Coaching candidates

[Braves2006]

My choices are Grant, Davis, Wardle. Fwiw

Mine too...although I would put JH in between Davis and Wardle.

[Tommy]

What about a return of Jim Les? Anyone hearing that rumor?

I would enjoy seeing JG introduce him.

lol, that is awesome!

[Buesch N Chips]

the mere fact that the Board of Trustees chose Dr. Glasser to introduce Chris Reynolds - who was hired clearly over her objections - tells me the BOT still is making some dysfunctional decisions even tho I like the choice of Reynolds.

Glasser was involved with the hire.

[Tommy]

Glasser was involved with the hire.

You can't honestly be naive enough to believe that the board put any trust in her opinion on this hire?

[Buesch N Chips]

You can't honestly be naive enough to believe that the board put any trust in her opinion on this hire?

No idea. I'm just saying she was involved.

[pfcmsh]

What Bradley fans have just witnessed over the past few weeks is unprecedented. I doubt we could find another D1 school that fired their President, AD, and head coach all within a few weeks.
Does everyone think this is just some bizarre coincidence?
I think we all know that it is not. This is all part of a complex, and comprehensive plan to rebuild the Bradley administration and athletic department.
Is it just a fluke that all 3 of these firings were predicted right here? Even the hiring of Chris Reynolds was predicted. And it is a good bet that the next head coach is also someone who was part of this plan.

Hello DaCoach,

I found your comments to be of hope. You mentioned that the parting from the university of all (3)... JG, MC and GF are unprecedented moves. I respect your opinion very much. This unprecedented move is encouraging. It tells me the BOTs is very serious about restoring BU Men's BB to MVC competitiveness. Am I right to come to this conclusion?

As I look back to the 70's and forward, I think that Dick Versace was the best thing to ever happen to Bradley BB from that time and forward. What do you think?

[pfcmsh]

What about a return of Jim Les? Anyone hearing that rumor?

I would enjoy seeing JG introduce him.

I'm for Jim Les coming back. He won't though. Put yourself in his position and the way he was treated. If it were me, it would be a cold day in h--- before I would come back. Then again, money talks, right?

[tornado]

I don't see why anyone would want to transfer because of a coaching change. I think they have just been given a good reason to stay.

The Chicago players are already talking about leaving
"They don??™t want to leave (Bradley and transfer elsewhere).
But it??™ll come down to who Bradley??™s going to hire as the head coach and the assistants.???

Coleman says
???I??™m still here for now.???

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150323/SPORTS/150329675/11130/SPORTS?rssfeed=true&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

anyone think they are already looking at other options?

[Southside]

BW

I've seen Brian Wardle speak at a few coaches clinics. Pretty impressive guy.

[lefty]

The Chicago players are already talking about leaving
"They don??™t want to leave (Bradley and transfer elsewhere).
But it??™ll come down to who Bradley??™s going to hire as the head coach and the assistants.???

Coleman says
???I??™m still here for now.???

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150323/SPORTS/150329675/11130/SPORTS?rssfeed=true&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

anyone think they are already looking at other options?

Pretty much what you expect really. As long as they wait to meet the new coach??¦??¦??¦if they want to leave after that then that's ok??¦??¦..


If I was Coleman I would sure be considering my options now too??¦.

[tornado]

most new hires would want to go get their own players - certainly Geno did...
Geno brought in 5 or 6 or even as many as 8 new ones every year

what's a bit simpler here is that there are ZERO future scholarships committed - so any new hire doesn't have the uncomfortable chore of telling a kid to go somewhere else vs. taking an incoming kid he did not recruit.

I suspect at least 3 or 4 scholarships will be open this spring for the new hire to get started but there's not a whole lot of talent just waiting out there for an offer --
It'll be interesting - will we go after the transfer market?

What I hope for more than anything is midwestern kids who can shoot the ball.
We will never beat many teams shooting 20-30%

[BU FAMILY]

btw - did you see this...
The Loyola fans are already talking about hiring Chin Coleman as soon as they can and then expecting maybe Cunningham to transfer? - http://www.ramblermania.net/forum/vi...hp?f=12&t=1098


Coleman may be headed to Loyola, but I'm pretty sure Cunningham won't end up there - there's no way he sits out two years (per MVC in-conference transfer rules).

[Da Coach]

Here is a blogger from Wisconsin-Green Bay reporting about Brian Wardle, who is likely to be Bradley's next coach -

http://phearthephoenix.webs.com/apps/blog/show/43192921-brian-wardle-a-potential-candidate-for-bradley-job

Also, here is a thread from the Marquette board with their thoughts about Wardle to Bradley-

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=47065.0

Here is Wardle's record in 5 seasons as UW-GB's head coach-
Season.... School....... Conf..... G...W...L.....W-L%
2010-11...Green Bay..Horizon..32..14..18.. .438
2011-12...Green Bay..Horizon..30..15..15.. .500
2012-13...Green Bay..Horizon..34..18..16.. .529
2013-14...Green Bay..Horizon..31..24...7... .774
2014-15...Green Bay..Horizon..33..24...9... .727
Career....Green Bay..Horizon..160..95..65.. .594


Notes: Green Bay won the regular season Horizon League title in 2013-14.
Wardle has never won the Horizon League Tournament, and never appeared in the NCAA Tournament. He has made it to the NIT the past 2 seasons, going 0-2.

[tornado]

there's also talk that if the dominoes fall right - the DePaul job may be offered to Wardle -
he might be thinking - why should I jump at the BU job until I know I am not going to have a shot at DePaul...
it would be hard to turn down since they were paying Purnell almost $2 mil per year



Alabama waiting to offer $3 mil to Gregg Marshall

http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2015/3/23/8281553/alabama-wants-wichita-states-gregg-marshall-as-next-basketball-coach

[panther12thman]

Having Kirk Wessler tell us what we need in a coach at Bradley is laughable. Wessler was Geno's biggest fan and apologist. We hired the right A.D. and if he needs help finding the right guy he has a list of people he has played under and worked for that will help. Kirk needs to go back in the corner and hug his Geno bobble head.