Updates on Jalen, Remy, Geno, and lots more...

Jalen Crawford is waiting out to see about other offers, but he really loved Bradley and will soon be giving Bradley his verbal I believe...

Note even one of the more industrious ISU fans found that out...
45otseoj tweeted to Jalen .. "@JCrawford3rd you playing at bradley?" - Link

and Jalen replies... " @45otseoj I will be" - Link

**** NOTE -- Bradley people have to be very careful -- since any Bradley fan who is a booster (and the definition of a booster is so broad that just about any..
if you contact a potential recruit even by Facebook or twitter you may be committing an NCAA contact violation. Be very careful -- even the unintended appearance of such a violation (even if none is committed) may cause coaches and compliance people to break out in a sweat. The last thing Bradley needs is for well-intending but uninformed fans to start contacting recruits and get Geno some violations even before he's here a full month!

Here is an example of the extent that some schools go to in order to be sure their fans don't make bad mistakes and commit violations -eetings go... ;)


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Here's an interview with new Kent State head coach Rob Senderoff....it has a whole lot about Geno and the players Geno recruited...
"..Geno Ford was a very charismatic leader who could make someone he had just met feel like they're his long-lost best friend.
.. I may not have as many punch lines as coach Ford, but I think I have a pretty decent personality."
http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/120233724.html


Ex-BU recruit Jamari Traylor who is at IMG is definitely plFutm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JodyDemling-RecruitingBlog+%28Jody+Demling+-+Recruiting+blog%29&utm_content=Twitter">Link


BU Head Coach Geno Ford is out talking not only with Remy but other coaches, making contacts in Chicago and elsewhere and setting up meetings with various fans and supporters. The BSS (Braves Scholarship Society) are all being scheduled for lunches with Geno so maybe I can find out how some of those meetings go... ;)


For even more detailed info go to our completely private and protected Facebook site but you'll have to request entry via the old way -- PM...


Here's an interview with new Kent State head coach Rob Senderoff....it has a whole lot about Geno and the players Geno recruited...
"..Geno Ford was a very charismatic leader who could make someone he had just met feel like they're his long-lost best friend.
.. I may not have as many punch lines as coach Ford, but I think I have a pretty decent personality."
http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/120233724.html


Ex-BU recruit Jamari Traylor who is at IMG is definitely plFutm_sourccards right by waiting...
As players bolt from Kansas - the Morris twins, Josh Selby, Royce Woolridge..
roster openings abound and Kansas is going hard after anhyone warm body that can play. Suddenly Traylor -- getting only mid-major offers until a few weeks ago -- is now getting interest from Kansas, Indiana, as well as other BCS schools.
Here's a premium article and interview from the Kansas site - he's visiting Kansas and Coach Self this week!...
LINK

The scout.com site still lists Bradley as one of the schools still following and interested - Link)

I hope guys like Traylor know they are just backup plans for those big schools, and fall-back options, the way Mario Little and Tyrone Appleton were. Those guys went to Kansas thinking they'd play but mostly sat the bench and remained deep subs their entire careers there. Bill Self is a good salesman though, and even if he knows the kid he's recruiting is gonna be a deep sub, he sells it well and often lands the kids who could have played more and enjoyed it more elsewhere.

Just add Jamari to the long list of players who were used to fill emergency spots at big schools but who wasted time there and even in some cases wasted their careers there such as Devan Bawinkel, Cully Payne, DeAaron Williams, Nick Fruendt, Stan Simpson, and even Matt Roth.


Here's some coaching news....

-SIU's Chris Lowery breaking the state traffic laws and tweeting while driving - LINK

-Dane Fife finally might have found a way out of IPFW -- seems like he's been begging for any job to get out of Ft. Wayne, maybe even an assistant job somewhere...even a spot as janitor???
But isn't that a STEP BACKWARDS to go from a D-I head coach to a lower level assistant at another D-I???
Don't all assistants at bigger programs want desperately to get a head coaching job somewhere even if they have to start at the lower end of the scale??

Of course...so that's why it speaks volumes that DANE FIFE is apparently going to quit his job as head coach at IPFW and take an assistant coaching spot at Michigan State!! After courting at least a dozen other spots - mostly head coaching spots, he's now taking a bottom7s a little more on the Braves Scholarship Society -- check it out..g alma mater Indiana!
http://michiganstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1213822


BTW -- I get asked about the BSS all the time and what is it...
simply put, it is the level in the Braves Club (used to be the Chiefs Club) that's at the absolute top...these are the best fans of all because they put their money where their mouth is...they donate big time and help fill the coffers so the school can build things, recruit well, and pay well -- even pay for unpopular things.
Here's a link to a more thorough explanation...
http://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/4270.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=3400

The BSS are mostly all well known business people who give and some get recognition for their efforts. Some -- who are helpful to the University via things like promotions (you know, even like message boards) get a really great deal and are allowed full BSS membership and close association with the coaches and players.
It is a two way street -- the BSS people get a lot in return for giving a lot.
Here's a little more on the Braves Scholarship Society -- check it out..get involved...

