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Dave Snell Joins Bradley Athletics Staff Full-Time
Given that this is a Dave Snell thread, it is sad that it, like so many other threads, deteriorates into a BU-bashing thread....but since you brought it up...
no player that was arrested was ever allowed to play the next game...the one you are likely referring to was cited for an underage offense - but NOT arrested - and the offense, which has since been removed from the player's record, was about as minor as they get but was NOT an arrest..it was quite a bit different from an arrest for DUI or drug possession...(as have happened to so many other MVC schools nearby)...no Valley school can cite more strict discipline that what BU has...and we have plenty of examples (at other schools) of coaches getting arrested and players with alcohol offenses who play the very same night that they appear in court for their charges...but it does NOT happen that way at BU - so you are mistaken...
..or maybe you are referring to another nearby university where NOT ONCE - but TWICE recently players got DUI's and never served any kind of suspension, and where players not only took pictures in class and commented, .....but even took video of their classrooms and made vulgar comments...
Many people don't want those questions asked for a VARIETY of reasons......to some it ruins their ISU tickets posts...SIU police beat reports and reminds many BU is no better then those same universities they always want to call out.
Also if those questions are asked directly of the coach then some can't come on here and tell all us dummies that those tweets were not really a big deal.....that the players arrested and allowed to play were not REALLY arrested and it was all just some big to do about nothing.
In other words why search for the truth when you can spin the truth and distract by focusing on rival programs problems.
I'm getting a little tired myself of reading about other schools problems, or another coach's problem. Bradley has had their share of problem kids over the years also. So I just bypass them and go on to threads that talk about what I got on this board for. Bradley basketball.
IMO, Dave will be a great plus for the program.
In every market and every sport the radio guy for his team is a complete Homer! When they leave the reservation for any reason they are more then likely reprimanded or asked to find another job. Older more established radio men are given a little leeway but at the end of the day they know who is paying their salary. That is just the way it has always been like it or not. BTW I believe BU has one of the best with Snell and I listen to quite a few play by play guys.
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
??” Thomas Jefferson
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In every market and every sport the radio guy for his team is a complete Homer! When they leave the reservation for any reason they are more then likely reprimanded or asked to find another job. Older more established radio men are given a little leeway but at the end of the day they know who is paying their salary. That is just the way it has always been like it or not. BTW I believe BU has one of the best with Snell and I listen to quite a few play by play guys.
Exactly! We should not be wondering if/when we will ever get a "fair" question from Dave to the coach. We should be asking that of the news media like the local sports guys working for the news stations and the local newspaper writers.
In fact, Dave Reynolds was present in the chat room four days ago......why didn't HE ask the "fair" questions? THAT should be in question before Dave Snell's pregame/postgame interviews.
This...after an hour-long chat by JL with Dave Reynolds present for the entire thing......
Coach Jim Les: Dave, your silence is deafening! lol DReynolds from x.x.x.217 joined the chat 3 seconds ago DReynolds: I'll have my chance.Don't worry.
Really? You just had an hour and didn't ask a single "fair" question.
???People say, ???Forget last year', but I want our guys to remember that one, because that will not happen again. We will be much better.??? Geno Ford, 9/22/12
I'm getting a little tired myself of reading about other schools problems, or another coach's problem. Bradley has had their share of problem kids over the years also. So I just bypass them and go on to threads that talk about what I got on this board for. Bradley basketball.
IMO, Dave will be a great plus for the program.
I've noticed around here the only time to care about another program is when it seems to put Bradley in a worse position or make Bradley look bad somehow. Otherwise, it's the standard "I don't care about other teams".
???People say, ???Forget last year', but I want our guys to remember that one, because that will not happen again. We will be much better.??? Geno Ford, 9/22/12
I'm getting a little tired myself of reading about other schools problems, or another coach's problem. Bradley has had their share of problem kids over the years also. So I just bypass them and go on to threads that talk about what I got on this board for. Bradley basketball.
IMO, Dave will be a great plus for the program.
Great points Chico. Coach Les even said the same in the chat transcript. We have to worry about Bradley, not other programs.
I also agree, Dave will do well in his new position.
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
I don't know what makes someone amazing, so I will leave that out for now.
As for promoting Bradley and serving it, well I know many who fit that bill.
I also do not know what bias you are referring to either.
However, I do find it interesting that the new AD would hire inside BU, when all we have heard about is getting rid of the old and remaking the image of the athletic department.
I also find it especially hard to believe we will ever get a fair or balanced question from Dave to the coach before or after games.
If you want a bias, that might be it.
