Breakfast Buffet: Is Bruce Weber’s job in jeopardy?

It is time to end the Bruce Weber era at Illinois. His teams continue to shoot an incredible number of three point attempts despite a poor percentage of success. He has an ultra talented big man who he uses to set screens twenty feet away from the basket and can't seem to adjust his offensive sets to get the guy plenty of shots. It is the coach's job to find and make these types of adjustments. Coach Weber has failed in that regard. He negatively and publicly calls out individual players in the press which goes against the best practices of public praise and private rebuke and it is time to send him packing..

I like Bruce and I know he's a good coach, but I would like to see a change. With as much talent there is in just the Chicagoland area, there is no reason why Illinois can't be an elite team each year. (The same could be said for football too).

Go home Weber......

I think Weber needs to go wherever Zook goes. Illinois is an underachieving team and they are about to lose their center to the NBA.

After he was successful with Bill Self recruits the wheels came off. He is not a bad X and O coach but not a good recruiter

The sad fact is he is a great assistant coach, and by all indicators a solid human being, but has fallen short as a head coach. His teams show flashes of greatness, but only flashes. They underachieve, and that falls on the coaching staff. That, combined with his sub-par recruiting record in the shadow of Chicago . . . Illinois can do better.

BRUCE WEBER SHOULD BE GONE JUST LIKE RON Z. BEEN TO LONG LONG FOR THIS SCHOOL TO BE UP IN THE STANDINGS AS A GOOD TEAM. JUST MAYBE SOME OF THE PLAYERS NEED A WAKE UP CALL ALSO?

There won't be many tears in Champaign when Weber is gone... just hope they don't hire another one just like him. Consistently strong hires until Weber.

Agree with Bernard. The three pointers drive me insane every time I watch them. Its one thing if they were making them, but they shoot terrible. Weber, much like Zook, gets great players. He just sucks at making them play well together. They are a very talented team and that's why its so frustrating to watch. Time for a new coach.

Weber is the worst coach in NCAA Hoops history. He is clueless. He won't use a zone, ruins kidsa redshirt seasons and constantly berates his players in the media. He can't coach, recruit or adjust in game.

I'm tired of Weber's excuses, he needs to go. Unfortunately we might be stuck with him for a few more season thanks to Ron Guenther. Weber's contract runs through 2015.

I hope all of you spoiled IL whinners get your wish! I think Weber does a good job with the hand he is dealt. IL isn't exactly known as a powerhouse in college hoops year in, year out, even during Lou Henson's era, Knight whipped the Illini on the regular. Put it this way, as an Indiana fan, I hate Bruce Weber just like I hated Gene Keady. That's usually a good thing when opposing fans hate your coach, that means he's doing something right: winning ball games.

He may go but, one problem is that Illinois would have to pay him I think about 5mil and then come up with 5 Mil for the new man. I would wager they would choke down another season in order to save cash..

His job should be in jeopardy...and he likely should have lost it last year or even the year before that...I think he is already gone soon, if you read what the AD said to the media

Sure IL could be much worst this year, but Weber has been running the ship developing(not) players for long enough. The fact that Paul(TOman) or DJ can't play or defend like a point guards by now as juniors is a giant tell. This years team needs a point guard and chemistry lessons and Weber would have kept his job, but the fact he thought a injury prone MVC guard could play at the level needed shows his mindset is all wrong.

this is a very young team remember 2004 it finally kicked in and the kids understood the motion sets and we seen what happened in 2005 give him next year he built this team he cant pass the ball for them into the post but he definetly needs to take the ball out of pauls hand tracy abrams is a talented point gaurd if weber is depending on paul to take him anywhere he is living a pipe dream paul is to talented but he is a slasher not a facilitator he cant even make the simple passes to leonard without turning it over and play griffey more with leonard, bertram, richardson, and abrams

AD Thomas said it all "It's our job to be relevant through Big Ten play" and "It's not a question of being in the tournament. That should be a given. It should be what seed"

If the AD wants to keep his job, he knows success in football and basketball is critical. Zook and Weber rely on 18 to 21 year olds to keep their jobs. His relys on adults to do what they getting paid for.

@Travis... support him if you want. Fact is his time has run out. Let your Montana school know he is available. BW will be looking soon, and you'll get him cheep.

coach weber does what he needs to do his players have to listen im all for coaching changes when it calls illinois is not there yet. his record as a head coach is very good, he is the reason siu was reaching the tournament year after year. since he left they have not been competitive. his team is young making young mistakes next year they will be better and the next should be big ten champs. look at michigan state the have had years jits just like this. its called building years. now you need to see results with this class, because this team is very talented. i am willing to give the next two years. if we lose leonard though i dont know. again coach cant keep talent from going pro. lets wait and see.

I say keep brucel, give him one more year. next year should be alot better and let it play out. If it doesn't improve next year, hes gone. Paul and Richardson will be seniors. Bertrand, leonard, and maniscalco will all be way better. I say one more year.

Let's Go Blue