The simplest explanation I can come up with is Va Tech offers 7 yrs; he goes to MU admin (with interim AD) and asks if they are willing to extend him. They say no. More security at Va Tech.
There is talk that MU will not be that good next year, with what they are losing and who they were bringing in. Buzz probably sensed that the heat would increase next year.
how about he sees that 7 years at VT (an ACC school) can offer more stability than the Big East where Buzz sees we are already a mid-major conference?
The BE is not going out of business and Marquette would always be among the better teams...A Va Tech, they will rarely, if ever, get above mid-conference
The BE is not going out of business. That is correct. However, the BE what we saw this year (3 or 4 bids) is going to be more the norm than 6 or 7 bids. We are no longer a Top Conference. Marquette is a better program than VT hands down, but they play football at VT and they dont at Marquette. Therefore VT is in the Big Time conference where there is more stability and better teams - and Williams took the bait.
Was it a good move? I dont know.He didnt rebuild Marquette. Crean left it in great shape for him. VT is a disaster, so who knows how he will do. BUT he is in the conference where there is FAR MORE stability, FAR MORE EXPOSURE and where there is absolutely no pressure to win. He just got a 7-Year deal and we all know that in 7 years the ACC will still be a top conference. 7 years from now the Big East will be stuck even further in Mid-Major Land playing its conference tournament in Atlantic City or some other horrid destination while the ACC is playing at MSG.
