Dave Reynolds 1/30/14 column

[lefty]

Dave Reynolds reported that the Bradley team plane was grounded yesterday because of the weather. They had to take a bus to Springfield, Missouri, and did not arrive until well after midnight.

maybe we'll play better and win a road game

[lefty]

IF BU doesn't finish higher than 4th in the MVC after 9 years under GF, I will be disappointed. Unless, of course, BU has an absolute miracle run from 4th in the MVC to two incredible upsets in the Dance.

Right now, we are in year 3 of GF's term at BU. A poor memory indicates that was comparable to year 3 of another 'great' coach's term at BU...

Right now, continuing to win and win on the road are my main interests for BU. Could care less about DR's tone/opinion or the great anguish many had over the best coach in BU history having been let go after 9 years of 4th place.

When someone fed us kool aid for 9 years (I envision championships - many), best big man ever recruited, best recruiting class ever, BU on the verge, etc. many on this Forum ate that up. Me included.
Every preseason I bought the promise, bought the "great" recruiting classes, bought the buy in promise, only to throw up kool aid at the end of another dismal MVC season, except, of course, one season, when kool aid provided a high better than narcotics ever could.

After having listened to a head coach say every bad loss was on him, and there were many, listened post game how he couldn't understand/remedy his team's inability to compete for 9 years, I decided to hang my hat on a new head coach and am prepared to give him 5 instead of 9 years, unless of course, BU can make another miracle run from 4th place in the MVC to two wins in the Dance.... We can revisit this topic at the end of the 2015-16 season....

BTW Has BU lost to UMKC yet under Ford?

No but we lost to UIPUI at home this year which is just as bad??¦??¦


I agree in giving Geno 5 years??¦..unless this year and next are both disasters

[bradleyfan124]

I would say with the talent he has back next year plus what is coming if he does not shake the world next year it should be his last

[lefty]

I would say with the talent he has back next year plus what is coming if he does not shake the world next year it should be his last

what would be your definition of "shake the world"?

[tornado]

agree Bravetime - unfortunately the egos superceded the desire to excel...

[AZ BU Fan]

It makes no sense to make points about either coach by pointing to specific wins or losses by either coach. Geno might not have lost to UMKC, but he hasn't beaten Kansas, either. You could do that all day and not get anywhere.
Geno is giving 100%, as did Jim Les, and both of them have forgotten more about D1 coaching than any of us will ever know. At some point, with both regimes, it falls on the effort and eventual ceiling of the players, which is hard to predict.

Agree 100%...

The G&P AZBUFan was only responding to an earlier blast on the past re how times have changed vis a vis 4th place..and part of the 'everyone' who "hated the previous staff and wanted them run out of town on a rail"



"Pay no attention to the Poster behind the (Internet) curtain!
The G&P AZBUFan has spoken!"

[bravetime33]

agree Bravetime - unfortunately the egos superceded the desire to excel...

How is the president evaluated,reviewed, and measured? Who does it if at all? If the evaluation was based upon the athletic programs she should terminated. To extend a coach and a raise with a horrible record is unfathomable I do not get it. revenues have to be down substantially but it is probably a drop in the bucket to the university as a percentage of total revenues but to me it is much more than revenues it's about a passion for bu basketball looking forward to games getting excited feeling the adrenaline etc you all know what I mean
I do not think it is Geno's fault I think anybody who is the coach still ultimately in influenced by the president,her ego and, micromanagement
That is why a former AD left he could see the handwriting on the wall

[Chico]

No but we lost to UIPUI at home this year which is just as bad??¦??¦


I agree in giving Geno 5 years??¦..unless this year and next are both disasters

Don't forget the other Indiana alphabet school we lost to at home. Not a knock on Geno. He was offered a job and took it.

[bradleyfan124]

what would be your definition of "shake the world"?

I thought someone would ask that. Each person will have their own goal. Mine would be 1st or 2nd place and a tournament

[lefty]

I thought someone would ask that. Each person will have their own goal. Mine would be 1st or 2nd place and a tournament

ok...just wondering....

[AE Braves Fan]

What good will 1st or 2nd place be in a terrible league without Creighton or Wichita State?

Can't wait for the morons to cheer that 16 seed and one and done in the tourney. But wait we finished higher than 4th omg!!!

Az... The sweet 16 wasn't a miracle run at all... That team was extremely good, not lucky or miraculous. They finished 4th that year bc the valley was the toughest top to bottom it has ever been. The valley should have gotten 6 teams in that year.

Yay cant wait for that 3rd place finish and 225 rpi, it's all I've been dreaming of!!

[lefty]

What good will 1st or 2nd place be in a terrible league without Creighton or Wichita State?

Can't wait for the morons to cheer that 16 seed and one and done in the tourney. But wait we finished higher than 4th omg!!!

Az... The sweet 16 wasn't a miracle run at all... That team was extremely good, not lucky or miraculous. They finished 4th that year bc the valley was the toughest top to bottom it has ever been. The valley should have gotten 6 teams in that year.

Yay cant wait for that 3rd place finish and 225 rpi, it's all I've been dreaming of!!

you only have so much control how the conference falls out...so if you get 1st that's the best you can do in the conference..

I think the way we had played a good share of the SS year it was a miracle finish......nobody was predicting a Sweet Sixteen.....

you make it sound like a one and done in the NCAA is no big deal.....we have been in the tournament twice in the last 25 years.......I would take a few one and dones in the next 5 years