Not WAC-related but this is to-the-core honesty

Illinois Coach Bruce Weber had a very interesting week, with various commentators saying he's on thin ice based, of course as always, on this season's W-L record.

Here are a pair of jump-off-the-page Weber quotes from Bryan Burwell's column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

"The sad thing about the whole thing," Weber told reporters after a 67-62 home loss to Purdue, "and I guess it's my fault — instead of creating toughness and developing a team, I coached not to lose all year."

and

"Instead of developing people, I was worried about winning," he said. "The last three years, all I did was worry about winning instead of developing a culture and a toughness. That's my fault. You're trying to please everyone instead of pleasing yourself. That's my fault, in hindsight."

Trying not to give in to hyperbole but has any coach ever so directly bared himself? There are no lame cliches or trite coaching chestnuts on display here.

This candor more than likely won't save his job because of the circumstance of a new AD but do read the entire article and ask yourself if you would want your son to play for Weber? 

Here's a guy who proverbially stripped himself naked in public but -- and this is the key -- has learned from his travails.

Hopefully this isn't just a wanting-to-happen future turn but PTW knows Weber will be wiser and expects this to translate into greater success in his next coaching position. The humility he shared is appreciated as his frankness and genuineness were quite the breath of fresh air.