I'll tell you things really shifted from April and May when the slightest criticism of BU was met with "Trust him, there's a plan" and "BU has forgotten more basketball than you know.", etc. etc.
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Unfortunately, the problem goes beyond this offseason. The PG we should've had last year will be sitting in the green room on draft night while the guy we traded him for suits up for Lville after bailing on us mid season. If we try Ty at PG I pray it works out but I am not confident at all in that and think it will end in tradegy and be an embarrassing look for our program. Would get eaten alive during Braggin Rights.
Do you still have eligibility???
The school hasn’t announced anything for a reason …
I want Brad to want to be here and I want Brad to succeed … I think Brad has made it clear where he stands on the first issue and the second issue he hasn’t set himself up well for … Those are just the facts …
And do I know Sean really well ? Yup … I also know Josh loves Sean … And Josh hates having to tell boosters Brad
the bed on this RayJ thing despite all of their efforts while Sean has like 3 PGs who are all better than any PG we’ve got … Oh wait … We STILL don’t have one … And that’s on Brad … Absolute failure … Unacceptable …
What i can't figure out is how we had one and they saw him play often but he rarely ever played and just a year later
He is going in the first round in a couple days. I hope we can evaluate more effectively in games, offer, and keep the best players going forward. I for one wish we would go after Kriisa.
I assume we have scholarship agreements signed with most of the players - all that are on campus at least. So Williams does seem the likely sacrificial lamb if BU wants to offer someone else. If we do go that direction I hope and expect that the "reason" will be a good one. Otherwise, not a good look.
DB11Headband
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If we could remove ourselves from our personal investment in it, there is something objectively hilarious about a coach somehow neglecting to recruit a competent player for the most critical position on the court and then just rolling into a new season like that. It would be like if Bielema somehow forgot to roster a quarterback and then was like “it’s fine, this Johnny Newton guy is pretty athletic, we’ll just have him throw the football.”
So does he want to be here?I want Brad to want to be here and I want Brad to succeed … I think Brad has made it clear where he stands on the first issue and the second issue he hasn’t set himself up well for … Those are just the facts …
And do I know Sean really well ? Yup … I also know Josh loves Sean … And Josh hates having to tell boosters Brad
Oh wait … We STILL don’t have one … And that’s on Brad … Absolute failure … Unacceptable …
What happened to dream job?
can you elaborate on your point that "he hasn't set himself up well for.." What do you mean?I want Brad to want to be here and I want Brad to succeed … I think Brad has made it clear where he stands on the first issue and the second issue he hasn’t set himself up well for … Those are just the facts …
And do I know Sean really well ? Yup … I also know Josh loves Sean … And Josh hates having to tell boosters Brad
Oh wait … We STILL don’t have one … And that’s on Brad … Absolute failure … Unacceptable …
Joel Goodson
- dawgville
and you know this how?
I've paid attention to some of our insiders?
Can you blame he/she/it/they/them/50 million pronouns? I'm not an insider, nor anything close to one, but the insiders here are providing "some" of the information they know/hear with us. It's obvious the chemistry issues won't be nearly as severe this coming year. There's still almost 5 months to figure out the PG situation. Based on what the main insiders have said, Ty could be a solid option. BU has done nothing but improve this team since he took over. Post season success be damned, he revived a program that had been basically dead for 10 years. I have a strong feeling that all of this coach change talk will be irrelevant after this upcoming season.
No one will remember this "not good look" crap. All they will remember are the players who played and wins/losses.
You can spin it and assist the player towards another school.
A bad look is not having a PG, crapping the bed and losing to FAU and Northwestern.
he hasn't set himself up well for success because we don't have a real PG
Joel Goodson
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Maybe unacceptable, but maybe understandable. Who knows what BU was told by RayJ camp. Getting stood up at the alter sucks - IDKWTI, Cliff, etc. BU has always seemed to have a plan B in the past. But when your guy doesn't go into the portal until the end, and then stands you up, Plan B is limited. Difficult to get a good transfer PG to come in earlier when they know you are going to be recruiting over them. Maybe that is a sign in the future - the reason someone waits is to be able to market themselves to desperate schools - maybe BU should have avoided him for that reason. Live and learn.I want Brad to want to be here and I want Brad to succeed … I think Brad has made it clear where he stands on the first issue and the second issue he hasn’t set himself up well for … Those are just the facts …
And do I know Sean really well ? Yup … I also know Josh loves Sean … And Josh hates having to tell boosters Brad
Oh wait … We STILL don’t have one … And that’s on Brad … Absolute failure … Unacceptable …
If nothing changes, we will definitely have a chance to find out how good of a coach BU really is.
If you go back and watch Brad’s introductory presser at OK State … He said being the coach there was a “dream come true” …
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