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Lawrence Wright and Zach Andrews inducted into the Yuba College Hall of Fame

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There were two other Yuba kids that we almost had as a result of Jim Les' long time friendship with Yuba coach Doug Cornelius.
Sean Harris was a super-athletic wing player who committed to and signed with Bradley in 2011, but he went elsewhere when Jim Les
was fired. His college career was unfortunately cut short by injuries, but who knows how much he might have contributed along with
4-year starter at IU & Xavier Remy Abell.
..and also a knock-down 3-point shooter Spencer Butterfield, a career 43-45% 3pt shooter who ended up at Utah State when JL was fired.
Tyler Les was also a great 3-pt shooter (hit almost 50%) and, of course, we would have had Conference Player of the Year Corey Hawkins in 2012-14,
along with Dyricus, Jake, Walt Lemon & Egolf. We'd have had a Sweet-16 caliber team instead of what JKG & Mike Cross gave us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Butterfield
https://utahstateaggies.com/sports/m...0per%20contest...
 
In addition to Remy Abell, Sean Harris, and Tyler Les, there were a couple other pretty good players who would have played at Bradley if Jim Les had not been fired in 2011-
Corey Hawkins- he was set to transfer to Bradley, but instead went to UC Davis with Coach Les, and ended up with a terrific career. He was an Honorable Mention AP All-American his senior year, the Big West Player of the Year, the Big West scoring champion (20.9 ppg), and he lead the nation in 3-point percentage (48.8%). He would have been a star in the MVC, and a POY candidate.
Bio- https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/men...ey-hawkins/394
2014-15 national 3-point stats-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc

Lawrence Alexander- few people know that Peoria Manual guard Lawrence Alexander was planning to commit and sign with Bradley in the spring of 2011, but when Jim Les was fired, he signed with North Dakota State instead in late April of 2011. It was the only other D1 offer he had. He had a terrific career there, averaging 18.9 ppg his senior year (2014-15), and being voted Summit League Player of the Year in 2015.
Bio- https://gobison.com/sports/mens-bask...alexander/5834
 
Also - here's one that I bet even Da Coach doesn't remember unless he heard it from Flash Flanagan back then...
Back in 2009, Bradley had a commitment from John Wilkins but at the very last minute - even after Wilkins was already on campus and enrolled,
the University Prez ended up vetoing and blocked his admission to Bradley, leaving Bradley with an open scholarship - too late to do much with it.
In the end, Wilkins went to juco then ISU, where he was a starter & hitting 38% from 3-pt.
But before Wilkins was banned, and while that scholarship was spoken for, Bradley had the chance to land an unsigned kid from Proviso West
named Robert Covington. Had our staff known earlier that she wouldn't allow Wilkins, and had Bradley gotten Covington, we can only guess...
Covington blew up a little over the summer after his senior season, got an offer from Tennessee State and went on to a great career there-
1748 career points, 18 ppg, 8 rpg, 42.2% 3-pt shooter, and is now in 11th year in the NBA- https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/covinro01.html
 
houstonbrave said:
And don’t forget we would have had Taylor Brown for the 2011-12 season as well.
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That was part of her plan to sabotage JL so she could muster support to oust him. Same with running off the assistant coaches & hiring who she wanted then barring Tyler Les from coming to Bradley.

And we would have had future NBA-er Alec Peters 2013-17, but of course, Geno & his crew deemed Peters "too unathletic and slow", so they yanked the offer and Peters went to Valpo instead.
 
Maybe we should start a new thread " Why I still hate JG" or we could get together and have some drinks to tell our stories. JG was a neighbor of mine for the first 2 years of her reign and I could contribute additional stories. But, I would need some alcohol to tell my stories. :)
 
Her first year or two at Bradley, her leadership, personality and drive impressed me as well as many others.
Had she only continued on with her Presidency the way she led the first 2 years, I believe she would have been a fine leader.
But starting in mid 2009, she totally changed. She became angry with (mainly) a few long time people in the Athletic Dept.
(** those details are fairly well known, having even been written up by Kirk W), and she snapped. She vowed to get even and "take them out". Literally everyone in every department & esp. Athletics was shaking in their boots and walking on eggshells
in fear of her wrath & meddling.

First was successful VB coach Scott Luster, then in rapid order came the firings of Ken Kavanagh, then all of Jim Les' assistant coaching staff, then successful golf coach Bo Ryan, then WBB Paula Buscher, then Bradley LEGEND Joe Stowell, then, of course, Jim Les and the new staff he had.
The people she brought in for every sport & the new AD were horrible and couldn't recruit or win games in addition to having serious
arrogance and personality issues and offending much of the fan base. She even had her staff investigate, call around and "dox" or identify the people on message boards that she believed posted negative things, then had her staff call them and demand that they stop - even threatening them with having their season tickets yanked or being banned from future games (just as she did to Board members she wanted to run off - I kid you not! There are people on this board who will confirm)
The most puzzling part is that the local "newspaper" kissed up to them & covered for her every step of the way and never even asked the question why this was all happening.

