Sam gets release...

[srw]

He did finish where he started... Graduating from Bradley!
He did not quit on Bradley... the Bradley admin quit on him!
People do NOT understand that Sam and Carl are VERY close to the Les family (not just Jim, but others that played for BU also).
All Sam was asking for was one more year of Jim Les. It could have been a great year. Just read and listen instead of typing a personal agenda. Some of you may have understood it was more than just wins and loses of a year.

Oh Well.......

Petey,
I personally agree with you, but still think that BU clearly made the right decision with Coach Les.

I thank Sammy for his three years, and will root for him wherever he goes.

I don't think being happy for Sammy, and not hating the administration are mutually exclusive.

Good luck Sam.

Great luck Prez Glasser and Dr. Cross.

[FarmerClone]

I don't suppose that I dare dream that Iowa State is one of the ten teams he is looking at. With Chris Allen (Michigan State), Chris Babb (Penn State), Anthony Booker (SIU) and Royce White (Minnesota) all pushing for starting spots next year and the graduation of long time starting point guard Diante Garrett, Iowa State will have the talent to be much improved next year, but we need a point guard and do not seem to have a true point guard on the roster outside of a freshman. Sam could start and have a team that he could help turn a program around with. We took a player in a similar situation in Jake Anderson, a fellow Chicago native, this year and he did well in his one season at ISU. Have no idea if ISU is anywhere on the radar though. But I do hate to see Bradley losing players as I have always enjoyed my time on this board and you folks are good people.

[Da Coach]

Seems like a good fit

[lake Camelot]

I don't suppose that I dare dream that Iowa State is one of the ten teams he is looking at. With Chris Allen (Michigan State), Chris Babb (Penn State), Anthony Booker (SIU) and Royce White (Minnesota) all pushing for starting spots next year and the graduation of long time starting point guard Diante Garrett, Iowa State will have the talent to be much improved next year, but we need a point guard and do not seem to have a true point guard on the roster outside of a freshman. Sam could start and have a team that he could help turn a program around with. We took a player in a similar situation in Jake Anderson, a fellow Chicago native, this year and he did well in his one season at ISU. Have no idea if ISU is anywhere on the radar though. But I do hate to see Bradley losing players as I have always enjoyed my time on this board and you folks are good people.

Sorry sounds like a real mess. Can't see them putting it together in one year.

By the way nothing against Iowa State. I would like to see them do well. I actually attended Iowa State for a whole 6 weeks. I was injured and had to drop out of school. I never went back, but I liked the school.

[FarmerClone]

Sorry sounds like a real mess. Can't see them putting it together in one year.

By the way nothing against Iowa State. I would like to see them do well. I actually attended Iowa State for a whole 6 weeks. I was injured and had to drop out of school. I never went back, but I liked the school.

They have already been together for a year and were abusing our starters every day. Supposedly, our redshirts would routinely win in practice scrimmages by 20 plus points and while our record did not look good this year, our starters held their own all things considered. We lost something like 8 games in which we were either tied or led the opponent in the final three minutes. Had we won half of those we would have been a 20 win team, but we did not because we lacked depth and could not close things out as the game wound down. ISU will return senior Scott Christopherson (a two year starter), soph Melvin Ejim (who started every game this year as a freshman) and part time starter soph Calvin Godfrey to go with all the transfers as well as adding a JUCO guard in Tyrus McGee who shot 45% from three this year and a few freshman guards. Lots of potential for things to come together due to the increased depth next year. Will it blend into a top 20 team? I doubt it, but an NCAA tourney team does not seem completely impossible. But as I said, point guard will be the weakest spot as Allen, Babb, McGee, Sledge, Odunsi, Chrisopherson, etc are not experienced point guards.

[Big Mike]

Chicago tribune....

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/03/bradleys-maniscalco-could-be-future-fit-with-illini.html

[Bravesfan]

Chicago tribune....
http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com...th-illini.html

What is this, the same article that the PJ Star posted a couple of days ago? Nothing at all new here other than posting this for the Chicago area audience.

[BradleyBrave]

the Bradley admin quit on him!

How so?

[Beninator]

Petey,
I personally agree with you, but still think that BU clearly made the right decision with Coach Les.

IMO, evaluating this as the right decision is a little premature. If BU makes the right hire with a coach who can retain the key elements of the team, and recruit, then and only then, will I agree with this statement.