Dave Reynolds' article 5/8/14

[Buesch N Chips]

People see what they want to see.

Both coaches deserve credit for what Walt accomplished during his time here.

I do believe Walt leaving will make us a better team, although there will be plays he made that no one on next year's team can.

[amckillip]

The quote reads one way. He was leaving if Les stayed! Also funny to see the people who praised Walt all year and were all over Geno because they had nothing to replace his scoring are now saying they might have been better off without him.

I sure hope you're not insinuating me... I think you'll find I've been critical of Geno's recruiting, and rightfully so IMO, but I've never lumped praise on WL, thats for sure...

[Canton BU fan]

So he lied about his age when asked but wouldn't people at Bradley know the truth since I would assume he has an ID?

[tornado]

...10% of all people are left handed, yet well less than 10% of successful NBA point guards are lefties. So I would see it maybe as more of a disadvantage.

we have had this discussion before and some want to deny the truth...

lefty players simply do not make up many of the top all time shooters...
you can find some reason to deny or dispute but of the long list of the best all time career 3-pt shooters or FT shooters - not one of the Top 75 is a lefty (Chris Mullin is #77 but maybe someone in there ahead of him is a lefty, I just can't find one) and only a handful of the top 250 are lefties...
This is so different than what would be expected statistically that it raises a legitimate question as to why but there are general differences in mechanics between righties & lefties just as there are in baseball pitchers...

[lefty]

we have had this discussion before and some want to deny the truth...

lefty players simply do not make up many of the top all time shooters...
you can find some reason to deny or dispute but of the long list of the best all time career 3-pt shooters or FT shooters - not one of the Top 75 is a lefty (Chris Mullin is #77 but maybe someone in there ahead of him is a lefty, I just can't find one) and only a handful of the top 250 are lefties...
This is so different than what would be expected statistically that it raises a legitimate question as to why but there are general differences in mechanics between righties & lefties just as there are in baseball pitchers...

maybe that's because we decided not to pursue the NBA


Being left handed won't be the reason Walt won't play in the NBA

[tornado]

but unlike if he were a 95 mph pitcher - being a lefty is not a clear advantage as seems to be hinted in that article..
James Harden is widely viewed as the best left handed player currently in the NBA but he's terribly one dimensional and his lack of defense hurts his team.

of the dozen or so people who have decent "Mock Drafts" or who are considered legitimate - not one even has a mention of WL, Jr. even as a possibility ..
so he'd have to hope to catch on with a few workouts if he can arrange some...even Jeremy Crouch, Zach Andrews, Chris Roberts all got workouts with NBA teams..

[panther12thman]

Just another article where Reynolds could take a shot at JL. When there is nothing else to do rip into JL again. We would have been a lot better off without Walt. As for his chances of playing pro ball, anywhere, good luck.

[tornado]

it is no secret that extremely poor "chemistry" existed between Walt, Taylor Brown, and Dyricus - all of whom felt that certain "promises" were made and not kept......and that the others were "touching" the ball a bit too much - and this chemistry issue led to an awful lot of terrible play & blowout losses the first couple years of the GF era despite the substantial individual talent on the floor.
Blame who you want - players, coaches, etc.... - but some of that chemistry problem still existed even this year and was called "lack of leadership" time and time again.... Blaming the players you have on the floor won't work again this year - or at least I hope the media won't fall for it again hook, line, and sinker...

[tornado]

BTW when the team went to the Bahamas - Walt would have been required to have and present a passport.
His passport would have required him presenting a certified copy of his birth certificate in order to obtain - this would have had to show his true age.
Odd if our staff still did not know about his age....

[LongTimeFan]

It doesn't make one difference if he would have stayed or transferred. We have moved on and hopefully will be much better in the future.

I do wish him well but I think for Bradley this may be a case of addition by subtraction. I am hoping for more continuity of the offense. Players may have been standing around a little too much waiting for Walt to do his thing.

[Buesch N Chips]

it is no secret that extremely poor "chemistry" existed between Walt, Taylor Brown, and Dyricus - all of whom felt that certain "promises" were made and not kept......and that the others were "touching" the ball a bit too much - and this chemistry issue led to an awful lot of terrible play & blowout losses the first couple years of the GF era despite the substantial individual talent on the floor.
Blame who you want - players, coaches, etc.... - but some of that chemistry problem still existed even this year and was called "lack of leadership" time and time again.... Blaming the players you have on the floor won't work again this year - or at least I hope the media won't fall for it again hook, line, and sinker...

I am of the belief that it is the players' fault probably 90% of the time.

[tornado]

really -- isn't someone responsible for the players being here...certainly by now when almost all of them are GF's?
...not to turn this into a JL thread but....
Kirk Wessler held Jim Les accountable for the bad team chemistry before his 2nd year of coaching when he still had multiple players who were holdover players..
He stated that Les' inability to get them playing together caused him to "sour on JL" and he began "beating the drum to get him fired".

Personally I don't look to place blame, but I get a kick out of where the blame gets placed by some and how inconsistent and hypocritical it appears.

[bradleyfan124]

It doesn't make one difference if he would have stayed or transferred. We have moved on and hopefully will be much better in the future.

I do wish him well but I think for Bradley this may be a case of addition by subtraction. I am hoping for more continuity of the offense. Players may have been standing around a little too much waiting for Walt to do his thing.

I agree with you but I also place blame on Geno for allowing Walt to keep doing that. After all who is the coach

[Buesch N Chips]

You can lead a horse to water....

I've been very consistent. In BU's case, regardless of coach, I believe it is the players, their work ethic, effort, and trust in the system who ultimately decide which way the program has gone. Mutinies get you nowhere.

I was a JL defender and I am a GF defender. They both know what they are doing.

[bradleyfan124]

Several years ago I lived in Chicago for awhile when DePaul was having great success. A very reliable source told me that during a close important game Ray Meyer called a timeout. He drew up a play for them to run when they got back out onto the court. However, when the players got out there Mark Aquirre called the players together and made up his own play to run. Well it did not work. Ray Meyer was so p.o.'d he almost kicked his star player off the team