Friday, March 11, 2005
Bruce Weber to coach tomorrow
BREAKING NEWS: ESPN College Basketball Reporter said on the phone at the halftime of the Duke/Virginia game that Bruce Weber would coach Illinois' game tomorrow against Minnesota despite the death of his mother today.
In a released statement, Bruce Weber said My mother has been very influential in my life and career, and that is why I have decided to coach the team on Saturday, because that is what she would have wanted.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bryan Burwell has more on Coach Weber and why he will be on the sidelines [Saturday] afternoon. "Coaching means too much to the people in the Weber family," writes Burwell. He also discusses the decision of Bruce Weber's brother, David, to coach his high-school team Friday night. (Warning: if you are easily moved to tears and don't want to be...don't read this story).
As for the game tomorrow, the Illini are Pressing on, in grief. So are we. posted by Illiniwonk at 9:29 PM
In a released statement, Bruce Weber said My mother has been very influential in my life and career, and that is why I have decided to coach the team on Saturday, because that is what she would have wanted.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bryan Burwell has more on Coach Weber and why he will be on the sidelines [Saturday] afternoon. "Coaching means too much to the people in the Weber family," writes Burwell. He also discusses the decision of Bruce Weber's brother, David, to coach his high-school team Friday night. (Warning: if you are easily moved to tears and don't want to be...don't read this story).
As for the game tomorrow, the Illini are Pressing on, in grief. So are we. posted by Illiniwonk at 9:29 PM
