Scholarship table
Pretty sure disallowing qualified JUCO's admittance is against federal law...maybe the DOE can add that to their investigation list of MU's administration?
First post...not buyin it.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Issue isn't incoming academics but progress when they are here and discipline.
Marquette can admit JUCOs all they want. Doesn't mean the head coach is required to take JUCOs.As far as the terms that are at issue, I have absolutely no problem with Pillarz and Williams telling Buzz he has to keep the conduct of the players clean (not trying to say their conduct hasn't or has been clean over the past 4 years, just saying from now on) and if they get into trouble, that they must be punished accordingly. If this is causing Buzz to consider leaving Marquette for SMU, then he should have to consider leaving any job. This is not a free for all. If Buzz has a problem with the people above him telling him "If kids end up in a police report for (whatever it may be), they must be punished" (again, not trying to say whether or not this has happened in the past, just future here), then I'm not sure he's the right guy to be coaching Marquette University.
I think blinders must be taken off for that statement. At the time Buzz took over, if you polled 100 MU Scoopers, I'll bet the leading vote getter on the question of "How many NBA players are on this roster?" would be 1. Buzz is what made those guys NBA players. They were 3* recruits (Zar, JFB) at best. Solid college players, but nobody in honesty thought those guys were NBA caliber at the time. If you did, you are full of it.
Again, unless everything we know about Buzz is a charade, then there is no way the two sides would be add odds over an issue like this.
Doc would be nice replacement.
Ha. Nice try, to bad MUTV doesn't get that email. At least not from an official source! Go back to the UW or SMU board.
Only way this goes down with Buzz leaving is if Doc is replacement.
I haven't chimed into this mess of a thread, but I would never want an NBA guy at Marquette, even Doc. Coaching college is way, way more work than coaching in the NBA, and I don't think NBA guys are willing to do that work.
I think we all are being nieve to the fact that Buzz is taking SMU serious:/I hate to say it but i think hes gone
But:1) If these terms are new to Buzz, why would Buzz have a problem with any of that (unless his entire character is a charade)2) If Buzz is already doing this, why is the AD digging in their heels?3) No one has been suspended for academic reasons, and everyone is apparently graduating (or making progress)... so if MU is voluntarily putting academic thresholds for athletes in place in response to nothing, it will be the first university in the country to do so.It seems to me that Buzz already grasps the magnitude of the scrutiny of his players and the university, and he also seems like the guy who isn't going to simply let things slide. So none of this makes any sense at all. Either Buzz and the AD are being stupid, or we all are. My vote is the latter.
I know a few facts:Buzz Williams is under contract to coach the Marquette basketball team;Marquette's basketball program is superior to SMU's in every regard;Buzz is a celebrity who benefits from having his name in the news;It would be disastrous to Larry Williams' career for Buzz to leave MU;Marquette just signed a new, local recruit last week;Major college basketball coaches rarely, if ever, take a "step down" by choice, regardless of money.There are other things I "think" and other things I've "heard" today (some from some pretty decent sources, but far from Buzz, Williams, Pilarz, etc), but those are the facts I "know." My educated conclusion is this: This is a power play. There was some tension this past fall, but not because Pilarz and Williams were "new" but because of the fallout from the scandal in the news last fall. The simple fact is the players at issue were under Buzz's supervision. Fair or not, heavy is the head that wears the crown. Buzz took some flak. Now he's "brushing back" and asserting some power. It would be very bad for many people at Marquette professionally if Buzz left. They won't let it happen. Anyways, time and success heal all wounds. Everything is going to be fine. Everyone should relax.
Doc seems a little different for us though. Not just a random NBA coach but a guy familiar with the program an has 2 kids (one a ridiculous stud) that have been through top programs. He would be an easy sell for recruits. I'd rather Buzz stay but just responding to your "all NBA coaches would be bad for us" post. I agree 99% but I'd take Doc.