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Final score: Illinois State 70 Bradley 57

Childs needs to start instead of Koch. I hate saying negative things, but Koch hasn't played well, he is loose with the ball, weak in the post on offense and defense, and hasn't played with a good flow.

I want the offense to play like they did in the second half of the Loyola game, free flowing, taking the first shot, and being assertive. Now lets just hope the defense is better.

This is a huge game in the Wardle era, for the first time the team has some expectations, and the team hasn't lived up to them on the road. I don't think we're over reacting, I think we just want to see some wins.
 
The broadcasters are John Rooney and David Kaplan. They are terrific sportscasters and they really do their homework.
 
it's a battle - not pretty but we're hanging tough-
Elijah Childs did get the start - did fine defensively...

..bad turnover on the shot clock violation
 
It doesn??™t look like we??™re going to get the job done tonight. But I like a lot of the intensity that I saw tonight. if we can bring that every game we will be just fine. It??™s like watching a different team.
 
we had fewer turnovers and played decent defense...
but we allowed them to go to the FT line too much and they made a few more shots than we did
 
This game was very winnable tonight. It is not what ISU did. It is what we did not do.. And that is make shots.. We had good looks but you have to put the ball in the basket. They we re giving us shots but we could not make them
 
Vent said:
Same old, same old in year 3.
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I don't care about "actual start date" for Coach Wardle.

Year 1 he cleaned out the crap that was at Bradley under Ford and Cross. When hired so late in year, he couldn't recruit actual competitive D1 players. He found the best he could. We have marginal players maturing. They are in their 3rd year. Coach Wardle is in his 2nd year. Yet... since he cleaned house and filled roster with newbies and being an honorable and respectable human being, he is honoring the scholarships given for 4 years if the players continue to follow his program. So... year 2 and year 3 recruiting has left little room to add.

So all the Grumpy Gills out there need to realize HONESTLY what Bradley has decided to do and what the actual rebuilding IS.

Bradley is still 2-4 years out from seeing what Coach Wardle is building and he needs that time to show it. The steaming pile he was given is not his fault. And then having to start from absolutely nothing means he deserves more time to get this program going. And the fact he and Bradley are honorable and respectable in giving scholarships in this rebuild process to the student athletes without pulling the scholarships in place of a quick fix... this speaks louder than the record this team will have this season.
 
Both coaches seemed frustrated with the decision making of their teams. The decision making by both teams was pretty bad all game. Part of not making shots has to do with the shots a team is taking.
 
We gotta get more athletic and physical. Hopefully that is something that coach is recruiting for.

Kennell's decision making has gone down the tank. Too many quick 3s
 
MacabreMob said:
I don't care about "actual start date" for Coach Wardle.

Year 1 he cleaned out the crap that was at Bradley under Ford and Cross. When hired so late in year, he couldn't recruit actual competitive D1 players. He found the best he could. We have marginal players maturing. They are in their 3rd year. Coach Wardle is in his 2nd year. Yet... since he cleaned house and filled roster with newbies and being an honorable and respectable human being, he is honoring the scholarships given for 4 years if the players continue to follow his program. So... year 2 and year 3 recruiting has left little room to add.

So all the Grumpy Gills out there need to realize HONESTLY what Bradley has decided to do and what the actual rebuilding IS.

Bradley is still 2-4 years out from seeing what Coach Wardle is building and he needs that time to show it. The steaming pile he was given is not his fault. And then having to start from absolutely nothing means he deserves more time to get this program going. And the fact he and Bradley are honorable and respectable in giving scholarships in this rebuild process to the student athletes without pulling the scholarships in place of a quick fix... this speaks louder than the record this team will have this season.
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Great post. People need to calm down. While it's frustrating, we are in year 3 and have significantly improved from where we were 2 years ago. It will get better.
 
I don't fault our effort last night or most nights. These guys play hard. Am I a little frustrated with our inability to shoot on the road? Yup. Am I a little frustrated with our inability to play 2 good halves of defense on the road? Yup. But considering how low we've been this decade being 13-7 after 20 games this season is pretty darn good. I think we all would have taken this record at the beginning of the season. But our margin of error is still a little bit too close for comfort for me. That's a lot of pressure to win at home if you can't win on the road in conference play. Next 2 home games will tell whether we play on Thursday in St Louis or not.
 
pretty much without exception, the teams that have won on the road in MVC play sit atop the MVC standings....and the teams that have NOT won on the road occupy the lower half of the MVC.
We must hold home court and win a couple on the road.
 
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