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Problems for Braves on and off the court

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BradleyJD

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That is the headline in today's PJStar.

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x640758059/Problems-for-Braves-on-and-off-the-court

It touches on today's game with Drexel and Taylor Brown's twitter posts.

According to Jim Les:

???It??™s an issue we??™re handling internally,??? Les said. ???It??™s fair to say I??™m not at all happy with it.???

???They understand the parameters under which they??™re allowed to do those things,??? Les said. ???If they can??™t handle those parameters, then privileges will have to be taken away. Certainly they??™ve been educated and warned and schooled about it.???

No mention of what the punishment could be or if there will be any.
 
TB is guilty of rudeness, crassness, and immaturity. Despite wailing and gnashing of teeth elsewhere, and demands for legal action against him, or permanent expulsion, I can't see any law that was broken, or any student or athletic code that was violated. Anyone know one? It probably violates some team rules, and for that it will be dealt with by the coach.
This seems like a tempest in a teapot to me. There are far worse actions by athletes every day at any school, but this one played out on twitter which gave the BU-bashers an orgasm. TB has apologized to everyone involved and the apologies have been accepted, and life will go on.
Anyone coming to tonight's game to see #3 play could be disappointed.
 
Da Coach said:
TB is guilty of rudeness, crassness, and immaturity.

It probably violates some team rules, and for that it will be dealt with by the coach.

TB has apologized to everyone involved and the apologies have been accepted, and life will go on.

Anyone coming to tonight's game to see #3 play could be disappointed.
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I think you are correct here Da Coach. I think or hope that Taylor Brown has learned a lesson from this. He has been given several chances already. If we believe this own words from yesterday, he seems to realize he has to work on this problem.
 
Taylor is being punished way more for a minor tweeting indiscretion than some schools penalized their multiple DUI's!!

Trivia question...-
Sam Maniscalco just passed the 1000 point mark, and Andrew Warren is just 54 points away from the same career accomplishment...
Who is the next highest career scorer currently at Bradley?
The answer might surprise you, as CRob just passed Dodie last game....
now..if you asked who is the next highest who has scored ALL his points at BU, then after CRob, it is Taylor Brown..

http://bubravesblogger.blogspot.com/2010/02/taylor-brown-out-for-drexel-game.html
 
tornado said:
Taylor is being punished way more for a minor tweeting indiscretion than some schools penalized their multiple DUI's!!
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Bradley can and should only worry about Bradley. Taylor needs to realize that team rules have to be followed by everyone. I think he understands that.

I hope he does. I hope BU can move forward from this.
 
BradleyJD said:
Bradley can and should only worry about Bradley. Taylor needs to realize that team rules have to be followed by everyone. I think he understands that.

I hope he does. I hope BU can move forward from this.
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Agree BradleyJD. Bradley players are and should be held to a higher standard, IMO.
 
Da Coach said:
TB is guilty of rudeness, crassness, and immaturity. Despite wailing and gnashing of teeth elsewhere, and demands for legal action against him, or permanent expulsion, I can't see any law that was broken, or any student or athletic code that was violated. Anyone know one? It probably violates some team rules, and for that it will be dealt with by the coach.
This seems like a tempest in a teapot to me. There are far worse actions by athletes every day at any school, but this one played out on twitter which gave the BU-bashers an orgasm. TB has apologized to everyone involved and the apologies have been accepted, and life will go on.
Anyone coming to tonight's game to see #3 play could be disappointed.
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Agree DC. Unless he was warned previously, I make TB run until he pukes, and have him work in a community project in the area. Unless I am missing something which could be the case as I have been very busy with things , I think that he should play tonight!
 
BradleyJD said:
That is the headline in today's PJStar.

http://www.bradleyhoops.com/homepage/x640758059/Problems-for-Braves-on-and-off-the-court

It touches on today's game with Drexel and Taylor Brown's twitter posts.

According to Jim Les:

“It’s an issue we’re handling internally,” Les said. “It’s fair to say I’m not at all happy with it.”

“They understand the parameters under which they’re allowed to do those things,” Les said. “If they can’t handle those parameters, then privileges will have to be taken away. Certainly they’ve been educated and warned and schooled about it.”

No mention of what the punishment could be or if there will be any.
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I do support coach Les but I am worried that he has lost this team as far as them conforming to rules as far as outside activity, they are spending way too much time late at night, where is the curfew and where is the commitment from our players.
 
Any time you have college age students, you are running the risk of questionable behavior. That is the same no matter what school you are at.

I think you have to make sure you have rules in place. But more importantly, you must actively police those rules and insure that everyone is following them. That would help cut some of these problems down before they get out of hand.

Hopefully, TB has learned from this and we will see him at Bradley in the future doing some great things.
 
lets just forget about tb mistakes and play basketball. that is the most important thing. we got a game to win today and he can help us win. lets forgive and forget. go bu.
 
