The email from Father Wild tonight

[ChicosBailBonds]

Sorry, just got home from vacation and found this in my mailbox....how incredibly underwhelming.

Careful what you wish for fellas....ah, careful what you wish for.   







Marquette Alumni,

I am pleased to share with you this very exciting news about the Marquette Men's Basketball program. Please read the important announcement ahead.


Brent "Buzz" Williams Named 16th Head Coach At Marquette
Current Assistant Coach Promoted To Top Position

Milwaukee - Brent "Buzz" Williams, a highly respected recruiter and veteran of the collegiate coaching ranks, has been named the 16th head coach of the Marquette University men's basketball program, MU President Robert A. Wild, S.J., and Director of Athletics Steve Cottingham confirmed Monday night.

The university will hold a press conference Tuesday (April 8) to formally introduce Williams. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and the general public are invited to attend. The press conference will begin at 2 p.m. at the Al McGuire Center, 770 N. 12th St.

In 2007-08, Williams served as an assistant coach with the Golden Eagles in his first season at Marquette. MU concluded the year 25-10 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.

His coaching career has included stints as an assistant, associate head and head coach. He has nearly 15 years of experience at the NCAA Division I level. Williams has recruited and coached over 20 players who have earned all-conference accolades, including one league player of the year and two conference freshmen of the year. 

"When I met with Buzz, I was convinced that he brings us a passion for college basketball and our BIG EAST conference, and a commitment to both Marquette and the high-level of play our fans have come to expect from Marquette basketball," Father Wild said.

Williams arrived in Milwaukee after serving for one season as the head coach at the University of New Orleans. He guided the Privateers to a 14-win campaign in 2006-07 and his roster featured Bo McCalebb, the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. UNO (14-17) claimed fourth place in the Sun Belt's Western Division and advanced to the league tournament quarterfinals. His recruiting class for the 2007-08 season was ranked in the top 50 nationally by HoopScoop Online.

Prior to UNO, Williams served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Texas A&M for two seasons (2004-05 - 2005-06) under head coach Billy Gillispie. Both of his recruiting classes with the Aggies were ranked among the best in the nation and featured some of the top-ranked talent at the prep level. The squad made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 25 years in 2005-06 and the previous team posted the top turnaround in the nation, improving its win total in 2004-05 by 14 games compared to 2003-04.

"Early on in this process it became clear that Buzz provided the right fit the University was looking for as the men's basketball program at Marquette begins another era in its storied history," Director of Athletics Steve Cottingham said.  "Buzz is a tireless worker, a nationally recognized recruiter and has developed a quality relationship with the players and staff during his tenure at Marquette. All of these qualities, as well as many others, make me confident he will be able to continue the program's continued rise at the national level."

Williams spent four seasons (2000-01 - 2003-04) at Colorado State, serving as an assistant the first three seasons before being promoted to associate head coach in 2003-04. Two of his recruiting classes were ranked among the 40-best in the nation, including the 2003 group, which was tabbed No. 1 in the Western Athletic Conference.

Colorado State made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 13 years during his tenure and he was named one of the top assistants in the country by HoopScoop Online.

Williams was previously an assistant at Northwestern State (1999-2000), Texas A&M- Kingsville (1998-99) and Texas-Arlington (1994-98).

Williams signed the highest-rated recruiting class in the history of the Southland Conference while at Northwestern State. The Demons advanced to their first ever NCAA tournament the following season and two of his recruited players were named All-Conference, while one was tabbed Southland Conference Tournament MVP.

His accomplishments at Texas A&M-Kingsville include signing the 1998-99 Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year and a third team All-America guard from Panola Junior College.

At Texas-Arlington, Williams recruited a Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and signed the first Academic All-American in the school's history.

Williams was a student assistant coach from 1992-94 at Oklahoma City University where he assisted the team to the 1994 NAIA championship after it advanced to the Sweet 16 the previous season.

Williams served as a student assistant from 1990-92 at Navarro College (Corsicana, Texas) where the team won consecutive conference titles while sporting a 45-17 record during his tenure.

The Van Alstyne, Texas, native earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Oklahoma City University in 1994 before completing his master's work in the same field at Texas A&M-Kingsville in 1999.

Williams is married to the former Corey Norman and the couple has one daughter, Zera, and two sons, Calvin and Mason.

[Norm]

Not to nitpick too much, but Williams bio credits him with signing top rated recruiting classes while an assistant coach:

"Both of his recruiting classes with the Aggies were ranked among the best in the nation..."

