well, comparing anything those 4 yrs under JG/Cross/Geno is a bit unfair - they couldn't even win against D3 Augustana
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Final score: Bradley 70 Southern Illinois 60
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Dub
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I interpret 75% of our subbing as the key component of BW’s “micro-accountability” strategy. Make a mistake, own it, hit the bench for a brief period with a tongue lashing.
However he’s very quick to forgive, and in 90 sec you’re back in for another try as if it never happened…. ‘cause guess what, the guy who replaced you just got scored on and he’s coming out.
Mind you, I offer no criticism in my assessment.
LittleBrave
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daveineureka
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Exactly, say what you want but under Wardle other than those first two years Bradley is near the top and have won a conference title in addition to back to back tournament titles and also played in the championship game of the tournament the past few years. Would we as fans like to have more conference titles and tournament titles? Of course we do. Looking forward if Bradley is able to get immediate impactful frontline players this off-season then in my opinion we will kick open the door for this to happen. Anybody else have thoughts.
Virtually every year since the Versace era.... thru Albeck's time and Mo's and definitely thru JL (fueled by constant bit*hing from the PJStar), Geno and the first
3-4 years of Brian Wardle - the message boards and even the airwaves and letters to the editor were saturated with
complaints that....
- we were headed to play on Thursday night
- that we just weren't competetive in the MVC
- that we weren't recruiting local talent
- weren't recruiting Chicago area talent
- weren't in the upper half of the MVC
- weren't in the hunt for the Valley title in February
- weren't winning our home games
- weren't getting the fans off their butts to cheer
- weren't winning the "War on 74" vs ISU
- and weren't beating the best teams at the top of the Valley
- weren't getting to the post-season or even advancing in St. Louis
Well, the past few years Coach Wardle has accomplished virtually ALL of the above... in fact- since 2018-19, seven seasons ago,
we've been competetive and in the upper half of the Valley, staying out of Thursday and competing for Championships
almost every single season.
and I have no desire to police others' opinions, but....It's time to sit back, hand the keys to Coach Wardle and trust him, his recruiting and his system.
Too much 2nd guessing, complaining and armchair coaching in my opinion. Heck, I know it goes on virtually every fan message board..
ISU's board is a cesspool of griping - so is Drake's despite a run of EIGHT seasons of excellence & post-season play.
3-4 years of Brian Wardle - the message boards and even the airwaves and letters to the editor were saturated with
complaints that....
- we were headed to play on Thursday night
- that we just weren't competetive in the MVC
- that we weren't recruiting local talent
- weren't recruiting Chicago area talent
- weren't in the upper half of the MVC
- weren't in the hunt for the Valley title in February
- weren't winning our home games
- weren't getting the fans off their butts to cheer
- weren't winning the "War on 74" vs ISU
- and weren't beating the best teams at the top of the Valley
- weren't getting to the post-season or even advancing in St. Louis
Well, the past few years Coach Wardle has accomplished virtually ALL of the above... in fact- since 2018-19, seven seasons ago,
we've been competetive and in the upper half of the Valley, staying out of Thursday and competing for Championships
almost every single season.
and I have no desire to police others' opinions, but....It's time to sit back, hand the keys to Coach Wardle and trust him, his recruiting and his system.
Too much 2nd guessing, complaining and armchair coaching in my opinion. Heck, I know it goes on virtually every fan message board..
ISU's board is a cesspool of griping - so is Drake's despite a run of EIGHT seasons of excellence & post-season play.
bradleyfan124
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Well People are fickle. You see it in other programs. You will see coaches having great years, having a great won/loss record but as soon as the coach lose a game they want him fired. It's those kind of people who would have been alot fun to be around at the Alamo or the Battle of the Bulge.
I think it is natural for consistent success to set a new baseline. It happens all of the time in sports, teams that are consistently good when their success starts to slip, people want to switch coaches to try to stay at the higher performance level.
You are on target. Example: There are Marquette fans calling for 5th year head coach Shaka Smart to go this year as they've struggled (9-17, 4-11 in the Big East).
But everyone knew this was going to be a rebuilding year. They were picked 5th in the 11-team Big East preseason poll.
Shaka is a very good coach and recruiter, but he has avoided the transfer portal in favor of recruiting freshmen and developing them. That seems to be the fans' biggest gripe, that he didn't go for a quick rebuild with transfers. But, 2 of their best players are freshmen with a very good recruiting class coming next year, so it looks good for next year. If they listened to the loudest fans like Bradley did, it could set the program back for years.
Shaka took over after a losing year by Steve Wojciechowski, and he's averaged 25 wins per year, and made the NCAA Tournament every year he's been there. He is an extremely well liked man by all the staunch boosters and University leaders, so there is no chance of him getting fired. But it shows how fickle some fans can be.