Then came the ignorant blunders that led to fully unnecessary, multi-million lawsuits. It's well documented that after a couple years of these disasters, Bradley forked up roughly $20 mil and bought out everyone's contracts and sent them packing. It's the biggest mass house-cleaning I know of at any D-I school ever. We can't forget history, but I am mostly happy where the house-cleaning has gotten us 8 years later.
 
yoda said:
Her first year or two at Bradley, her leadership, personality and drive impressed me as well as many others.
Had she only continued on with her Presidency the way she led the first 2 years, I believe she would have been a fine leader.
But starting in mid 2009, she totally changed. She became angry with (mainly) a few long time people in the Athletic Dept.
(** those details are fairly well known, having even been written up by Kirk W), and she snapped. She vowed to get even and "take them out". Literally everyone in every department & esp. Athletics was shaking in their boots and walking on eggshells
in fear of her wrath & meddling.

First was successful VB coach Scott Luster, then in rapid order came the firings of Ken Kavanagh, then all of Jim Les' assistant coaching staff, then successful golf coach Bo Ryan, then WBB Paula Buscher, then Bradley LEGEND Joe Stowell, then, of course, Jim Les and the new staff he had.
The people she brought in for every sport & the new AD were horrible and couldn't recruit or win games in addition to having serious
arrogance and personality issues and offending much of the fan base. She even had her staff investigate, call around and "dox" or identify the people on message boards that she believed posted negative things, then had her staff call them and demand that they stop - even threatening them with having their season tickets yanked or being banned from future games (just as she did to Board members she wanted to run off - I kid you not! There are people on this board who will confirm)
The most puzzling part is that the local "newspaper" kissed up to them & covered for her every step of the way and never even asked the question why this was all happening.

Then came the ignorant blunders that led to fully unnecessary, multi-million lawsuits. It's well documented that after a couple years of these disasters, Bradley forked up roughly $20 mil and bought out everyone's contracts and sent them packing. It's the biggest mass house-cleaning I know of at any D-I school ever. We can't forget history, but I am mostly happy where the house-cleaning has gotten us 8 years later.
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I would not let her run a day care center
 
yoda said:
Her first year or two at Bradley, her leadership, personality and drive impressed me as well as many others.
Had she only continued on with her Presidency the way she led the first 2 years, I believe she would have been a fine leader.
But starting in mid 2009, she totally changed. She became angry with (mainly) a few long time people in the Athletic Dept.
(** those details are fairly well known, having even been written up by Kirk W), and she snapped. She vowed to get even and "take them out". Literally everyone in every department & esp. Athletics was shaking in their boots and walking on eggshells
in fear of her wrath & meddling.

First was successful VB coach Scott Luster, then in rapid order came the firings of Ken Kavanagh, then all of Jim Les' assistant coaching staff, then successful golf coach Bo Ryan, then WBB Paula Buscher, then Bradley LEGEND Joe Stowell, then, of course, Jim Les and the new staff he had.
The people she brought in for every sport & the new AD were horrible and couldn't recruit or win games in addition to having serious
arrogance and personality issues and offending much of the fan base. She even had her staff investigate, call around and "dox" or identify the people on message boards that she believed posted negative things, then had her staff call them and demand that they stop - even threatening them with having their season tickets yanked or being banned from future games (just as she did to Board members she wanted to run off - I kid you not! There are people on this board who will confirm)
The most puzzling part is that the local "newspaper" kissed up to them & covered for her every step of the way and never even asked the question why this was all happening.

Then came the ignorant blunders that led to fully unnecessary, multi-million lawsuits. It's well documented that after a couple years of these disasters, Bradley forked up roughly $20 mil and bought out everyone's contracts and sent them packing. It's the biggest mass house-cleaning I know of at any D-I school ever. We can't forget history, but I am mostly happy where the house-cleaning has gotten us 8 years later.
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I have to say, I graduated in 08' and had never seen or met the former president, but Glasser made a big positive impression on me her first year, which was my senior year. She seemed friendly, sociable, present, visible, and approachable. I graduated, and then like you said, it all changed. The first couple of years must have been a big charade, then the real her finally came out.

While we are talking about stories and having drinks, the way the JS covered it, you have to wonder if they were in her pocket somehow.
 
