Buzz Williams Leaving

@jerrymeyer247: Hearing it is getting close to official between Ben Howland and Marquette.
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Marquette gets the ex UCLA coach who took his team to the NCAA finals.
 
Upgrade for Marquette and the Big East. Howland will do a great job there, and he may not care as much about being appreciated as Buzz. LMF fearless forecast is that Marquette does better over the next 5 years than Va Tech, and it won't be close.

The only two smart coaching moves UCLA has made in recent history were firing Lavin, and hiring Howland. The jury is out on Alford, but I am skeptical of what he'll do once his inheritance from Howland runs out.

In any event, the important thing is that having good coaches in the Big East is good for the league in terms of attracting players and competing with the other conferences. Having zero teams in the Sweet 16 is not very impressive.
 
Having zero teams in the Sweet 16 is not very impressive.
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So one season after being raped by the ACC and getting 4 teams to the dance now not having a sweet 16 team is the new yardstick?
The ACC, the greatest conference money could buy, got 6 bids from a 15 team conference and only one team is in the final 16! Where are Duke, UNC, Syracuse, or Kansas with their 15 high school AA's?
Marquette will be fine but our top targets are saying others are pursuing them harder. A smart AD would hear the same whispers and should be asking the staff for a recruiting report card.
 
Howland a better coach than Buzz. Win-win for Marquette and the Big East. Now we need to figure a way to win at SJU...
 
Good pickup for Marquette, dont think he is a better coach than Buzz however.
 
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.
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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?
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Wouldn't a coach rather be competitive in a mid-major conference instead of the door mat of a major conference? Work hard at the mid-major team to get a better major conference job?
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Coaches have egos. Do you think Tim Miles made the right decision? He left the Mountain West at a time where it was as good or even a little better than the current Big East and turned around a college basketball doormat in only two years.
 
I think he is an arrogant a hole. If he thinks he can compete with Louisville, Duke, North Carolina and Syracuse good luck. I think NC State, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Miami, Clemson, Wake Forest,Florida State, Notre Dame and possibly BC are better jobs. Good luck fighting to make it to the NIT.
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If he thinks he can't compete with those guys then he shouldn't be a head coach at any level
 
Buzz is not jumping ship. Jumping ship is when you leave a program because the cupboard is going to be bare next year. Pending what the current players do, Marquette still has a chance to be very good. The reason they underachieved so much is that Duane Wilson was supposed to step right in as their PG this year and got hurt and their other two Top 100 recruits under performed. Next year they'll still have those three guys who could improve as sophomores back, Todd Mayo and Derrick Wilson. And if the new coach can get Ahmed Hill and Sandy Cohen to not de-commit then they'll have two more Top 100 guys there as well.

This all comes down to Buzz being scared not to be on ESPN. And honestly, I can't blame him.
 
@jeffborzello: Been hearing the same re: Marquette. I think Howland gets it at the end of the day, but they are willing to throw tons of money at Shaka.
 
@jeffborzello: Been hearing the same re: Marquette. I think Howland gets it at the end of the day, but they are willing to throw tons of money at Shaka.
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Shaka is in a conference that got 46% of their teams in this year. Big East got 40% but our conference tournament winner was a confirmed bid stealer.
 
He turned down a BE 1.0 program in the past. I'm not sure if he's ever revealed which one.

EDIT: This was in reference to Marshall.
 
They could use the money that they spend on commercials touting the university as one of the nations top 377 schools to up Marshall's salary.
 
Greg Marshall seems too good to be true. I'd swap Lav for him in a heartbeat.
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He makes Lavin money now. That would take more than I see STJ spending.
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Wichita State has lots of bread. Marshall has access to private jet for recruiting expeditions.
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I hope that's not state funding.
 
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