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    ESPN- Grading Coaching changes BU given an A

    I guess Remy never received the report card.

    Brennan: Grading the coaching carousel
    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6448951
    With the coaching carousel just about wrapped up, Eamonn Brennan doles out grades for all the major hires.


    Bradley
    Hire: Geno Ford
    Replaced: Jim Les
    Grade: A
    Comments: Considering the recent struggles of Braves basketball, athletic director Michael Cross deserves commendation for luring Ford away from Kent State. The Flashes won 25 games in Ford's final season at KSU, and all but one player, Rodriquez Sherman, is set to return this fall. Bradley, on the other hand, finished 12-20, light years away from a one-off run to the Sweet 16 in 2006. In other words, it's easy to see why Ford would have wanted to stay at Kent State for at least one more profile-boosting season. That he didn't is something of a coup.
    "Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
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    Only time will tell how accurate these grades are, but IMO, Fairfield deserves a better grade than a B+ for hiring Sydney Johnson.
    Bradley 72 - Illini 68 Final

    ???It??™s awful hard,??™??™ said Illini freshman guard D.J. Richardson, the former Central High School guard who played prep school ball a few miles from here and fought back tears outside the locker room. ???It??™s a hometown thing. It??™s bragging rights.??™

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    • #3
      Originally posted by SFP View Post
      I guess Remy never received the report card.

      Brennan: Grading the coaching carousel
      http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6448951
      With the coaching carousel just about wrapped up, Eamonn Brennan doles out grades for all the major hires.


      Bradley
      Hire: Geno Ford
      Replaced: Jim Les
      Grade: A
      Comments: Considering the recent struggles of Braves basketball, athletic director Michael Cross deserves commendation for luring Ford away from Kent State. The Flashes won 25 games in Ford's final season at KSU, and all but one player, Rodriquez Sherman, is set to return this fall. Bradley, on the other hand, finished 12-20, light years away from a one-off run to the Sweet 16 in 2006. In other words, it's easy to see why Ford would have wanted to stay at Kent State for at least one more profile-boosting season. That he didn't is something of a coup.
      Sweet! Some positive comments about BU for a change. They hit the nail on the head with that analysis, that's for sure!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Boiler View Post
        Sweet! Some positive comments about BU for a change. They hit the nail on the head with that analysis, that's for sure!
        Only time will tell

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Beninator View Post
          Only time will tell how accurate these grades are, but IMO, Fairfield deserves a better grade than a B+ for hiring Sydney Johnson.
          They don't, because there's approximately a 1% chance he stays more than 2 or 3 years. He's going to bigger and better things. They're either going to be coach hunting in 3 years or, if they're not coach hunting, that'll mean massive on-court disappointment.

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          • #6
            YAY! BU is in the National Media in a positive (ish) light!
            ... At the end, of the storm, there's a golden sky. And the sweet silver song of the lark. Walk on, through the wind, walk on, through the rain, though your dreams be tossed, and blown. Walk on, Walk on with hope in your hearts, and you'll never walk alone!
            I'm behind you 100% Bradley Braves, You'll Never Walk Alone! BEAT STATE!

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            • #7
              F on the decision. B on the replacement guy. C-/D+ average. I'm still sore.
              Compete. Defend. Rebound. Win.

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              • #8
                these are the same guys who gave Tennessee an A+ and drooled like crazy over how great a hire Bruce Pearl was -- what do they know...

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by tornado View Post
                  these are the same guys who gave Tennessee an A+ and drooled like crazy over how great a hire Bruce Pearl was -- what do they know...
                  You sound like you don't approve of their rating on Geno's hiring. Let's hope they're right on this one.
                  What part of illegal don't you understand?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by tornado View Post
                    these are the same guys who gave Tennessee an A+ and drooled like crazy over how great a hire Bruce Pearl was -- what do they know...
                    Why can't you be happy that the top sports network in the country gave our team a compliment? We now have one of the best coaches in all of Indiana

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by tornado View Post
                      these are the same guys who gave Tennessee an A+ and drooled like crazy over how great a hire Bruce Pearl was -- what do they know...
                      Bruce Pearl could have really worked out for TN, in hind sight it didn't but at the time his sleaze factor was unknown.

                      I did not post this as to have a down and out discussion on if this hire was the best thing since slice bread but that others find it as something positive. Imagine that? The Royal wedding and ESPN saying something good about BU. Fairy tales do come true.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Dub View Post
                        F on the decision. B on the replacement guy. C-/D+ average. I'm still sore.
                        Nail on the head. Couldn't agree more, but time to move on.

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                        • #13
                          here we go again
                          Lets surrender ..... Chesty Puller.... "H*$$ NO !!! we have the enemy right where we want them they can't hide"

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                          • #14
                            I'd say execution of firing is an F.

                            I'd say choice of firing is a solid D+ to a C-....JL did have injury issues he had to deal with more, it seemed, than anyone else, but in the end his conference record can't just be flat out ignored. His recruiting is something I'm worried about...we may miss it, but time will tell.

                            Hiring choice based on performance to date I'd say is a B+ to A-...being able to keep Remy would've bumped it to an A+. It seems he's been working hard recruiting and trying to keep some old connections that would be beneficial. Most of the team stayed and that is important also....

                            Now if we add in the manner in which Ford was hired.....j/k

                            Average would be C- to a C. This for me seems about right I wasn't happy when JL was fired but I don't feel very worried, yet, about Geno being the new head coach..as a matter of fact up to this point I'm pretty optimistic to see what he can do 3-4 years down the road.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Bradleyguy10 View Post
                              I'd say execution of firing is an F.

                              I'd say choice of firing is a solid D+ to a C-....JL did have injury issues he had to deal with more, it seemed, than anyone else, but in the end his conference record can't just be flat out ignored. His recruiting is something I'm worried about...we may miss it, but time will tell.

                              Hiring choice based on performance to date I'd say is a B+ to A-...being able to keep Remy would've bumped it to an A+. It seems he's been working hard recruiting and trying to keep some old connections that would be beneficial. Most of the team stayed and that is important also....
                              I would say that this is a pretty centrist opinion of the situation. Many people would generally agree with this.

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