Quinn drops another Illinois State coach, Luke Yaklich, as a candidate.
Yaklich would fit the bill as a defensive guy, also has strong ties to the Illinois Wolves AAU program.
Sounds like a nice fit. If it happens, guess the Illinois State coach wonāt be sending Beilein a Christmas card this year. Rough business but Iām sure they all understand the coaching ladder.
Few notes on Ill St. defense, etc.
Also Illinois State transfer Deontae Hawkins is on the market and immediately eligible. He was going to BC, decommitted from there and is visiting New Mexico and Gonzaga. No clue if there would be any interest on UMās part (looks like he was suspended at one point for a DUI) but heās 6-8, 220 and blocks shots, hits threes, and rebounds.
Sign me up
I hope Beilein read his diary to see if his heartās really in Illinois.
Hawkins also seems to have had a DUI last season. This could simply be a young person who made a mistake, but Beilein tends to steer clear of situations like that.
Yep, mentioned the suspension and that is obviously a red flag. No clue about the situation, just noting that heās on the market. Another Ill State kid (MiKylie McIntosh) also grad transferred this offseason and is heading to Oregon.
My bad. I scanned your post and for some reason didnāt register the DUI mention.
AA is a great place to live if youāve had driving issues in the past. Public bussing isnāt too bad and since itās a college town, most things you need are concentrated in accessible areas. Just gotta assign a trustworthy teammate to be chauffeur.
I think the bigger issue is that it speaks to a certain lack of judgment. Thereās Uber just about anywhere now, it isnāt really hard to not get a DUI.
I thought the DUI was old, but apparently more recent and sounds like Memphis took a hard pass. Iām guessing this is a non-starter, but who knows.
The good news is we have two of his former coaches who know whether it was just a really dumb mistake or if heās someone with bigger character issues. Iām sure if we donāt look deeper at him weāll know what the answer is.
Well, one I doubt that Haynes has even coached him considering he was transferring and Haynes wasnāt hired until May.
I only say driving issues because the chief worry might be he is a risk do it again. But AA isnāt a bad place to live if the coaches expressed concerns or had stipulations regarding his driving (though he will have some via judge ruling because of pleading guilty).
Lol, I totally missed that we took him before he even started coaching there. They get screwed even more than we did by coaching changes.
Hope we recruit him and get him. He would fit a desperate need, so we could leave DR on the bench,
should i like these hiresā¦they seem very low profile
Yes jon. Yes.