Bu 75 wsu 73!

[BradleyJD]

And my meant I was being sarcastic. C'mon JD, you've been on message boards long enough to understand that.

But I am curious - you have not seen any other Div 1 teams blow a lead (home or on the road)? You can only doubt that Bradley is the only team to blow a lead (home or on the road)?

All I can say to that is.... Wow.

Didn't you see my

Everyone blows a lead now and then.

How many teams have you seen this year lose 3 or 4 DOUBLE DIGIT 2nd half leads?

[BradleyBrave]

How many teams have you seen this year lose 3 or 4 DOUBLE DIGIT 2nd half leads?

Not to split hairs, but we've blown 6 at home, and won 2 of them.

[BradleyJD]

Not to split hairs, but we've blown 6 at home, and won 2 of them.

Well I was being generous....

[Air Petey]

He kept Stutz on the bench a long time in the second half as well. Stutz kept them somehwhat in the game in the first half

Marshall was really pissed at him for either a stupid foul or turnover. I remember when he sat down, he did not even look at him for 30 seconds - then ripped into him for a minute.

[SFP]

WSU committed a ton of stupid fouls overall. I've watched them play a few times this year but do not remember them hacking so much. Was this typical of them? They would have committed a ton more if there were the typical MVC reffs.

[Future Walk-On]

I just want to let everyone know....

Bradley is the ONLY team that blows a lead.

It has NOT been done by anyone else in Div 1 this season.

I didn't know there were any other college basketball teams besides Bradley?

[Bradleyguy10]

Bradley is the ONLY team that has blown (4) double digit 2nd half leads at home.

It has NOT been done by anyone else in Div 1 this season.

Fixed it for you.

Since this board likes stating "facts" and all, I thought I'd help you out. Sarcasm is not tolerated here...it will be yanked. But at least I warned you that I altered your post.

[MacabreMob]

Fixed it for you.

"Bradley is the ONLY team that has blown (4) double digit 2nd half leads at home."


Since this board likes stating "facts" and all, I thought I'd help you out. Sarcasm is not tolerated here...it will be yanked. But at least I warned you that I altered your post.

Sorry Bradleyguy10.... you are wrong. Bradley is the ONLY team that has blown (4) double digit leads at home that YOU KNOW OF.

That is the Kirk Wessler approach to reporting and writing editorial pieces.

Yes - it's true Bradley has blown double digit 2nd half leads at home.

But they are NOT the ONLY team.

Just a little researching .... and I only looked at 3 teams. Check out Boston College.

[BradleyJD]

Sorry Bradleyguy10.... you are wrong. Bradley is the ONLY team that has blown (4) double digit leads at home that YOU KNOW OF.

That is the Kirk Wessler approach to reporting and writing editorial pieces.

Yes - it's true Bradley has blown double digit 2nd half leads at home.

But they are NOT the ONLY team.

Just a little researching .... and I only looked at 3 teams. Check out Boston College.

So is it good for BU that other teams blow leads? I am not happy with blowing huge leads, home or away.

It does not make me feel better, as a BU fan, to know others did so too.

[MacabreMob]

So is it good for BU that other teams blow leads? I am not happy with blowing huge leads, home or away.

It does not make me feel better, as a BU fan, to know others did so too.

I'm not trying to make people feel better. I'm just trying to educate people. People must not watch enough basketball. Or people are just niave to think ONLY Bradley has blown leads.

[Bradleyguy10]

Sorry Bradleyguy10.... you are wrong. Bradley is the ONLY team that has blown (4) double digit leads at home that YOU KNOW OF.

That is the Kirk Wessler approach to reporting and writing editorial pieces.

Yes - it's true Bradley has blown double digit 2nd half leads at home.

But they are NOT the ONLY team.

Just a little researching .... and I only looked at 3 teams. Check out Boston College.

Yeah when I posted that I knew there would be others that have done the same, but the intent was to keep it as close as possible to your original post haha.

I know we aren't the only team but we are better than that. Why are we blowing 6 big leads at home & losing 4 of them is the real question....that's all. It's frustrating to see and it makes it hard to truly believe in any type of "hot streak" that we are on. It is a good point someone made earlier about how if the game would've been close all along and we won by 2 points we'd be ecstatic. But that is kind of the point, we need consistency on this team. At least the latter is consistent play throughout the game. Not one bit of me understands how a team with talented players can blow such leads at home so consistently (the bad type of consistency). Yeah we won and I'm definitely glad we won otherwise I'd just be completely done with this season but again it's hard to feel like this team is going in the right direction still when it's the same old story repeating every time.

