Brzoja not committed yet - and are you having a great day?

Now reports are that Mislav Brzoja came and left Bradley without committing and will visit elsewhere.
But -- this comes as little surprise - and I have heard a few reasons why -- and you may disagree but take it or leave it...
Mainly he's going to check out other options and select based on factors that we may not quite understand. Sure location, coaching, style of play, and chance of immediate playing time are considered - but they often aim for the perceived "highest option" regardless of some of those other factors.

Almost all the Euro players that come to the US - and who land at high schools or prep schools, are being guided by someone else. And unless they are all filthy rich - you'd have to presume someone else is arranging for the kids' tuition at those prep schools to be paid. That someone who is paying for tuition is hoping the kid some day can jump to the pros and start making money and then "paying back" some to those who arranged and guided them. So ability to play quickly is a consideration.

In fact - it's odd how many of the Euro kids don't even bother to finish school and head back to Europe to play professionally even before they use up their eligibility in college.
Lucca Staiger, Gal Mekel, Jermaine Raffington, Linas Kleiza, and many others come to mind.

If you recall - all those Euro & Afro kids who were at Decatur Christian and even many of the African kids who are at prep schools like La Lumiere and Brehm are being brought over by organizations that are purportedly "charity" organizations - however they seem to ONLY bring basketball playing prep school kids. Believe what you want but there's more to this.

And - as I have stated many times - these kids are often overhyped and flop at the next level -- I have given plenty of examples..
In fact I have challenged anyone to name a single kid from any of the midwestern prep schools who has had more than a modest college career...and nobody has yet taken that challenge or answered the question.

One other thing -- many of the Euro kids seem to favor schools on the east coast...there are reasons - easy to figure out-- mostly proximity to the major media markets, travel considerations, and playing with other Euro kids...

Sure they might land anywhere --and the most talented ones get offers from all over, but just check the rosters of these schools out east....


Manhattan
[url]http://www.gojaspers.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=12500&SPID=5439&SPSID=52462[/url]

Siena
[url]http://www.sienasaints.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/sien-m-baskbl-mtt.html[/url]

Canisius
[url]http://www.gogriffs.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=20500&SPID=12016&SPSID=97897[/url]

Fordham
[url]http://www.fordhamsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ford-m-baskbl-mtt.html[/url]

And just about any other eastern mid-major you can check ALL have MULTIPLE foreign (Euro & African) prep school kids....Fordham even has one from Traders Point in Indiana - same schools Brzoja came from.

Rhode Island - who are also strong after Brzoja, and want him - just hired a new head coach but they also have a couple Euro prep school kids....
so they may have an advantage if Brzoja wants to head back east.

I am not going to worry - Geno is hard at work and he'll get someone -- if it's not Brzoja or Buovac - then it comes as no surprise to me, but it sure seems like it's gonna bum the heck out of a few folks who did not want to see Geno striking out - although that's part of the game!


So - no need to worry or fret -- why do people freak out when things don't go their way.
In fact the message boards seem to be a magnet for folks who have serious trouble fretting and freaking out.

Read some - you'd think we were in the midst of the worst times in all of history!
I think we are living in great times.....
On the BU basketball front - we can be optimistic -- and even if we don't win much next year -- I can still cheer for our guys and have fun. too bad that's a concept beyond some misanthropes.

In fact look at the various things people complain about the most throughout society!

People complain endlessly about the economy...but did you read the front page today?
Thousands of kids spending lots of money seeing a movie about teens that hunt down and kill each other for sport! Then there's stories about all the pro athletes who are soon to be millionaires, and all the college head coaches who earn millions per year, and the massive numbers who travel and pay big bucks to see all those sporting events.
Can someone actually point out the bad economy in all this?

I don't see it - seems like people have more expendable cash than ever yet don't appreciate it and whine wanting more!


People complain about global warming...but can you imagine the complaints we would have seen had we experiences a VERY cold winter?
A truly frigid winter would have cost the average family in the midwest or upper midwest at least an extra couple hundred dollars per month in heating bills..
In other words - especially if you have a big family or a large home - you saved THOUSANDS of DOLLARS this winter in bills! PLUS if you have a business you spent VIRTUALLY NOTHING on plowing your driveways and parking lots and salting your walks and steps.

See -- there's plenty of GOOD in every situation so why dwell on some ridiculous potential far-future bad??

People gripe about gas prices....but half of the places people go are places they really don't need to go.
And gas prices really haven't changed much in a decade -
Check for yourself - the price of a gallon of gas a decade ago was right at $2.00.
Five years ago it was $2.50.
What hasn't gone up in price since then??


Lastly - people seem to complain endlessly about politics and what others say -- we see trashing of everyone from Sarah Palin to Rush Limbaugh to Barack Obama to governors and local politicians...
BUT even if you disagree with someone - is there a need to trash them, call them juvenile names, use immature insults.
I am convinced the people who ARE the most miserable make themselves miserable with their own attitudes of misery.

I think we live in the best of times and have a lot of reason to be optimistic....
Just too bad so many miss the good that exists.....