Wessler: Will Bradley players buy-in this season?

[Big Mike]

http://blogs.pjstar.com/pressrow/2010/10/29/will-bradley-players-buy-in-this-season/

[thefish7]

I like that one and agree.

[Beninator]

I like that one and agree.

Very much agree!

[BradleyJD]

I hope this happens as well. It amazes me that all of that went on last season.

This cannot happen again. We can't find ourselves at .500 in mid-January and have JL tell Snell in a postgame that some guys aren't buying in again.

Go BU.....

[dogsrus]

Oh my goodness.......I don't know what to say. WHy does this happen....how does this happen.....how do you prevent it...fix it.......its rather sad and doesn't speak well of the team and the "problem" players.

Guys have to be held accountable and JL needs to sit em if they don't buy in or ship em out.

You basically wasted a year......sad.

Wake up guys....

And while I'm at it may I add this is ridiculous and it ticks me off as a BU supporter....I expect more. OLD SCHOOL!!!!!

[dogsrus]

I hope this happens as well. It amazes me that all of that went on last season......

me too jd......Great phrase, "amazes me"....I was looking for the correct words.


Flabergasted...stunned.....surprised......but yes.....amazed this stuff went on on the hilltop.

[tornado]

hmm...so the players should be cut loose??
..didn't we have players like Cellus and others telling us a few years ago that there were other players "not on the same page"
and "players who didn't want to buy into the system"..and yet everyone used that to argue the coach shuold be cut loose??

[real fan]

I am kind of shocked that a player would make a statement like this in public, this kind of thing should be handled in a team meeting, a lot of us suspected internal problems were going on but the captains should be able to get everyone together and find out what the problems are and try to fix them, teams win championships, not individuals . Hopefully this statement will not hurt this teams chances because if I was on this team I would not be happy about him making it to a reporter.

[dogsrus]

hmm...so the players should be cut loose??
..didn't we have players like Cellus and others telling us a few years ago that there were other players "not on the same page"
and "players who didn't want to buy into the system"..and yet everyone used that to argue the coach shuold be cut loose??

I'm not pro or anti firing any coach. That's not MY concern. I'll leave that up to those that wield the sword.

With that said though its the coaches team be that JL, Weber or coach K and THAT person is responsible for all that goes on.

The coach recruited these guys...teaches them....hands out punishment......if guys aren't buying in its on the coach.

[dogsrus]

I am kind of shocked that a player would make a statement like this in public, this kind of thing should be handled in a team meeting, a lot of us suspected internal problems were going on but the captains should be able to get everyone together and find out what the problems are and try to fix them, teams win championships, not individuals . Hopefully this statement will not hurt this teams chances because if I was on this team I would not be happy about him making it to a reporter.

Fair point but obviously the behind closed doors approach didn't work....maybe guys need to be called out. At least he didn't name names.

Its kinda like a warning shot across the bow..... get the message because the next shot might be a direct hit....

[peoriaspitfire]

???We weren??™t together as a team. Sometimes, we??™d go off with our own agendas, instead of with what we needed to do to win.???

Wasn't this only direct quote from AW? I don't think it tells that much of a story...

[amckillip]

???We weren??™t together as a team. Sometimes, we??™d go off with our own agendas, instead of with what we needed to do to win.???

Wasn't this only direct quote from AW? I don't think it tells that much of a story...

Pretty par for the course for KW, IMO.

[dogsrus]

Pretty par for the course for KW, IMO.

I agree, good job by KW...he's reporting what someone told him....and what he was told is pretty significant, worth telling fans about and tells us allot.

[amckillip]

I agree, good job by KW...he's reporting what someone told him....and what he was told is pretty significant, worth telling fans about and tells us allot.

Haha, no, DR reports... KW does 'creative extrapolation.' I'm not saying it didn't happen, at all, but the only quote he gives is mild to say the least, and it's from a player who struggled last year(the stats were there, but the desire and intensity wasn't) and it is rumored he didn't like being outshined by SM and TB. He couldn't talk to any more players? In my high-school newspaper, I was sports editor and couldn't get away with that kind of speculation based on a single quote.

[Beninator]

Haha, no, DR reports... KW does 'creative extrapolation.' I'm not saying it didn't happen, at all, but the only quote he gives is mild to say the least, and it's from a player who struggled last year and it is rumored he didn't like being outshined by SM and TB. He couldn't talk to any more players? In my high-school newspaper, I was sports editor and couldn't get away with that kind of speculation based on a single quote.

First part sad to say is very true!

Re talking to more players: I will cut KW some slack here as AW is a team captain. --as difficult as that is for me to say--