Nice article by Adam Mettrick of the Bradley Scout--
http://buscout.com/ver5/sportsarticle.php?ID=247&date=2007-02-02
http://buscout.com/ver5/sportsarticle.php?ID=247&date=2007-02-02
tornado said:DB-- I think it was a given that BradleyFans.com would be a success, if for no other reason than this:
Even if only ONE fan used this site and enjoyed it, I still think it would have been successful and an important step to give the BU fans what they deserve. The previous lack of a fan site for Bradley left a huge vacuum.
Now there is a choice-- a message board with thousands of posters (most of whom never post, have been banned, or have forgotten their password) who are all at each other's throats and making the place intolerable to actually be a Bradley afficionado,
or this board with information and discussion for Bradley fans, that will keep growing, and already hitting 3 million page hits a month (comparable with and actually more than many of the BCS schools' sites).
tornado said:But I found that many of those millions of page hits are like these students....they just log on and read and never post for fear that their lack of expertise or familiarity will embarrass them.
But forget that!! We're all friends and fellow BU fans here.
Get logged on a post anyway. Soon you will see your posts are a valuable contribution to BradleyFans, and will help fuel the enthusiasm that is building for Bradley basketball.
tornado said:...they just log on and read and never post for fear that their lack of expertise or familiarity will embarrass them.
But forget that!! We're all friends and fellow BU fans here.
Get logged on a post anyway. Soon you will see your posts are a valuable contribution to BradleyFans, and will help fuel the enthusiasm that is building for Bradley basketball.
MacabreMob said:tornado said:...they just log on and read and never post for fear that their lack of expertise or familiarity will embarrass them.
But forget that!! We're all friends and fellow BU fans here.
Get logged on a post anyway. Soon you will see your posts are a valuable contribution to BradleyFans, and will help fuel the enthusiasm that is building for Bradley basketball.
I wish we could get more participation out of the students too.
[I hope they aren't afraid of me - someone once jokingly called me The Message board Bully - I am really an easy-going guy. 8) ]