Chris Reynolds named new Bradley AD

[Tommy]

Nice call, Coach! I'm thinking Howard is going to be our next coach now, more than ever.

[ancona flash]

Based on what? His recruiting prowess at U of I that sunk Weber? That he's from Peoria?

[ihatetea]

Nice call, Coach! I'm thinking Howard is going to be our next coach now, more than ever.

I am in total agreement. Of all the names I have heard rumored for the position Howard is the best imo. I don't think what he did last summer is the deal breaker it would have been in decades past and hope the university can look past it to see the quality of coach Howard is.

[Tommy]

Based on what? His recruiting prowess at U of I that sunk Weber? That he's from Peoria?

Based on the fact that Coach said it would be Howard about a month ago and he's almost always right.

And blaming Howard's recruiting for the demise of Weber? That's a pretty big stretch.

[tornado]

Jerrance helped land everyone that Weber got - not Jerrance's fault that Richmond failed, Leonard went pro, and others tore their knees up..
He is a fine recruiter..

[Da Coach]

I don't know if he would be approved by the board now, but recruiting would not be a problem, and IMO, he would be successful very quickly at BU. He would prove all those who claimed it takes many years to begin seeing the first signs of success from a rebuilding to be wrong and totally clueless.

[ancona flash]

Ibby Djimde. Mike Shaw. Jereme Richmond. Devin Langford.

All JH recruits. All bombs. Not saying it's all JH....Weber made his own bed and deserved to be let go. But other than DJ name me a guy at U of I that JH brought in that was mid range decent in the B10? It's a fair question.

The other thing......there is all kinds of smoke around Kansas basketball right now. Not saying it's all JH, but there's lots and lots of smoke.

[wizard1]

Chris Reynolds.....

A great selection that clearly puts Bradley back on track to start rebuilding our basketball and other athletic programs. The future is very bright. After everything was said and done, the BOT did the right thing for Bradley so lets give them credit for a great move with Chris Reynolds. Well done BOT!!
Wizard

[mvcfan]

It is his fault if you recruit head cases! It is hilarious to see posts from people from the admin about agendas. This is a good hire and Howard would be a mistake.

[tornado]

A great selection that clearly puts Bradley back on track to start rebuilding our basketball and other athletic programs....

nice assessment - bit by bit we have to un-do what has killed our programs for the past 4-5 years and bring in all new people..
Sure it's gonna cost money but it was costing 10 times more by us headed down the drain!
This will tick the daylights out of a few fans & media folks who hitched their wagon to this crew who claimed endlessly they were going to give us back "championship experience" but it was going so fast & so far in the opposite direction that we had to clean house.
Just think - if the fans hadn't literally risen in rebellion to force these changes - we were going to be stuck with that staus quo for 4-5 more years!

[ancona flash]

I repent of my temporary negativity. Still leery of JH but whatever.....We got a new AD and I think he's gonna be great. Anything is better than what we are dealing with now. I just really want this hire to be 100% right. We've gotta get this right!!!!!!!

Man, I want to see 10K plus in Carver screaming their lungs out. Come on CR.....make the right hire and make it happen!

[Tommy]

I repent of my temporary negativity. Still leery of JH but whatever.....We got a new AD and I think he's gonna be great. Anything is better than what we are dealing with now. I just really want this hire to be 100% right. We've gotta get this right!!!!!!!

Man, I want to see 10K plus in Carver screaming their lungs out. Come on CR.....make the right hire and make it happen!

Good call. I'm with you on that. Whatever choice he makes, let's all hope it's the right one! Howard or not, let's hope the new AD does his due diligence!

[egib52]

A name that intrigues me is Anthony Grant. He was just let go at Alabama, and was 117-85 at a football school including 5 20+ win teams. He also built VCU (76-25, with 2 NCAA appearances) before Smart took over. I am not sure he would be interested, but he has been successful at two schools and getting back to a basketball school may really interest him.

[garbonie]

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!!!. Cant wipe this smile off my face. Chris knows basketball, learned from two of the best coaches, buesh, and knight. Chris will get the job done and he will do it right.

[bigjimmy]

First off congratulations Chris and welcome home. You'll find the passion for Bradley basketball is the same now than when you were a senior at Peoria High. Now that the AD is in place how quick is the next decision going to be made. If Geno is called off the road this week I'd expect our next head coach will be in place by the Final Four, regardless if they are still playing. And I do think that his leading candidate is Jerrance. Whether the Board would approve is another matter.