Recruiting comparison

Below are the lists of recruits that each of Bradley's last two head coaches brought in via verbal commitment or signed LOI - in his first 3 1/2 years...scholarship players...

In other words - it's a comparison between the total recruiting haul that Geno Ford has landed to date...

vs. the total recruiting haul Jim Les had landed at the exact same time in his tenure at Bradley - 3.5 years.


Geno Ford:

Donivine Stewart
Jalen Crawford
Nate Wells
Shayok Shayok
Devon Hodges
Tyshon Pickett
Michel Tucker
Ka'Darryl Bell
Stefan Zecevic
Anthony Fields
Omari Grier
Jordan Swopshire
Mike Shaw
Auston Barnes
Chris Blake
Xzavier Taylor
Macari Brooks
Kendahl Amerson
Tramique Sutherland
Jermaine Morgan
Warren Jones
Donte Thomas
Josh Cunningham
...a couple who never even made it here, seven more who played little and are already departed, and likely a couple more..and several still hangin around who have never contributed.
..at least nine who won't finish their careers here - maybe 2, 3 or more
..NOT ONE has yet to receive any All-MVC mention - and none of such anywhere in sight, and we are still badly lacking in shooters (we continue to be way dead last in shooting in MVC) , ball handlers (worst assist to turnover rate ever!), and big men capable of even making wide open layups..



Jim Les:

Danny Adams
Jabbar Battle
Stefan Marcetic
Joey Paul
Michael Rembert
Daniel Ruffin - 1000 pt club
Marcellus Sommerville - 1000 pt club
JJ Tauai
Tony Bennett
Jeremy Crouch - led the nation in 3-pt shooting!
Patrick O'Bryant - Lottery Draft Pick
Sam Singh
Lance Stemler
Lawrence Wright
Zach Andrews
Ray Brown
Will Franklin
Saihou Jassey
Andrew Warren - already committed in fall of 2005 - Top 10 in career scoring
..a few misses - six did not finish their careers at BU, but almost all the others were solid contributors -
half a dozen of whom got mentions on some All Valley writeup...but by the time we were 3.5 years in back in 2005-2006 even the most uneducated could see we had the talent to win plenty of games ahead.

I think the difference is obvious....we had shooters - nationally ranked shooters, NBA caliber big men, ball handlers, assist guys...

But the biggest contrast is in the media coverage...
The PJS writers continuously ripped JL for recruiting "too many jucos", no local kids, etc., etc...
but they praise GF when he's got more jucos, enormous player turnover & revolving door, and has yet to ever address the BIGGEST needs we have such as shooters when he had NATION-CALIBER kids right in his own back yard such as Alec Peters that he declined to even pursue!
And yet we get no honest criticism by the media - just brown-nosin' accolades endlessly such as "difference-maker" and "go-to guy" applied to players who are brought in and can't even break into the lineup.