Understand, but the Braves are a worse team without Sam Maniscalco. DSE is one of my favorite players, and I have great expectations for him, but even if does prove capable of replacing SM's contribution (in the event that SM is unable to play-- and I'm skeptical he can replace that contribution, btw), who then replaces DSE's minutes? I've picked BU second in the MVC, and I believe they could actually win the league if things worked out right. This is far less likely if SM misses a bunch of time.
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Bradley basketball nursing injuries...2 out of 3 ain't bad
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Understand, but the Braves are a worse team without Sam Maniscalco. DSE is one of my favorite players, and I have great expectations for him, but even if does prove capable of replacing SM's contribution (in the event that SM is unable to play-- and I'm skeptical he can replace that contribution, btw), who then replaces DSE's minutes? I've picked BU second in the MVC, and I believe they could actually win the league if things worked out right. This is far less likely if SM misses a bunch of time.
LittleBrave
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I'm still picking BU 4th in the Valley, no matter if SM is healthy or not.
The possibility of exceeding my expectations is less though, if Sammy is not healthy for most of the season.
The possibility of exceeding my expectations is less though, if Sammy is not healthy for most of the season.
Exactly correct. TEAMS win championships, not one player.
People do need to step up....
IF Sammy is hurt, we go 9 deep at guard!
Four of the other guards have gotten solid minutes...Dodie, AW, DSE, and Jake. Then you have another 4 who could at least spell a few minutes here and there.
I told a friend at the Hoopla event that I expected Sammy wouldn't be the BU pg by the end of the season anyway. Bradley has depth and will be able to use it IF Sammy is out occasionally.
But, we don't even know if Sammy will miss any real time.
I think that even without SM we should beat the "easier" teams on the schedule. However, that's a matter of those games working out to be the same nights SM is unable to give the 110% that we're used to seeing. We really do need him when it comes to competing with the better teams on the schedule.
That said.....if he's able to play in 2/3 of the games (preferrably sitting out the easier games) and only play 20 minutes in those games, then I think we should be ok and will be better off for it at the end of the season.
That said.....if he's able to play in 2/3 of the games (preferrably sitting out the easier games) and only play 20 minutes in those games, then I think we should be ok and will be better off for it at the end of the season.
How do you get "9 deep at guard" without Sam? No matter how you count, there are only a maximum of 8 other guards on the roster, and none of those are true point guards. The ones who have the capability of filling in briefly there have extremely limited experience at point (DSE, DD, and maybe WL- AW and JE have never played PG). And among the "another 4" you are referring to are 3 walkons (Charonn Woods, Jordan Brown, Aaron Ganson) who will not see any meaningful playing time.
I am not sure many fans here would agree that we can replace All-MVC, senior point guard Sam Maniscalco with a variety of inexperienced combo and walkon guards.
Regardless of how you analyze it, if Bradley had to play this season without Sam, it would seriously hurt them, and would cost them many games.
I said we were 9 deep at guard. That is including Sam.
Sorry if you do not think any of the other 8 guards are capable of playing pg, but I think they can.
If I remember correctly, Sammy did not play every minute last season. I think I remember him being out of the game at various times last year and we still managed to field a team WITH someone else at the pg position.
I also believe that with Jimmy and Willie coaching whoever the guards are, that several of our guards could lead this team at PG. You have two highly-skilled former point guards to learn from with JL and WS. I have complete faith that BU could still win games w/o Sammy.
I may knock JL from time to time, but I think he can coach guards.
Love it...The excuse-wagon is already warming up in the driveway and we haven't even played our first exhibition game...
If only, if only, we coulda-woulda-shoulda been a contender...:lol:
mrcoachdude
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tornado
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talk about getting started even before the 1st exhibition -- you are the leading edge in the...
"Bradley should be better and I don't wanna hear excuses" crowd...
..I can see it now -- you're actually hoping for a couple serious injuries so you can drag out your displeasure about how BU did and claim you can't use excuses..:roll::roll:
As for me...I want our guys to be healthy and will be positive and supporting regardless....
