 PM) He went back to being bad in the second half. He and Stephen Jackson are terrible chuckers sometimes. Wait, Jackson's a terrible chucker all the time. Skiles took Jennings out of his rhythm by sitting him on the bench so long after he got off to that ridiculous start. If you are the Bucks and you have a player rolling like that against the Bulls why not ride him until he stops making shots?

QUOTE (Felix @ Jan 25, 2012 -> 03:32 PM) Knights of the Old Republic is different that Star Wars: The Old Republic. KotOR is/was/will always be an amazing RPG made by Bioware back in 2003. I strongly recommend playing both KotOR and KotOR2, as they are both superb games, but they aren't the game that was just released SWTOR is the MMO that was just released and it's pretty fun. You can play it as a conventional RPG (which I've been doing for the most part) and it's still a lot of fun. I've really liked the RPG elements of it, and I've never played an MMO before this one. The fact that you're playing online with other people hasn't been relevant to me unless I specifically want it to be relevant, which is nice. I'm still pissed that KotOR3 never got made.

I'm disappointed, all this talk about basically meaningless comments from Rose and no discussion about how Boozer is so f***ing terrible on defense that he got removed in the final minute of the game against the Pacers for Brian Scalabrine.

Boozer got taken out of the game on defense for Scalabrine. SCALABRINE. God he is f***ing awful.

Kyle Williams just lost the 49ers the game.

Unless Illinois wins its next 3 I may actually root for Illinois to have a bad finish to the season so that there is no doubt at all in Mike Thomas's mind that Weber should be fired.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 20, 2012 -> 12:10 PM) Round Two is about to begin OzzieGuillen Ozzie Guillen People want me to look bad but I so honest i wiil saynthe real true put u seat belt on I will kill peoples fellings no mercy i turn the page but they no let me a long then get ready going to be bad Iam out the country now but i never quit in anything yes be ready when i talk going to be fun When i get to chitown lets make one thing clear what happen last day whit the sox stay tune Seriously, how could anyone possibly like this guy or want him as part of your organization. What a piece of s***

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 19, 2012 -> 11:41 PM) Yes. Time for the wings to take over the offense. At least Abrams can play D and is part of the future. Let Abrams continue to play around 20 minutes and then let Paul and Bertrand initiate the offense so Henry can get some minutes since he has shown over and over again that he can put the ball in the basket.

27 f***ing minutes for Maniscalco. 27. What a f***ing joke. It isn't like he plays defense or is a good distributor either.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 19, 2012 -> 11:28 PM) That's the worst part. I don't give a f*** about that. The worst part is that a talented team that could be much better than it is continues to have these type of performances on a consistent basis.

That last play should get Weber fired on the spot. Maniscalco shouldn't have even been in the game let alone the 2nd option. So f***ing sick of this s***.