Outcoached.

[Carver Arena Guy]

I didn't think it would be so hard to gather my opinion from my previous posts.

It was. You seemed to be so consumed with the "others" and "they" and that kind of thing I don't know about you but I have a hard enough time remembering what I believe and say that I don't know how to keep track of what everyone else believes, says, posts, yells, etc.

[AZ BU Fan]

I will try and encapsulate all the positive posts I have seen on this Forum.

Go Braves. JL is a master recruiter, instructor, coach, game planner, motivator. Unbelievable story a BU legend with no head coaching experience (or recruiting experience) comes back to coach his alma mater on the ropes and promises MVC titles and return to National promise! Who needs to waste time with all the stepping stones and track record. He now has 8 years experience and will soon be the dean of the MVC except for that slacker at CU. Should only get better! Who wants to flip coaches every 8 years, a receipe for disaster for sure! There aren't any other 'Bradley' guys out there anyway!

Bad luck, injuries, poor officiating, poor facilities, inheiriting a poor team, can't practice in the CC, losing players to the NBA early, wacky girl friends, screwed by the NCAA/NJCAA, a hand picked asst coach turns out to be a traitor - how many bad things could a coach have heaped on him. Check the record books! Unprecedented.

Its a miracle he still wants to come to work each day.

He still has his boyishly good looks and all his hair. What a man's man, a jock's jock. Everyone loves him, including all our spouses! Except for a few pesky refs, sports writers, and some high school coaches in the state. Even Judge BJ McDade loves him. Insiders know the coach is great and the program is on the rise. Unite with the insiders, they are well insiders.

We have the best, most experienced asst coaches, in the Valley. Coveted by major programs around the country. Every recruit we visit wouldn't have any reason not to go to Bradley with their new training facility and 5 20 win seasons in a row. No one in the Valley can compare to our juggernaught. MVC titles, regular and post season, NCAA/NIT are right around the corner. All our players should be preseason and post season all conference next year with more experience. Plus they all study and stay out of jail! BONUS

The hated ISU Redbirds are floundering and don't play anybody. All we need is to sweep them this year and everything will be great!

We have the best fans around, no negativity anytime anywhere. Its the players responsibilty to succeed, no one doubts why the coach picked all of them...Pack the house, don't sit down, we never boo! Its only one loss and we beat the opponent statistically, one loss doesn't mean a thing. Focus on the winning streak! We are there!

Happy days are right around the corner. Compared to the Cubs 100 years of futility, our past 5-6 years are nothing! Next year, year after that, year after that, give the guy more time to get the right players and learn his system. We play in the post season at home so it doesn't matter if we don't win out! Getting there is all the fun! Lets do it again this year.

Time to celebrate the anniversary of the BU NCAA miracle turnaround and NCAA upsets? Should do this every year from now on so no one forgets what JL means to BU fans everywhere!

Does this make everyone on the board feel better?

The perfect post for those who don't like anyone to talk negatively about anything.

[SFP]

AZ it's Friday evening. Get a drink! Wow you wrote a novel only shorter then Tolstoy's War and Peace LOL. Let agree there are a few who see JL as a coach who can take this program to where we all want or others feel that he has had his chance and it's time for a change now or where I believe the majority of the crew here can work with is let's see how next year pans out and anything less then a top finish and an NCAA birth we'll have some serious issues.

I personally still believe JL will finish off the season in a very positive manner and he'll have this team playing at a capability to win the conference Tourney. I'm not worrying about next year until after this season.

OK I'm out of here for the evening to go out and enjoy a nice dinner at a new Italian restraunt. You see life is not that bad.