Geno

[tornado]

Here's an observation...

of course we all know Geno did poorly at Bradley - he never won, was overpaid, then extended and cost us a fortune to buy him out, and we are only now digging out of that hole..

BUT - in June 2016, Geno joined the staff of Jeff Boals at Stony Brook and since then they have done a good job at Stony Brook...
they have rebuilt the program & are off to a very good start this year-
beating South Carolina and they have four really good scorers...including one guy, a kid from London named Akwasi Yeboah, who could be their conference Player of the Year.

https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/stony-brook-stuns-south-carolina-s-men-in-basketball/article_a155441c-e493-11e8-b84b-db019bfd649e.html

https://www.newsday.com/sports/college/stony-brook/stony-brook-basketball-time-for-everyone-to-talk-about-us-1.22463150

So I think this proves something I have always believed - that Geno was not the whole problem - the problem here at Bradley came from higher up and Geno was doomed from the start.

[Dub]

I'm not shocked that Geno's level of performance could be overcome in an assistant role at a decent program. And no, he wasn't the whole problem nor was he the root cause of the problem. Human pride and ego was.

[tornado]

I actually found Geno to be a pretty nice guy and maybe even a decent coach - but not a great recruiter and certainly not good with discipline and his practices were pure chaos with the inmates running the asylum. But I also think nobody can do a good job at the DI level with such incompetence and meddling coming from directly above and even further up the chain of command.

[PhiAlphaBoy]

I actually found Geno to be a pretty nice guy and maybe even a decent coach - but not a great recruiter and certainly not good with discipline and his practices were pure chaos with the inmates running the asylum. But I also think nobody can do a good job at the DI level with such incompetence and meddling coming from directly above and even further up the chain of command.

I think this is a pretty accurate and fair assessment of Geno Ford. Geno can be a decent coach if he stays at the right level and has an administration that turns a blind eye to recruiting players of character and/or academic excellence. Jim Les is another pretty good example of a decent coach who has been able to build a program and excel at a lower level.