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Wardle going from Green Bay to Bradley wouldn't be any different than Tod Kowalczyk going from Green Bay to Toledo, would it?Not a huge jump up the ladder, but still a move up, and winning in the MAC or MVC is more likely to put you in position to land a high-major gig than winning in the Horizon (unless your last name is Drew).
On the pro side is the significant pay increase and it is a move up the ladder, albeit not a big move. On the con side if Wardle can't make it work at Bradley, he's pretty much put a huge black mark on his resume. There's no high probability of success at Bradley and it's not that great of a job that it's a "can't pass this up" opportunity. There are plenty of mid-major jobs out there that are more attractive than Bradley.
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.
Good luck if he goes, but Bradley hasn't been important in basketball since Hershey Hawkins. The local high schools aren't very good educationally so many of the local players cannot qualify, so they end up recruiting Chicago and St. Louis against a plethora of more attractive options. The campus is a desperate place and the training facilities are nothing special. The "Peoria Civic Center Arena" does seat about 10k and Bradley used to draw a good crowd, but it's not really walking distance from campus and attendance lately has been so poor that they couldn't even fill up their 4000 seat on campus arena when they tried one game there last year.If I were Wardle, I'd wait for something better, even for 3x the money.
Lets say you live in Green bay and make $200k/yr. A respectable living in Green Bay I imagine. But then you get a Job offer in Peoria for $600k/year. With nearly the same cost of living...you consider it right? With a 3 year contract, you would have to work 9 more years in Green Bay to get to the same income.To me, it's almost a no-brainer. But everyone's personal situation is different.
Really. No Packers in Peoria
Isn't living in GB five years enough?Season School Conf G W L W-L% 2010-11 Green Bay Horizon 32 14 18 .438 2011-12 Green Bay Horizon 30 15 15 .500 2012-13 Green Bay Horizon 34 18 16 .529 2013-14 Green Bay Horizon 31 24 7 .774 2014-15 Green Bay Horizon 33 24 9 .727 Career Green Bay Horizon 160 95 65 .594
I thought about Wardle's prospects. His team's took a crap in the conference tourney the last two years. He had arguably two of the best players in the conference in the past two seasons. These two players will probably both get a taste of the NBA at some point. I always thought he could prove himself legit if he would have made the NCAA tourney the past 2 seasons. He didn't make the tourney. He had a player that craped himself then had his momma tell on him.He obviously already has ties to recruiting Chicago with 5 of this season's roster from Chicago. He will get paid 3 times more with a larger program budget. You don't have to win the conference tourney to ever get in the NCAA tourney.Time to move on Brian. Bring Baroney with you.
Despite his relative success the past two years, as a whole, as a UWGB Phoenix fan, I would say good riddance to him (just as I did to Tod Kowalcyzk when he exited for Toledo). You look at his records, as well as Kowalcyzk's before him, come February and March, it will make you sick to your stomach. Except for the past year and a half, his teams' performance(s) come that time of the year are less than stellar. He was pretty good last year, I'll give him that (the ONLY year his Feb/Mar record is really impressive), and this year he did an admirable job too (although he broke even in Feb/March, and most of his record came in non-conference & low impact/resistance of lower half of Horizon). Up here, we call the February/March time period, the "Wardle Wobble," and before that it was the "Kowalcyzk Killoff" (when Coach Mini-K was here). Due to the way that their team(s) often "killed" off ANY chance of proceeding further into the year, I think it was quite appropriate!!! So, I for one, will NOT miss him if he leaves. It might be a chance to get someone like Gary Grzesk, or some other good DII/DIII coach to come into this program and pull it out of it doldrums!??! As I mentioned above in my other reply, I will NOT miss Wardle, or his lack of effective results, nor will I miss ANY of his assistants (other than Jimmie Foster), as they would be essentially sequels to Kowalcyzk or Wardle. Truth be told, the Women's team is the ONLY team we really get excited about up here, and that is because they play consistently tough, crisp, and aggressive offense/defense (plus they've had very good coach continuity, as well as those coaches actually knowing what they are doing). In short, EVERYTHING the Men's team hasn't & NEVER will, as long as the ex-Marquette alum charade continues. I'm NOT bashing Marquette alumni, just those two/three ('Mini' Coach K, Wardle, and Barone), and they're coaching style/philosophy. It ALMOST makes me miss Heideman and Bob Semling, which believe me, wasn't a bed of roses either!!!Thanks Sincerely,--- vbprogjoe (Joe W.)vbprogjoe@new.rr.com
Dude, it's a given Wardle and Tod are gonna take a powder in March. They're both direct descendants of the master of March malaise, Too Tanned Tommy. I rest my case, ai na?
I think 24 -7 and 24 -9 are "doldrums" Bradley could tolerate.
Northern Kentucky is in the Atlantic Sun, making the transition to D1, and not even eligible for post season until 2016-17. That's....pretty sad.
Did you miss the part about the second highest basketball budget in the MVC after Wichita State?
Seems like a lateral move except that 1) Bradley is a better springboard for more profile HC positions and 2) he is in the center of more basketball talent than at GB.
Name a springboard from Bradley......
The NBA (Dick Versace)