Positive thinking!!!

[mexicobufan]

I was thinking this mornings about how bad things are with BU mens basketball and it occurred to me that there is a positive. It is only up hill from here, we are at the bottom of the barrel and it cant get worse. We have some great recruits coming in next year, I think RA is a product of the new facilities and is a step up for our recruiting. We get SM and TB back and thats a good thing. Life doesn't get much better for a BU fan than this, its all up hill.

GO BU!!!!

This is my thread so all positive comments are welcome and no negative comments will be accepted. Tell me why you are thrilled to be a BU fan?

[tornado]

Yes -- I am 100% positive -- but I just saw this coverage in the ISU campus newspaper that's just a little less than 100% positive...
Clearly this guy's bucking for a job at a local newspaper in Central Illinois..
"Boy we suck"

http://www.videtteonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33600:fan-voice&catid=64:sportscolumns&Itemid=55

[Braves4Life]

Yes -- I am 100% positive -- but I just saw this coverage in the ISU campus newspaper that's just a little less than 100% positive...
Clearly this guy's bucking for a job at a local newspaper in Central Illinois..
"Boy we suck"
http://www.videtteonline.com/index.p...umns&Itemid=55

I see nothing wrong there tornado. He's just stating the truth and the obvious. ISU does suck!

[Buesch N Chips]

I was thinking this mornings about how bad things are with BU mens basketball and it occurred to me that there is a positive. It is only up hill from here, we are at the bottom of the barrel and it cant get worse. We have some great recruits coming in next year, I think RA is a product of the new facilities and is a step up for our recruiting. We get SM and TB back and thats a good thing. Life doesn't get much better for a BU fan than this, its all up hill.

GO BU!!!!

This is my thread so all positive comments are welcome and no negative comments will be accepted. Tell me why you are thrilled to be a BU fan?

I think people should be positive just because the alternative is no fun. Life is too short.

[electricmayhem]

well done -- i agree that life is too short.

i'm willing to give coach les one more year to give if the combination of SM, TB, JP, WL, DSE, RA, WE, etc. a chance.

[Bravesfan]

well done -- i agree that life is too short.

i'm willing to give coach les one more year to see if the combination of SM, TB, JP, WL, DSE, RA, WE, etc. a chance.

I am too, despite my recent comments regarding what is going on with this program as of late.

I just hope and pray we can at least get through one season without a major injury!

[mexicobufan]

Lost my Mom at Christmas so everything is in perspective for me. Bradley will get better and there isnt any reason to be negative about it. Life is tooooooooo short.

[Da Coach]

Sorry to hear about your mother Mex. Condolences. It does put things into perspective.

[Chico]

If ESPN was around 50 years ago BU would have been like the Duke's of today. On tv every week. For us who remember those days, it's hard to be negative about the only show in town during the Winter months. Just wish things were going better and I'm sure things will turn around. Thanks for the positive thread Mex.

[mexicobufan]

Thanks Da Coach, she was a very special lady and our family will miss her. Mom loved to give me a hard time about how crazy I am about BU basketball.

[BradleyBrave]

i'm willing to give coach les one more year to give if the combination of SM, TB, JP, WL, DSE, RA, WE, etc. a chance.

And when we finish 5th with that group? Another year because TB will be back and our guards will be older? Wash, rinse, repeat.

As Andrew Warren's mom put very eloquently in a post a few weeks ago, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

[Da Coach]

BB, you and others who would like to see a coaching change always assume the outcome will immediately be better. That assumption is questionable. There is no guarantee a new coach will turn Bradley into a winner immediately (e.g. this is Marty Simmons' 4th season, Chris Lowery's 7th season). In fact, as there always are, there will be players who leave, and recruits who ask for their release. I know the anti-JL people don't want to hear it, but it is reality. We have a very good recruiting class for 2011, plus 2 All-MVC caliber players due to return next season. A coaching change would likely mean some or all of them won't be here next year.
It is reasonable that a lot of fans do not want to see years of rebuilding, with no guarantee we would be any better.

[Bravesfan]

Lost my Mom at Christmas so everything is in perspective for me. Bradley will get better and there isnt any reason to be negative about it. Life is tooooooooo short.

Spot on post! Sorry about your loss. Yup, basketball and football are just games and there are more important things in life.

[Bravesfan]

BB, you and others who would like to see a coaching change always assume the outcome will immediately be better. That assumption is questionable. There is no guarantee a new coach will turn Bradley into a winner immediately (e.g. this is Marty Simmons' 4th season, Chris Lowery's 7th season). In fact, as there always are, there will be players who leave, and recruits who ask for their release. I know the anti-JL people don't want to hear it, but it is reality. We have a very good recruiting class for 2011, plus 2 All-MVC caliber players due to return next season. A coaching change would likely mean some or all of them won't be here next year.
It is reasonable that a lot of fans do not want to see years of rebuilding, with no guarantee we would be any better.

Great points DC. I'm torn over whether I want to see a new coach or not, but I do think Les is underachieving with this year's team, and I hope we don't have to take a lot of next season rebuilding the confidence of some of our players.

I also agree that a new coach will not automatically turn things around. A full team of returning players will go a lot further. But there are some shortcomings that really need to be analyzed at the end of this season, such as why our free throwing and ball handling skills are so bad, and why this team that still has a lot of veterans on it was not at least a little more prepared to handle the injury losses. As I said on other posts, I would have been more than happy with at least 3 or 4 conference wins by now, and I certainly did not expect us to pull off what Indiana St. has done either. Something in the middle would have sufficed.

If we get these issues addressed, I still think Les can lead this team to a good season next year, but we have to be more prepared as a team when injuries occur. 0-9 in the Valley just doesn't cut it unless we lose five or six seniors between seasons.

[BUFanatic]

Why Be Positive? Because I'm a BU fan born and raised, and I'll be at every BU game whether they're good or not! They're my team, they're Peoria's team, and someday, somehow, this long dry spell will end! When it does, there won't be a need to be negative anymore! (If anyone thinks about being negative after that, just remember back to this awful start!) BU's part of my life, and I'm all about making it part of every Peorian's life! WE ARE BU!