I still do not understand what fallout we are seeing. I see a new direction for a program. You have a good coaching staff and quality young men playing for Bradley...
If you cannot see fallout from the coaching change, then I doubt nothing will change your mind.
Bradley will almost certainly finish in 10th place this year.
Note that Bradley has never finished in 10th place in the MVC or in any conference they have been part of in 108 years of playing basketball.
Note that we will almost certainly see a losing home record this year, something we have never seen in the 9 seasons under the previous coach.
Note that we have already witnessed massive blowout losses, including the largest margin of loss at home in the entire 108 seasons of Bradley basketball, as well as several other blowouts that came close.
Note that people criticized previous coaches for their offense and their defense. But despite assurances of an uptempo offense, we are currently averaging significantly fewer ppg than last year, or any of the previous 7 years. And, we are also giving up 77.9 ppg on defense, a whopping 8 ppg more than last year, and way more than any Bradley team in decades!
We currently have a
-14.2 ppg differential, which is greater than any season I can find in Bradley's history!
And I could list many more reasons for the fans' frustrations. Forgive us fans if we don't like the huge downturn we are seeing as a direct result of the coaching change with no assurances it will get any better anytime soon. Most fans would love to have your rose-colored glasses that see bright days ahead, but can you say things will be better next year, or the following year? - that is the fallout.
I'll support Geno, and I hope he can turn this downturn around quickly. But there is no way Bradley would be anywhere close to where they are now if not for all the fallout from the changes imposed.
