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I don't have an answer to the question, but for those that want JL gone, who is your choice?
If the administration doesn't believe that Les is the man to resurrect the program, or at least bring it to the top of the league, then they should remove him immediately, turn the program over to Eric Buescher and Alvin Brooks for the remainder of the season, and conduct a national search for the best candidate. In other words, follow the current DePaul blueprint.
Please- I will support Bradley, whatever the powers decide. But stop with this suggestion that the coach be fired now, midseason, and turn the program over to the assistants. That suggestion is ridiculous, and will not happen.
If the DePaul blueprint was such a lofty goal, a lot of other programs would do it, but they don't. DePaul went 0-18 in the Big East, and they are headed for last place again. Bradley is not comparable to their situation.
We do have a decent group of players who will almost all return next year (except one senior and one super-senior)....
We lose only 20% of our scoring, 18% of our rebounding, and we even get back an experienced guy in Dodie who sure helped us win games when he was healthy!
There is no talk from anywhere but some of the blogs and message boards of a coaching change...
That's as far as we know... but you don't think President Glasser and Dr. Cross have had discussions about it?
Look, I'm with DC on this one. I'll support whoever the coach is, much like the President of the United States. I don't have to agree with him, or like the way he governs, coaches, etc. but I offer my full support to the position.
If everyone is happy with being one small step above mediocrity for the last 25 years, then nothing should be done, because JL is an excellent man.
However - and I'm speaking of the University - if they want to try to return to the top, then something needs to happen.
I wouldn't compare the track record of DePaul to Bradley and use DePaul as an example to possibly follow. Letting your head coach go in the middle of the season should only be done if there are reasons outside of simply the W/L record.
We do have a decent group of players who will almost all return next year (except one senior and one super-senior)....
We lose only 20% of our scoring, 18% of our rebounding, and we even get back an experienced guy in Dodie who sure helped us win games when he was healthy!
There is no talk from anywhere but some of the blogs and message boards of a coaching change...
I agree with that. Next year will be a better year regardless of who the head coach is. Give Les another year (I'm OK with that) or use that talent as a way to recruit a new coach (I'm OK with that too). In the end, I'm more interested in the program than who the head coach is.
I think letting a coach go mid-season is a sure way to lose players you want to try to keep (if possible). Need to have a replacement I think announced shortly if a head coach is fired. That way, it helps reduce uncertainty among current and incoming players.
If the university moves in a new direction, I'd hope it's a top assistant at a competitive school with good experience. The knock on this move, of course, is you know this guy is looking to use BU as a stepping stone to bigger things.
I say let him. If he's done a good enough job at BU to attract BCS offers, then we'd be finishing in the top 3 of the Valley and competing in the Valley tourney championship. Now, ideally, this new guy would have groomed a successor among the assistant coaches, and BU would not lose much continuity despite his leaving after a few years.
I wouldn't compare the track record of DePaul to Bradley and use DePaul as an example to possibly follow. Letting your head coach go in the middle of the season should only be done if there are reasons outside of simply the W/L record.
I'm certainly not comparing the track record of the two schools...
Do you think that DePaul let Wainwright go for something other than the W/L record?
I think LES has years left on his contract and there is no way he will be bought out because BU needs all the money it can get to pay for all the new facilities that are or have been built.
We need to look back at what transpired when the last coaching change was made, we ended up losing Tucker, Tisby and eventually Granger which put this program back a good 4 years , how many players would we lose this time and are there any better candidates for the job this time?
Coach - I wasn't suggesting it. I truly believe that if the administration doesn't think JL is the guy, then why wait?
I happen to believe that with good assistants and better luck, JL would be a good long-term answer. He doesn't have that now...
What makes you say that the administration doesn't think JL is the guy? Have you been in on meetings with them? As far as I know there has been no public reprimand of JL. The only ones that think he isn't the guy are the people who are on this board who say so and the 500+ ppl that boo at the games.
I've heard about all the wait until next year I can take. It aint gonna get any better, its as good as its gonna get. Its hard for me to understand how many loosers there are on this board, people who accept loosing without wanting to put up a fight and get it taken care of. I will not accept it under any circumstance. Its just not part of my program. We need a major change and I have a feeling JG is on board.
just a couple weeks ago the board was filled with posts about how Missouri State has turned their program around in just a couple years and how we should have hired a coach who would do exactly what MSU and Cuonzo is doing....or that Chris Lowery is doing so great at SIU, surely we could have found someone who'd have done as well....there were even some mentions of how Indiana State was doing...anyone remember??
Well....currently...
Bradley 5-6 - SOS 43
Missouri State 5-6 - SOS 156
SIU 4-6 - SOS 189
Indiana State 4-6 - SOS 59
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