Chris Reynolds named new Bradley AD

[Vent]

Ok, this is just to add some trivia:

1. Their attendance counts are as fraudulent as ours. One time they got almost 40K because it was "high school band day" and they counted them. Another time they gave away free tickets to faculty and staff and counted "almost 40K" when in fact, there were MAYBE 20K there.

2. They HAVE, in fact, given away home games. The last "near Thanksgiving break" games have been so poorly attended that they moved the next 3 "home games" against Northwestern to Chicago and didn't require anything of NW.

Anyone who is on Facebook can check out the football team page; fans are howling about this.

3. After ONE 6-6 season (which ended with getting blasted by a non-BCS team in a minor bowl, they ...you guessed it....RAISED ticket prices (on most sections anyway). This reminded me of what happened after GF's one EIEIO tournament season. There is a lot of howling about that too.

I find it interesting is that struggling programs seem to make similar bad moves which appear to alienate the few remaining fans. :lol:

Good post. As I said in a previous post, had they not upset Northwestern in the final game of the season, Beckman most likely would have been fired, and the Illini would not have gone to a bowl game.

If the basketball team doesn't start having more success, look for the heat to be turned up on Groce.

 

[tornado]

some nice things said about Chris Reynolds - glad he's getting accepted so widely ...
http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150319/SPORTS/150318931/12696/SPORTS

one thing said here kinda gives some credit to some unlikely people for WHY Chris Reynolds would take this job......

"When he was growing up ..Reynolds would watch players like Roger Phegley and Bobby Humbles, Jim Les and Hersey Hawkins and —
he smiles, slows his speech and raises the volume to enunciate this one — “Mitchell J.J. Anderson!”

They were heroes, recognized all over the Peoria area, and the community loved their Braves."

and I am glad those like KW and other clueless folks who claimed a coup attempt and a group of insiders was fixing this hire..have finally stopped making such asinine statements.
Especially since everything they said was false has come true and everyone they attacked as wrong have been proven right.

 

[Da Coach]

... ???Mitchell J.J. Anderson!???

They were heroes, recognized all over the Peoria area, and the community loved their Braves."...

Recognized everywhere except in Carver Arena. :roll:


FTR, Mitchell Anderson and Donald Reese attended the Bradley Wichita State game 2/25/14, and Bradley chose not to recognized them or announce their presence.

 

[tornado]

There ought to be a section right at floor level and right behind the bench...that seats can routinely be given to the old stars like JJ, Reese, Hawk, Phegley, etc...and hopefully some day David Thirdkill & others...
as long as they'd be willing to sign for kids and help by just being available and personable as Chris Reynolds' own words indicate would be immensely IMPORTANT.
I have sensed for a very long time that some people feel threatened by attention that the old-school guys get and that their presence in Bradley's history and as part of our legacy & the fans' memories - is something that certain outsiders just do not understand nor appreciate.

 

[ollienanyes]

There ought to be a section right at floor level and right behind the bench...that seats can routinely be given to the old stars like JJ, Reese, Hawk, Phegley, etc...and hopefully some day David Thirdkill & others...
as long as they'd be willing to sign for kids and help by just being available and personable as Chris Reynolds' own words indicate would be immensely IMPORTANT.
I have sensed for a very long time that some people feel threatened by attention that the old-school guys get and that their presence in Bradley's history and as part of our legacy & the fans' memories - is something that certain outsiders just do not understand nor appreciate.

Interesting point. I'll just make a conjecture here (no hard data to back it up): it appears that, at times, some don't understand that a healthy program has to please many non-overlapping constituencies.

On one hand, the link to the past is important to the older fans and supporters, many who have been generous with support on various levels. To this group, the link to tradition (as described in the quote) is important.

Those older players being there probably wouldn't mean too much to current players; if they are like the other students on campus they are probably more interested in checking their smart phones or taking selfies than in some old guys who played before their parents were born.

And some of the imports (like me: I came to BU in 1991, which is the first year I got season tickets) probably don't really "get it" either but I understand that there is an established tradition that was here well before I arrived that that links to that are important to many.

 

[Buesch N Chips]

As I've said many times, it is a common business mistake to over-correct from previous leadership. That's all that happened here, and people felt slighted. Hopefully from here on out things will run smoothly.

 

[bradleyfan124]

The better programs have tradition.. Look at Notre Dame football...People still talk about the "Gipper and the " Four Horsemen". Too see where you are going you have to know where you came from.. Appreciate the foundation that was built by others

 

[Chico]

The better programs have tradition.. Look at Notre Dame football...People still talk about the "Gipper and the " Four Horsemen". Too see where you are going you have to know where you came from.. Appreciate the foundation that was built by others

Bradley basketball has "tradition". The famous 5, Squeaky and the NCAA and NIT teams of the early 50's, the 1954 NCAA runner ups, the NIT championship teams of the early 60's, the NIT champs in 1982, Hersey and the 32-3 season in which they gave champion Louisville the closest game in the NCAA tournament, the defeating of Kansas and Pitt in the 2006 NCAA.

 

[tornado]

that may be the single biggest thing about Chris Reynolds - literally the first thing he says is that he knows about and honors Bradley's decades long tradition - and in fact he lived thru some of it and wants to be part of it....

 

[Braves2006]

that may be the single biggest thing about Chris Reynolds - literally the first thing he says is that he knows about and honors Bradley's decades long tradition - and in fact he lived thru some of it and wants to be part of it....

The more I think about it the more excited I get! There's no doubt that CR is the right man for the job. Now just waiting patiently for the next move.

 

[ghunt]

Darn good hire, and the one I was hoping for. Thanks for coming home Chris and thanks a ton for taking on the job I hope the coaching hire is not anti-climatic, though ;-)

 

[tornado]

Here is a name to keep in mind- former teammate of Chris Reynolds, and maybe the only one who is in D1 coaching now, Calbert Cheaney-
http://www.slubillikens.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209257489

Is he ready for a head coaching job?

one other teammate & friend of Chris' that was on that 1993 Hoosiers team that won 31 games - has also gone on to coach 7 years as a DI head coach and 10 more years as an assistant at a top program.