Today’s column from CBS Chicago …
(CBS) Want to stir up an orange-and-blue hornet’s nest?
Write a column about Bruce Weber.
I did that on Wednesday when I took a deeper look at the controversial comments that the former Illini basketball coach made last week on ESPN radio, referring to his tenure at Illinois as “probably one of the best runs, if not the best nine-year run, in the history of the school.”
What my examination mostly wrought was more controversy.
On Facebook, a friend told me, “I dislike Bruce Weber, and have since I first heard of him.” Via Twitter, another lllini fan went so far as to say that Illinois’ former coach is “absolutely a villain. Weber did more damage to the Illini bball program than Bruce Pearl.” Others also vented angrily about Weber (although not quite that outlandishly), while a couple of Illinois fans even unfollowed me on Twitter mainly because I didn’t call for Bruce’s head on a pike.
Hey, now they’re probably out there calling for mine.
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