An Honest Question

[mrcoachdude]

I think everyone agrees that we would be "better" with SM and TB this year...clearly that would be the case.
The problem I have with completely getting on board with your optomistic predictions with Sam and Taylor healthy and agreeing with others that contend that we would be right there with WSU and MSU at the top of the Valley all year if not for those two injuries, is that we already had a season with a healthy Sam, Taylor, and Warren last year and we were a mediocre 16-15 team. Take away Roberts and Singh...add Dunson, Prosser, and Lemon...and we're suddenly 7 or 8 games better as a team? I just don't see it, I guess...
We had three All-Conference caliber players healthy for the entire Valley season last year and yet we were a .500 team Yikes.

don't you think its also what the other valley teams have, and not just us...if we keep our all conference players and other teams lose theirs...for example Northern Iowa this season...

[amettrick]

2002-03-12-18
2003-04-15-16
2004-05-13-15
2005-06-22-11
2006-07-22-13
2007-08-21-17
2008-09-19-14
2009-10-16-15
2010-11- 6-11


His record is what it is, and this year it has been bad. But it cannot be denied that the last 5 seasons have been winning seasons. And it is fair to consider that this year would have been much different if not for some circumstances beyong the control of the coaches.

To me, JL has really only had two successful season in his 9 years here, 05-06 and 06-07. Yes, the 3 seasons following were "winning" seasons, but how much does that really mean?

In 07-08, we were a pedestrian 17-15 before the buy-in "postseason" tournament padded our win total. In 08-09 we were again a pedestrian 16-13 until the buy-in tourney added 3 meaningless wins. Those tourneys were fun and all, but they lack meaning and to me, makes it hard for those wins to matter much. As for 09-10, a 16-15 record might technically be a winning year, but thats a stretch to call that a success.

Its obviously just my own opinion on what constitutes success, but by my standards and the standards of many other fans I know, 2 good years out of 9 isn't enough.

[Braves4Life]

2002-03-12-18
2003-04-15-16
2004-05-13-15
2005-06-22-11
2006-07-22-13
2007-08-21-17
2008-09-19-14
2009-10-16-15
2010-11-6-11 and counting

Wait! Let me take off my rose-colored Bradley glasses for a minute....... Anyone else see a trend here?

[real fan]

Wait! Let me take off my rose-colored Bradley glasses for a minute....... Anyone else see a trend here?

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