And what does it matter if we don't watch enough basketball? What does it matter if it is or isn't only bradley basketball that blows home leads? The fact is bradley is blowing big home leads on a regular basis...I don't care about any other team...I care about Bradley. The other teams are on their own, I'm sure their fans are b-ing and moaning also if they expected to be good this season, and the thing is they probably aren't being repeatedly called "negative nellies". What's so negative about caring and being concerned?

[BradleyJD]

I'm not trying to make people feel better. I'm just trying to educate people. People must not watch enough basketball. Or people are just niave to think ONLY Bradley has blown leads.

Why would we care about other teams? This is BRADLEY FANS. We care about Bradley and what our team does.

[BradleyJD]

What's so negative about caring and being concerned?

That is a very good question and one I have raised on this board before. I think that questioning the direction of the program is what a fan would do IF they were worried.

[SFP]

That is a very good question and one I have raised on this board before. I think that questioning the direction of the program is what a fan would do IF they were worried.

Vast majority of fans on this site sit in the middle of the two dominate factions on this site. Sort of like our political parties where the extremes dominate in the messaging.

[Da Coach]

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Vast majority of fans on this site sit in the middle of the two dominate factions on this site. Sort of like our political parties where the extremes dominate in the messaging.

Thanks SFP.

But here is the major distinction, and one that is important, regardless what the posters think.
There already is another message board that welcomes and encourages over-the-top negativism and criticism. And guess what, after Wednesday night's game, when there were nearly 200 people on this board, I checked that site because someone suggested I do so (I rarely visit other sites since this one takes up a bit of my time ) and there was 1 person on that site, a visitor, and not a single logged-in user.
Even now, our site has over 80 users online now, while the other site HAS 1 USER ONLINE! And it is one of the negative posters who wore out his welcome here and has been banned!

So maybe this is news to some people, most fans just get tired of the same droning negativity, and do not want to see it.
But even if they did, and people are welcome to wallow in misery all they want, this site has a predetermined agenda. We have never been secret that this is a pro-Bradley fan site, and we do not want the gratuitous negativity. So regardless of what anyone else thinks is fair, or thinks they have a right to say here, we will make that determination.

I get messages all the time from both sides. They run 90%-10%, and I'll let you guess which way the support leans. One side says we need to allow and encourage more negative criticism, and that if we don't, or if we moderate too much, this site will lose all it's posters and become irrelevant and die.
Hmmm... let's see, look at the above traffic numbers and see which site looks moribund. This site has never been more popular. Our page-hits have broken new records every month this season, and this m onth will set another record.

OTOH, multitudes of people from the other side constantly messages me that they hate to see all the negativism, and they ask that we not allow so much of it, and all the attacks that go with it. They say it ruins some of the passion and enjoyment of being a fan.
Fans that follow Bradley, as with fans of any sport, do so out of enjoyment and endearment. I can accept that there may be a minority of fans to follow Bradley with a different purpose or agenda, and if that is what they want, I encourage them to go for it. I hold no animosity toward anyone for the way they wish to express their fanhood. They can post all the negativity they want, just realize we have defined limits for that here.

This site was created and is run by private individuals, and with their own private resources, and we are under no obligation to allow "freedom of speech" here. I simply can't understand why that is such a difficult concept for some to grasp. Actually, I am sure most do understand, but feel compelled to push the limits of rules here. I also believe the misery-loves-company theory is also at play here.
Kool-aid Bradley fans don't care how much others dislike things, and are happy to allow as much dissent as the others want to put themselves through. But for some reason, the negative fans can't stand it as long as there is even 1 fan who doesn't wallow in the same misery they choose to live with. I simply hope both sides can see this issue, and allow us to moderate and maintain this community of Bradley fans the way we see fit.

I would be happy to lend advice to anyone who cannot understand this concept, or cannot agree or abide by it, so you may start your own website. But be advised- that has been tried before by private individuals who were not happy with the moderating restrictions here, and it has failed abjectly. It has also been tried by powerful newspaper backers with virtually unlimited resources, and who advertise their site extensively, and print links to their site in the newspaper, and online in every Bradley article. But nobody seems to want to go there or care.

So it seems I need to reiterate this every few months or so- but this site will remain predominantly a positive pro-Bradley site, and the decisions of the site owners and moderators are final, and not non-debatable.
Constructive, intelligent, and polite criticism will be allowed, as always.
But, anyone who wants to beat the drum of negativity, to carry things too far, or attack and belittle the posters who don't agree will not be allowed to do so here, and will be encouraged to go elsewhere.
Those who don't like this policy can always take their message to the other boards, and attack away at Bradley, the players, the coaches ad nauseum. And I am sure they will keep attacking BradleyFans.com, and the owners of this site as if anyone here cares. Thank you.