I just don't get your negativity towards this hire BradleyJD. Snell was most likely far and away the most qualified candidate for this position based on the sole fact that he has been associated with Bradley broadcasting for almost 30 years, and associated with the university since his days as a Bradley student for even longer. Why would you not hire him?
I don't think him being good friends with Les had anything to do with the hire either. Whether Les, Molinari, the late John Wooden, Coach K or Bobby Knight were coaching this team, he still would have been hired. I don't think his friendship with Les will influence him in his job either since this is a communications position, not an assistant coaching position. So I don't know what one job would have to do with the other.
Snell is the ultimate class act, and I have enjoyed listening to his broadcasts and sports reports ever since I was a student at Bradley in the early 90's. I hope he stays with the university for at least another 20+ plus years!
Congrats Dave! You certainly deserve this promotion!
I've noticed around here the only time to care about another program is when it seems to put Bradley in a worse position or make Bradley look bad somehow. Otherwise, it's the standard "I don't care about other teams".
Maybe I'm dense, been told I am, but what's your point? Are you saying I want to make Bradley look bad? As much a non-isu fan as I am, I don't think I have ever responded to a critical thread concerning them or any coach except to say I don't care, and I don't even do that anymore. If I misunderstood, sorry.
I don't think him being good friends with Les had anything to do with the hire either.
Snell is the ultimate class act, and I have enjoyed listening to his broadcasts and sports reports ever since I was a student at Bradley in the early 90's. I hope he stays with the university for at least another 20+ plus years!
I think you are mistaken on your first point.
I do agree that Dave is a class individual. So was Bo Ryan. I don't think hiring and firing at BU is just about class.
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
I do agree that Dave is a class individual. So was Bo Ryan. I don't think hiring and firing at BU is just about class.
Well, playing devil's advocate here, even if Dave was indeed hired because of his friendship with Les, we will never know that for sure no matter how many times that question is asked. No AD or president would ever admit to that anyway if that was indeed the reason.
But for the record, I don't believe his friendship with Les was a factor. Snell's resume speaks for itself.
Maybe I'm dense, been told I am, but what's your point? Are you saying I want to make Bradley look bad? As much a non-isu fan as I am, I don't think I have ever responded to a critical thread concerning them or any coach except to say I don't care, and I don't even do that anymore. If I misunderstood, sorry.
Sorry, I wasn't calling you out on your post. I was just making an observation that I've noticed this "I don't care about other programs" come up in a good number of threads by a number of posters here......but almost never when it puts Bradley in a lesser light somehow. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the context of all these statements, but I just think it's a little ridiculous to not care about any aspect of any other program. No....overall I don't care about the isu program, but when they continue scheduling the way they do, it kind of affects the entire conference. Why wouldn't I care about the way they schedule? If that's the case, I wouldn't care how ANY of the Valley teams schedule, be it DII, three-day home tournaments that don't include any team of "name recognition". That's just not the case and I don't understand how a Bradley fan could not care about what other programs are doing, especially conference opponents. They are our competition! I'm sure all businesses really don't care about anyone other than themselves?
???People say, ???Forget last year', but I want our guys to remember that one, because that will not happen again. We will be much better.??? Geno Ford, 9/22/12
Sorry, I wasn't calling you out on your post. I was just making an observation that I've noticed this "I don't care about other programs" come up in a good number of threads by a number of posters here......but almost never when it puts Bradley in a lesser light somehow. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the context of all these statements, but I just think it's a little ridiculous to not care about any aspect of any other program. No....overall I don't care about the isu program, but when they continue scheduling the way they do, it kind of affects the entire conference. Why wouldn't I care about the way they schedule? If that's the case, I wouldn't care how ANY of the Valley teams schedule, be it DII, three-day home tournaments that don't include any team of "name recognition". That's just not the case and I don't understand how a Bradley fan could not care about what other programs are doing, especially conference opponents. They are our competition! I'm sure all businesses really don't care about anyone other than themselves?
I do think most posters here do care about what the other programs, particularly in the Valley, are doing. It's just that when something negative happens within the Bradley athletic department, all of the sudden certain posters bring out the current status of Kentucky or Illinois as a way to portray our program in a negative manner.
The problem with this is that why don't these same posters care about these programs when everything is fine with us? Second, why do they always bring up these other programs only to "prove" that we are "no better" than them?
Yes, two wrongs don't make a right, but it has been proven time after time here that Bradley deals with their issues in a swift, aggressive manner, whereas other programs treat their problem players with kid gloves. So even if a poster wants to use another programs' issues to bring us down, it can't even be done because our players rarely, if ever stoop to the level of some of the crimes I have seen committed on other teams. So these arguments don't even hold any validity here.
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