Assistant Coach Brian Jones leaves BU

[wily coyote]

Hated to see Brian leave. Think he did a good job and was well liked by the players . Side note Brian played under Hall of Fame High School Coach Duncan Reid ay Rock Island HS. I was fortunate to work his last game of his Freshmen year in 1988 at the Assembly Hall. It was a game they got beat in OT by Kendall Gill.I'm sure Duncan would be very proud of what Brian has accomplished in his Coaching career.

[BUfan14]

I think this hurts. Obviously having good recruiters is important, but I think we all saw the difference in player development, in season adjustments, and in game adjustments that Brian seemed to bring this past year. The best I’ve seen out of this staff in all those areas. Recruiting may not be easy, but the development of players is just as important once you get them here. I think he will be missed and hope they find someone good to replace him. I also think it was really good for Brian Wardle to have a somewhat outside and new voice, as I think Wardle has a tendency to get stubborn and stuck in his ways sometimes, like a lot of coaches. This seemed to push him to having his best year as well. Change is inevitable in college basketball, just have to find the right person to replace him with. Will be interesting to see if it’s a recruiter or a strategy guy. Ideally both.

[bradleyfan124]

I think this hurts. Obviously having good recruiters is important, but I think we all saw the difference in player development, in season adjustments, and in game adjustments that Brian seemed to bring this past year. The best I’ve seen out of this staff in all those areas. Recruiting may not be easy, but the development of players is just as important once you get them here. I think he will be missed and hope they find someone good to replace him. I also think it was really good for Brian Wardle to have a somewhat outside and new voice, as I think Wardle has a tendency to get stubborn and stuck in his ways sometimes, like a lot of coaches. This seemed to push him to having his best year as well. Change is inevitable in college basketball, just have to find the right person to replace him with. Will be interesting to see if it’s a recruiter or a strategy guy. Ideally both.

Yes. I think it shows Wardle is willing to bring in and listen to new ideas

[Dub]

Him having worked at ISU for any length of time tainted our program. This purifies things again.

[Bball31]

I think it would be nice if Bradley could hire a well respected high school coach from Chicagoland as an assistant.

[bradleyfan124]

Here are my 2 candidates for the assistant coaching job. Marcellus Sommerville or JaShon Henry

[egib52]

Here are my 2 candidates for the assistant coaching job. Marcellus Sommerville or JaShon Henry

JaShon needs to start at the bottom. I would guess Marcellus isn't interested in coaching otherwise he would be. Your better bet if you want someone with connections to the Bradley program would be Danny Ruffin, locally. We need someone with good recruiting ties, i.e. well connected h.s. coach or juco coach. Ideally someone who is great with Xs and Os, and also has strong Illinois recruiting connections.

[Big Mike]

Always said we need a Dodie Dunson personality on he staff for recruiting ...awesome person, always upbeat and can connect to the younger generation on the recruiting trail....plus he has that true Bradley connection being a past player...

[Stryker]

JaShon needs to start at the bottom. I would guess Marcellus isn't interested in coaching otherwise he would be. Your better bet if you want someone with connections to the Bradley program would be Danny Ruffin, locally. We need someone with good recruiting ties, i.e. well connected h.s. coach or juco coach. Ideally someone who is great with Xs and Os, and also has strong Illinois recruiting connections.

Ruffin I think will probably be at Peoria High for a while, he just got done with his second season as a high school HC, and I'd guess he wants to leave at least a bit of a legacy there considering his father and how close he is with Coach B. Definitely could be a candidate at BU in the future. I'm not sure how good of a fit at the college level he would be though. I graduated the same year as Ruffin and saw plenty of him around, but he always seemed like a real quite guy. He may be a bit more of an X & O guy vs recruiter.

[PhiAlphaBoy]

I could see Wardle going after a former player of his before someone like Ruffin or Dunson who he has no connection to. I like Dunson but he's been more involved with coaching and recruiting the women's game since graduation. I think Wardle will reach into his own connections to find his next assistant.

[Old Coach]

I think it would be nice if Bradley could hire a well respected high school coach from Chicagoland as an assistant.

Good luck finding one of those.

[carter]

Like most have already said,hated to hear Brian Jones was leaving.I think he helped the team alot last year.eSince replacement names have been tossed around,does anyone have any thoughts on either Greg Lansing or Matt Lotach.I think coach Wardle and Matt have been pretty close in the past.I haven't heard what Greg Lansing is doing since leaving Ind St.

[PhiAlphaBoy]

Like most have already said,hated to hear Brian Jones was leaving.I think he helped the team alot last year.eSince replacement names have been tossed around,does anyone have any thoughts on either Greg Lansing or Matt Lotach.I think coach Wardle and Matt have been pretty close in the past.I haven't heard what Greg Lansing is doing since leaving Ind St.

Now we're talking carter. That's exactly the kind of assistant we need and both would probably be available. Lansing is currently a pro scout so I'm not sure we could match what he's currently being paid by the Sixers. If we're looking for an X & O kind of coach both would probably be fantastic, especially Lansing.

[Old Coach]

Now we're talking carter. That's exactly the kind of assistant we need and both would probably be available. Lansing is currently a pro scout so I'm not sure we could match what he's currently being paid by the Sixers. If we're looking for an X & O kind of coach both would probably be fantastic, especially Lansing.

Bradley's budget for this role would be roughly in the $125,000 per year neighborhood.

[PhiAlphaBoy]

Bradley's budget for this role would be roughly in the $125,000 per year neighborhood.

Right. That won't get you much, but if an out-of- work coach like Lottich (or someone else recently fired) needs an immediate paycheck...