Final: Northern Iowa 68 Bradley 65

[Da Coach]

Exactly....I never demanded Les to be fired over a technical and many who did said it out of frustration but nevertheless(Les)......JL's reputation with the refs was an issue......my main problem with Jim and the officials was complaining to the refs virtually the whole game and doing it in a way that showed them up...

So you are suggesting that officials use their powers to punish certain coaches? Or are they incapable of remaining objective?

[bigjimmy]

Ultimately the T didn't cost us the game, our pathetic play in the 1st half just put us to far behind the eight ball. I think the timeout Geno took late in the 2nd half cost us more than the T did. We had all the momentum, they were reeling and the TO allowed them to get reset. I have to laugh at the JL/Geno comparisons once again. Geno gets on the refs like most coaches do but doesn't go out of his way to berate and belittle the refs like JL did. Having heard his stomping on the floor all the way up to the upper deck, how he didn't get more T's was beyond me. How we would not get calls was not. It felt like we were playing 5 on 8 a lot. The T Geno got was deserved as per the rules, though if you watched the Notre Dame/Louisville game you'd never know there was a coaches box rule as both Pittino and Brey were coaching from near half court during all 5 overtimes. I do agree JL was not treated well at all by the local media as well as some fans at the end and that Geno seems to get the benefit of the doubt. He keeps up with these questional timeouts like he has a few times this year and things don't keep progressing, like no playing in St. Louis on Thursday and not getting into any post season tournaments, and we'll see how Geno gets treated.

[Rusty 54]

There seem to be more posts about a T on Geno than about us putting up 18 in the first half. This does not make sense to me.

[Buesch N Chips]

Yes it was, no doubt.
But there was at least one instance in the past where it was equally unwarranted, and yet there were some here who demanded that coach's firing immediately.

It did seem that some people back then were not interested in whether the T was warranted or not.

[Old Coach]

There seem to be more posts about a T on Geno than about us putting up 18 in the first half. This does not make sense to me.

I agree. Those guys couldn't have thrown the ball in the Illinois River from the Bob Michel bridge during the first half. The shooting was atrocious. I don't think the bad shooting was a result of poor coaching or a lack of effort from the players.

[lefty]

So you are suggesting that officials use their powers to punish certain coaches? Or are they incapable of remaining objective?

Not at all...but i think they had less patience with him because he complained about way too many calls.....

[lefty]

There seem to be more posts about a T on Geno than about us putting up 18 in the first half. This does not make sense to me.

it was 18-13 at the time....UNI went on a 19-5 run the rest of the half.......and those 2 ft's sure had a difference on the outcome....

We still played bad in the first half but at the time of the technical UNI wasn't playing all that well either

[LittleBrave]

Well, I expect some won't agree, but the technical by our coaches really hurt us, and may have ended up costing Bradley this game. .

You are really stretching here, BU Bill.
This happened in the 1st half - I think Geno was going above and beyond to will this team to fight, as it was somewhat lacking in the 1st half. Let's not get into something so minor when the root cause of the deficit was allowing the other team to explode, which resulted in a barrage of points.

Sure, it was 2 points, but so was giving up a couple offensive rebounds in the 2nd half that could have resulted in us getting 5 points that we needed to pull off the win.

Not sure if you were TRYING to stir the nest and using it to kick a dead horse again. At least you pointed out what Geno is doing right.

[LittleBrave]

I agree. Those guys couldn't have thrown the ball in the Illinois River from the Bob Michel bridge during the first half. The shooting was atrocious. I don't think the bad shooting was a result of poor coaching or a lack of effort from the players.

Yeah, but the T made us shoot even worse. Can't everyone see that???

[tornado]

So you are suggesting that officials use their powers to punish certain coaches? Or are they incapable of remaining objective?

this has been proven to be the case - private conversations between refs & coaches that get unknowingly caught on a hidden mike have shown us that some refs are NOT objective and they do whistle calls and T's just to punish certain people they don't like.
Wasn't there a similar story in the paper this morning about the criteria some cops use to hand out tickets??

[Old Coach]

this has been proven to be the case - private conversations between refs & coaches that get unknowingly caught on a hidden mike have shown us that some refs are NOT objective and they do whistle calls and T's just to punish certain people they don't like.
Wasn't there a similar story in the paper this morning about the criteria some cops use to hand out tickets??

I'm guessing that if an official found out one of the head coaches in a game he was officiating was hooking up with his wife/soon to be ex-wife, he would be less than objective.

[shaunguth]

There seem to be more posts about a T on Geno than about us putting up 18 in the first half. This does not make sense to me.

And the fact that only three of our players had a field goal in the entire first half. That's just embarrassing!

[shaunguth]

So you are suggesting that officials use their powers to punish certain coaches? Or are they incapable of remaining objective?

Isn't Higgins the one that called the foul on Walt from the other side of the floor? I could be wrong, but I thought it was him. Anyways, I've never liked that guy and have always felt like he had something against Bradley.

[shaunguth]

Sure, it was 2 points, but so was giving up a couple offensive rebounds in the 2nd half that could have resulted in us getting 5 points that we needed to pull off the win.

So was not getting to the line enough....just 9 times the entire game on our home court! It doesn't help when we only make 67% from there and the other team makes 94% while shooting twice as many. I still can't believe our two penetrating, driving guards played 77 minutes and only shot 5 free throws.

Oh.....and it's also not a good sign when your starting point guard leads the team in rebounds! I sure hope Geno and company have some bigs lined up for next season!