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Kansas State Basketball is hard / 10 Most overpaid coaches in College Basketball
« on: December 17, 2012, 02:35:59 PM »
http://www.lostlettermen.com/slideshow/cbb-top-10-most-overpaid-coaches/#4
The biggest elephant in the room during Weber’s tenure at Illinois is that he rode the coattails of Illini predecessor Bill Self and his stud recruits (namely Dee Brown and Deron Williams) to his most successful years.
That theory gained momentum in the seasons after Williams and Brown left as Weber failed to find success with his own recruits. Considering the school’s natural (one would think) in to the bevy of great players in Chicago, it was rather inexcusable on Weber’s part. Thus Weber was fired last season after a woeful 17-15 year.
Yet somehow Kansas State is confident that Weber can lure recruits to the Little Apple. Confident enough that they’re already paying Weber more than they paid former coach Frank Martin ($1.3MM), even though Martin is widely considered a better coach and recruiter.
The biggest elephant in the room during Weber’s tenure at Illinois is that he rode the coattails of Illini predecessor Bill Self and his stud recruits (namely Dee Brown and Deron Williams) to his most successful years.
That theory gained momentum in the seasons after Williams and Brown left as Weber failed to find success with his own recruits. Considering the school’s natural (one would think) in to the bevy of great players in Chicago, it was rather inexcusable on Weber’s part. Thus Weber was fired last season after a woeful 17-15 year.
Yet somehow Kansas State is confident that Weber can lure recruits to the Little Apple. Confident enough that they’re already paying Weber more than they paid former coach Frank Martin ($1.3MM), even though Martin is widely considered a better coach and recruiter.