Bradley Train Wreck

[squirrel]

I think Geno can coach, but for a variety of reasons it hasn't worked out here.

I think on the administrative side of things, he's not a program builder. I also think things were so bad when he arrived in Peoria, that rather than target specific things while recruiting, we just acquired players. When those players didn't work out, we kept replacing them. This past year's recruiting class was probably the first where we went after specific needs. Throw in the fact that most of our DI transfers have been wasted on the equivalent of one good player (Grier's offense and Shaw's defense/rebounding), we see the results just simply aren't there. I think it's more that things never gained traction.

But putting a new coach in place now is vital, with 9 players (at this point at least) scheduled to graduate in 2016, you don't want to throw a first year coach into that in that situation in the spring.

[pafan]

Ray Lahood has been a rumored replacement for a while.

The same Ray LaHood who was Secretary of Transportation until recently? And was a Congressweasel before that?

[Mikovio]

Yes Ray LaHood was US Secretary of Transportation from 2009-14. I interned for him while he was in Congress. Not to get political on here but he was a moderate who had friends on both sides of the aisle and sadly his type is endangered in Congress these days, which is a big reason why nothing gets done. I know he works for a prominent law firm now and gets paid very, very well to give speeches across the country. He's a very popular figure and for good reason. He'd be taking a pay cut to serve as president so just the fact he is interested says a lot about his commitment to the university.

As for "UseLes", he's 14-4 and in first place in the Big West and last I checked he has 2 more NCAA wins and 1 more NIT win than ISUr's golden boy Dan Muller. I don't want to bring him back but we could do worse.

[MVCfans]

Wessler had a pretty poignant article today addressing the aparthy within the program:

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150124/ ... B1C43.uxfs

[squirrel]

As for "UseLes", he's 14-4 and in first place in the Big West and last I checked he has 2 more NCAA wins and 1 more NIT win than ISUr's golden boy Dan Muller. I don't want to bring him back but we could do worse.

Yeah, and with an overall of 196-209 and 94-143 in league. So even with his tremendous success this year, he is still a loser.

[jwa123]

I agree with Mikovio about Ray Lahood. Ray Lahood is an honorable man who worked honestly in Washington for the good of his country and for the good of his district. He was not and currently is not a Congressweasal. To implore such terms is to be ignorant of the facts.

I disagree with Mikovio on comparing Jim Les' records againt Dan Mueller. Dan Mueller is in the midst of his third season while Mikovio present the Les record from over a decade. I'm not saying Mueller is a wonder coach or that he is a coachweasal as the jury is still out even among many Redbird fans. What I am saying is you are comparing apples and oranges to make your disparaging comment. Let's revisit this in seven years when if Mueller is still the coach at Illinois State we can compare his 10 year record to the Les first 10 years of coaching.

[pafan]

I agree with Mikovio about Ray Lahood. Ray Lahood is an honorable man who worked honestly in Washington for the good of his country and for the good of his district. He was not and currently is not a Congressweasal. To implore such terms is to be ignorant of the facts.

I fundamentally am ignorant of the facts, and I apologize for bringing it up.

[Bradleyfan1]

Yes Ray LaHood was US Secretary of Transportation from 2009-14. I interned for him while he was in Congress. Not to get political on here but he was a moderate who had friends on both sides of the aisle and sadly his type is endangered in Congress these days, which is a big reason why nothing gets done. I know he works for a prominent law firm now and gets paid very, very well to give speeches across the country. He's a very popular figure and for good reason. He'd be taking a pay cut to serve as president so just the fact he is interested says a lot about his commitment to the university.

As for "UseLes", he's 14-4 and in first place in the Big West and last I checked he has 2 more NCAA wins and 1 more NIT win than ISUr's golden boy Dan Muller. I don't want to bring him back but we could do worse.

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[Trapped in CA]

After reading that article, I am amazed that Ford has a contract of $750,000 per year. I want his agent.

Does that make him the second highest paid coach in the MVC?

[squirrel]

After reading that article, I am amazed that Ford has a contract of $750,000 per year. I want his agent.

Does that make him the second highest paid coach in the MVC?

One motivation for the high salary was to help compensate for the Kent St lawsuit.