Report of Jim Les firing

[tornado]

BB- with all the negativity in the press and the circus that's going on now...there is indeed a little bit of a side-show look to this whole thing that is not making Bradley look good in the national sense...
just search the comments being made by various people all over the nation on their tweets...

even the PJ Star is hesitating to post any news on this as it seems so weirdly rumorish...maybe they don't want a replay of the JW to Iowa State headlines?

[CE Braves Fan]

Even though I shouldn't be surprised by this news, I am. I just didn't think it would happen. I thought better sense would prevail.

And even though I've got incredibly mixed feelings about JL as a head basketball coach, I think most intelligent people thought he deserved at least one more year to lead this team to a Valley championship in either the league or the tournament.

The speculation as to what will happen with current signed recruits, and potential transfers (remember, we just had two players sit out the year, and I believe that makes them eligible to play for a different team next season) begins.

On a personal level I think JL should have been given next year...but that he HAD to acheive big results.

[BradleyJD]

This is the beginning of a long road. Go BU

[Big Mike]

new record 323!

[CE Braves Fan]

Personal attacks. Now that's classy!

Do you have any good reasons to support JG? She is a threat to the program...and has the most control.

[srw]

BB- with all the negativity in the press and the circus that's going on now...there is indeed a little bit of a side-show look to this whole thing that is not making Bradley look good in the national sense...
just search the comments being made by various people all over the nation on their tweets...

even the PJ Star is hesitating to post any news on this as it seems so weirdly rumorish...maybe they don't want a replay of the JW to Iowa State headlines?

JW did verbal but to Iowa Sate

This has been a few minutes in the grand sense of things....

It will be ok tornado, but I appreciate your concern about the university.

[TheAsianSensation]

So now the "pro Les" crowd is the same as the "anti JG" crowd. And the "anti Les" crowd is the "pro JG crowd. And the "pro Les" crowd who continually criticizes posts that criticize Les's ability to coach the team are now criticizing JG in the exact same manner.

Hypocrisy at its finest!

[shaunguth]

Whatever happened to playing for the name on the front, not the one on the back?!


I just can not understand why people think that anyone is above that of the university...thus why I said if they don't want to be here, then I don't want them here!

So a player decided 4-5 years ago to come to Bradley, stay here four years, and they are somehow considered selfish for deciding to get on with their lives when a coaching change is made in year five?

[OrangeandBlack74]

One thing about all this: I think everyone thinks we'd have a better record next year with Les than without Les. But this move isn't about one single year, it's about long-term direction.

There was significant doubt that Les could consistently compete at the top of the conference, that's what the move is made.

This is my opinion as well.

I appreciate all that JL did for the university, but I did not have confidence in his ability to raise this program back to prominence.

And I wish that all the naysayers would just wait to see who the new coach is before worrying about who is going to leave and who is staying. It's all speculation at this point anyway.

[AE Braves Fan]

Personal attacks. Now that's classy!

Not a personal attack - just a statement of fact that any rational person would agree with.

This team is going to be really bad for several years when we could have just kept Les and won the conference next year.

[BradleyJD]

Breathe everyone.

[shaunguth]

BU needs to get a release out.. you are correct.

And then have the press conference tomorrow.

It wouldn't be very "classy" for BU to release any information today.

[SaintLouBrave22]

Do you have any good reasons to support JG? She is a threat to the program...and has the most control.

A threat?

Cmon man! You guys act like the lady blew up buildings and massacres families on the weekend just for fun...


While I don't like her, I say we let the hire speak for itself...

Besides, I have great knowledge to believe that it won't be her alone that makes the decision on who is brought in, just who is kept on.

[BUfan14]

A threat?

Cmon man! You guys act like the lady blew up buildings and massacres families on the weekend just for fun...


While I don't like her, I say we let the hire speak for itself...

Besides, I have great knowledge to believe that it won't be her alone that makes the decision on who is brought in, just who is kept on.

And you acted that same way about Jim Les a few times. I think they have the right to their opinion.

[TheAsianSensation]

http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1512121874/Les-out-at-Bradley

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