A Duane Broussard Mention then ignorance defined...

A Duane Broussard mention - he helped New Mexico land this unrated 2013 kid who is currently attending the same school that produced Rashad Austin. .............................. http://www.abqjournal.com/sports/2012/08/20/forward-commits-to-lobo-mens-basketball.html ...................................................................................................... And here's one of the funniest bits I have seen in a while - a Major Leaguer - Melky Cabrera - who just got caught cheating with drugs in his system - tries to "outsmart" everyone by having one of his lackies create a phony website so he can then claim he used a legal supplement that was tainted unknowingly by the illegal substance - and he he could use the website as proof, even though the product he was claiming to have bought was phony and everything about the web site was fake. .............................................. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-19/sports/chi-report-details-cabreras-fake-website-plot-20120819_1_fake-website-report-details-ban ......................... The only problem tho...is that in this day & age it is incredibly easy for anyone to check and trace IP addresses and know exactly where, when, and in many cases exactly who is behind those web sites. The guy has shown just what a buffoon he is and how naive he is thinking he was so web-savvy. .........................................................................................

Even more incredibly ignorant comments about recruiting

I challenged one poster on a message board with this question: .............................. "OK - then how long would you wait before admitting that a school is a bit behind in getting the recruits they want? All I ask is that you commit to when you expect some news....Sept., Oct., Dec., spring??...." The guy actually responded with these precise words........................................... "I don't mind answering questions. To the first one---regarding this years 2013-14 class--I will say June 15, 2013".................... OK - seriously - the guy says we shouldn't get the least bit worried even if Bradley keeps striking out and missing on kids all the way 'til June 15, 2013 then finally lands someone... Well...here's why that's is so stupendously ignorant - and even the recent comments in the press by Geno Ford say so as he admits he wants to get a couple - 2 or maybe 3 - this FALL! So let's look at this once again... So you say that it wouldn't bother you at all if you held ALL four open scholarships - all the way 'til mid-June, 2013?? Keep in mind - there's going to be an incredibly active fall signing period from November 14 - thru - Nov. 21 -- and lots of schools will fill their scholarships - freeing up other waiting recruits to now look elsewhere... Then you still won't mind if we get NO action in April or May when the entire month-long SPRING signing period sits... (April 17, 2013 - May 15, 2013)... Every available kid who can play in fall of 2013 will be looking to sign and lock into a scholarship by the end of that signing period -- ALL OF THEM.................... the only ones left over will be those who are really obscure or marginal in qualifications and then the Towsons, Md-Eastern Shores,Northern Colorados, Georgia State's, and ....FIU's will be left to fight over them... And then - a FULL month beyond that on June 15, 2013 - you still think there'd be anyone left with D-I capability?? I am kinda stunned by that philosophy and would be extremely shocked if BU would ever want to wait that long to get a nibble - by then we'd be a laughingstock on the recruiting trail if we still had a boatload of scholarships and nobody even calling... ................Nope - we're going to land someone this fall -- it would be a frank admission of failure if we don't - so we'll get someone. That's why even Geno -who's generally pretty laid back - says it's time to panic if we don't land at least 2 or 3 by Halloween!! It may not be a guy who was originally on page 1 or page 2 -- but it's be someone and he'll have some D-I characteristics....so time will tell........

All of a sudden - it's unheard of to talk about recruiting ...

Odd how nobody's allowed to have the tiniest bit of concern, question, or anxiety about recruiting... I seem to recall this exact same stuff every single fall and nobody went "ballistic" in past years except the ones whining about BU doing poorly in recruiting................................. in 2011- lots of people were worried that we got late start and didn't sign anyone who was very highly rated. But that was blamed on the prior coach because you could hardly blame the new guy if he'd only had 6-7 months leg time................................................ in 2010 - plenty of people wondered if Sean Harris would even sign his LOI or if he did whether he'd make it here or be any good anyway.. and lots of anxiety centered on whether we'd fill all the open scholarships or have another John Wilkins situation http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16592 ...then there was the usual anxiety and fretting because we didn't land anyone considered a "difference maker".............................................. in 2009 (fall) - it was obvious we had lost Wilkins, and we were closely losing other good recruits - [url]http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=9913[/url] ...plus we lost DJO to Marquette.... ...there were posts that went on and on with people threatening to jump off the ledges!!..................................................................................... fall of 2008 - Bradley was getting ripped for too many juco kids anxiety galore and people freaking out!! - http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x518440851/Reynolds-Too-many-jucos-for-Bradley ....................... fall of 2007 - you don't remember this year?? This was when all our local writers were ripping into BU for how badly they had recruiting given the boost we should have had from the Sweet Sixteen - and instead Bradley stuck themselves with "Seven D-I Virgins" -- KW carried this line of bitc*ing on for the better part of a couple years!......................................... fall of 2006 - this was the year everyone just about jumped ship because we lost POB and didn't get anyone to replace him, Cellus, or the rest! ...maybe nobody else remembers all the whining and gnashing of teeth but I sure do...

Good patterns for "rebuilding"

In the midst of ISU and every other Valley team stocking up on 2013 verbals - I thought I'd change the subject................................................................... Iowa fans were abandoning their team in droves a couple years ago... Iowa had their worst season in 2009-2010 - since the early 70's - and when Lickliter was jettisoned - almost everyone with any talent either left or decommited...so Fran McCafferty had a rebuilding job that everyone said would be impossible to be above .500 for years............................................................................... Well- McCaffery's first year was promising - more wins that the year before but in year two he was already above .500 and advancing in the Big Ten Tourney beating Illinois and winning in the post-season....fans even more optimistic now that he's landed some pretty good players. And there's an optimism there now that hasn't been there in a while http://www.dailyiowan.com/2012/07/18/Opinions/29136.html ................................................................................................. Iowa State completed the rebuild in even more impressive fashion - with Fred Hoiberg- who had never had coaching experience - and who was harshly criticized as the new head coach because of his lack of D-I experience - taking the program from complete mediocrity under McDermott with a revolving door and nearly 20 player-departures for major issues - to more wins than McDermott ever had there in his FIRST season then 23 wins last year and a great season and NCAA run. Again - everyone said at best-case scenario he was gonna take many years but he did it nicely - and almost right from the start. Every fan hopes for this kind of turnaround - is it so wrong for a fan to want to see his team win? Nope - Bradley fans are no different - this is all they want - the fans who want to see wins are NOT the enemy they are the lifeblood of the entire program. it is the fans who actually wanted to sabotage their program for their own selfish purpose of getting rid of someone they personally didn't like that have hurt our program. I can't wait to get there -- Halloween............. ................................ btw -- I get a good belly laugh out of one guy on a message board claiming that he felt he was every bit as important as a fan of Bradley basketball as anyone else... Well...keep on thinking - nobody's stopping you, but wake up to reality - that the core group of a few dozen fans who give in the range of TENS of thousands of $$ yearly to BU vastly trump any concern they'd have for one guy who lives hundreds of miles out of state that never donates a penny to BU but instead spends his time on message boards criticizing. Everyone is entitled to voice their opinion - although they are not entitled to barge into others' private homes and say whatever they want. BUT there are some fans who are more knowlegable and more generous that BU would like to keep around. They just need to avoid mistakes that have been made in the past in the name of moving forward -but in the process upsetting long time supporters...time will tell.