Kolek planning to go pro
I agree. He not only gets restless, but also power hungry, which leads to conflicts with the higher-ups.
Wojo said today he is happy at Marquette, aware of the coaching carousel conversations.
I wonder if Buzz leaves for TAMU if he stayed at MU instead of VT and no one messed with his “happy.” For the record, I don’t disagree with some of it, but definitely the administration handled it poorly.Did he turn down TAMU when he was at MU? Or was Oklahoma and SMU the main ones?
Full quote:I love where I am. I suppose it's a good thing when your phone is ringing and your name is being mentioned on the coaching carousel, but I'm happy with @MarquetteMBB.
I hear ya and generally agree ... except who's to say that a blueblood doesn't come calling waaaay before 8-10 years?
Just the math. Roy is 68 & K is 72. Not sure either program would go outside the family, maybe UNC if Roy goes sooner. Cal is 60 & just signed a lifetime deal that will probably keep him at Kentucky at least a decade while Self is 56. I don't think he goes to UCLA or Indiana that are a shell of their former selves.I suppose maybe Texas or Arizona could come calling, depending on how you rate those programs. Louisville if Mack fails. There just aren't that many jobs of that caliber, and UNC seems like the only one that might both come open & consider Buzz in that timeline.
K has been there 4 decades, so I'm not going to consider how they did business in the 1970s before they were a blue blood (they were a good program today, but not this) to be the way they'll carry on now. If K wants to pick his successor, I imagine he'll get that chance.UNC definitely had the buyer's remorse with Doherty, I could see them going outside, but unless he dies on the job, I'd guess K will have a lot of say in who follows him.
We also need to remember that blue bloods generally haven't had great luck hiring former players. Larry Farmer and Walt Hazzard at UCLA, Matt Doherty at UNC, Mike Davis at IU. The notable exception is ol' Roy, but he had had exceptional success at KU...FAR greater than any former Dukie to this point.IMHO - it's gonna take at least one Final Four (or at least something pretty damn close) for the Duke faithful to be fully on board with a guy like Dawkins, Collins or Wojo.
Mike Davis played at Alabama, not Indiana. He got the job at IU based on the timing of What's Up, Knight's firing and being the top assistant at the time and did well enough to keep it. Farmer actually did well at UCLA, but they were so close to the Wooden era nothing would have been good enough.
Just the math. Roy is 68 & K is 72. Not sure either program would go outside the family, maybe UNC if Roy goes sooner. Cal is 60 & just signed a lifetime deal that will probably keep him at Kentucky at least a decade while Self is 60......I suppose maybe Texas or Arizona could come calling, depending on how you rate those programs. Louisville if Mack fails. There just aren't that many jobs of that caliber, and UNC seems like the only one that might both come open & consider Buzz in that timeline.
Isn't saying that no one should mess with his 'happy' the same as saying they should be kissing his a$$ at all times?
Or And flushing his toilet.
First, where was this?Second, why wouldn’t he be happy at Marquette? He makes great money, gets zero heat from the media, and is under no pressure from the administration to do anything more than run a clean program and produce the fair to middling results we’ve seen. He was probably laughing at Dixon for taking UCLA.
Of course he's happy here. He makes good coin and his bosses care more about having a clean program than one that wins at the highest level.
My bad on Davis.As for Farmer being so closely removed from Wooden...the next Duke coach will have the same issue. Kinda like Hank did at MU - 5 tourneys in 6 years, and people were glad when he quit coaching.Still curious who people think K will tab.
You never want to be the guy replacing The Guy. There are a few schools that are going to have to deal with this soon: Duke, UNC, Michigan State, Syracuse (though they probably hire Mike Hopkins).