Drake blows out Bradley at home 69-57

[Vent]

Players no... Coaches .. Fair game. Here's the deal.... I understand Geno is a likable guy... He's funny, has charisma. But comedy with no W's , gets you booed, and it gets you canned.

Hopefully it gets him canned and hopefully the Board of Trustees can get the next president, athletic director and coach right.

[Da Coach]

I have heard from multiple people that players are late for practice quite often. You can see there is not much discipline with this team. Most players this age, still want discipline. It's called accountability. I often times get to games shortly after the doors open. Many times you see the BU players all dressed differently, some taking shots from half court, some wearing headphones, some talking to people in the crowd. Meanwhile the other team is dressed alike, not wearing headphones, not taking shots from half court, but actually taking shots they take in games. Maybe this is nitpicking but I call it discipline.

You have heard correctly. There are not many rules, and there is lax discipline.
It's will all be moot very soon. 5 1/2 weeks and counting....

[Da Coach]

I did not hear anybody yelling profanities or insults at players. I did hear people making negative comments about Ford, although most of those were coming from the upper bowl. I also do not like to hear coaches, players or referees being booed.

There was a so-called Bradley fan in section 16, upper bowl shouting directly at players on the bench by name- "----, you suck", or worse. Many other fans were yelling at this dunce to shut up, but that just made him do it more.

[Braves2006]

There was a so-called Bradley fan in section 16, upper bowl shouting directly at players on the bench by name- "----, you suck", or worse. Many other fans were yelling at this dunce to shut up, but that just made him do it more.

Yep I've heard him before.

[Da Coach]

Kirk was there, and now that Joanne is leaving and he isn't as likely to get a teaching job in the Sports Journalism school, he will likely be more open and honest. I expect Kirk to write a scathing column for tomorrow, but somehow he will still go easy on the coaching.

Dave will do his usual lipstick on a pig routine, and write about how great Drake played.
Some things never change.

And here is Kirk's column hot off the press-

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150128/SPORTS/150129089/12701/SPORTS

And as predicted, he simply calls the team "bad" and just gets every synonym for "bad" that Thesaurus.com can provide, and calls it a column.
And again, as predicted, not one single word about the abysmal coaching.


Still waiting for Dave's article. BTW, Dave predicted a "winning streak" with a 65-56 Bradley win.
I am not sure even if Bradley won, that wins over MSU and Drake at home constitute a winning streak.

[bula-bloom]

lack of discipline

I have heard from multiple people that players are late for practice quite often. You can see there is not much discipline with this team. Most players this age, still want discipline. It's called accountability. I often times get to games shortly after the doors open. Many times you see the BU players all dressed differently, some taking shots from half court, some wearing headphones, some talking to people in the crowd. Meanwhile the other team is dressed alike, not wearing headphones, not taking shots from half court, but actually taking shots they take in games. Maybe this is nitpicking but I call it discipline.

I wrote on this board at the valley tourney last year that Bradley was warming up before the loyola game with dunks. I questioned why the team would need to practice dunks at this level. The lack of discipline it shows is obvious and it's been going on for a long time,. He needs to go.

Josh is a good player that could be saved by the right replacement coach.

[bigjimmy]

I sit a couple of section to the left of him and this guy has been doing it to Geno for awhile but it crossed the line when he got after the players. As far as the team we have at least 10 more games left. Is their anything to look forward to? All we do for Jones is let him create his own shot. Is it possible that we can run him off a couple of screens to get him an open shot? We do it for other guys. Why not Jones. Josh continues to evolve. Let's hope the evolution continues in Peoria. Geno needs to play X a lot more than he has. The only way X is going to get better is to play. I think X has some talent but how are you going to get it out of him if he only plays a couple of minutes a time. The problem for Geno has been getting all 5 guys that are out on the floor playing together on both ends of the court. He's hasn't proven that he has the ability to do that. the countdown clock for Geno is at 10.

[Big Mike]

I also do not like to hear coaches, players or referees being booed.

Have to disagree with you on the refs......they have to know when they blow a call like tonight when they awarded Drake the ball out of bounds when it clearly went off the Drake player in front of their bench......Boooooooo!

[ollienanyes]

booing

I want to clarify: I don't boo refs when they are leaving the court or even during time outs. I will boo a call "WADDA YA MEAN BLOCK...HIS FEET WERE SET.....BOO" and leave it at that.

I think that fans are expected to be biased toward the home team and that trying to get your team a call is an expected part of the melodrama.

I don't get personal.

[Vent]

You have heard correctly. There are not many rules, and there is lax discipline.
It's will all be moot very soon. 5 1/2 weeks and counting....

There was a rumor going around the other day, there is a group of people that have gone to the Board of Trustees, with the money to buy out the remainder on Cross's and Ford's contract, now that Glasser is gone. Does anyone know if this is accurate or is it just another rumor?

[Da Coach]

That is a simplified version of what is happening. In reality things are much more complicated, and it is not all fans' money involved.

[Da Coach]

I heard Austin Barnes shout an obscenity at a fan. Several other people heard it also. That shows the lack of class and control this basketball team has. That is a direct reflection on the coach.

I talked to someone who sits near the Bradley bench who saw and heard this incident. Barnes had just missed a couple shots badly (airballs) in the first half, and he was taken out of the game. Someone from the end-zone section shouted at Barnes as he walked down the bench to sit down, and Barnes didn't like what he heard from the fan, so he shouted "F**k that" rather loudly back at the fan. Unfortunately, that section has a lot of kids in it.

[tornado]

Worse even than our team's coaching is our coaching staff's inability to evaluate talent, land decent DI players, and get the right guys in here...
Here are some stats...on the players who have been incessantly hyped as our best players, go to guys & difference makers

"Go to guy" #1 (Barnes) 2-8, 106 from 3pt, 9 pts, 6 rebs, 3 fouls
"Go to guy" #2 (Sutherland) 0-4, 2 pts, 1 reb, 1 asst
"Difference maker" #1 (Grier) 0-0, 0 pts, 0 rebs, 0 asst, completely zero stat line
"Difference maker" #2 (Fields) 0-0, 2 pts, 0 rebs, 0 asst
"Go to guy" #3 (Jones) leading scorer but currently in jail
"Team leader" (Shaw) 0-0, 0 pts, and a completely zero stat line
Other difference makers and stat-sheet-fillers such as Zecevic, Crawford, Shayok - long gone

[turtle]

LOL @ this bunch of losers and that goofus coach

[bu fan 9]

Was Bell ticketed too?