"Two of his recruiting classes [at Colorado State] were ranked among the 40-best in the nation..."

"Williams signed the highest-rated recruiting class in the history of the Southland Conference while at Northwestern State."

"His accomplishments at Texas A&M-Kingsville include signing the 1998-99 Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year and a third team All-America guard from Panola Junior College."

"At Texas-Arlington, Williams recruited a Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and signed the first Academic All-American in the school's history."

These descriptions make it sound as if he was the head coach, not the assistant coach. He may have helped with these classes, but he did not sign them - the head coaches at those schools did.

[Avenue Commons]

Not to nitpick too much, but Williams bio credits him with signing top rated recruiting classes while an assistant coach:

"Both of his recruiting classes with the Aggies were ranked among the best in the nation..."

"Two of his recruiting classes [at Colorado State] were ranked among the 40-best in the nation..."

"Williams signed the highest-rated recruiting class in the history of the Southland Conference while at Northwestern State."

"His accomplishments at Texas A&M-Kingsville include signing the 1998-99 Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year and a third team All-America guard from Panola Junior College."

"At Texas-Arlington, Williams recruited a Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and signed the first Academic All-American in the school's history."

These descriptions make it sound as if he was the head coach, not the assistant coach. He may have helped with these classes, but he did not sign them - the head coaches at those schools did.

Even if it was the case we need Top 20 recruiting classes at the very least. "Top 40" should not ever be in the same paragraph as Marquette basketball.

[nyg]

The first sentence stated a "highly respected recruiter"  You would think it should have stated a "highly respected coach".

[Ready2Fly]

Sorry, just got home from vacation and found this in my mailbox....how incredibly underwhelming.

Careful what you wish for fellas....ah, careful what you wish for.   







Marquette Alumni,

I am pleased to share with you this very exciting news about the Marquette Men's Basketball program. Please read the important announcement ahead.


Brent "Buzz" Williams Named 16th Head Coach At Marquette
Current Assistant Coach Promoted To Top Position

Milwaukee - Brent "Buzz" Williams, a highly respected recruiter and veteran of the collegiate coaching ranks, has been named the 16th head coach of the Marquette University men's basketball program, MU President Robert A. Wild, S.J., and Director of Athletics Steve Cottingham confirmed Monday night.

The university will hold a press conference Tuesday (April 8) to formally introduce Williams. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and the general public are invited to attend. The press conference will begin at 2 p.m. at the Al McGuire Center, 770 N. 12th St.

In 2007-08, Williams served as an assistant coach with the Golden Eagles in his first season at Marquette. MU concluded the year 25-10 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003.

His coaching career has included stints as an assistant, associate head and head coach. He has nearly 15 years of experience at the NCAA Division I level. Williams has recruited and coached over 20 players who have earned all-conference accolades, including one league player of the year and two conference freshmen of the year. 

"When I met with Buzz, I was convinced that he brings us a passion for college basketball and our BIG EAST conference, and a commitment to both Marquette and the high-level of play our fans have come to expect from Marquette basketball," Father Wild said.

Williams arrived in Milwaukee after serving for one season as the head coach at the University of New Orleans. He guided the Privateers to a 14-win campaign in 2006-07 and his roster featured Bo McCalebb, the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. UNO (14-17) claimed fourth place in the Sun Belt's Western Division and advanced to the league tournament quarterfinals. His recruiting class for the 2007-08 season was ranked in the top 50 nationally by HoopScoop Online.

Prior to UNO, Williams served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Texas A&M for two seasons (2004-05 - 2005-06) under head coach Billy Gillispie. Both of his recruiting classes with the Aggies were ranked among the best in the nation and featured some of the top-ranked talent at the prep level. The squad made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 25 years in 2005-06 and the previous team posted the top turnaround in the nation, improving its win total in 2004-05 by 14 games compared to 2003-04.

"Early on in this process it became clear that Buzz provided the right fit the University was looking for as the men's basketball program at Marquette begins another era in its storied history," Director of Athletics Steve Cottingham said.  "Buzz is a tireless worker, a nationally recognized recruiter and has developed a quality relationship with the players and staff during his tenure at Marquette. All of these qualities, as well as many others, make me confident he will be able to continue the program's continued rise at the national level."

Williams spent four seasons (2000-01 - 2003-04) at Colorado State, serving as an assistant the first three seasons before being promoted to associate head coach in 2003-04. Two of his recruiting classes were ranked among the 40-best in the nation, including the 2003 group, which was tabbed No. 1 in the Western Athletic Conference.

