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What did Jim say at halftime?

Nicely coached game. Excellent 2nd half and just whatever he did to make the offense work was great. This is what we need more of...offensive prowess. Our defense is there we just need to get smart and not panic on the offensive side and outscore them!

Great game by BU
 
I'd have to believe JL told his players at half time to step it up so he wouldn't have to read posts from the JL skeptics on BradleyFans.com again. :lol:

JL critics have never shied away from complimenting the team, players, and coach when the team performs well, and/or wins. Similar to the Pro JL folks, we also reserve the right to say one game doesn't make/break JL.

This was a great game today for the Braves and JL motivating them to win in the second half. Hopefully the Braves will remember this one till the end of the MVC Tournament and their championship. Nothing would make ALL of the Forum posters happier. It isn't about JL, it is whatever it takes for the Braves to win...If JL can finally make that happen, great. Sign him up for life.
 
Les did outcoach Jacobsen. To not call timeout when we cut it to 32-30 was just plain dumb. For the 2nd time all season, we came out of locker room after half with a plan and executed it nicely!
 
No doubt we made the adjustments today and made the plays down the stretch, today. I think that is the frustrating thing.....what we would be talking about with a win like this if we could have taken care of business at home all season.
 
Coach Les deserves all the credit in the world for a very well coached game today, much like he did against Illinois. He also deserves much of the criticism he has recieved this year from many on this board because there is no way a team with the talent we have should be sitting at 13-12 (8-7) after a convincing win over a second top 25 team (Illinois was 22 when we beat them).

With that said, I hope he is able to lead the same year-end charge we've seen in years past and hopefully make a run in STL. Post-season success is all that matters and we still have a chance to experience some.
 
From what Warren and Les said, a majority of halftime was filled with a very intense profanity laced tirade. He called out players and wanted accountability, someone step up and be a leader. Les also said that they did very little X's and O's work at halftime, it was mostly just an intense, in your face pep talk.

Bradley hasn't been losing by much at halftime this season, perhaps Les has been working on to much strategy and 2nd half game plans and not enough motivational speeches. Lets see how they respond after the half the rest of the season.

Jason
 
bigdaddystuck said:
what we would be talking about with a win like this if we could have taken care of business at home all season.
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We'd be talking NCAA tournament bubble, no? Just the home games...nothing else...that's 5 games against subpar to mediocre teams at best and we could be NCAA tourney discussion worthy.....yes I'd say frustrating is the perfect word.
 
First time this year we came out the second half and made a run, instead of them doing it to us:!: I have bitched all year about this:!: Giving up those runs have just killed us:!: Great job Jimmy in getting the players up to start the second half:!::D What ever you did, stay with it:!::D
 
Out of Balance said:
First time this year we came out the second half and made a run, instead of them doing it to us:!: I have bitched all year about this:!: Giving up those runs have just killed us:!: Great job Jimmy in getting the players up to start the second half:!::D What ever you did, stay with it:!::D
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I agree. Great Job!
 
It certainly was a nice surprise to see BU come out and start the second half strong. It didn't look like they had much energy except for Roberts in the first half. The crowd fed off that surge.
 
FortyTwo said:
Coach Les deserves all the credit in the world for a very well coached game today, much like he did against Illinois. He also deserves much of the criticism he has recieved this year from many on this board because there is no way a team with the talent we have should be sitting at 13-12 (8-7) after a convincing win over a second top 25 team (Illinois was 22 when we beat them).

With that said, I hope he is able to lead the same year-end charge we've seen in years past and hopefully make a run in STL. Post-season success is all that matters and we still have a chance to experience some.
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This is why I have a problem with the ones that say he cannot coach, you don"t look great like we have in beating Illinois and UNI if you are not doing something right, I agree that there are changes that need to be made in the use of timeouts, substitution patterns, asst. coaches, and recruiting but these are fixable things and hopefully these things are being worked on .
 
I suggest the real problem some posters had/have with JL is the shortage of BU wins in the MVC the past three seasons....If BU isn't winning, the coach will take heat regardless if it is a perception of coaching ability, or, a perception coaches can't get enough talent to win consistently.

I don't think anyone can argue JL resurrected the program, emotionally and financially, when he came on board.

The end of this season, and, BU's accomplishments next season, will pretty much answer the question: Is JL the guy to take BU from here to the next level?
 
Got to give JL credit when its due. And he gets a lot of credit for the UNI win even though it kills me the way he doesn't play AT.

For better or worse, this year's team is much better off when they do not have a lead at half-time. DV commented in an earlier game this year when BU went into the locker room with a 10+ point lead. DV said he preferred having a 3 point lead.

This team can not close out is better coming from behind in the second half. That's not a coaching thing, its a player thing.
 
Not sure what JL said, but whatever it was it worked. Great strategy on Egleseder in the 2nd half, and superb effort overall. That's what games on the home court are supposed to be like!
 
ph said:
Whatever happened, I want to see more of that Taylor "This rebound is MINE!" Brown!
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Absolutely. I haven't seen a flash of TB potential quite like the second half of Saturday's game. Needless to say, putting on a run like that against the seemingly untouchable league leaders will make you jump a little higher and run a little faster, but hopefully he and the rest of the players that stepped up enjoyed that feeling enough to keep it up!!:lol:
 
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