Reynolds: #'s point to play-in-game for Braves

[Buesch N Chips]

Bradley has the best shooting guard in the MVC, and one of the top all-time scorers in Bradley's great history- Andrew Warren. Why have you chosen to ignore him? Why don't you give some credit to Jim Les for recruiting and developing him? Obviously it makes your claim that he hasn't recruited anyone who can shoot consistently easier if you completely ignore one of the best shooters in the MVC.

Jim Les also developed the best 7-footer the MVC has had in the past decade- Patrick O'Bryant. He hasn't had another one since POB, but you act like every team has had quality 7-footers every year. Really? Who among the "many other 7fters" are you referring to?

And I don't think Jim Les is responsible for Will's fouls, just as I also don't think the entire blame for Bradley's record is Jim Les' fault. We did lose 2 starters who were preseason All-MVC picks.

I agree with points 1 and 2, but not 3. If he cannot stop fouling, you either teach him to not foul or put him in a defense where he is not asked to do things he cannot do. Either that or play someone else.

[tornado]

People don't think the Journal star does a very good job so they are critical of them yet when someone doesn' think BU and JL are doing a very good job they are blasted for those thoughts/opinions.

The double standard is whats funny.

what??? of course it's a double standard because they are completely different and should be judged on DIFFERENT standards...apples & oranges...

The PJS is and claims to be an fair, objective, unbiased news source.....
but a Bradley message board is NOT and has never claimed to be an unbiased source...so I don't have any problem at all with there being a double standard on this one...



and BTW---who ever suggested other Valley teams have developed 7-footers...none ever have!!
check some facts, please.......

BU - Patrick O'Bryant -- NBA lottery pick
CU - none since Benoit Benjamin
Drake - Sean Jones - nobody ever heard of him, he didn't develop and is now gone..van Deest - is 6-10 or 6-11, not 7-ft and is not yet "developed"
UE - Zach House - never developed and left to play elsewhere at a far lower level and still can't score (van Tongeren isn't 7ft, he's 6-11, and is five years into his development and has career scoring avg. of 5ppg)
ISU - none
InSU - none although Josh Crawford was 6-11 but never developed into more than a 3ppg player
MSU - none
UNI - Eglseder gave UNI a solid season but it was a loooong, injury-prone 4-year process
SIU - Kooby Acquah - probably you never heard of him either -- but he never played and is gone now, Nick Evans was also NOT 7ft, he was 6-10 but never developed at all
WSU - Orukpe has been "in development" since 2007, and still can't walk & chew gum, and Garrett Stutz if anything seems to have regressed a little
Stutz was better last year (8ppg/4.4rpg) than he is this season (7ppg, 3.6rpg)


So that's a review of the 7-footers recently in the Valley..