Buesch N Chips
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I understand what you are saying, and I agree that if Sam is limited we still should compete, but if there are people who say that injuries won't make us worse...
Injuries have been incredibly frustrating to deal with the past few years, but we cannot just start ignoring them. That's lazy. Without knowing anything about the situation, I predict Sam will be just as healthy as he was last year.
Yeah, that's it...you've got it all figured out...I want our players to suffer serious injuries and lose 20 games...give me a break.:roll::roll::roll:
***P.S. - the above statement was 100% sarcasm...Let the record show that I do not want BU players to get hurt, nor do I want BU to lose games this year...
I just want to clear that up in case someone tries to use the "these are YOUR own words.." trick to completely misrepresent the tone and meaning of what I have posted above...
Buesch N Chips
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Nah, there's no one here who wants injuries. People are just frustrated. But if and when we do contend for the title, I will be watching for the "Why did this take 9 years?" post to bring everyone down. THAT would be a Negative Nellie.
Of course, BU would feel an impact. I also believe they would still be a competitive team.
You cannot allow yourself to be negative thinkers when dealing with hardships. It never helps.
Buesch N Chips
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I agree, but we are not the ones dealing with it, the coaching staff is. We are analyzing it.
Injuries are inevitable...every team has them...If Maniscalco were to miss a significant period of time, of course it would affect the team...We would need significant efforts from guys like DSE, Dunson, and Lemon to fill his shoes...
I just find it strange that we haven't even had our first public exhibition game yet, no one has said that Sam is going to miss any time, and yet we're already hearing the preemptive excuses from the usual suspects here...
I thought that this was the time of year where only optimism was allowed? Here's to hoping that Sam will be as effective as he was last year, and we can finally get over the 4/5 hump in conference play!!!
Hilarious...I guess I'll have clarify my original statement for you, since you've clearly twisted the actual meaning of my post to fit your agenda...
When I said:
"Love it...The excuse-wagon is already warming up in the driveway and we haven't even played our first exhibition game..."
You clearly took the "Love it" to mean that I love the fact that Sam is nursing an injury of some sort...Umm, no, that is absurd...
The "love it" is referencing the fact that it makes me laugh that excuses are already being formulated to explain away "many losses" that may come this year if Sam misses time...We're not even going to wait to find out if Sam is actually going to miss time or to see if BU iis going to lose "many games"...let's get those potential excuses out there early and often...:lol::lol:
Heres hoping for a healthy Sam...PERIOD. We ALL want that. (ER I KNOW you do also)
I stated earlier that we can't keep using the injury excuse to explain mediocre results almost every year. That didn't sit well with a few posters.....
What I meant is while injuries certainly can effect a teams performance they can't be used as a reason to keep a coach that doesn't win.
Relax..I'm NOT promoting firing anyone....just saying eventually almost any coach has to win/produce injuries or not.
I do believe THIS team is built to sustain an injury at the pg position....the bigs not so much IF at all. Think I'd rather lose SM for the year then WE for example.....NOT a knock on SM just that our depth in the frontcourt is not nearly as great...certainly not as proven.
Again, with that said, lets hope SM gives us all the minutes he can and remains healthy all year long...and long afterwards.
I stated earlier that we can't keep using the injury excuse to explain mediocre results almost every year. That didn't sit well with a few posters.....
What I meant is while injuries certainly can effect a teams performance they can't be used as a reason to keep a coach that doesn't win.
Relax..I'm NOT promoting firing anyone....just saying eventually almost any coach has to win/produce injuries or not.
I do believe THIS team is built to sustain an injury at the pg position....the bigs not so much IF at all. Think I'd rather lose SM for the year then WE for example.....NOT a knock on SM just that our depth in the frontcourt is not nearly as great...certainly not as proven.
Again, with that said, lets hope SM gives us all the minutes he can and remains healthy all year long...and long afterwards.
This is yet another reason for us to go BIG THIS YEAR! The larger lineup allows us to have some depth at the PG position!