Reynolds: Things are tough all over for Bradley

[Buesch N Chips]

maybe he should just worry about how he can coach his UC Davis team out of the cellar!!

What does that have to do with anything?

[FlyingSpaghettiMonster]

JP really needs to work on his defensive positioning in the off-season. He gets beat a lot.

JP has been almost nonexistent on the defensive end in the games I've seen this year. People go right around him. It might be an energy level issue with him.

[LittleBrave]

JP has been almost nonexistent on the defensive end in the games I've seen this year. People go right around him. It might be an energy level issue with him.

He's not the quickest fox in the barn either (physically speaking). He also forgets the strengths or tendencies of who he's guarding, which might help him not get beat so much. He'll get it down sooner or later.

[Stardust6702]

JP has been almost nonexistent on the defensive end in the games I've seen this year. People go right around him. It might be an energy level issue with him.

JP is just too slow. Look at him on offense. He does the same move every time. He gets the ball dribbles three times into the defender and goes for the hook in the middle of the lane. If he was faster he could simply drop step or try a turn around or simply drive past him for an open slam/lay up. Unfortunately I feel he is just too slow of a player.

The hook is working in some games but he needs to be more dynamic.

[Da Coach]

Exactly

I know it wouldn't be a great stat for basketball but I wish there was a +/- stat for basketball players. In hockey its the greatest stat IMO since you can track who is doing damage to your team.

Plus/minus is in fact a stat kept by most teams. I know JL kept +/- stats for all games, and cumulative +/- for players, and I have heard that this staff does as well.
shaunguth used to try to keep +/- stats on this board, but it is a mammoth task to do it from a play-by-play log, and the BU site does not ever post a play-by-play.
But I suspect the coaches do know the +/- stats for each player, and that may be some of what Coach Ford is referring to in the Dave Reynolds article when he commented about changing the starting lineup- "there??™s not been any competition or game production to warrant that".

[bu fan 9]

Have you watched Geno's stlye of play? He doesn't change anything even when he gets his own players the other coachs in the Valley will eat him up.

[Stardust6702]

Plus/minus is in fact a stat kept by most teams. I know JL kept +/- stats for all games, and cumulative +/- for players, and I have heard that this staff does as well.
shaunguth used to try to keep +/- stats on this board, but it is a mammoth task to do it from a play-by-play log, and the BU site does not ever post a play-by-play.
But I suspect the coaches do know the +/- stats for each player, and that may be some of what Coach Ford is referring to in the Dave Reynolds article when he commented about changing the starting lineup- "there??™s not been any competition or game production to warrant that".

I've never seen anything before from Les or Geno so I assumed they didn't keep that stat.

I would love it if they put it on the box score.

[Da Coach]

I agree. It would be a stat that most fans would like to see.
The NBA has been keeping +/- stats for the past few years- example-

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2012012504

But most college basketball teams do not keep it as an official stat. The teams keep them just for the coaches' use.

[FlyingSpaghettiMonster]

+/- doesn't mean as much in basketball. There's a lot of garbage time to skew the +/- of a player.

I'd hate to see the +/- of Bradley players this year...

[Toyota12]

coach

What does that have to do with anything?

Maybe it is JL stirring up the board with all his knowledge!! HA HA

[ph]

Plus/minus is in fact a stat kept by most teams. I know JL kept +/- stats for all games, and cumulative +/- for players, and I have heard that this staff does as well.
shaunguth used to try to keep +/- stats on this board, but it is a mammoth task to do it from a play-by-play log, and the BU site does not ever post a play-by-play.
But I suspect the coaches do know the +/- stats for each player, and that may be some of what Coach Ford is referring to in the Dave Reynolds article when he commented about changing the starting lineup- "there??™s not been any competition or game production to warrant that".

You can see a play-by-play on all of the "live stats" games through BradleyBraves.com. Its not as nice or easy as ISU's .pdf format they publish after games, but a Bradley pbp does usually exist.

If you can get into the mobile link (vs the normal "chat" link, its a little better format.

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=2575

Gets you the WSU game. (Game I D is the same)

[SFP]

OK nothing wrong with a few more physical drills for a team that appears to not go after it.

Now on JP. Plenty of times the guy is busting his tail off getting into position for a pass down low and they guy with the ball just shooting away. Also if he does get into foul trouble then we will see more of AT for those of you that want to see more of him. Just saying.

[Beninator]

OK nothing wrong with a few more physical drills for a team that appears to not go after it.

Now on JP. Plenty of times the guy is busting his tail off getting into position for a pass down low and they guy with the ball just shooting away. Also if he does get into foul trouble then we will see more of AT for those of you that want to see more of him. Just saying.

I really don't care about AT in place of JP, I would really like to see AT and JP on the floor at the same time!

[Air Petey]

How many games and practices have you been to? You seem to always have a suggetion or a negative comment about GF or the staff on their offense or style!! I am sure you probably have a vast expierence of coaching Div I!! Where do you or when did you coach?

WOW..... So much for BradleyFans free speech.

Everybody is entitled to have an opinion.

How much "Expierence" do you have?

[Da Coach]

You can see a play-by-play on all of the "live stats" games through BradleyBraves.com. Its not as nice or easy as ISU's .pdf format they publish after games, but a Bradley pbp does usually exist.

If you can get into the mobile link (vs the normal "chat" link, its a little better format.

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=2575

Gets you the WSU game. (Game I D is the same)

Yes, if someone really wants to dig into those Live Stats pages, they could calulate the +/- for those games. Unfortunately, Live Stats are not available for many away games, and some home games. So it would still be impossible to calculate the +/- stat for players for the season.