Are we losing a player for the year?

[bu fan 9]

I heard today from someone at BU we are going to lose a player for the year but he would not tell me who it was.Has anyone else heard this?

[admin]

We considered this topic for a long time, and we appreciate all the interest and the several replies. But this is the kind of speculation that we did not think was appropriate unless there is an public announcement made by Bradley, or unless someone knows something other than rumor.
It isn't fair to speculate publically about the status of current players who are enrolled at Bradley and are dedicated to working hard for next season.

So this thread will be limited to posts that do not name or imply a specific player leaving, or to anyone with verifiable information.

I hope you will agree with this. Thanks.
admin

[BradleyBrave]

It's not my call, but I don't think this stance is consistent with what has been accepted on this board. A big part of what makes message boards work is speculation/rumors. There was wide speculation about players staying or going dating back to even last season. It was widely discussed if JC was leaving from about late January on, if POB was leaving, if DA was leaving, and if Jassey was leaving. There was never any concrete evidence on any of these players besides POB, and even then it was still speculation. I don't see why this situation is any different. Maybe it is I guess.

[flipper]

It's not my call, but I don't think this stance is consistent with what has been accepted on this board. A big part of what makes message boards work is speculation/rumors. There was wide speculation about players staying or going dating back to even last season. It was widely discussed if JC was leaving from about late January on, if POB was leaving, if DA was leaving, and if Jassey was leaving. There was never any concrete evidence on any of these players besides POB, and even then it was still speculation. I don't see why this situation is any different. Maybe it is I guess.

exactly. let me just ask this. is the reason an academic one?

[admin]

There is a difference between speculating if any current players might have reason to leave like previous discussions have done, and this discussion in which posters were marking which current player would not be here next year.

We rarely exercise the moderating here as it seems we have a very polite and knowlegeable board. And the purpose of the board is tilted toward supporting Bradley basketball. Other boards don't allow any unsubstantiated rumors at all.
See #5 on this board-- http://illinois.scout.com/3/FAQ.html
In this case, we agreed that continuing to name players and discuss why they might be leaving serves no purpose and could be harmful to those kids.

[MacabreMob]

Sorry guys.

It was me.

I named names.

(little Seinfeld humor there too)

[flipper]

There is a difference between speculating if any current players might have reason to leave like previous discussions have done, and this discussion in which posters were marking which current player would not be here next year.

We rarely exercise the moderating here as it seems we have a very polite and knowlegeable board. And the purpose of the board is tilted toward supporting Bradley basketball. Other boards don't allow any unsubstantiated rumors at all.
See #5 on this board-- http://illinois.scout.com/3/FAQ.html
In this case, we agreed that continuing to name players and discuss why they might be leaving serves no purpose and could be harmful to those kids.

good point. the whole idea of this board is to support bu basketball. anything negative would be best not to be posted.always best to stress the positives. no need for negatives on this board about bu.

now, it is a different story about other schools. this board is not about supporting our competitors. so if we got any negative news on them, don't hold back. especially if it is about illinois state. tornado is really good about posting negatives about other schools. kinda makes us look better if we post the negatives about other schools and just the positives about bu. i love it. go braves.

[tornado]

tornado is really good about posting negatives about other schools. kinda makes us look better if we post the negatives about other schools and just the positives about bu. i love it. go braves.

flip--it is also a bit unfair to post negatives about other posters, especially untrue negatives.

I have no loyalty towards ISU or other schools but I also have no innate hostility and I ask you to please give even one example of something that fits your description of negatives that are posted just to make us look better.

In fact I believe I post factual stuff and let you decide if it negative. Example:

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=3560

This is a thread in which I post a very factual chronology of things that have happened but interestingly it was YOU who then took a swipe at Evansville and called then "terrible".

evansville is going from bad to worse. their program is terrible.

[Braves4Life]

EU Terrible

.............well, they are terrible.....................

[bu fan 9]

Has anyone else heard this are we going to lose a player? This is the same person who told me about Will and POB 3 weeks before it was announced last year.

[MacabreMob]

Has anyone else heard this are we going to lose a player? This is the same person who told me about Will and POB 3 weeks before it was announced last year.

buf9 - it seems like you are the closest one to the information.

We will have to wait for your announcement.

BTW - if anyone saw my deleted post, I just want to say I KNOW nothing. I posted based on what had been said in threads in the past on this board. I was just throwing out names and MY guesses as to why they may not be around/available next season. I apologize for any confusion I created and deeply apologize to the players and their family/friends that I mentioned.

[BradleyBrave]

This is BS. I am not saying anything is false, but if someone has some information, post it and stop acting like you got something.

[Grassman]

Has anyone else heard this are we going to lose a player? This is the same person who told me about Will and POB 3 weeks before it was announced last year.

t t


Yup ! From a knowledgeable source, however would not give a name. Source did offer some info which narrows it down, but because of the obvious sensitivity, on this board. I choose to not go any further.

[PeoriaLou]

what does t t mean?

I agree with BB, buf9 you can give us more details without naming names. Did you here why this person is leaving?

[BradleyBrave]

Well, I don't know anything, and this isn't speculation on who it is, just an opinion on what kind of loss we can and cannot absorb.

Won't notice -

Singh
Jassey
Adams

Significant, but not fatal -

Warren
Crawford
Tauai
Crouch

Near fatal -

Salley
Brown

Fatal -

Ruffin
Franklin
Andrews

Well, there you go. That's my opinion on what we can and cannot absorb as far as personnel losses go. My gut tells me that this might be a worst-case scenario situation, and I don't like that at all. I am prepared for a down year, but not a 15-20 loss year which we'd be closing in on if we lost someone in the 'Fatal' category.