Colorado State made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 13 years during his tenure and he was named one of the top assistants in the country by HoopScoop Online.

Williams was previously an assistant at Northwestern State (1999-2000), Texas A&M- Kingsville (1998-99) and Texas-Arlington (1994-98).

Williams signed the highest-rated recruiting class in the history of the Southland Conference while at Northwestern State. The Demons advanced to their first ever NCAA tournament the following season and two of his recruited players were named All-Conference, while one was tabbed Southland Conference Tournament MVP.

His accomplishments at Texas A&M-Kingsville include signing the 1998-99 Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year and a third team All-America guard from Panola Junior College.

At Texas-Arlington, Williams recruited a Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and signed the first Academic All-American in the school's history.

Williams was a student assistant coach from 1992-94 at Oklahoma City University where he assisted the team to the 1994 NAIA championship after it advanced to the Sweet 16 the previous season.

Williams served as a student assistant from 1990-92 at Navarro College (Corsicana, Texas) where the team won consecutive conference titles while sporting a 45-17 record during his tenure.

The Van Alstyne, Texas, native earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Oklahoma City University in 1994 before completing his master's work in the same field at Texas A&M-Kingsville in 1999.

Williams is married to the former Corey Norman and the couple has one daughter, Zera, and two sons, Calvin and Mason.

I think it's disingenuous to say the he recruited AND coached those all-conference players.  If the conference player of the year they're referring to is Acie Law, he did not recruit him, just coached him.  It makes it sound like those players came to play under his tutelage, when he was probably hired as an assistant after a lot of them were on board with the program.

[only a warrior]

I thought priests weren't supposed to lie......

[keefe]

Even if it was the case we need Top 20 recruiting classes at the very least. "Top 40" should not ever be in the same paragraph as Marquette basketball.

How about the song library of our Pep Band?

[madtownwarrior]

ASPFTP- Another stupid post from the past

[mu_hilltopper]

We should have a new rule .. anyone who bumps an old thread gets a day ban for each year the thread was bumped.  Unless it was awesome.  And no threads about Crean leaving, traditionals, Hiroshima, Chicos baiting, nor Larry Williams are awesome.

Threads about the Warrior name travesty are always awesome, though.

[Sir Lawrence]

Notre Dame hate threads are pretty welcome too, yes?

[real chili 83]

Notre Dame hate threads are pretty welcome too, yes?

Hell yes.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

I also enjoy the real chili recipe bump from time to time.

[real chili 83]

I also enjoy the real chili recipe bump from time to time.

Hell yes!

[4everwarriors]

Crean sucks ass.

[Avenue Commons]

We should have a new rule .. anyone who bumps an old thread gets a day ban for each year the thread was bumped.  Unless it was awesome.  And no threads about Crean leaving, traditionals, Hiroshima, Chicos baiting, nor Larry Williams are awesome.

Threads about the Warrior name travesty are always awesome, though.

How about the fact that the original post from Chicos included a mention that he just got back from vacation. If he didn't name drop, brag, and defend Crean, what would this board be?

[🏀]

We should have a new rule .. anyone who bumps an old thread gets a day ban for each year the thread was bumped.  Unless it was awesome.  And no threads about Crean leaving, traditionals, Hiroshima, Chicos baiting, nor Larry Williams are awesome.

Threads about the Warrior name travesty are always awesome, though.

Love this rule.

[Chicos' Buzz Scandal Countdown]

We should have a new rule .. anyone who bumps an old thread gets a day ban for each year the thread was bumped.  Unless it was awesome.  And no threads about Crean leaving, traditionals, Hiroshima, Chicos baiting, nor Larry Williams are awesome.

Threads about the Warrior name travesty are always awesome, though.

or you can just not look at those threads - I ignore those that aren't interesting to me... Can we choose to ban those people?

[keefe]

How about the fact that the original post from Chicos included a mention that he just got back from vacation. If he didn't name drop, brag, and defend Crean, what would this board be?

Another White Trash Weekend on the river?

[keefe]

Another White Trash Weekend on the river?

Love the name of that rig, the "Panty Dropper" Just the thing for a White Trash Weekend!

[Lennys Tap]

How about the fact that the original post from Chicos included a mention that he just got back from vacation. If he didn't name drop, brag, and defend Crean, what would this board be?

Awesome?

