I guess I expected this....

I guess I expected it - but now the BU bashers have stepped it up a notch..
one even signed into the chat last night using my screen name and acted like a total jerk thinking it was funny...that poster (b4L) has now been banned..
He was trying to deflect attention from the fact that the total collapse we saw last night was in part the fault of those very people demanding we make the changes that were made!
In other word - that poster trying to make a mockery of our embarrassing loss was more responsible for that loss than the players he's trashing! He's one of the ones that asked to be where we are...hey - look in a mirror!

Can you spell FALLOUT???

But note all the attacks on the players...here and on other boards -- nobody can admit that this is NOT the players' fault ..there's way more going on than players playing poorly...
This is a program in turmoil -- and despite the overwhelming evidence some are still reluctant to cite the obvious ...
These are the very same players who took ranked Michigan deep into the 2nd half and drew major praises from the Michigan players and coaches...
The same guys who did some decent teams earlier in the year....

Now we have people in threads apparently encouraging players on the team to transfer...one guy even claiming that since players like Donivine and Devon have played only 7 games or less - that they can still redshirt and/or transfer before 2nd semester...
But that's so wrong on so many fronts!!! A player can't redshirt after he's played even ONE minute -- and even if that poster massively confused a redshirt with a medical waiver - he still has his facts all wrong -- you can't fake and injury or claim a medical redshirt when there is no injury - I can't believe someone has to point that out to a guy with a gazillion posts on a message board...??

This thread about players 7 games into the season choosing to redshirt really has to be one of the funniest and most ridiculously ignorant threads ever seen on a message board anywhere - and yet not one other poster figures it out and corrects the guy!

BUT if you can't believe those asinine statements - there's even more...
.. one of the posters ("over there") who was vigorously in favor of all the moves that brought us to this point - now claims "I wanted my PROGRAM to do better"...and is suddenly silent with his boasts that he helped engineer the changes that got us here.

Somewhere a few people who knew this was coming are wondering why others were so happy to see it happening -- they have shot themselves in our collective foot!

The very people boasting on Bradley's talent after the Michigan game are now saying we don't even have MVC-caliber talent -- what bozos...do they realize how foolish they look contradicting the very things they said in their own posts and columns just a couple days ago?

Oh -- and BTW - one ball handler had no turnovers and he was the only player with an assist that didn't also have turnovers...thankfully nobody's blaming this fiasco on that guy..

It is interesting to read the Wichita writer's take on this...
He really never once tries to make the stupid claim that Bradley has no talent - he knows better...
He says it right...
"Bradley is over-matched in coach Geno Ford’s first season."
(note he does NOT say Bradley's talent is overmatched)
"Bradley accomplished enough in its non-conference play to gain WSU’s respect.
..The Braves started 3-0, played Wisconsin and Nevada, won a road game and played Michigan tough before losing 77-66 on the road. They should not have been overwhelmed by WSU..
Walt Lemon Jr. and Dyricus Simms-Edwards combined to shoot 2 of 18 from the field and commit six turnovers with two assists."
http://blogs.kansas.com/shockwaves/2011/12/29/day-after-wichita-state-at-bradley/

So just maybe it wasn't 100% the players we have but the players doing things that do not help the team...there is a difference........


ALSO - THE ATTENDANCE of just barely over 7000 for a home conference game in mid-season is astoundingly small - also solid evidence of what many won't admit - that recent moves have hurt way more than helped...


Hey - at least we didn't lose as badly as one other local game last night...the Olympia girls basketball team lost 50-3!!! Ouch...
http://www.sj-r.com/sports/x1980204697/Girls-basketball-Southeast-falls-in-OT-to-East-St-Louis


Some other observations from last night...
Meyers Leonard watched the game from Pete Vonachen's season seats - sitting with Pete's granddaughters and also with his date Elle Bielfeldt.
Poor guy couldn't get a decent break in the treatment from fans who kinda bothered him all nite and pestered him to pose for pictures.... Meyers was actually pretty good about it but come on BU fans - give the guy some privacy when he's with a gal...


Speaking of Illinois -- Carl Maniscalco was at the Bradley game last night -- wonder what he's thinking after seeing that mess -- gotta believe he's about as thankful as possible.

Oh - and yes - Larry Austin saw this game -- ahem.....

But I am still 100% pro-BU and I hollered and encouraged the team - and I still have hope they'll have successes before the season is over...but unfortunately I don't hold out too much hope of those fans who demanded this change actually sticking around long enough to support the team through the horrible period that hose changes have caused.

Also - did you see that Bruce Weber got quoted saying that if he had known Crandall Head was so miserably unhappy about the playing time he was getting that Bruce would have played him more....apparently to cave in and appease the guy??
Bruce Weber actually says that had he known how unhappy Crandall Head was with his playing time - and that he was on the verge of leaving Illinois - then Bruce would have played him more!!
That's an astounding statement - that basically says if a guy bitches up a little bit and makes his beefs known to the coach that the coach will comply and hand the guy more playing time!



BTW -- I noted Indiana got whupped - kinda bringing most but not all Crean-lovers back down to reality..
Hmmm...just maybe that SOS of 255 set the stage for this - and the fact that they played so few road games in preparation for the Big Ten season was poor planning....
Matt Roth did get a chance to play and hit a couple shots in 18 minutes.


Northwestern again showed their lack of athleticism against a superior team as Ohio State absolutely killed them last night. They'd better hope those 10 softy non-conference wins hold up come Selection day...


More evidence of why newspapers are doing so poorly...
Here's the New York Times -- the New York Yankees of newspapers and look at the really stupid moves they make...

-They erroneously send discount e mails to millions - then they refuse to honor the discounts that they just offered...
Gotta wonder how many people were amused by this idiocy...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2079826/New-York-Times-emails-millions-discount-offer-meant-hundred.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

-The jettison and leave many smaller newspapers to be hung out to dry...
http://flaglerlive.com/32663/news-journal-nyt/comment-page-1

-but like most really bad news sites (and this one is from msnbc) they sure have the endless time and space to devote to and promote the really ignorant and laughable stories like this one -
http://scoop.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/29/9797787-new-details-on-drug-run-that-ended-sinead-oconnors-16-day-marriage