Kolek planning to go pro
Nice, fair portrait of Buzz. Shows his weirdness and also his goodness and loyalty. But (maybe I missed something?) he didn’t say anything the least bit disparaging about the Marquette fan base - only that he had set the bar high (Big East title, 7 NCAA wins in 4 years, S16, S16, E 8 back to hack to back) and that level of success would be hard to sustain. The facts say he was prescient.
Which is why I said "off the record". No coach is going to grill a fanbase on the record...though Al said a few things in the biography about his and Rick did My Life on a Napkin. We have a reputation as a fanbase, and it is deserved. It's a blessing and a curse. Everyone wants to win, but we have an inability to separate what happened decades ago. UCLA has suffered this for decades as well. Indiana is in full mode of this the last few decades.
Wait, Buzz and Crean left because of the fan expectations were too heavy? You keep spinning in the mud, Cheeken Little. MU kept giving them both raise after raise...just like with Wojo.Buzz left because of the administration. Period. Crean left because of his ego. Period.
Wait, Buzz and Crean left because the fan expectations were too heavy? You keep spinning in the mud, Cheeken Little. MU kept giving them both raise after raise...just like with Wojo.Buzz left because of the administration. Period. Crean left because of his ego. Period.
TowerWhat he said he can be said by every coach at every university. That is the same stuff Al would say back in the day. Smart stuff to say, but nothing of substance.Still wish Cheeks would give the reasons why TC and Buzz left.
It’s funny how reading comprehension is so difficult here....go back and read AGAIN what I said.
I hope your bottle of scotch yesterday was worth it this AM.
But, but, Doc....we have a...wait for it....reputation. The under assistant West Coast promo man clued Chico in...this is real!
NewsThe last minute was embarrassing. You can jerk off over computer rankings all night long, but that was a bush league move by our HC.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
I'm just creating this post so Brew has a dedicated place to go on record over and over for several posts about how Wojo is just as dirty as LaVall Jordan because of how the Providence game ended (continuing to press and foul until the final buzzer even though the game was out of reach). We could have injured one of the Friars after all.
I'm not normally one to beat a dead horse, but I'm also not one to let a Jerry Springer metaphor get away...First off, if there is anyone here who has never seen the Jerry Springer Show - #1 you're a damn liar - but #2, go pull up an old YouTube video and just watch the first five minutes of an episode (just long enough to see the first of many brawls). Or in lieu, allow me to explain the plot, because it is essentially the same for every damn show:1. Girl is sitting by herself on the stage. 2. Girl tells some BS story to Jerry how she's in love with her long-time boyfriend, Boy A, but has been sleeping with Boy B on the side. 3. Boy A enters stage right and Girl confesses. 4. Before Boy A can even react to the confession, Boy B enters stage left. 5. Boy A bum rushes Boy B, each exchange a few blows. Stage muscle jumps up and breaks up the fight. 6. Girl says she has another confession to make to A and B... she is engaged to Boy C, now entering stage right. 7. Boys A and B go after Boy C and now there's a three-way that you never wanted to see rolling around on the floor.Why is this relevant? Because nobody ever blames the Girl. A and B and C (and sometimes D, E, F, or all the way to triple-Q) always fight with each other... nobody ever turns to the Girl and says "to hell with you, you f@kin' slut."Goose --- You're Boy A in this scenario, Wojo's end-of-game is Boy B, and the NCAA is your Girl. If you were being honest with yourself (and everyone else), you would be blaming the NCAA. But I get it... it's so much easier to blame Wojo, but he's not the one screwing everyone... if Wojo is guilty of anything, it's of being another poor sap who got duped by the slut that is the NCAA.
CheeksAl also said Hank the brains the operation and should be HC after his retirement.
Cheeks is either a) trollling or b) a massive chicken little. The ridiculous narrative that Milwaukee sucks and has little appeal to prospective coaches is absurd. Let’s thinks about some real gem college towns:West Lafayette, INChampaign, ILLincoln, NELawrence, KSTallahassee, FLEast Lansing, MICould go on and on. MKE gets cold but it has big city amenities, without big city hassle. MKE/MU have a state of the art arena. Great restaurants. Great theater. Great festivals. And if you want a world class city? Hop on the Amtrak and ride 90 minutes to downtown Chicago. The notion MKE is an armpit compared to many high Major college towns is absolutely f’in absurd. Then again, consider the source.