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Originally posted by buballer82
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I have repeatedly said that I had no problem with him transferring. I would have preferred it have been either prior to or after the season, but with the coaching change, I could understand (Notice you don't see much ill will towards Joah Tucker on here). My problem with DG is him leaving town and saying "he was treated like a slave" (trying to portray our head coach as some sort of racist), saying he needed to play for a "black coach" (despite committing to Jim Molinari, who is white), and saying he wanted to get "closer to home" (despite Albequerque being much farther from Metairie than Peoria). None of those comments were in the 'heat of the moment', much like his decision to transfer wasn't. They were planned, calculated comments. Whether they were his idea or not, he said them. He's a fine player, and I would have loved to see him finish his career at BU. Had he left saying nothing, or saying that he was following Duane Broussard (another topic altogether), I would have wished him nothing but the best and probably chalk him up to 'the one that got away'. But for him to go out of his way to call a press conference and say what he said is not tolerable and not forgotten. His comments regarding the Fieldhouse "bringing back memories" (what memories?) and saying "everyone got what they wanted" (BU getting a team with no inside players for 2 years and a slew of lies and innuendo thrown at the program) show that DG is the same person as when he left BU. The only person that got what they wanted out of everything is DG, but in his world that's all that matters. I don't want him polluting the BU basketball family any more than he already has. He's got his own 'family' in New Mexico, right? After all, it is 'closer to home', isn't it?Onward and Upward!
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It's all HISTORY - but..
Anybody that wouldn't stand for the National Anthem has no place here! And based on that fact alone - he was never a Brave and never will be!Comment
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I am fine with welcoming Danny Granger and healing old wounds. I applaud Jim les and Ken Kavanagh for their showing of class in greeting Granger.
I actually feel Danny was manipulated quite a bit by Broussard and McKay both before (illegal contact) and after he left Bradley. I do not think that Danny is really a bad guy at all, and would have never said the things he said if he had spoken from his own heart. The ridiculous stuff about being treated like a slave was something I believe he was prompted to say at New Mexico to deflect the charges of illegal actions by their coaching staff. Note in the articles below that this is exactly what Jim Les said back in January of 2003. He was right.
Read these old articles (especially anyone who wasn't around Bradley in 2002 and 2003 to remember) and see what Granger said and how Les and Kavanagh responded. The Bradley people have taken the high road in all of this:
From PJ Star sports expert Kirk Wessler in his Jan. 10, 2012 column following 8th loss in a row at Drake-
"Yes, the Braves are better than they were when the season started two months ago. By a light year or two, they??™re better."
And from the PJ Star 4/26/12, Dave Reynolds-
"Fields and Grier both appear to be difference makers. If Bradley continues to add the right players around them, happy days may be ahead for the Braves after a long dry spell."Comment
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If I remember right, and I do, he didn't make the trip to Indiana. But he made the return trip. He had his best game of his career and then said the hell with you guys. By the way, I missed the start of the alumni game, did DG hide during the National Athem?What part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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Cheeze-n-rice!
Can anybody answer Chico's question? He seems to be quite obsessed with it.
Tell ya what Chico... I'll take a stab at it... I bet he was fashionably late serving 2 purposes: 1) miss the National Anthem and 2) make a statement of his arrival.
Whew!
Feel better? I know I do.Comment
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The national anthem was not played.Originally posted by ChicoComment
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That's TOO FUNNY!Originally posted by amckillip
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Well said BradleyBrave.Comment
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That's all I wanted to know MMob. It took a long time for a answer. I thought you would be the one to know.What part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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I kinda liked my fabricated answer.Originally posted by Chico
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