To clear up any doubt and exonerate my fellow Champaign Room contributors, this was me:
A charismatic go-getter came to Champaign at roughly 40 years old with a cool-bald-guy look and whipped illini fans into a frenzy with exciting early moves and great quotes/slogans! But a few years later it got old as we kept waiting for wins.
Who am I talking about?— The Champaign Room (@Champaign_Room) October 16, 2018This was not received well, and I’ll admit that it was perhaps a bit too on-the-nose. I probably shouldn’t have included “They’re the same” in the poll options.