BU transfer- Anthony Fields- commits to Bradley

[Beninator]

I have to think that Fields' status here is continent on what happens to the big guy who visited this past weekend. I can't see us allocating all our available scholarships to players who have to sit out next year.

[Old Coach]

I have to think that Fields' status here is continent on what happens to the big guy who visited this past weekend. I can't see us allocating all our available scholarships to players who have to sit out next year.

Why not?

2013 is the year that matters.

[Da Coach]

Don't you think coaches and fans want to see some improvement next season?

[Beninator]

Why not?

2013 is the year that matters.

I would like to get another big, but if we get the big, we really need an outside shooter.

Don't you think coaches and fans want to see some improvement next season?

yeah... Signing 2 guys who have to sit out until 2013-14 is basically telling the fan base that we are writing off the 2012-13 season. jmho

[lake Camelot]

... Signing 2 guys who have to sit out until 2013-14 is basically telling the fan base that we are writing off the 2012-13 season. jmho

My first choice would be a guy who can play next year. But if we can get a better quality of player I can wait another year.

My order of Preference as of current players I know of-

1) Mislav Brzoja
2) Matt Stainbrook
3) Anthony Fields
4) Derrick Barden
5) Tymell Murphy

[SFP]

Was CW offered a scholarship to an ACC school out of High School?

If we are lucky enough to grab this kid he will be a great player for us and looks like the type of kid you academic snobs will be proud of too.

I thought higher ed was about academics???

OK guys do you believe there is anyone out there that will make a difference for next year? I'm all for putting it all on the line for year 3 but then again I do not live in Peoria and attend games.

[Old Coach]

Don't you think coaches and fans want to see some improvement next season?

Of course they do. I'll expect to see improvement out of every player who returns. That being said, if the best available players can't play until 2013, I believe that Bradley should still sign those two players.

[Old Coach]

yeah... Signing 2 guys who have to sit out until 2013-14 is basically telling the fan base that we are writing off the 2012-13 season. jmho

I don't consider it a write-off. I consider it a year in the process.

[Beninator]

OK guys do you believe there is anyone out there that will make a difference for next year? I'm all for putting it all on the line for year 3 but then again I do not live in Peoria and attend games.

No.. I agree... I don't think that there is a difference maker this late who wants to come to Bradley. That being said, I think that allocating two scholarships to transfer players is a mistake.

[LittleBrave]

Of course they do. I'll expect to see improvement out of every player who returns. That being said, if the best available players can't play until 2013, I believe that Bradley should still sign those two players.

I think we need to just deal with the PG situation we have right now, and if we sign Fields, he can't play anyways next season. KB will be ready to take the reigns by the start of his Soph. season, and we should look to get a more prominent PG NEXT off-season. We should not just settle for Fields.
Let's get Stainbrook, as he should give us a lift even this next season when he'll have to sit out. But will be good to have him to bang with our big boys - and he might get better in the process too. If his attitude is right, I'm all for Stainbrook.
Our perimeter shooting looks pretty dismal right now...even if our key 3 guys improve in the off-season.
What about Buovac? He seems like a good fit to me.

[tornado]

I don't consider it a write-off. I consider it a year in the process.

If Bradley fails to show improvement in 2012-2013 - would it surprise anyone if we begin seeing home attendances of 4500-5500 - historicaly bad??

I think it is absolutely necessary to put a quality product out there for the fans - even those who hated JL will soon begin to find other things to do with their time if we win only 5-7 games next year.

I think we need to just deal with the PG situation ....

..and I am pretty certain that is a priority that's being worked on ..and I am hopeful we will soon have some news.
Remember - there's a school in the Valley that has a great mid-major PG verballed and signed - but they changed coaches, and the PG has yet to say he's still going to sign...


It doesn't take a genius to know the BCS schools will have little trouble getting kids to take their offers, and that the mid-majors - especially mid-majors that finished last in their conferences - will have a little trouble getting any quality kids to bite -- but even the long-shot unsigned kids are hearing from Big East (Providence, Rutgers), Big Ten (Minnesota, Illinois), and top A-10 (Xavier) programs ..making it even tougher...
Once you get a few days into the signing period that starts tomorrow - you will see there's precious little talent left that's even worth tying up a scholarship on......
.....which highlights the "mistake" made last spring when we tied up two scholarships on two kids who played a grand total of only 73 minutes, each wasting a year of eligibility - only to find us way late in the recruiting period (spring 2012) and almost too late to get anyone with the new-found open rides.
Had we held those rides and used them last summer to land a couple 2012 kids we'd at least be deeper going into year 2 of the GF era.