Glasser was incompetent and so amazingly in over her head . By the time she figured out she was miscast in the job …she aggressively tried to hide her insecurities and cover up complaints and failures. She was desperate to be thought of as a success or a leader. BU hired her without sufficient diligence but with her former colleagues sending letters to BU leaders predicting her poor performance, her patters of lashing out …and the incompetence she would be demonstrating. Those warnings were ignored.

JG made no secret about her courting the PJS for personal positive coverage and later leaking stories to her favorite sports reporters that were negative about coaches etc. Dangerously insecure and unprofessional.

As the pressure mounted the erratic and bizarre behavior increased by JG….she was desperate to be perceived as a success and wanted to be the most famous celebrity in Peoria. She was not attending to running the university and was fighting with the leadership team over the smallest things .

Her true downfall began when instead of answering board questions she began to take offense to the board actually performing governance functions and oversight. What began with a few true expert board members who called out financial oddities, odd un- approved actions by JG and a few others which only raised more concerns ….was followed by the first of two efforts by Glasser to attack and defame key board members.

The first wave was a bumbling effort by JG and was met with a precision response by one board member that proceeded to expose Glassers attacks and unauthorized actions to the rest of the Board. Then several board members immediately resigned in a noisy vote of no confidence and to try and high lite the risky position Glasser was putting the university in.

The second wave was Glassers attempt to again attack a board leader. Again she ran into complete professional board member who was a large supporter of the university. That board member had followed closely what the earlier board members had exposed before resigning. He responded to her attacks by exposing her further ..suggesting she needed further instruction and mentoring…..and when she protested……the board member resigned and took his donations with him. Glasser was fatally wounded…mostly self inflicted …and on her way out.

And that’s just scratching the surface ….
 
Bravesfanchicago said:
Glasser was incompetent and so amazingly in over her head . By the time she figured out she was miscast in the job …she aggressively tried to hide her insecurities and cover up complaints and failures. She was desperate to be thought of as a success or a leader. BU hired her without sufficient diligence but with her former colleagues sending letters to BU leaders predicting her poor performance, her patters of lashing out …and the incompetence she would be demonstrating. Those warnings were ignored.

JG made no secret about her courting the PJS for personal positive coverage and later leaking stories to her favorite sports reporters that were negative about coaches etc. Dangerously insecure and unprofessional.

As the pressure mounted the erratic and bizarre behavior increased by JG….she was desperate to be perceived as a success and wanted to be the most famous celebrity in Peoria. She was not attending to running the university and was fighting with the leadership team over the smallest things .

Her true downfall began when instead of answering board questions she began to take offense to the board actually performing governance functions and oversight. What began with a few true expert board members who called out financial oddities, odd un- approved actions by JG and a few others which only raised more concerns ….was followed by the first of two efforts by Glasser to attack and defame key board members.

The first wave was a bumbling effort by JG and was met with a precision response by one board member that proceeded to expose Glassers attacks and unauthorized actions to the rest of the Board. Then several board members immediately resigned in a noisy vote of no confidence and to try and high lite the risky position Glasser was putting the university in.

The second wave was Glassers attempt to again attack a board leader. Again she ran into complete professional board member who was a large supporter of the university. That board member had followed closely what the earlier board members had exposed before resigning. He responded to her attacks by exposing her further ..suggesting she needed further instruction and mentoring…..and when she protested……the board member resigned and took his donations with him. Glasser was fatally wounded…mostly self inflicted …and on her way out.

And that’s just scratching the surface ….
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Bravesfanchicago knows what he's talking about. He was there.
Some old posts-
Some of these events were reported here on Bradleyfans.com back in 2015, but most were ignored by local media.
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...igns#post24566
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...447#post410447 (note my prediction... Glasser was "fired" one month later)
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...750#post403750
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...026#post411026
 
It’s interesting to me how the good news for 2 former great players, Zach and Boogie, has morphed into the discussion of JG’s reign. There are a lot of fans that have shared their knowledge, thoughts, and feelings about her. Obviously, there still is a lot of residual pain for the fans and damage to Bradley University. My hope is that there are enough supporters of Bradley basketball and the university that will do their best give their assistance.
 
The fact that we’re still taking about JG is a testament to just how much of a cancer she was. I’m not a booster and have no insight on what happened behind closed doors, I just saw the quick work she made of destroying our basketball program while ostracizing so many of the people who helped make BU basketball great. Locking Jim Les off campus was pretty much the last straw that proved her to be a petty and vindictive person.
The one good thing that came from her was that she ran the program into the ground so far that the rebirth of the program was that much sweeter. Can’t say enough good things about Chris Reynolds and Brian Wardle for bringing us back to prominence, though the job is never done.
Maybe Les can come back to the coaching staff someday to make the healing complete, right? At the very least, it was great having him back on campus and I love the way BW has embraced him and his legacy here.
 
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