Press Conference Running Highlights

[Da Coach]

I added this to my last post, but there have been several new posts since then, so here it is again-

BTW, the reason the press didn't have too many questions during the regular part of the press conference is that were told they would have free access to any of the people, including the players after the conference. The media was especially interested in interviewing Dyricus after the PC. I am sure we'll see a few quotes from him as well as from Dr. Cross and Coach Ford on the news tonight, and in the PJ Star tomorrow.

I had a chance to talk briefly to Dyricus before the press got to him, and he was very excited and happy, but he has not decided yet what he will do.

[sousaman2089]

Can't wait to see him around campus! I would run into Les randomly on campus, but he never really made a large scale effort to get to know the students/fans.

If Ford gets out there and pounds the pavement, he'll have us students backing him hardcore, or at least till two of his best players are out for the year with injury and we have a dreadful season.

[jasonpeoria911]

Does Ford's oldest son play basketball? I know he said he'll be a sophomore in High School but havn't seen if he plays ball or not.

Jason

[lefty]

He's relatively young, has head coaching experience, and he's even experienced a bit of success in the MAC.

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"relatively young"?...c'mon man....he IS young

[LittleBrave]

I had a chance to talk briefly to Dyricus before the press got to him, and he was very excited and happy, but he has not decided yet what he will do.

Hopefully he was excited and happy about the thought of being a Brave next season!

The first bit of good news this week was getting Coach Ford.
The second bit would be news of DSE returning to play for the Braves.
The third bit would be news of DS and another of our recruits to stay commited.
For me, this comes in order of best news.

I would be even more excited heading into the off-season if all 3 bits of news come true.

[OrangeandBlack74]

So far, I like what I hear. I will be supportive but neutral until we see what GF does this Fall.

Gotta tell ya Ben...I'm more than just neutral on this hire. I'm energized and excited, and that just wasn't the case last season!

[basketball nut]

This has been a great summary of what went happened @ the press conf. Was disapointed there were not more questions asked even though they did have time for 1 on 1 w/ the coach. We need to get a BF press pass for one of our posters so we could get questions answered. (lol)
The thing that impressed me was his enthusiasm and the fact that he is getting at it tomorrow so @ least the players will know what to expect right away and won't have to worry where they stand w/ him for very long.
It was great for him to say the players had many questions for him last night at their meeting and they wanted to get to know him. I am sure they were told to stand for him but it was still nice to see and they even clapped (didn't seem to even bother them).
A great program and a great day for BU.
PS: I beleive he is going to be on WMBD w/ Greg & Dan tomorrow.

[sousaman2089]

Donivine sitting with the team has to be reassuring, but I guess he wasn't the recruit we were most worried about.

[bigdaddystuck]

I got a chance to listen at work. I liked a lot of what he had to say. I think he will be surprised how much support he will get from the community. As some have said, it is going to be a surprise for him to go from 3500 at a game to over 9000!

Believe I heard he was going to have workouts in the near future (tomorrow?), I am sure to evaluate what kind of team he has inherited. I like what I heard about what kind of offense and defensive pressure he likes.

Just really excited for the future of BU basketball!

GO BU!!!

[epistibrain]

"relatively young"?...c'mon man....he IS young

If we group him with the Final Four coaches, his age would be the median.

[basketball nut]

One other thing I really enjoyed about him was how he constantly talked about "us" the BU family not what he has done in the past but where he is @ now.
Also it didn't take long for his wife & kids to start wearing BU red.

[Buesch N Chips]

He was born in 1974? Wow. I remember 1974.

[Da Coach]

Does Ford's oldest son play basketball? I know he said he'll be a sophomore in High School but havn't seen if he plays ball or not.

Jason

His son looks a bit small for his age, but then Geno Ford was listed as 5'9" in college, and that appears a bit generous. I do not know if his son plays basketball.

[tornado]

Donivine sitting with the team has to be reassuring, but I guess he wasn't the recruit we were most worried about.

it appears he is going to come to BU

http://twitter.com/#!/kdierking/status/52439807766433792

[Scotty]

So I'm guessing it's finally safe to crawl out from under my rock huh?

Great hire in my opinion.