Probably has something to do with comparing 9 years of a mediocre won loss record and below average win loss record in conference play vs a 2 1/2 year timeframe of similar numbers also fans were becoming more and more frustrated and unhappy with the lack of leverage in recruiting and and program expansion after the sweet sixteen run. Proof would be to look how Wichita has taken advantage of their success in post season the last couple of years ( and I am not talking about post season buy in games CBI and CIT etc. which we fulfilled after the run)
I rarely agree with you, but this is amazing- what has this got to do with Jim Les and his record? Jim Les was criticized and ripped from the first day he was named coach. At what point does the coaching staff begin to bear some responsibility? Even when he had 2 All-MVC starters go down before the season had barely started, leading to his first losing season in 6 years, you and others blamed Jim Les for not recruiting enough depth. Now, according to the PJ Star, the problem is we have a lack of leaders on the court- who's fault is that?
We have one of the weakest non-conference schedules in the country for the 2nd year in a row, we keep losing to inferior teams, and getting blown out by some, we have columnists complaining that we have no leadership, we have thousands of fans bailing out (and more will bail out next year), and we have one of the most predictable and easiest teams in the country to defend.
Despite what KW and others say, this is as much on the coaching and AD as on the players. Just the fact that we have played Walt out of position at point guard for 2 1/2 years, then try to dump on him when he makes mistakes is more of an indictment of coaching decisions, than of the players. Where is the point guard of the future that some here claimed we'd have by year 3?
This entire athletic program has developed a culture of losing, and has completely turned off the great Bradley fan enthusiasm. Maybe you feel the embarrassing 2-19 record the baseball team posted in the MVC in the coach's 5th season is all Dewey's fault somehow?
We have become everybody else's cupcake. I hope Kirk and those who wanted this are happy. It's hard to argue that this team is any better than Geno's first team, and next year we lose our 2 best players and things could get a lot worse.
This fallout surpasses even the worst case scenario I predicted.
By the way, a reminder- when Jim Les left, we were still drawing an average of almost 9,000+ fans. And in all 9 years he was here, we had fewer 20+ point blowouts than we have had in the 2+ seasons since the coaching change. And we played a far more difficult and appealing schedule.
Even Kirk Wessler now has come around to recognize how valuable Will Egolf, Dyricus Simms-Edwards, and Jake Eastman were. And next year, when we are scoring in the 50's with regularity, we will be wishing we still had Walt Lemon.
But somehow we will continue to see a small number of people trying to blame Jim Les.