I agree...mountain out of mole hill...even the preseason POY tweets from bars at 2AM using pretty objecitonable language... ;)
 
I'm getting a little tired of hearing "I hope TB has learned a lesson". How many lessons does he have to learn. For all his talent, IMO he has been nothing but a distraction for this team.
 
Da Coach said:
TB is guilty of rudeness, crassness, and immaturity. Despite wailing and gnashing of teeth elsewhere, and demands for legal action against him, or permanent expulsion, I can't see any law that was broken, or any student or athletic code that was violated. Anyone know one? It probably violates some team rules, and for that it will be dealt with by the coach.
This seems like a tempest in a teapot to me. There are far worse actions by athletes every day at any school, but this one played out on twitter which gave the BU-bashers an orgasm. TB has apologized to everyone involved and the apologies have been accepted, and life will go on.
Anyone coming to tonight's game to see #3 play could be disappointed.
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Well, this is the problem with these online message boards. Technology is great in that people can communicate without having to phone someone all the time, but you run the risks with who can read what is posted. I know if I posted some messages against my place of work and my boss read them, there is a very good chance I would get fired or suspended at the very least. The same goes with TB.

TB should know better than to post stuff that the team does not want let out. I had a feeling some punishment would come down after reading some of his posts earlier this season. And now when the team really needs to finish strong he potentially might be benched again.

However, you are exactly right DC that compared to what players on other teams pull, this is a minor infraction and Les will handle this internally, as he should. TB did not drive drunk, commit an assault or do drugs. And most importantly he did not break any laws. But I can see from an appearances standpoint that you don't want one of your players revealing things that should be kept in private. Hopefully this will be dealt with swiftly, and if his latest twitter post is any indication, this may be his last chance. So let's hope he makes the most of it!
 
real fan said:
I do support coach Les but I am worried that he has lost this team as far as them conforming to rules as far as outside activity, they are spending way too much time late at night, where is the curfew and where is the commitment from our players.
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I'm pretty positive he lost them a long time ago...

If you want to be their friend that's fine, bit you can't also be their head coach...

It just doesn't work that way...



Things have gotten way out of hand on more than a few occasions and changes need to be made.
 
The guy broke no laws that I can see so let's all give this JL has lost control thing a break! The kid did something that 1,000s of kids his age do all the time and I am not condoning it. It's just that now days if you get caught up into it you believe you are a media star and stupidity is sure to follow or show up. What does JL's coaching have to so with this!

Let's look at it and I hope JL is looking at it as a chance to play AT and MK tonight. Someone has to play those 20+ minutes and I hope it is not JE and DSE who take up the majority of the slack. This game will not change the outcome of this team one way or the other unless you count the possibility of playing one of those C?? tournaments.

GO Braves!
 
SFP said:
The guy broke no laws that I can see so let's all give this JL has lost control thing a break! ...... What does JL's coaching have to so with this!
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Agreed! The fact that Les AGAIN took disciplinary action when needed shows that he is still in charge. Quit looking for needles in a haystack reasons to fire Les. This whole "fire Les thing" is getting kind of old..... and annoying.

TB got what was coming to him from Les. Nothing more, nothing Les ;). I'm sure TB is now at the end of the rope with Les..... and TB knows it (and has essentially said so).....one and done from here on out.
 
SFP said:
The guy broke no laws that I can see so let's all give this JL has lost control thing a break! The kid did something that 1,000s of kids his age do all the time and I am not condoning it. It's just that now days if you get caught up into it you believe you are a media star and stupidity is sure to follow or show up. What does JL's coaching have to so with this!

Let's look at it and I hope JL is looking at it as a chance to play AT and MK tonight. Someone has to play those 20+ minutes and I hope it is not JE and DSE who take up the majority of the slack. This game will not change the outcome of this team one way or the other unless you count the possibility of playing one of those C?? tournaments.

GO Braves!
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I for one am glad that Les is disciplining his players before things get out of hand. The last thing I want our program to turn into is a Kelvin Sampsonlike Indiana trainwreck or a Bob Hugginslike Cincinnati program of over a decade ago where his whole team was basically made up of a bunch of convicts! I think the Bradley program is for the most part made up of a bunch of classy individuals who care about their playing careers and their education.
 
Da Coach said:
TB is guilty of rudeness, crassness, and immaturity. Despite wailing and gnashing of teeth elsewhere, and demands for legal action against him, or permanent expulsion, I can't see any law that was broken, or any student or athletic code that was violated. Anyone know one? It probably violates some team rules, and for that it will be dealt with by the coach.
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I absolutely agree. I basically just rolled my eyes and said "grow up" when I saw what he tweeted. I feel that disappointment that he's not more mature/responsible at this point is the most reasonable reaction..not anger and uproar.
 
How about this opinion....

A professor is wearing a shorter skirt and stilettos.....she has to know she is attractive enough to pull off such an attire...

Shouldn't she be flattered that she is still attractive at her age and know that she deserves comments like this for what she wears to class? ;-) seriously.
 
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