Brian Wardle offers his first scholarship offer

[Vent]

Wardle can use all of the available scholarships for next year if he wants. The only problem with that is, often times you recruit a player that doesn't develop like you had hoped. Then you have scholarships tied up with players that don't contribute. He can't afford to miss very often on judging potential talent. The talent level overall is much higher, from top to bottom of the league, in the Valley as opposed to the Horizon. With that in mind, the level of recruit a coach brings into the Valley, must be better than the level of recruit brought into the Horizon.

If stability is to be restored to the program, he can't have a revolving door of recruiting players that transfer after their freshman or sophomore year. That helped get Ford into a huge mess.

Wardle must be given a chance, however, I don't think he'll have the honeymoon with the fans, three to four years to show improvement, that Ford had. People want to see results and the university can't afford otherwise.

[basketball nut]

Wardle must be given a chance, however, I don't think he'll have the honeymoon with the fans, three to four years to show improvement, that Ford had. People want to see results and the university can't afford otherwise.

The fans are going to have to be patient. Chances are BW won't turn this around in one year. Can he start to bring stability to the program? Of course he can but he needs a minimum of 2 and more then likely 3 years to really start to show improvement to the point we want to see.

[Chico]

Hopefully coach Wardle can pull a Versace and get by the first year with mostly someone else's players and go to the big dance the following season.

[tornado]

Paul Lusk got votes for Coach of the Year when he cleaned house and guided Missouri State to a 20-win season with all freshmen & sophomores...
..it can be done

[pfcmsh]

Recruiting by Coach Wardle

I love this forum as a source of information unavailable elsewhere. I have been checking it several times a day for about a month. There is so much knowledge posted on here!

A question I have, and perhaps others might have, is about recruiting now that Coach Wardle is here. How do we all keep track of what he is doing with:
- active offers made before his arrival
- offers he has made since arriving
- how many offers he has available to make
- ongoing updates on his offers and past offers that are current
- offers from this point forward
- ongoing updates on his offers and past offers that are current

I've seen a scholarship grid on here from 2008 to 2012 posted by DaCoach, I think. Could we have something like that to check the status on current offers. I'd be willing to help in any way I can. I just want BU to get back on the competitive map and I am anxious for information to that end.

Help?

Thanks to you all for great posts. I love the forum!

[tornado]

an interview with Wardle from Green Bay station

http://fox11online.com/2015/04/02/wardle-on-leaving-green-bay-hope-for-his-replacement/

[tornado]

Class of 2016 Sam Hauser from Stevens Point, WI (small forward)
gets an offer from new Bradley head coach Brian Wardle

Great job Coach W!
https://twitter.com/Big_Smooth10

Sam Hauser is blowing up

https://twitter.com/IndiJarrell/status/589502683939233792

https://twitter.com/ROCKSpringClass/status/589486199850545152

https://twitter.com/ROCKSpringClass/status/589503975197691904

[Da Coach]

Class of 2016 Sam Hauser from Stevens Point, WI (small forward)
gets an offer from new Bradley head coach Brian Wardle

https://twitter.com/Big_Smooth10

It is being reported that Bradley Head Coach Brian Wardle has just offered a scholarship to high school freshman Joey Hauser, who is the younger brother of BU recruit Sam Hauser. It is his first scholarship offer.

http://www.wissports.net/roster_players/6688036

Here is a video of both Hauser brothers playing for Stevens Point HS

https://vimeo.com/115852552

[chicav]

I just read a story about Hauser in the Stevens Point paper the other day. Interesting. SPASH. Cool name for a HS http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/s...-poy/26002579/

[Da Coach]

Julian Torres, the 6'8" post player from Bolingbrook HS was just released last week from Wisconsin-Green bay after Brian Wardle left. Coach Wardle has been rumored to be recruiting him for Bradley (no confirmation of that).
But today, Torres is being visited by new UIC head coach Steve McClain-

https://twitter.com/brookhoops/status/590512521888464896

[tornado]

Julian Torres - LINK - Torres helped Bolingbrook to STATE - LINK
Joel Okafor - LINK - some nice press - LINK
Antoine Pittman - LINK - & you might want to watch this - from same high school as Fred Van Vleet - LINK...

one down - two to go...

[tornado]

One time TOP recruit out of Chicago Alex Foster, is transferring from Texas Tech

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/03/reports-reserve-texas-tech-forward-alex-foster-granted-release-from-program.html/

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread...237#post308237

and

Hmmm ...Alex Foster is leaving Texas Tech and transferring...

and

one time BU recruit Alex Foster who is at Texas Tech - was once rated up there with Jabari Parker...
is struggling at Texas Tech -- he is about as far down in the playing rotation as any scholarship player there...
he's played about 6 min per game and averages about 1 pt/1 reb per game...
BUT -- now that conference play has started in the big 12 - he only gets in half the games and the ones he does play - he's getting just 2 min/gm
Gotta wonder if he'd be interested in coming back to play with a few of his Chicago buddies closer to home??
He played with the same AAU program Donte Thomas played for (Meanstreets)

wow - glad Coach Wardle is right on top of things - I think Alex Foster is one of the top remaining big man targets - nice get Coach!!!