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BUfan14 said:
That is what I have been saying, TB is a tremendous player, but I don't get the obsession with putting him at the 3. He has never played at the 3. Maybe in the future, but right now at least I don't feel he is good enough as a defender, ball-handler, or 3 point shooter to play the 3 when most teams play 3 guards or at least a SF with a perimeter skill set. Also I feel DD has to be out there to be our number 1 defender as I stated in the Dodie thread. I feel JP can be a strong back up 4 along with WE playing there sometimes too when we need to go big with 2 posts.

I put this lineup in the DD thread, it gives us time with 2 posts when we need to go big, if gives us length with 6'5 AW and 6'8 MK at the 3 spot without sacrificing a perimeter threat at the 3. AW is a good rebounder too. It gives us a number 1 defender in DD, gets the backups a good chunk of playing time, and makes us a dangerous 3 point shooter/fast breaking yet still strong defensive team. Without the final scholarship filled:

SM(25)/DSE(15)
DD(25)/JE(10)/DSE(5)
AW(25)/MK(8 )/WL(7)
TB(25)/JP(10)/WE(5)
WE(15)/MO(20)/AT(5)

Not that I know much, and I'm sure JL will put together the best lineup, but I like that. I think people want TB at the 3 because of rebounding, but I think AW and TB at the 3/4 are good rebounders. The problem was the 5 spot rebounding which being the biggest rebounding position made our whole team look bad at rebounding. I don't think TB at the 4 was the problem rebounding, you fix the 5 spot with an improved WE/MO/AT, I think you fix the whole problem.
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That would be an ideal minute distribution IMO. Only I think we need closer to 30 minutes from TB and I wouldn't make any bets on AT contributing strictly based on his previous two seasons. That said I think we see more of WE/MO splitting the 5 and TB getting 30 min. at the 4. Hopefully JP can impress and put in about 10 minutes a game.
 
DeltaBrave03 said:
Thanks for that great insight and contribution. How dare people have fun during the offseason and "speculate" about their team for the upcoming year. Why don't we just shut down the website for the 8 months we don't play?
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Exactly, how dare anyone have some fun discussing their team. I mean it is so much more fun discussing our boring engineering, finance, etc. jobs!

I don't break-down and analyze the team like some posters but I do enjoy reading through everyone's thoughts and I never get put-off or frustrated with anyone's posts. Let's keep the perspective that this is for fun!
 
mwilsont said:
man you guys keep doing what your doing .which is a whole lot speculation. bunch of arm chair coaches.
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Let me make myself clear, I'm no expert. I think I'm a pretty good observer of college basketball like we all think we are, but beyond that I have no qualifications as a basketball expert.

As I said in my post, JL knows far better than me and he will do what is best I'm sure.

As I have said many times before I love to speculate on and discuss Bradley basketball especially in the offseason for fun. Without harming or bashing anyone, I don't see what's wrong with that. It's all in fun and I think part of why this board is here.
 
No posting about anything until the season starts, about anything......it could get boring around here for a while..............
 
I don't know how others feel about themselves, but I consider myself to be a first rate arm chair coach and recruiter! :lol:

Why should sports writers/broadcasters have all the fun for themselves?

Isn't speculation one of the major attractions of an Internet Forum?

If all I really want are facts I can always go elsewhere!
 
AZ BU Fan said:
I don't know how others feel about themselves, but I consider myself to be a first rate arm chair coach and recruiter! :lol:

Why should sports writers/broadcasters have all the fun for themselves?

Isn't speculation one of the major attractions of an Internet Forum?

If all I really want are facts I can always go elsewhere!
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I'm still an associate sofa coach, but I have big goals for myself.
 
SFP said:
Who is this person? All I can say is, "Yea we are!" Master of the obvious.
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I agree haha I'm just way way too excited about next season to just sit and wait.

I like the above minute breakdowns, and i agree i think our starting five will probably be

DD
SM
AW
TB
WE

hopefully we can get some solid support from DSE, JE, MO, and JP. I would love to see JE really step up like he was at the end of the season because with DD,SM, and AW graduating we are going to need someone to step in the year after.
 
RedSeaElite1 said:
I agree haha I'm just way way too excited about next season to just sit and wait.

I like the above minute breakdowns, and i agree i think our starting five will probably be

DD
SM
AW
TB
WE

hopefully we can get some solid support from DSE, JE, MO, and JP. I would love to see JE really step up like he was at the end of the season because with DD,SM, and AW graduating we are going to need someone to step in the year after.
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If this is our starting lineup we will not be winning any championships as it is too small and we would get killed again on the boards.
 
real fan said:
If this is our starting lineup we will not be winning any championships as it is too small and we would get killed again on the boards.
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How do you know? Do you know for a fact that none of these young men are not going to improve from last year. I only ask because I remember about 4 years ago when this board was talking about how bad the team was going to be because we had no outside shooting and how one young man would be better off transferring because he wouldn't even get off the bench. Then the season began and low and behold the team had improved and JC got his shooting touch and everyone raved how good they played because they were not supposed to be very good. Let's face it no one on this board, unless you get to watch summer workouts or know someone who tells you what is happening, has any idea what this team will be like next year.
That being said I have no problem w/ people speculating about starting line ups but don't rip on the players as several will only be Soph. & Juniors and we have all seen what can happen to a player in one summer.
 
mwilsont said:
man you guys keep doing what your doing .which is a whole lot speculation. bunch of arm chair coaches.
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It's apparent from your few posts that you're not a fan of message boards. :?: I'm guessing you either a player's parent, friend of a player or his parents, or a faculty member at BU that, maybe, needs to lighten up a little bit and just enjoy life. Don't worry, be happy. :) :) :)
 
Isn't there some kind of company sponsored summer league in the Peoria Area where the BU players, hopefully including WL and JO, play in and where we can get a glimpse of what we will have for next season?
 
There is a summer league in Peoria played at the Riverplex. Bradley players played in this league a few years ago. But they have not played the last several years.
 
That is not a good place for high caliber college kids as it has high school players also, be better off playing against each other at the Markin center plus other good players like D.J.Richardson that return home and play some this summer.
 
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