George Thompson

[HoopsterBC]

Can somebody explain the rift between MU and George?

[Jockey]

Can somebody explain the rift between MU and George?

Maybe because MU gave Haanif GT's #24 when he arrived on campus.

I remember Thompson being pretty unhappy  several years back when Lazar was given the number, which by the way, is "retired".

[4everwarriors]

Started with you know who, disrespecting one of our Warrior greats. Gave his retired number to a newbie. Tried to pass it off like we retire jerseys, not numbers. More snake oil propaganda, ai na?

[HoopsterBC]

Started with you know who, disrespecting one of our Warrior greats. Gave his retired number to a newbie. Tried to pass it off like we retire jerseys, not numbers. More snake oil propaganda, ai na?

New regime, get over it, Wojo is respecting the past and embracing it,  move on

[cheebs09]

Wasn't there a rumored fall out over his job as a radio announcer?

[4everwarriors]

New regime, get over it, Wojo is respecting the past and embracing it,  move on

Your advice should be directed to George. I merely answered the op's question. Truth stings, hey?

[brewcity77]

We shouldn't retire numbers. There are only 36 available numbers in college basketball. And if we retired everyone who was deserving, probably half would be gone.

As is, there are only 25 numbers left Marquette can give out. And that's with 7 of our top 10 scorers, 8 of our top 10 rebounders, and 9 of our top 10 assisters not retired.

Retiring numbers in college basketball is senseless.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Bring back #11!!!

[Dr. Blackheart]

We shouldn't retire numbers. There are only 36 available numbers in college basketball. And if we retired everyone who was deserving, probably half would be gone.

As is, there are only 25 numbers left Marquette can give out. And that's with 7 of our top 10 scorers, 8 of our top 10 rebounders, and 9 of our top 10 assisters not retired.

Retiring numbers in college basketball is senseless.

But Marquette retired his number so let's not recreate history. Crean disrespected him and then Marquette under Wojo did it again. Not Wojo's fault but there are people in MUAD who were around for both (Broeker). Honor the Warrior!

[Nukem2]

Wasn't there a rumored fall out over his job as a radio announcer?

This.  # is old stuff.

[The Lens]

If Al lived 10 years longer, GT's number never goes to Lazar and the radio gig never goes to Mac (who is fantastic).  TC didn't start bullying Brute Force around until Al had passed away.  Character revealed.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Was george not at the benefit?  I know he was upset but i thought everything was smoothed over? No?

[Goose]

George had a right to be angry, but time to move on. He is still angry and missed out on a couple of great events this year.

[GooooMarquette]

George had a right to be angry, but time to move on. He is still angry and missed out on a couple of great events this year.

+1 

[B. McBannerson]

If Al lived 10 years longer, GT's number never goes to Lazar and the radio gig never goes to Mac (who is fantastic).  TC didn't start bullying Brute Force around until Al had passed away.  Character revealed.

Speaking of character revealed, it was so great to see Buzz Williams at the event with 7 months advanced notice.  Too busy.  His empty chair, would have been nice for him to participate. 

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/sVS90zFcDw0&amp;t=68s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/sVS90zFcDw0&amp;t=68s</a>

[wadesworld]

Speaking of character revealed, it was so great to see Buzz Williams at the event with 7 months advanced notice.  Too busy.  His empty chair, would have been nice for him to participate. 

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/sVS90zFcDw0&amp;t=68s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/sVS90zFcDw0&amp;t=68s</a>

Thank god Hoopaloop is back.  What would we do without our knight in shining armor every time Tom Crean's name comes up on Scoop?

[GGGG]

My understanding was that Buzz was invited but chose not to attend.  That was probably a smart choice by him.  It's just too soon.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

My understanding was that Buzz was invited but chose not to attend.  That was probably a smart choice by him.  It's just too soon.

The fact we got 3 former coaches on stage is a big win and seems to be a product of their employment situations and their desire to have a reunion with 'their guys' (which is pretty cool).  I would not be upset if any of those coaches declined as a HM coach at another university. 

[jsglow]

George had a right to be angry, but time to move on. He is still angry and missed out on a couple of great events this year.

This.

[MerrittsMustache]

We shouldn't retire numbers. There are only 36 available numbers in college basketball. And if we retired everyone who was deserving, probably half would be gone.

As is, there are only 25 numbers left Marquette can give out. And that's with 7 of our top 10 scorers, 8 of our top 10 rebounders, and 9 of our top 10 assisters not retired.

Retiring numbers in college basketball is senseless.

MU's retired number situation has gotten out of hand (not as out of hand as the Boston Celtics' but that's a different story).

It's nice to recognize former greats, but honoring them with their names and numbers on a banner is enough. Save the jersey retirements for 1st Team Consensus All-Americans.

 3 - Dwyane Wade
14 - Dean Meminger
15- Butch Lee
44 - Don Kojis

That's it.

[brewcity77]

MU's retired number situation has gotten out of hand (not as out of hand as the Boston Celtics' but that's a different story).

It's nice to recognize former greats, but honoring them with their names and numbers on a banner is enough. Save the jersey retirements for 1st Team Consensus All-Americans.

 3 - Dwyane Wade
14 - Dean Meminger
15- Butch Lee
44 - Don Kojis

That's it.

That's still four more than I'd retire. I know we're not these programs, but Duke and UNC have 18 consensus All-Americans each. Kentucky has 19. Kansas has 24. If the Jayhawks retired a number every time they had a consensus All-American, they wouldn't even have enough numbers left to fill a roster of 13 scholarships.

Retiring jerseys would allow us to still honor the history while also opening up the ability to retire jerseys for players like McNeal, Crowder, Hayward, and others that haven't yet received the honor. I think that's more than enough.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Speaking of character revealed, it was so great to see Buzz Williams at the event with 7 months advanced notice.  Too busy.  His empty chair, would have been nice for him to participate. 

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/sVS90zFcDw0&amp;t=68s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/sVS90zFcDw0&amp;t=68s</a>

Hologram Buzz.  Good to see Deano still wearing the sunglasses.

[TedBaxter]

Mike Deane showed up and he was fired.  I have more respect for him than someone who took another job and didn't show up.

[MuMark]

And Deane paid tribute to the guy who fired him. Thought that was pretty amazing ..... along with the story about KO thinking "Mother" was half a word......

[We R Final Four]

Sultan is right--too soon.
Additionally, If Jay would have asked Buzz an open ended question, Buzz would have spewed his convoluted answer for 12 minutes. Panel was great. Dynamic would have been completely different with Buzz--even though he is a living head coach of MUBB.