Windy City Johnny Fan
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In no particular order, all of these things have actually happened to this program in the last 10 years:
1. The most talented player to come through the program in a decade was convicted of attempted murder and severed several years in jail.
2. Our best team lost its only big man before the NCAA tournament after getting busted for weed.
3. The most storied player in program history returned as head coach, only to completely mail it in and get forced out after 4 years without a tourney win.
4. That same head coach's #1 assistant was forced out by an assistant coach in his 20's whose only job responsibility was to recruit.
5. We blew a 17 point second half lead at home on Saturday to a nearly equally as bad team missing their best player.
6. A former walk-on player become the subject of a nationwide manhunt after being alleged to be a serial killer.
7. Our mostly highly rated big man recruit was arrested for shop lifting and subsequently was revealed to be a cross-dresser.
8. Our most visible and successful alumnus went on WFAN and trashed the program and university leadership.
9. Our most talented big man was misused, forcing him to transfer out and ultimately reach his potential and help his team get to the NCAA finals as a grad transfer.
10. We surprisingly beat out UConn for a local recruit - only to have the recruit change his mind and go back to UConn before stepping foot on campus.
11. We conducted a head coach search that was so poorly run it became a national embarrassment for the program. We were turned down by a mid major coach as part of the search.
12. Our starting point guard mysteriously injured his foot and went into "day to day" status for 3 months before finally leaving the program to play overseas.
13. We received a commitment from a highly rated PF who decommitted from a Pac-10 school, only for that prospect to subsequently decommit and re-commit to the Pac 10 school (epilogue: he has transferred out after a year).
14. The former HC/best player in program history inexplicably hired his best buddy from the NBA to be an assistant coach. The AC sat around on his butt for 3 years and ultimately left with the head coach.
15. We flirted with a local AAU coach with a controversial past as a college HC for about a year before ultimately walking away.
16. Talented JUCO PG commit leaves program before getting to campus after 20 something AC who recruited him and with whom he had his only staff relationship departs to "coach" under his buddy.
17. We start a conference season 0-11.
18. We make commemorative T-shirts for winning two back to back regular season games.
What am I forgetting?
1. The most talented player to come through the program in a decade was convicted of attempted murder and severed several years in jail.
2. Our best team lost its only big man before the NCAA tournament after getting busted for weed.
3. The most storied player in program history returned as head coach, only to completely mail it in and get forced out after 4 years without a tourney win.
4. That same head coach's #1 assistant was forced out by an assistant coach in his 20's whose only job responsibility was to recruit.
5. We blew a 17 point second half lead at home on Saturday to a nearly equally as bad team missing their best player.
6. A former walk-on player become the subject of a nationwide manhunt after being alleged to be a serial killer.
7. Our mostly highly rated big man recruit was arrested for shop lifting and subsequently was revealed to be a cross-dresser.
8. Our most visible and successful alumnus went on WFAN and trashed the program and university leadership.
9. Our most talented big man was misused, forcing him to transfer out and ultimately reach his potential and help his team get to the NCAA finals as a grad transfer.
10. We surprisingly beat out UConn for a local recruit - only to have the recruit change his mind and go back to UConn before stepping foot on campus.
11. We conducted a head coach search that was so poorly run it became a national embarrassment for the program. We were turned down by a mid major coach as part of the search.
12. Our starting point guard mysteriously injured his foot and went into "day to day" status for 3 months before finally leaving the program to play overseas.
13. We received a commitment from a highly rated PF who decommitted from a Pac-10 school, only for that prospect to subsequently decommit and re-commit to the Pac 10 school (epilogue: he has transferred out after a year).
14. The former HC/best player in program history inexplicably hired his best buddy from the NBA to be an assistant coach. The AC sat around on his butt for 3 years and ultimately left with the head coach.
15. We flirted with a local AAU coach with a controversial past as a college HC for about a year before ultimately walking away.
16. Talented JUCO PG commit leaves program before getting to campus after 20 something AC who recruited him and with whom he had his only staff relationship departs to "coach" under his buddy.
17. We start a conference season 0-11.
18. We make commemorative T-shirts for winning two back to back regular season games.
What am I forgetting?
