Oso planning to go pro
1. There is a players meeting tomorrow that Buzz called late today.2. It is not about end of the year assessments3. I have been told by two different people it is *likely* to squash rumors, but they do not know 100 percent for sure.
Winter is coming, indeed.
Maybe the Mods can spambot LWill and the Padre like they did for the voting for Spaniel's daughter as the athlete of the week?btw, out here in the Central Valley and heard the guy in front of me at the In & Out drive through order the "Jerry Wainwright to MU Special"
Until the next off court incident. It's not going to end, no matter how powerful Buzz thinks he may be. One serious off court incident and he is gone. That can not be a comfortable working environment for Buzz. And that is still the heart of the matter. He and the team will be under the microscope no matter what the AD tells Buzz right now. There is no getting away from it. If you don't believe it just wait until the next incident happens, no matter how small it may seem. The Journal Sentinel will put it on front page no matter what.
You don't announce your leaving like this. So that the kids can twist your arm to stay. You leave, make the announcement from Dallas and then after things die down in a few weeks, you call them.
So what you're saying is the men's basketball program will henceforth answer directly to the Milwaukee Journal, channel 6 and local sport's talk radio. Basketball player under 21 has a drink or somebody jaywalks and it's curtains for the coach. If you're right and the administration is that eager to throw Buzz under the bus, I'd say his departure is inevitable, probably sooner rather than later. And if anyone thinks Illinois looks pathetic being turned down by multiple mid major coaches (they do), just wait. Nobody with an ounce of self worth will want to work here under this administration.
Oh damn, they're taking it outside closed doors now. Hear there's a brass knuckle fight planned on 16th and Wisconsin between Pilarz and Buzz noon tomorrow.
In & Out: probably my biggest disappointment ever.
In & Out: probably my biggest food disappointment ever.
What I meant was, I'm hoping he's meeting to tell them he's staying. Can't type anymore.
really? two months from now, bar fight or some type of assault happens and you think Buzz keeps his job? Wow, you think because Buzz wins this power play that there is no microscope on the team?
Another MU, wasn't one of the things we disliked about the way Crean left (sorry to open up old wounds) was that he in fact didn't tell the team in person until after they heard it on ESPN? And how bad we thought that was? So wouldn't want Buzz to do the same, although I'm opening he's meeting them to tell them he's not leaving.
Agreed. Way, way over rated.
What it the proper way to leave? Hold a meeting and say your leaving so half the team can beg you to stay and the other half give you the finger? They are not going to order a cake and give him a good-bye party.Sure we hate how Crean did it, unfortunately that is the only way to do it (save tell someone at the university to tell the team on his behalf before ESPN tells the world).
Uh-oh, El Salvador is up 2-1.
I think the fact that the meeting is tomorrow is a great sign. I think if Buzz were leaving and at odds with the administration, he wouldn't trust them not to leak it. Also, there's just too big of a risk for it being leaked if you wait all night. The players are all on campus and most likely most of them are in study hall together at some point in the day. It's not hard to gather them up in order to announce you are leaving in order to beat the possible leak. Like others have said, it might be a gather everyone together, squash the rumors, and maybe he and LW or Pilarz hammered out some things that he has to relay to the players as part of them reconciling some of their differences.