[keefe]

The Panty Dropper reference reminded me of a piece written by a Marine C 130 Driver shooting an approach at Baghdad:

There I was at six thousand feet over central Iraq, two hundred eighty knots and we’re dropping faster than Paris Hilton’s panties. It’s a typical September evening in the Persian Gulf; hotter than a rectal thermometer and I’m sweating like a priest at a Cub Scout meeting. But that’s neither here nor there. The night is moonless over Baghdad tonight, and blacker than a Steven King novel.

But it’s 2006, folks, and I’m sporting the latest in night-combat technology - namely, hand-me-down night vision goggles (NVGs) thrown out by the fighter boys. Additionally, my 1962 Lockheed C-130E Hercules is equipped with an obsolete, yet, semi-effective missile warning system (MWS). The MWS conveniently makes a nice soothing tone in your headset just before the missile explodes into your airplane. Who says you can’t polish a turd?

At any rate, the NVGs are illuminating Baghdad International Airport like the Las Vegas Strip during a Mike Tyson fight. These NVGs are the cat’s ass. But I’ve digressed. The preferred method of approach tonight is the random shallow. This tactical maneuver allows the pilot to ingress the landing zone in an unpredictable manner, thus exploiting the supposedly secured perimeter of the airfield in an attempt to avoid enemy surface-to-air-missiles and small arms fire.

Personally, I wouldn’t bet my pink ass on that theory but the approach is fun as hell and that’s the real reason we fly it. We get a visual on the runway at three miles out, drop down to one thousand feet above the ground, still maintaining two hundred eighty knots.

Now the fun starts. It’s pilot appreciation time as I descend the mighty Herc to six hundred feet and smoothly, yet very deliberately, yank into a sixty degree left bank, turning the aircraft ninety degrees offset from runway heading. As soon as we roll out of the turn, I reverse turn to the right a full two hundred seventy degrees in order to roll out aligned with the runway. Some aeronautical genius coined this maneuver the “Ninety/Two-Seventy.” Chopping the power during the turn, I pull back on the yoke just to the point my nether regions start to sag, bleeding off energy in order to configure the pig for landing.

“Flaps Fifty!, landing Gear Down!, Before Landing Checklist!” I look over at the copilot and he’s shaking like a cat crapting on a sheet of ice. Looking further back at the navigator, and even through the Nags, I can clearly see the wet spot spreading around his crotch. Finally, I glance at my steely eyed flight engineer. His eyebrows rise in unison as a grin forms on his face. I can tell he’s thinking the same thing I am …. “Where do we find such fine young men?”

“Flaps One Hundred!” I bark at the shaking cat. Now it’s all aim-point and airspeed. Aviation 101, with the exception there are no lights, I’m on NVGs, it’s Baghdad, and now tracers are starting to crisscross the black sky. Naturally, and not at all surprisingly, I grease the Goodyear’s on brick-one of runway 33 left, bring the throttles to ground idle and then force the props to full reverse pitch. Tonight, the sound of freedom is my four Hamilton Standard propellers chewing through the thick, putrid, Baghdad air. The huge, one hundred thirty-thousand pound, lumbering whisper pig comes to a lurching stop in less than two thousand feet. Let’s see a Viper do that!

We exit the runway to a welcoming committee of government issued Army grunts. It’s time to download their beans and bullets and letters from their sweethearts, look for war booty, and of course, urinate on Saddam’s home. Walking down the crew entry steps with my lowest-bidder, Beretta 92F, 9 millimeter strapped smartly to my side, look around and thank God, not Allah, I’m an American and I’m on the winning team. Then I thank God I’m not in the Army.

Knowing once again I’ve cheated death, I ask myself, “What in the hell am I doing in this mess?” Is it Duty, Honor, and Country? You bet your ass. Or could it possibly be for the glory, the swag, and not to mention, chicks dig the Air Medal. There’s probably some truth there too. But now is not the time to derive the complexities of the superior, cerebral properties of the human portion of the aviator-man-machine model. It is however, time to get out of this hole. Hey copilot, how’s ‘bout the ‘Before Starting Engines Checklist.”

This is a great piece, if not somewhat overdone. Flying into BIAP at night back then was like flying through 4th of July fireworks in NYC. The sky was filled with flying metal, every Haji hoping that he pickled off the Golden BB to bring your Infidel A$$ crashing down to the sacred sand of Babylon. I can just smell the JP8, cordite, hydraulic fluid, and that weird humid desert night air in Iraq by reading this. You can take the warrior out of Iraq but you can never take Iraq out of the warrior. God help me but I love it so...

