Win 20 or lose 20?

[tornado]

Kirk was the head cheerleader for 3 years telling us all how MUCH better we already were - in his own words...
"light years better"...
then suddenly he scolds fans for expecting too much too soon and says it is still going to take a long time to rebuild - somewhat excusing the past three really bad seasons that he, himself, told us were going to be a LOT better than what we had previously..

come on lefty -- Kirk is changing his tune to hide his own bad predictions and wants everyone to be patient for several more years
how do you interpret "any time soon"?

[wily coyote]

I didn't think anyone under 70 listened!

LOL but I may be wrong but I don't think Chico will ever see his 70 th birthday again. Hope I'm wrong help me out here Chico.

[Chico]

LOL but I may be wrong but I don't think Chico will ever see his 70 th birthday again. Hope I'm wrong help me out here Chico.

Name might mean "boy" in Spanish, but I was 70 many years ago.

[lefty]

Kirk was the head cheerleader for 3 years telling us all how MUCH better we already were - in his own words...
"light years better"...
then suddenly he scolds fans for expecting too much too soon and says it is still going to take a long time to rebuild - somewhat excusing the past three really bad seasons that he, himself, told us were going to be a LOT better than what we had previously..

come on lefty -- Kirk is changing his tune to hide his own bad predictions and wants everyone to be patient for several more years
how do you interpret "any time soon"?

yeah...he said it's going to take longer than expected....I just didn't see where he said 5 more years....so I don't know what he means by longer..


Now how does this relate to the thread title again?

[Buesch N Chips]

You are right, that the team is totally unproven with too many new players. And I agree we won't be very good.
But which of these home non-conference games won't likely we win?-
Texas Arlington
Robert Morris
North Carolina A&T
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Central Michigan
Eureka
UIC

Without knowing anything about anything, I'll say Corpus, Arlington, and Morris.

[bravetime33]

I kinda agree...
look at the Valley as a whole -

two years ago the MVC had a record number of returning starters - and they were, as a conference, a bit stronger than usual...
then last year we had only 22 returning starters - a near-record low - and of course the MVC was weaker last year than just about any season since the 90's
I think the number of returnees is a driving force that helps determine the season...

In addition - the preseason polls have been remarkably accurate - not precise but consistently accurate...
When was the last time BRADLEY - or for that matter - any team was picked at the bottom but instead surprised people and had a GOOD season.

I know it happened once in 2007-2008 when Drake surprised people and went 28-5, but they still had no post-season success.
But we're already seeing that every preseason prediction and pundit has Bradley in the 7th-10th range this season - that's no guarantee they are right
and I certainly hope we do way better than that but - again, when was the last time Bradley finished WELL above where they were picked?

If we finish at the bottom of the Valley again then it'll be interesting given how many people have said for 3+ years that once GF has his own players and has rebuilt, then we should be competing for championships. But I am prepared for more of the same and a snow job by the PR people saying they need 5 more years to rebuild.

Didn't see 5 years but if it does take longer so be it
I can wait a few more years IF we can actually compete for a championship
After all it has been 18 years believe it or not since we won a championship.

[Da Coach]

Didn't see 5 years but if it does take longer so be it
I can wait a few more years IF we can actually compete for a championship
After all it has been 18 years believe it or not since we won a championship.

To each his own. It has only been 8 years since we were in the Sweet 16, and only 4 years since we had 5 winning seasons in a row averaging over 20 wins per year, and crowds of 11,200 fans, and an average of over 9,300.
A lot of fans aren't happy that we ran off everyone, paid a ton to buy out contracts, doubled and tripled coaching salaries which has lead to the worst financial situation at Bradley in eons, spent tens of millions on facilities that haven't resulted in any noticeable improvement, set records for losses, number and margin of blowouts, and number of years finishing with a loss on Thursday nights, and played some of the weakest schedules in my lifetime, just to hope to get back to where we were....OK, but we were promised so much more.

[bu fan 9]

Don't forget our new staff only wants to play cupcakes.