Don't just sit and think "I am a good fan", or "I buy tickets", or "surely the school values me cheering for them"..because Bradley needs more than that!
They need LOYAL support but they also need good, hard support in the form of giving.

Speaking of giving...check this out...
Bradley even lists who are the big time givers to the school and to the athletic department..

You can view for yourself. I know a whole lot of people who "claim" to be good Bradley fans -- who argue they are as important to Bradley as even the Caterpillar CEO's or the corporate heads who give big-time...but unfortunately that's not exactly the truth.....
Bradley wants any and all fans -- fans who suport the team, players, and coaches.....but nothing is stopping you from being a solid financial supporter as well -- just step up to the plate and put your money where your mouth is!...
If anyone should claim to be a big fan, then show me your name on this list....most of the big talkers aren't anywhere to be found on this list -- some not even a dime ever given to Bradley!! Hmmm...speaks volumes....
The list has people like ex-Board of Trustees President Gerald Shaheen, Dr. Abegg, the Bielfeldts, and Cat CEO Doug Olberhelmann, among many others...
BUT also a lot of people who are little known yet given the honor and recognition by Bradley for their support.
Yes -- the University values support of ALL levels, but this is a nice honor for them to recognize the best supporters publicly.
http://www.bradley.edu/pubs/HonorRollProof.pdf


Just to show you that this is quite commonplace for the school and the coach to be especially thankful to certain fans...check this out....just Dana Altman's way of making his best fans and donors feel appreciated...
LINK

Other good Oregon boosters got the same call! -- LINK


Here's a nice story on Dana -- LINK


Hey -- I like message boards and frequent almost all the Missouri Valley teams' home boards...but none have the really great, breaking, current, and relevant info and facts about everything basketball related as BradleyFans.com. And it's not like others fail to notice that -- something you can prove for yourself, since almost all hours, day and night, there are literally dozens, even hundreds of people logging on from outside the area -- people from other schools, people from out east -- even coaches at other schools who have told me personally they find BradleyFans.com the single most informative site around for college basketball!
.....and they often also report that they like BradleyFans better than most other sites because of the relevant info.

Here's a simple board comparison based on current activity...(roughly 0800)
Bradley - 139 people online
Creighton - 33 people online
Drake - 13 people online
Evansville - 2 people online (remember, one of them at any time would be me since I am checking)
ISU - 6 people online
Indiana State - 28 people online (surprising -- better than most MVC schools)
Missouri State - 29 people online
UNI - 13 people online
SIU - only one person online and that had to be me so really nobody!! -- how amazingly far SIU has fallen!!
Wichita State - 43 people online (nice job Shox!)
Then there's one other board in Peoria - but only a handful of people frequent it with nothing but bickering -- it has literally gone Valleytalk...and as I checked currently there were ZERO registered users and six "guests" online viewing (one being me as I surprised even myself at how barren it is there given the advertising they get in the paper promoting it).

But the boards are all different and there's a reason why some are far more popular and others never get viewed ....
You would think that the one that is backed by a major multi-million dollar corporation with hundreds of employees, dozens of full time reporters, access to zillions of newswires and news outlets, endless amount of time with their full time positions to make calls and do digging, and even full time, highly paid staff whose sole dedicated job it is to know about and write about Bradley, as well as full time paid employees just to run their message boards...would be a better run and more popular board but it sadly is not.

BradleyFans is just a bunch of great, loyal Bradley basketball fans who have busy full time jobs elsewhere, with little or no time to stay up on events, and even less time to do the same kind of work that would come easy to full time career newspeople....it isn't advertised nor promoted as the other one is continually so clearly it would be patently impossible for a bunch of volunteers and know-nothings to get more relevant info in the few minutes of their spare time that they have than the experts and professionals whose sole job it is to get the info first and most accurately....
Hmmm...so what is wrong with this picture......you decide......


Hey -- my favorite non-Brave basketball player, Jimmer Fredette, is now tweeting -- hmmm...nice looking gf!! Three days old and his twitter account has almost 4000 followers :)
http://twitter.com/#!/jimmerfredette