Discouraged to say the least

[Buesch N Chips]

Message boards are like soap operas. Go away for six months and when you come back they are still having the same conversation.

[tornado]

..are still having the same conversation.

some, if it is relevant - but message boards can be a good source for up to the instant news and new info and discussion...
Most of the new stories and breaking info on Bradley basketball, BU, and the Valley is right here being discussed on BradleyFans before it shows up anywhere locally in the newspaper or anywhere else.

..also like the conversation in the office, on the street, and also a little bit like knowing a bunch of people who get inside info - since surely you noticed all the threads about..

-the multiple new players here, at ISU, new teams coming into the Valley, etc..and the players like Shayok who have left
-changes at BU - new marketing firms, news on scheduing, tournaments, even hirings & firings
-and many other topics - that were unknown 6 months ago - so it's hard to understand what you mean when you say it's the same conversation from 6 months ago?

[AZ BU Fan]

so you think the 30-40% tanking of our home attendance is a mirage or due to 3000 people listening to the wrong advice?
Personally I'd have to think those 3000 see what perhaps you choose not to


and...


you were part of the +&+&@%$^&^%% doom & gloom for several years until you got your way...now it's everyone else's fault?

I was a supporter of the previous staff until the final 2-3 seasons.... 9 years without a MVC Conference or Tournament Championship, or top 3 finish, seemed to me to be a good reason to try something new. Clearly the team was lost in the final act.



Now, I am a 'half inflated' basketball kind of person, and, I sense you are a 'half deflated' kind of basketball person, with a healthy dose of passive aggressive thrown in.

You were willing to overlook 3 full seasons of cra* at the start of the JL era, one year removed from a 2nd place MVC season and the NIT with possibly the best recruiting class in BU history under the previous coach, and now proclaim the program is toast after coming off a huge 2nd year turnaround, and a roster that is starting to look like a D-1 program again?

For some reason, I feel this thrill going up my leg every time I read your posts trying to convince others BU would have returned to prominence the past two seasons if there had been "(No) Change"...

[wily coyote]

I was a supporter of the previous staff until the final 2-3 seasons.... 9 years without a MVC Conference or Tournament Championship, or top 3 finish, seemed to me to be a good reason to try something new. Clearly the team was lost in the final act.



Now, I am a 'half inflated' basketball kind of person, and, I sense you are a 'half deflated' kind of basketball person, with a healthy dose of passive aggressive thrown in.

You were willing to overlook 3 full seasons of cra* at the start of the JL era, one year removed from a 2nd place MVC season and the NIT with possibly the best recruiting class in BU history under the previous coach, and now proclaim the program is toast after coming off a huge 2nd year turnaround, and a roster that is starting to look like a D-1 program again?

For some reason, I feel this thrill going up my leg every time I read your posts trying to convince others BU would have returned to prominence the past two seasons if there had been "(No) Change"...

I second your entire post and to make a long story short,Chico this is exactly what I was referring to in my last post that you didn't understand.

[Chico]

I second your entire post and to make a long story short,Chico this is exactly what I was referring to in my last post that you didn't understand.

I fully understand. Just don't see anyone knocking Geno or especially the kids.

[wily coyote]

I fully understand. Just don't see anyone knocking Geno or especially the kids.

Your not reading certain posters or reading between their lines. Alot of us on here realize whats going on surprised you've missed it. You usually don't miss much.

[Chico]

Your not reading certain posters or reading between their lines. Alot of us on here realize whats going on surprised you've missed it. You usually don't miss much.

I realize their are posters who were upset when the previous coach was let go, me included. But I still don't see much anti Geno or the kids personally. People complain after a change in coaches all the time. I remember when DV took over a program that had an overall below .500 record in the MVC and had 14-14 record with all 5 starters returning the year before. He wasn't cut much slack from the diehards backing the previous coach. I know many who wanted him to fail. I don't see that in Geno's situation. For the record, I'm behind Geno and the kids 100%

[wily coyote]

I realize their are posters who were upset when the previous coach was let go, me included. But I still don't see much anti Geno or the kids personally. People complain after a change in coaches all the time. I remember when DV took over a program that had an overall below .500 record in the MVC and had 14-14 record with all 5 starters returning the year before. He wasn't cut much slack from the diehards backing the previous coach. I know many who wanted him to fail. I don't see that in Geno's situation. For the record, I'm behind Geno and the kids 100%

Me to, I'm 100% behind Geno and the kids. I'm pretty sure you and I agree letting Tricky Dick go was one of the dumbest things BU has ever done . I'll also add dropping the P.E. program not the smartest thing we've ever done.

[Buesch N Chips]

I fully understand. Just don't see anyone knocking Geno or especially the kids.

There isn't. There are people, right or wrong, who are waiting for bad to happen to they can shout hypocrisy, but no one is rooting for Geno or the kids to fail.

[tornado]

I am rooting hard for Geno to be successful & overcome the obstacles

[Future Walk-On]

I am rooting hard for Geno to be successful & overcome the obstacles

that is good to hear....but don't you think we all need to have a little fun once in awhile...forget the overwhelming disagreement some of us have with the current situation and play in our little basketball bubble... we can't do anything.

its fun to speculate all offseason about the next..

[tornado]

... we all need to have a little fun once in awhile.......

FWO - I wasn't the one who started this thread that's titled "Discouraged..." and kinda hits on the doom & gloom - I have been totally realistic - and have predicted a couple years of bottom-dweller finishes, lots of 30-pt blowouts, and historically small crowds.....
I still cheer & have a lot of fun but I also have a concern for well beyond just myself - I want to see BU basketball flourish....and I hope sooner than a lot of people think is gonna happen..