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1/12 KW blog.....
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"Surprisingly, they??™re second in field-goal percentage and fifth in 3-point percentage??”testament to the adjusted style Jim Les implemented before conference play began."
Sounds like he's giving JL credit for adjusting the style of play before league play began... Then again maybe that's his backhanded way of criticizing JL for the playing style implemented at the beginning of the year.
Sounds like he's giving JL credit for adjusting the style of play before league play began... Then again maybe that's his backhanded way of criticizing JL for the playing style implemented at the beginning of the year.
Buesch N Chips
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Nope, you're right. Both DR and KW have written sentences crediting Les in the past 24 hours.
So you think they give JL credit because of this board? Now that is funny
I do think we are seeing a lot more Bradley articles, reports on recruits, and blogging several times a week as a reaction to the stated interests of the fans on this forum. Don't you? Certainly it's not coincidence that their coverage of Bradley in terms of number of articles and the amount of space in the paper and on the PJS website has increased dramatically in the last year.
For example, it was rare to ever see a mention of any BU recruit in the PJS until this past year. Now we are seeing frequent updates about a certain recruit that is awaiting NCAA clearance. And the blogs are also new in the past year.
That's a development that's not exclusive to the PJS though. That same thing is true of newspapers all over the country. They're slowly adjusting to the competition from all the internet sites that have the advantage of being able to publish news 24/7.
blogs a going thing everywhere really. I've read the Journal every day for 30 years...except for times like now when I'm in Hawaii and I'll read them when I get back..
Are there changes? yes. There are changes in every business.
I remember reading about recruits before now and there are other ways via the internet to learn about recruits too other than bradleyfans......bradleyfans is great but I wouldn't try to make it more than it is.
Are isu fans still moderating the boards over there?
This is not about BradleyFans, it's about the PJ Star. Their circulation is dwindling, they are laying off large numbers of employees, and they are losing money. That's well documented. If you don't think the changes they have made are because of the competetion that has caused their problems, then you are welcome to think that. But I am sure even the PJ Star people would not try to deny that.
Yes, I can recall a few times over the last 40 years of reading the PJ Star that I can actually recall the sports columnists refer to an unsigned recruit by name. But in the last 4 months, there have been many more articles and blog entires about John Wilkins than any previous mentions of recruits in the last few decades. And the overall number of columns and blogs dedicated to Bradley basketball is way up this year.
And now they start a fan message board dedicated to Bradley hoops. They have had message boards for 10 years there, and never thought they needed a dedicated Bradley forum. You apparently think that it's a coincidence?
No, it's because they are losing business to other sites, and they know that if they don't try to provide what others already are providing, they will become even more irrelevant. It's clearly because of sites like this.
Not what I said. I think they are responding to general comments made here by issuing more articles, blog entires, whatever... and that a lot of them have topics based on things they have been ripped for here. I am giving the guys some credit -- they see people calling them out on (sometimes) unjustified things, and they address them through these new (to them) means of blogs, etc.
ok...I understand
I think they started the Bradleyhoops in response some wanting to talk BU basketball and having it not mixed in with all the stuff under college sports.
They also started a fitness section and change their high school sections for the season.
I think I know how competitve it is "out there". Losing money and laying people off...gosh that's not happening everywhere else either...the newpaper industry is struggling all over because of the internet and the fact that most under 40 now don't care to ge their news that way.
I spend about 200k per year less than years past in the journal and will continue to spend less as time goes on.
so yes I think it is because of competetion but not from here...but you can think that if you want....the circulation was dwindling long before this board started. My point is the DW and KW write articles and get their info from many sources. I believe they write what they think.
I'm sure they may scan this board from time to time but I don't know if that changes their opinion.
All media types are hurting to by the way. It's not just newspapers. TV and radio as well as direct mail(even though we all still get tons of it) are hurting. WEEK was and I believe still is king of the hill and they are having problems as well.
Is that what I said? Did you mean to wink?
Many dealers as well as other retail industries who use to advertise there don't anymore that's all. We are still in constently but less often that's all.
I think Bradleyfans provided too strong of a business case. T often points out the large number of viewers, page hits..
I'd guess that the pjstar gets ad revenue based on those statistics, and Bradleyfans numbers * pjstar ad rates resulted in numbers way to large to ignore within a declining market.
When T pointed out the Bradleyfans #'s during the Roth decision, the pjstar finally had $ to attach providing that previously "filler" recruiting info.
I'd guess that the pjstar gets ad revenue based on those statistics, and Bradleyfans numbers * pjstar ad rates resulted in numbers way to large to ignore within a declining market.
When T pointed out the Bradleyfans #'s during the Roth decision, the pjstar finally had $ to attach providing that previously "filler" recruiting info.