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Final: Drake 81 Bradley 66
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OrangeandBlack74
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If he's a supporter of the team, he sure has a funny way of showing it. I have yet to see a positive post from him. He's constantly ripping on Geno and the administration, which I thought was against the Board Rules here. Guess I must have missed the latest revision.
I'm not happy about losing and playing on Thursday...but I am not disenchanted. I think this program is headed in the right direction under Geno's leadership, despite what you and the other naysayers would have us believe.
And quit bemoaning the fact that players like Abell, Brown and Hawkins are not here playing for BU. The only one who had signed an LOI with BU was Abell, and there were plenty of rumors that he was looking for way out of it. Brown and Hawkins were never coming to BU. We should just trust you to say that they were? Really???
I fully expect Geno to recruit players better than we had, and to continue to make progress toward the ultimate goal of competing for and winning MVC championships!
tornado
New member
O&B -
1st - message boards are places where a lot of people gripe & are negative - I don't see him personally insulting anyone here - if you don't share his opinion - then express your own
2nd - I went back & reviewed a few of your old posts and there have been times you have posted negatively enough over a span of time that someone might have concluded the same about you
..and if bufan 9 is so negative how come he says he agrees with one of your better friends..
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=225265&postcount=19
1st - message boards are places where a lot of people gripe & are negative - I don't see him personally insulting anyone here - if you don't share his opinion - then express your own
2nd - I went back & reviewed a few of your old posts and there have been times you have posted negatively enough over a span of time that someone might have concluded the same about you
..and if bufan 9 is so negative how come he says he agrees with one of your better friends..
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=225265&postcount=19
wily coyote
Active member
i'm not sure why this is so hard. If we don't recruit better players than we lose than we won't be any better. Plain and simple. Why is it going to be difficult to replace our 4 SRs? Where did we finish with them? Hate to be harsh but just stating the facts. If we are worried about how we're gonna replace them than we really have a problem. Not saying we have the pieces in place to contend yet but we didn't lose anybody to give us the ability to contend either unless I'm missing something. Tell me if I am. Must admit we have alot of work to do but I'm confident Geno will get it done. Go Braves.
You are entitled to that opinion. I have it from several sources that I believe to be accurate that Brown was a solid verbal commit, Hawkins would have only considered going where JL was coaching, and Abell never wavered until his coach was fired. I am not bemoaning their loss, just refuting the ridiculous rationalizations we now are hearing that the cupboard was bare.
All of us want to see this team turn around and win, but for fans to rip the very players that are contributing the most to this team is absurd.
I heard that Lemon was gone if Les was around, Hawkins didn't want to go where his dad went, and that Abell wasn't as solid. Hard to tell. That Les would hook Brown up with isu bothers me.
Even if we added all three, we still don't win the Valley. We had one of the best backcourts in the Valley and finished on Thursday.
Untill people start listing the difference making big men that were coming, I am considering the cupboard bare.
LittleBrave
Well-known member
I second that. I guess he's entitled to whatever, but other posters who criticize some things and are positive about other things are looked down on and get blasted. I don't personally know anyone on here, but this guy stands out as a bad seed for the good of the BU fanbase. He may "tell things like it is", but he's pretty straightforward about his disdain for certain people, and if he said the same things about a former coach on here, he might be permanently banned.
Anyways, don't think he deserved to be reprimanded, but I find it hard to swallow that some are sticking up for him from the comments he makes and believes he is a supporter of the team...ridiculous!
Just sharing my 2 cents.
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The Hawkins rumor has been confused. Older son Brandon didn't want to play at Bradley. That was never true with Corey. He would have come to Bradley out of high school, except Arizona State came in late and offered. And I do not think the Walt Lemon rumor is true, either. Jim is close friends with Loren Jackson (Walt's high school coach), who remains one of Walt's trusted advisers.
I can't believe that any decisions have been made in spite of your warnings.
tornado
New member
:lol:
funny - I wouldn't expert anyone to listen to me...but then that's a point I made earlier - every fan should be treated as if he & his opinion are worthwhile....worthy of being listened to...
...but nobody seems to care that fans had some strong opinions about the terribly weak schedule, the huge 20-30 point bad losses - the multiple games where we prove we can play with our opponents then get blown out by 20 in the other half...
If we are really lacking talent that badly as the PJS wants us to believe - then how do we hang with them for half the game all the time??
And we're supposed to totally discount any wins in a weakling EIEIO tournament in the past - but we're supposed to be awestruck when we get 8 wins against the likes of EIU, UTPA, MVSU, Ga Southern and all those other 345+ RPI non-con slate...
funny - I wouldn't expert anyone to listen to me...but then that's a point I made earlier - every fan should be treated as if he & his opinion are worthwhile....worthy of being listened to...
...but nobody seems to care that fans had some strong opinions about the terribly weak schedule, the huge 20-30 point bad losses - the multiple games where we prove we can play with our opponents then get blown out by 20 in the other half...
If we are really lacking talent that badly as the PJS wants us to believe - then how do we hang with them for half the game all the time??
And we're supposed to totally discount any wins in a weakling EIEIO tournament in the past - but we're supposed to be awestruck when we get 8 wins against the likes of EIU, UTPA, MVSU, Ga Southern and all those other 345+ RPI non-con slate...
We haven't seen 2 of the players he brought in. I've heard they can both play.
wily coyote
Active member
I'm getting older but correct me if I'm wrong. Didn't EIU beat us two years ago. Can only assume that didn't go over very well with the people who hire and fire. Just a thought.
Tulsa Brave
New member
This one has been answered about a thousand times, but yet you keep asking it...here is the answer again. It will still be the answer tomorrow when you ask the same question...
LACK OF DEPTH!!!!!!!!!!
There are a lot of people still willing to support this program at a very high financial level. These folks are also very supportive of the university and administration. I had the good fortune of having dinner with several of them last night.