Amazing he couldn't do better

When Geno Ford came in at Bradley ...

-he was paid way more than any coach Bradley ever had and more than a lot of BCS coaches

-he had almost endless resources compared to the previous coach...

-a nearly "unlimited recruiting budget" by comparison

-incredible BCS-caliber campus facilities largely provided and built by the former AD & head coach

-he was allowed to hire any assistant he wanted, something former coaches were not allowed

-he was allowed to pay the new assistants more than twice what former assistants got

-he was given undeserved contract extensions, which normally help a coach recruit better

-he was given carte blanche on who he could recruit - no vetoes or oversight from the admin

-he was given a really, really cushy, soft schedule with which to fatten his record

-he had the benefit of MULTIPLE ALL Conference players left behind for him "in the cupboard" - guys like Lemon, Brown, Dyricus, etc...who were the only spark of optimism for four years - even Nate Wells got him a couple of the only wins he had in year-four!
He did no such favor for the coach that follows...leaving behind a pretty classic description of an empty cupboard.

-he coached during a span that the MVC was far weaker - especially at the bottom

-even one of the top teams left and was replaced by a bottom-dweller

-he was given the benefit, even at the expense of a huge revenue loss, of getting home games in a band box on-campus arena

-he was given the gift of a couple of buy-games as post-season easy wins - which helped boost a 16-16 final record to 18-17, just to lay claim to having a winning season and ask for a raise

-he had an amazingly favorable, lapdog press that complimented his every move even while he was recruiting & coaching poorly and racking up the worst record in the history of Bradley basketball

-he had an amazingly favorable admin that had their whole legacies tied to him winning, so they helped in any way they could to get those few wins here & there to boast about being "most improved" and "on an upswing" and "deep & talented"

-he had the benefit of 9,000 fans - and 7,000 season tickets sold in his first couple years - and no prior coach, no matter how bad - not even in the Albeck era had ever blown off and ran out so many fans as to drop attendances into the 2000-3000 range - yet he succeeded.

-and he even had the benefit of certain recruits that were left behind by his predecessor (Alec Peters, Remy Abell...) who were just waiting for a call and yet he didn't think enough to go after them and instead stocked up on non-scoring jucos and obscure transfers and rejects.

-lastly - he happened to come in when Bradley's revenue & donations were at ALL TIME HIGH, the Braves Scholarship Society was actually being capped as there was no more room for them and lower bowl seats were non-existent....all of which has frittered away and is now gone - and now needs complete rebuilding.

I guess it's an obvious question - how is it that GF could NOT help but be successful - it was practically right there being handed to him??
How did he do so badly?  Most fans know the answer - some still do not and cannot understand it...and some even think he should still be here trying some more with the same failed effort that left us in April of 2015 facing MULTIPLE open scholarships and ZERO recruits signed, ZERO recruits pledges, and even zero recruits or prospects even on the horizon.
I guess some fans know so little about basketball and even so little about success that they can't tell crap from Shinola - thus we got stuck with the crap.