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2010-11 Expectations

amckillip said:
These posts are one of the most annoying annoying things on the board to me. WE PLAY OTHER TEAMS. WE COMPETE AGAINST OTHER TEAMS. Particularly in the valley.

I think we have great guys, who cares if they're better or worse than ILSU's or Wichita State's. Who cares how we finish in the valley relative to other teams, lets just focus on BU. Who cares what the other team scores in a game, let's just try to get to 60 every night and focus on BU.

Do the people (not just you JD) see the absolute lunacy of this statement?
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Don't mean to speak for JD but I don't think he is saying we shouldn't discuss other fans/teams....its just quit using what OTHERS do to justify something BU fans are doing. We don't care if others are doing it (whatever IT may be) and it certainly doesn't justify us doing it.
 
shaunguth said:
The "general consensus of expectations" on at least one other board has us finishing 5th in the conference. I certainly hope we do not finish lower than that this season! :oops:
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I get a higher sense of expectations on THIS board though.....lets say SM goes down and we do indeed finish 5th perhaps 6th. Will we here the injury reason....I am getting the feeling that many think we are deep at guard so IF someone goes down that shouldn't hurt us that badly.

IOW...will another mediocre finish be excused if player A goes down?
 
dogsrus said:
Don't mean to speak for JD but I don't think he is saying we shouldn't discuss other fans/teams....its just quit using what OTHERS do to justify something BU fans are doing. We don't care if others are doing it (whatever IT may be) and it certainly doesn't justify us doing it.
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Yes, that is what I meant.

Many times something about BU is brought up and all of a sudden we get 25 posts about ISU, WSU, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc.

thanks Dogs
 
dogsrus said:
I get a higher sense of expectations on THIS board though.....lets say SM goes down and we do indeed finish 5th perhaps 6th. Will we here the injury reason....I am getting the feeling that many think we are deep at guard so IF someone goes down that shouldn't hurt us that badly.

IOW...will another mediocre finish be excused if player A goes down?
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Read my signature DRU............. "Bradley Braves Basketball 2010-2011 -- No Excuses!"
 
dogsrus said:
Oh for something they call winning...sooner or later fans/admins just MIGHT get tired of 5th place in the conference and no Valley titles or appearances injuries or not.

There comes a time when you have to win...at least thats how it is with most programs.

JL has been snakebit.....I won't ever deny that. I think he's had worse luck than any coach should endure but every coach has to produce injuries or not eventually.
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Good post dog:) You just get tied of going to St. Louis every year and not staying till Sunday:(
 
BradleyJD said:
Why do so many give other schools so much talk on here. Who cares about ISU and WSU's schedule or InSU's injury claims??

BU has enough issues of its own to deal with.

Let's focus on trying to right our ship before talking about other programs.

BU needs to win, this year.
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Amen to taking care of our own business and not caring or worrying about the other teams.
 
And for the record, as far as excuses go, I think its OK to use them or point them out to be fair. In fact I don't even like te word excuse when you are just pointing out facts.

As I stated, JL and BU has been as snakebit if not more then most other programs....its hard to deny that and its why I gave him a flyer for several years.

But, like I mentioned, sooner or later you just plain gotta produce, injuries or not.
 
dogsrus said:
And for the record, as far as excuses go, I think its OK to use them or point them out to be fair. In fact I don't even like te word excuse when you are just pointing out facts.

As I stated, JL and BU has been as snakebit if not more then most other programs....its hard to deny that and its why I gave him a flyer for several years.

But, like I mentioned, sooner or later you just plain gotta produce, injuries or not.
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Well spoken, and that is probably the view of most Bradley fans I know. Injuries are unfair, but a part of every sport.

Bradley has to produce, especially with an experienced team and an expanded NCAA field.
 
Top 2 things I pay attention to:

Big news on BU
a few of the posters avatar - i.e B4L, AsianSensation, FWO. MM, Ben


All the rest gets very minimum bandwidth. Literally there are some posters that I have learned to skim their posts because you pretty much know what side of the issue they will be on and their take.
 
SFP said:
Literally there are some posters that I have learned to skim their posts because you pretty much know what side of the issue they will be on and their take.
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Haha, agreed with this completely. I think you're usually better about filtering than me though... ;)
 
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