I dont blame the coaching

[BradleyBrave]

so you don't say...surely you must be totally wrong...this is really a down year - have you not seen all the complaining??

What was I thinking? This is a great year for Bradley Basketball! What a season! 7-7...you win some, you lose some I guess! Not too high, not too low! Right where you want to be...Even Steven. Drake's up, WSU is down. WSU is up, Drake is down. But not us. We are the rock.

[Tulsa Brave]

so you don't say...surely you must be totally wrong...this is really a down year - have you not seen all the complaining??

At least 8 years in a row of not being above .500 14 games into the conference season certainly seems reason enough to complain to me...unless your expectations are very low. However, since I recall all the posts slamming our predicted 6th place finish this season, and I recall being scoffed at when I stated WSU would be the surprise team (instead of SIU) and would finish ahead of us, I do not believe this is the case.

[BradleyJD]

What was I thinking? This is a great year for Bradley Basketball! What a season! 7-7...you win some, you lose some I guess! Not too high, not too low! Right where you want to be...Even Steven. Drake's up, WSU is down. WSU is up, Drake is down. But not us. We are the rock.

Exactly what I was thinking. It was almost like he was saying..

SEE...this isn't a bad year! We are doing the same as always! Nothing bad to see here.

Is this what BU is now?? .500 right in the meaty part of the curve?

[Dallas Brave]

so you don't say...surely you must be totally wrong...this is really a down year - have you not seen all the complaining??

I don't consider those numbers an endorsement either. As I posted earlier in this thread titled, "I don't blame the coaching," it would also be unwarrented to praise the coaching.

I guess its the players who have gotten us to 7-7 for 5 straight years.

[Bradleyguy10]

no those weren't my words at all..

It's not much fun being on the other side of things is it.

[BradleyJD]

This issue is going to go round-and-round forever.

You can blame everything and everyone. The question you have to ask is what is the one change you can make that will illicit the greatest change?

That is the coach

[Beninator]

This issue is going to go round-and-round forever.

You can blame everything and everyone. The question you have to ask is what is the one change you can make that will illicit the greatest change?

That is the coach

But why not analyze what BU is doing right and wrong as an institution to put a winning product on the floor before the decision is made to fire the coach? People are concentrating on the coach and I can see the reasoning for this because of what is happening this year. Since the end of the Albeck years, BU has pretty much had a mediocre record with some splashes of success. Why is that? How committed is the Administration to the sports program?

[Toyota12]

Ray Giacoletti my suggestion to solve problem if you think it is time to make a change!!

[BradleyBrave]

Ray Giacoletti my suggestion to solve problem if you think it is time to make a change!!

I think he'll be applying if it ever comes open again. He can bring some of the Gonzaga assistants and recruits with him too if he wants...

[squirrelgotdead]

But why not analyze what BU is doing right and wrong as an institution to put a winning product on the floor before the decision is made to fire the coach? People are concentrating on the coach and I can see the reasoning for this because of what is happening this year. Since the end of the Albeck years, BU has pretty much had a mediocre record with some splashes of success. Why is that? How committed is the Administration to the sports program?

Truthfully, we have the first President that will demand excellence on the field of play for the first time since David Blair Owen retired from Bradley in the early 1950's.

Rodes, Van Arsdale, Abegg, Brazil, and Broski all acted in ways that only handicapped the Athletic Department in different ways, and had only passing interest in the growth and success of athletics as a key part of Bradley.

[SFP]

Ray Giacoletti my suggestion to solve problem if you think it is time to make a change!!

Who??? At least give us something to look at! One thing I take away from this board is if we do look for another coach I would not look to this board for a suggestion. Recruiting is no longer a regional endeavor its a national one/maybe international if you want to be consistently a top 50 team. I really do not care if we can recruit out of Chicago or not if there is a NY kid willing to come here and who has game! Since 1996, the average distance (from home town to campus) for the top 8 Gonzaga players per season is 1142 miles.

[BradleyBrave]

Truthfully, we have the first President that will demand excellence on the field of play for the first time since David Blair Owen retired from Bradley in the early 1950's.

Rodes, Van Arsdale, Abegg, Brazil, and Broski all acted in ways that only handicapped the Athletic Department in different ways, and had only passing interest in the growth and success of athletics as a key part of Bradley.

It's not the university president's job to demand athletic excellence. That's the job of the athletic director. The president is supposed to be the president.

[Beninator]

Truthfully, we have the first President that will demand excellence on the field of play for the first time since David Blair Owen retired from Bradley in the early 1950's.

Rodes, Van Arsdale, Abegg, Brazil, and Broski all acted in ways that only handicapped the Athletic Department in different ways, and had only passing interest in the growth and success of athletics as a key part of Bradley.

I hope you are right but I have my doubts!


On a side note, Owen got himself into a little trouble back in the 1950's.

[BradleyBrave]

I hope you are right but I have my doubts!


On a side note, Owen got himself into a little trouble back in the 1950's.

I agree. I'm not sure Glasser demands excellence on the field as much as she demands people to agree with her. But, I am taking the 'wait and see' approach.

[SFP]

I agree. I'm not sure Glasser demands excellence on the field as much as she demands people to agree with her. But, I am taking the 'wait and see' approach.

How about the wait and hope approach! I know she wants BU basketball to excel because it will infinitely make her job a lot easier to raise funds when the team is doing well. There is a direct correlation between the schools endowment and the men's basketball team's record.