Article on U of Cal coaching search mentions Les

[SFP]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/29/SP7VVSS6B.DTL

This is an article in the local SF paper that brings up JL's name. I feel if he get's this program to the next level we will be lucky to keep him.

"she could go off the grid and make a run at an offbrand name like Jim Les (Bradley)"

[Big Mike]

Wow....thats wild?

[Guinness]

Les is at Bradley for more than just money. I think it would be hard to get him to leave.

[Chucky T's]

Les is at Bradley for more than just money. I think it would be hard to get him to leave.

I hope you are right but I would never underestimate the power of money.

[SFP]

Les is at Bradley for more than just money. I think it would be hard to get him to leave.

I think you are right but one never knows. Berkeley though is a long shot but imagine if a top school came calling with all the resources needed to make a title run year in and year out and a community he feels he can raise his family! Let's face it before that happens he will have taken Bradley on a nice ride!

[lefty]

While Les certainly hasn't done bad there hasn't been enouigh good to worry about making a jump to the next level.....

[tornado]

Les is at Bradley for more than just money. I think it would be hard to get him to leave.

the BU administration just sweetened Jim Les' contract by allowing him first pick of the remaining Fieldhouse troughs.

[lefty]

the BU administration just sweetened Jim Les' contract by allowing him first pick of the remaining Fieldhouse troughs.

I don't know T..you are starting to worry me with the urinal obsession

[MacabreMob]

I hope you are right but I would never underestimate the power of money.

And don't underestimate the power of attractive weather and climates to live in.

Hot/humid summers and brutal winters vs....

http://www.idcide.com/weather/ca/berkeley.htm

[Braves4Life]

I don't believe Les will leave right now but if BU goes a few more years without a Valley Championship and doesn't live up to their preseason hype I think Alumni pressure may mount against Les and he will make the smart move and leave BU for another (not necessarily better) job.

I hope this doesn't happen (and don't think it will) as I think Les will only continue to get better as a coach. Heck, he's still "learning on the job" and has just completed his third successive 20-win season. How many BU coaches can lay claim to that stat?!

[MacabreMob]

I don't believe Les will leave right now but if BU goes a few more years without a Valley Championship and doesn't live up to their preseason hype I think Alumni pressure may mount against Les and he will make the smart move and leave BU for another (not necessarily better) job.

I hope this doesn't happen (and don't think it will) as I think Les will only continue to get better as a coach. Heck, he's still "learning on the job" and has just completed his third successive 20-win season. How many BU coaches can lay claim to that stat?!

Anderson, Osborne and Molinari.

[OrangeandBlack74]

Anderson, Osborne and Molinari.

It always helps to have that media guide right next to the computer...

[MacabreMob]

It always helps to have that media guide right next to the computer...

It always helps just to get one and read it.

[BU ICEMAN]

Alright since I don't have a media guide next to my computer....

Doesn't Les have a California connection (the state, not the school) because he was an assistant for the Sacramento WNBA franchise or something like that? Maybe that's why they remember him out there?

[SFP]

Alright since I don't have a media guide next to my computer....

Doesn't Les have a California (the state, not the school) because he was an assistant for the Sacramento WNBA franchise or something like that? Maybe that's why they remember him out there?

I believe Les does a pretty good job with the media outside of Peoria. Have you ever heard him give a bad interview? I think it probably has more to do with the Sweet 16 and his time spent in the NBA.