Dave Reynolds- 7/30/10

[BradleyBrave]

not on par -- BETTER

Better than everyone else in DI?

[mrcoachdude]

Oh come on now AZ BU Fan. Don't flame us here. We ALL know the answer to that question.

Cheat ?

[AZ BU Fan]

"Build It and They Will Come".....we hope............

Hopefully the new BU Practice 'Taj Mahal' will result in higher quality future recruits chosing BU vs UNI, ISU (red), Creighton, SIU etc.

Ex NBA'er coaching, big arena, big fan base, devoted local community, great tradition/history, state of the art practice facility, lots of basketball alumni playing professionally, top notch school and with plenty of resources for athletes, program travels internationally and to good in season tournaments....

$64K Question

If the program doesn't succeed in the future, what's left to do to make this program more successful?

Oh come on now AZ BU Fan. Don't flame us here. We ALL know the answer to that question.

No flaming here. Leave JL in place if you think he is part of the solution.

Is their ANYTHING else this school can do, within the rules, to improve over
4th in the conference and no Valley titles?

-Accept any/all one way offers to play the big boys?

-Stream all games for FREE on the internet to increase national exposure and allow players' friends and families to watch them even if MVC TV and National TV don't cover BU/MVC?

-More aggressively pursue DI transfers?

-Is there anything BU could emulate from other private, or smaller, non D-1 football schools, who have had more MBB success in the past 10 years?

-Could BU try to develop more on campus opportunities for AAU or HS bb teams/players to attend....leveraging BU's alumni who have played/are playing professionally?

I am open to ideas...

Or are we at the mercy of once every 5-10 years BU recruits some fabulous sleeper a la POB/Granger?

[BradleyBrave]

I'm content with recruiting talent good enough to compete consistently (not every 1-2 decades) for MVC championships and NCAA bids. I don't care if we never have another NBA player again.

[shaunguth]

Better than everyone else in DI?

I'm not sure what the realistic difference is between saying our facilities are now on par with "everyone" else and saying they are better than everyone else.

[Future Walk-On]

I knew there was something about you I liked! I also got my degree from Bradley in Chemistry. However, I didn't try to play D1 sports at the same time.

That is awesome. I don't know how old you are....but there some pretty old profs. who we might both know.

The new labs are awesome (on the organic side because Dr. Field is organic)

I am deciding between physical and analytical for grad school.


Yeah Ned was in my 2nd Organic class and he owned. He is smart and works real hard.

[real fan]

I'm content with recruiting talent good enough to compete consistently (not every 1-2 decades) for MVC championships and NCAA bids. I don't care if we never have another NBA player again.

Our talent has been very good, we could have won championships the last 3 seasons if we had a good center and not a small forward (Salley, Egolf) trying to play center against true centers.

[Braves4Life]

Our talent has been very good, we could have won championships the last 3 seasons if we had a good center and not a small forward (Salley, Egolf) trying to play center against true centers.

I agree with most of your point but..... I would not call Egolf or Salley small forwards. In the MVC they are TRUE power forwards.

On a different note Will Egolf's twitter feed says:

"I am the biggest and strongest I have ever been in my life, thank you ronnie wright"

I'm looking forward to seeing the big man in action. Also, several players have tweeted to watch out for AT and have commented that he is fit and looking good in practice.

[Bradleyguy10]

I just saw him a few weeks ago at markin....didn't look much different at all really.

[Future Walk-On]

I just saw him a few weeks ago at markin....didn't look much different at all really.

lol

[Bradleyguy10]

lol

Do you disagree?

Oh and I should clarify my last post was in regards to AT...I didn't get too good of a look at WE. I was working out when the basketball team had a meeting in the "dance" room with all the mirrors..they all came out and had a light practice using up all of the 3 courts...I got a pretty good look at AT walking at me going down the stairs. Wilson, Collins, Crouch (obviously) were there too it was neat to see them practicing with the team.

[Braves4Life]

Do you disagree?

Oh and I should clarify my last post was in regards to AT......I got a pretty good look at AT walking at me going down the stairs. Wilson, Collins, Crouch (obviously) were there too it was neat to see them practicing with the team.

How did AT look compared to the 240-250 lb. Collins?

[Bradleyguy10]

Well there wasn't much of a staggering difference in height obviously, but with regards to being ripped out of his mind like collins appeared to be, he looked like he could get pushed around fairly easily by collins..if I didn't know anything about collins

Let's put it this way last season AT did in fact look bigger than his previous years here at Bradley. Definitely over 200 lbs. He looked about the same as he did last season, most definitely did not get any smaller, but if he did get bigger I'd say it was no more then 5 to 10 pounds (it would be of muscle because he doesn't look fat or have a gut or anything). The guy just needs to work on his legs. His arms are fine..they looked toned as they did last season, and the long lanky arms can do fine in DI. His legs are his base though and having strong legs are going to do wonders for him getting position on other centers, jumping higher, and gaining weight. I think everyone knows the best way to gain serious weight and in the quickest time is to focus on your legs. He really needs to improve that aspect...from what I saw....he still had a bit of the chicken leg syndrom going on. His forearms looked bigger though (that's right I got THAT good of a look at him haha).

Also with regards to WE. I didn't see him as well as AT but don't get your hopes up too high. He looked good, and did actually look a little bit bigger, but he wasn't like huge or anything. He knows his body best though and I'm sure he's in the best shape he's ever been...but if you are expecting a WE mind and skill in a Collins-sized body then you will be disappointed.

[AE Braves Fan]

Saw Egolf and Prosser at East Peoria Walmart yesterday.

Both looked strong - very solid.

[amckillip]

Saw Egolf and Prosser at East Peoria Walmart yesterday.

Both looked strong - very solid.

I have high hopes for JP. He was highly touted and seeing him play I was shocked he redshirted last year. I hope he challenges will for the starting center role this year.