Chris Reynolds named new Bradley AD

[CubbieBear]

in some followup questions asked by media & others - Chris Reynolds was asked (obviously) about any decision regarding head men's basketball coach...

his answer repeatedly and obviously well rehearsed was...
"there is no time table for any decision on that"...

but it also means it is right there on his mind and just maybe at the top of the list of things to do..

Well...there needs to be a timetable--and it is NOW!! The longer we wait--the worse it gets. Hoping he makes an immediate impact at BU and sends Geno packing and brings his person on board--waiting for the inevitable has no benefit.

[tornado]

CubbieBear - I think there is a form of timetable and I think it is already churning but he is being diplomatic so as to avoid presumptions and expectations right away - cuz sometimes things just take a little more time than initially allotted.

[bradleyfan124]

Just watched his intro and news conference and was impressed. I find myself getting excited again...GO BRAVES

[Tommy]

Finally got to see the video and what can I say - I love this guy, already. Definitely didn't have the same feeling when Michael Cross was hired. I remember watching his initial interview and thinking, 'this guy doesn't know anything about Bradley basketball', while Chris can go on and on about Bradley and more specifically the basketball program.

Go Braves! Time to get excited again!

[bigjimmy]

Heard that it was a very uncomfortable ceremony for you know who. That's just too bad. From everything I have heard about Chris he is, I believe, the right person in the right place at the right time. I would expect Chris already has an idea who he wants as head coach and that sometime before the Final Four we'll know who it is.

[AZ BU Fan]

Welcome To BU Chris Reynolds!

All of us here at MVC Regular Season Game Pick Em Contest (um, its just me) welcome Chris Reynolds to BU as BU's new AD.
Congratulations!

Here's hoping Chris and his future MBB head coach at BU (whether GF or someone else) return BU MBB to the top of the MVC. Can only be good for future participation in the pick em contest. Hopefully Chris will join in future pick em contests as well (alias's are OK).

(Absolutely, totally, shameless plug for the MVC Regular Season Game Pick Em Contest, right here on bf.com)

[CubbieBear]

CubbieBear - I think there is a form of timetable and I think it is already churning but he is being diplomatic so as to avoid presumptions and expectations right away - cuz sometimes things just take a little more time than initially allotted.

I guess I am just too impatient for the chuning to stop and hear the news I have been waiting all season for--that BU basketball is finally Fordless

[Buesch N Chips]

I'm not nearly as trigger-happy to canonize or demonize as other people. The press conference was encouraging, but so was Tim Beckman's. He will be judged by me on how he gets things turned around. I'm rooting for him, but he hasn't done anything yet.

[CubbieBear]

I'm not nearly as trigger-happy to canonize or demonize as other people. The press conference was encouraging, but so was Tim Beckman's. He will be judged by me on how he gets things turned around. I'm rooting for him, but he hasn't done anything yet.

Actually he has---he said he couldn't wait to take his son to Avantis for pizza--he had been telling him how good Avantis was and was going there right after the press conference--so--he IS off to a good start

[basketball nut]

Heard that it was a very uncomfortable ceremony for you know who. That's just too bad. From everything I have heard about Chris he is, I believe, the right person in the right place at the right time. I would expect Chris already has an idea who he wants as head coach and that sometime before the Final Four we'll know who it is.

One thing for certain, if we make a coaching change, is we won't be getting our 6th or 7th (or worse) choice like the last time. I'm sure CR already has a list of possible coaches and is doing his own research.
There are many good head coaches at smaller colleges as well some very good ass't coaches that would love this job.
Remember WSU took a chance and now look at their program-we can do the same.

[lefty]

Remember WSU took a chance and now look at their program-we can do the same.

You are always taking a chance when you hire someone as there are no guarantees....but really Marshall wasn't that big of a chance when you look at his record at Winthrop. We may get someone as good but we will not get someone with a previous record that compares to Marshall's at Winthrop....



7 out of 9 NCAA appearances
6 first place and 2 second place finishes in the conference
194-83 overall and 104-24 in conference during the 9 years......


I would venture to say there no coaches available with anything close to that resume

[bradleyfan124]

One thing for certain, if we make a coaching change, is we won't be getting our 6th or 7th (or worse) choice like the last time. I'm sure CR already has a list of possible coaches and is doing his own research.
There are many good head coaches at smaller colleges as well some very good ass't coaches that would love this job.
Remember WSU took a chance and now look at their program-we can do the same.

Dick Versace was a gamble at the time. Junior College!! but that worked out

[Tommy]

I'm not nearly as trigger-happy to canonize or demonize as other people. The press conference was encouraging, but so was Tim Beckman's. He will be judged by me on how he gets things turned around. I'm rooting for him, but he hasn't done anything yet.

I understand your trepidation. However, consider the following excerpt from Wessler's latest offering on Chris before you say he hasn't done anything yet:

"Reynolds, who was formally introduced Wednesday as Bradley??™s new AD, has a killer resume. Besides a law degree and a Ph.D., he has worked with and learned from some of the elite people in college sports, and we??™re not even talking about his Hall of Fame college basketball coach, Bob Knight. There are Duke??™s Kevin White and Indiana??™s Fred Glass and Northwestern??™s Jim Phillips, who is chairman of the NCAA Division I Council."

And unrelated, as far as Beckman goes - jury is still out on him in my opinion. He has shown signs of coaching ability unlike what I've thought about Geno since season 1. The Illini did make a bowl game last year (yes, I know just about anyone can go to a bowl), and I see signs of progress in the football program. If it continues, we should have a shot at a serious bowl at some point.

But I digress - Chris Reynolds: there are a million reasons to be excited about this guy!

[tornado]

every new guy coming in will say essentially the same thing - that they are here to take the program UPWARDS!!

But those words are a sacred covenant if you make them -- fans DO NOT FORGET....
and the last gang made those promises and instantly took us down, down, down towards depths we'd never seen.
In fact - Dr. Cross even went so far as to REPEATEDLY trash the people who were there running the department before him (Virnette & KK)
..and claim they had done so terrible and that the depth of the problems that existed in the department was so severe that he used that line to try to lay claim to doing na tremendous job just to win 7 games in Geno's first year and he used that line to boondoggle Kirk Wessler into writing this column - scolding fans for being inpatient and claiming it's gonna take several more years. - LINK

Here's an irony - on the very same page that announced the hiring of Dr. Cross in 2010 - was the announcement of how incredibly successful the fund raising campaign was - already topping a record $131 million

If there was ever a time that it could be said "we can't get any worse" - it's now - so Chris Reynolds' job is definitely cut out for him and will not be an easy job - but somehow I feel better (as my avatar hints) than I have felt in 4 years...

[basketball nut]

Dick Versace was a gamble at the time. Junior College!! but that worked out

BF124, I have no problem taking a gamble on a candidate, I just don't want him to be our tenth choice.
I want our first choice if at all possible. I realize that the first choice might not want to leave where they are at but let's convince them otherwise.