This Is Bradley Basketball

[tornado]

Kinda corny, but a funny video with Coach Wardle

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=865900946792746

[Da Coach]

Funny! Nice to see the staff and admins having a little fun.


BTW- fall recruiting period just opened up this morning, so after weeks of "quiet period", the staff will be spending a lot of time on the road recruiting for the next few months.

http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Men%27s%20Basketball.pdf

[Bobby Parker]

This Is Bradley Basketball

Our Braves Vision staff is working with the basketball coaching staff on a series of fun videos, which will be posted to the Bradley Athletics Youtube channel. Here is the debut piece with Coach Wardle and Kaboom! https://youtu.be/lVRQdhV3kZk

[jtim1152]

I love it!

[Da Coach]

Here is the next installment of the "This is Bradley Brasketball" YouTube video series featuring Kaboom-

https://www.facebook.com/BradleyAthletics/videos/vb.139079699474878/869170276465813/?type=2&theater

Direct YouTube video link-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQzxChVBdLg

[tornado]

another KaBoom video

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=878512162198291

[Da Coach]

Another great video promo by Bradley featuring Kaboom, Coach Wardle, and Coach Stowell.
This is the funniest one yet, IMO-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I6IA-rNfr8&feature=youtu.be

[Da Coach]

Another sign that Coach Wardle and the current team "gets it"-

https://twitter.com/bradleyumbb/status/654658368695480320

[mvcfan]

Obviously winning is the biggest draw for a program, but things like this are always good. When at ISU Porter Moser did a lot of stuff like this around campus he just didn't get the winning thing done in time. Good for Wardle.

[Da Coach]

Many other past Bradley coaches have done similar things, but I believe Wardle is going beyond what we've seen before.
Other past coaches realized what a great job the Bradley Head Coach is, and how passionate the fans and community support the team. But other than the 3 community "Meet & Greet" events prior to Geno's first season, there was a near-total void of this kind of philosophy, fan events, and outreach the last 4 years. In fact, despite the fans' complaints, many yearly events like the Itoo Hall, the Preseason Gala Banquet, open practices, the Postseason Awards Banquet, fan bus trips, Braves Club events, and even the Red-White scrimmage were dropped.
And I agree that winning would have compensated for that lack of community and campus outreach, but that didn't happen enough and it created a perfect storm for the decline of the program to depths never before seen. I still find it hard to believe the people at the top who wanted all that could not see the damage it was doing.
I guess that's why it's so refreshing to see the things happening now.

[Chico]

They could all take a lesson from Coach Versace in getting the team involved in the community. Of course going 32-3 didn't help him any. Coach Wardle is doing a great job so far.

[tornado]

Another sign that Coach Wardle ... "gets it"-...

Marquette basketball remembers Coach Wardle

https://twitter.com/MarquetteMBB/status/654662069678051334

They have a web feature every Thursday called THROWBACK THURSDAY (#TBT) and guess who they honor today?

[tornado]

another Bradley video....this one not from the athletic department, but from Bradley Advancement office...
a takeoff of the "Jake from State Farm" commercials

https://twitter.com/bradleyu/status/671666386285010944

[Da Coach]

That Bradley Advancement video features Chairman of the Board of Trustees Doug Stewart and his wife, and Bradley Vice President for Advancement Jacob Heuser.

[tornado]

another of the "This Is Bradley Basketball" videos will be upcoming soon

https://twitter.com/bradleyumbb/status/687755833355145220