[PASSFIRST]

Here is the story I found on the Wake site about the Fields kid:

I think it is time people knew the REAL story on Fields.

He lead his high school team to 2 championships and played against most of the point guards currently in college and smashed them. Played against Quinn Cook and it was so bad Quinn's coach took him out of the game. Some of his teammates were Quincy Miller (Baylor), Dom Pointer (St. Johns), Charles Mckinney(Depaul),Josiah Turner (Arizonia). He is a pass first point guard but is capable of putting up points if necessary. He averaged 13 points 10 assists a game. That is what Wake saw and liked. Battle attended his games as well as Buzz.

First problem: Anthony broke his hand in his championship high school game. It was a blow out and Anthony had 18 points. It happen the last 2 minutes of the game. It was a broken scaphoid of the left wrist. Same injury Kendall Marshall has. Wake had already offered him when this happen. The kid was in a cast and had a second surgery to help with healing. He got the cast off two weeks before Wake's season started.

Second Problem: Minimal Physical Therapy on the wrist because the season had started and they needed him. But even with all of this is expected to perform at the highest level. He tried. His hand was weak from being in a cast almost 6 months and thus he is not 100%. He did not play NOT because he could not roll in the ACC but because because the hand was not 100%. He never had a chance to prove what he could do if he was 100%.

Buzz tried to play him did not like what he saw and pulled him. He went all the way with TC and did not look at Anthony again. Not the kids fault. Anthony got a raw deal. Now you have bench players starting over you and the general impression you are not wanted equals transfer. Anthony was always smiling and cheering on his team no matter how bad it was and I know it had to hurt like hell. I really wish him the best of luck wherever he ends up. He is a class act on and off the court.

I will take a kid like this on my team any day.

[LittleBrave]

Here is the story I found on the Wake site about the Fields kid:

I think it is time people knew the REAL story on Fields.

He lead his high school team to 2 championships and played against most of the point guards currently in college and smashed them. Played against Quinn Cook and it was so bad Quinn's coach took him out of the game. Some of his teammates were Quincy Miller (Baylor), Dom Pointer (St. Johns), Charles Mckinney(Depaul),Josiah Turner (Arizonia). He is a pass first point guard but is capable of putting up points if necessary. He averaged 13 points 10 assists a game. That is what Wake saw and liked. Battle attended his games as well as Buzz.

First problem: Anthony broke his hand in his championship high school game. It was a blow out and Anthony had 18 points. It happen the last 2 minutes of the game. It was a broken scaphoid of the left wrist. Same injury Kendall Marshall has. Wake had already offered him when this happen. The kid was in a cast and had a second surgery to help with healing. He got the cast off two weeks before Wake's season started.

Second Problem: Minimal Physical Therapy on the wrist because the season had started and they needed him. But even with all of this is expected to perform at the highest level. He tried. His hand was weak from being in a cast almost 6 months and thus he is not 100%. He did not play NOT because he could not roll in the ACC but because because the hand was not 100%. He never had a chance to prove what he could do if he was 100%.

Buzz tried to play him did not like what he saw and pulled him. He went all the way with TC and did not look at Anthony again. Not the kids fault. Anthony got a raw deal. Now you have bench players starting over you and the general impression you are not wanted equals transfer. Anthony was always smiling and cheering on his team no matter how bad it was and I know it had to hurt like hell. I really wish him the best of luck wherever he ends up. He is a class act on and off the court.

I will take a kid like this on my team any day.

Thanks for your input, PF. It's good to get the scoop behind someone before jumping to conclusions...kind of like what I did.

[PASSFIRST]

Fields

Thanks! Just trying to get a feel of the kid. I searched a little deeper and it seems he had offers from Missouri, Oaklahoma, and Boston College towards the end of his recruitment but choose Wake. I heard Wake had a crap load of problems down there and had a mass transfer of players at the end of the season that left the coach scrambling to save his job. Anthony is a pass frist PG. I remember him from the AAU circuit. He used to play AAU with D-Rose out of Chicago before he went to D-One Sports to play with Quincy Miller and Duce Bello of Baylor. They were also his teammates in high school. Fields might be worth looking at.

[KillerB]

Just my 2 cents never having seen any of these kids play. I would rather take a shot on a transfering player moving down in leagues instead of moving up. Of course there are exceptions, but Fields sounds exactly like what we should shoot for if we are going after transfers.