Letter to PJ Star

[tornado]

As are most Bradley fans who realize what the firing of successful coaches can bring.

and firings of the two-time AD-of-the-year also...
gotta recall - the program he now leads sells out all their games, has a 300-400% increase in attendance since his arrival, and has gone to the NCAA repeatedly in a dozen different sports incl. basketball multiple times...
and whose name has been mentioned more than once in moving UP to bigger conferences and not down

[pfcmsh]

Les Or Versace

+1 for most of this post. I was upper bowl but wasn't a malcontent. I didn't agree with the Versace and Les firings.

Im with you, chico.

My 2 cents is...

1....if we would have kept Versace, we would have been a program in the top 20 most of the time. It is hard to stay there, for sure, but when you have a coach who can get the talent here to win, you need to keep him unless he brings other significant problems.

2....if we couldnt keep Versace on, then Jim Les is my next pick to keep in the upper eschelon of college basketball.

Albeck did ok too, but didn't he ride the heels of the former coaches recruits?

[Chico]

Im with you, chico.

My 2 cents is...

1....if we would have kept Versace, we would have been a program in the top 20 most of the time. It is hard to stay there, for sure, but when you have a coach who can get the talent here to win, you need to keep him unless he brings other significant problems.

2....if we couldnt keep Versace on, then Jim Les is my next pick to keep in the upper eschelon of college basketball.

Albeck did ok too, but didn't he ride the heels of the former coaches recruits?

Yes he did. I was afraid Hersey would leave when they fired Dick, but he stayed and Bradley went back to the Big Dance in Atlanta.

[pfcmsh]

Hersey

Yes he did. I was afraid Hersey would leave when they fired Dick, but he stayed and Bradley went back to the Big Dance in Atlanta.

Yep, you are spot on! If I recall, Villanova was named as being interested in Hawk. Heck, anyone in their right mind would want Hawk. I think Massimino was the coach of that team then. What a player Hawk was. Lead the NCAA in scoring. Huge.

[Chico]

Yep, you are spot on! If I recall, Villanova was named as being interested in Hawk. Heck, anyone in their right mind would want Hawk. I think Massimino was the coach of that team then. What a player Hawk was. Lead the NCAA in scoring. Huge.

And a class act to go along with it. I've been following Bradley basketball since the Armory days and the Hawk is still my favorite all time player.

[tornado]

... What a player Hawk was. Lead the NCAA in scoring. Huge.

I don't believe any player since 1988 in college basketball who played for a school who faced DI opponents has scored as much as Hawk's 36.3 ppg

in fact - nobody's even done 30 ppg in 20 years -