[🏀]

The Panty Dropper reference reminded me of a piece written by a Marine C 130 Driver shooting an approach at Baghdad:

There I was at six thousand feet over central Iraq, two hundred eighty knots and we’re dropping faster than Paris Hilton’s panties. It’s a typical September evening in the Persian Gulf; hotter than a rectal thermometer and I’m sweating like a priest at a Cub Scout meeting. But that’s neither here nor there. The night is moonless over Baghdad tonight, and blacker than a Steven King novel.

But it’s 2006, folks, and I’m sporting the latest in night-combat technology - namely, hand-me-down night vision goggles (NVGs) thrown out by the fighter boys. Additionally, my 1962 Lockheed C-130E Hercules is equipped with an obsolete, yet, semi-effective missile warning system (MWS). The MWS conveniently makes a nice soothing tone in your headset just before the missile explodes into your airplane. Who says you can’t polish a turd?

At any rate, the NVGs are illuminating Baghdad International Airport like the Las Vegas Strip during a Mike Tyson fight. These NVGs are the cat’s ass. But I’ve digressed. The preferred method of approach tonight is the random shallow. This tactical maneuver allows the pilot to ingress the landing zone in an unpredictable manner, thus exploiting the supposedly secured perimeter of the airfield in an attempt to avoid enemy surface-to-air-missiles and small arms fire.

Personally, I wouldn’t bet my pink ass on that theory but the approach is fun as hell and that’s the real reason we fly it. We get a visual on the runway at three miles out, drop down to one thousand feet above the ground, still maintaining two hundred eighty knots.

Now the fun starts. It’s pilot appreciation time as I descend the mighty Herc to six hundred feet and smoothly, yet very deliberately, yank into a sixty degree left bank, turning the aircraft ninety degrees offset from runway heading. As soon as we roll out of the turn, I reverse turn to the right a full two hundred seventy degrees in order to roll out aligned with the runway. Some aeronautical genius coined this maneuver the “Ninety/Two-Seventy.” Chopping the power during the turn, I pull back on the yoke just to the point my nether regions start to sag, bleeding off energy in order to configure the pig for landing.

“Flaps Fifty!, landing Gear Down!, Before Landing Checklist!” I look over at the copilot and he’s shaking like a cat crapting on a sheet of ice. Looking further back at the navigator, and even through the Nags, I can clearly see the wet spot spreading around his crotch. Finally, I glance at my steely eyed flight engineer. His eyebrows rise in unison as a grin forms on his face. I can tell he’s thinking the same thing I am …. “Where do we find such fine young men?”

“Flaps One Hundred!” I bark at the shaking cat. Now it’s all aim-point and airspeed. Aviation 101, with the exception there are no lights, I’m on NVGs, it’s Baghdad, and now tracers are starting to crisscross the black sky. Naturally, and not at all surprisingly, I grease the Goodyear’s on brick-one of runway 33 left, bring the throttles to ground idle and then force the props to full reverse pitch. Tonight, the sound of freedom is my four Hamilton Standard propellers chewing through the thick, putrid, Baghdad air. The huge, one hundred thirty-thousand pound, lumbering whisper pig comes to a lurching stop in less than two thousand feet. Let’s see a Viper do that!

We exit the runway to a welcoming committee of government issued Army grunts. It’s time to download their beans and bullets and letters from their sweethearts, look for war booty, and of course, urinate on Saddam’s home. Walking down the crew entry steps with my lowest-bidder, Beretta 92F, 9 millimeter strapped smartly to my side, look around and thank God, not Allah, I’m an American and I’m on the winning team. Then I thank God I’m not in the Army.

Knowing once again I’ve cheated death, I ask myself, “What in the hell am I doing in this mess?” Is it Duty, Honor, and Country? You bet your ass. Or could it possibly be for the glory, the swag, and not to mention, chicks dig the Air Medal. There’s probably some truth there too. But now is not the time to derive the complexities of the superior, cerebral properties of the human portion of the aviator-man-machine model. It is however, time to get out of this hole. Hey copilot, how’s ‘bout the ‘Before Starting Engines Checklist.”

This is a great piece, if not somewhat overdone. Flying into BIAP at night back then was like flying through 4th of July fireworks in NYC. The sky was filled with flying metal, every Haji hoping that he pickled off the Golden BB to bring your Infidel A$$ crashing down to the sacred sand of Babylon. I can just smell the JP8, cordite, hydraulic fluid, and that weird humid desert night air in Iraq by reading this. You can take the warrior out of Iraq but you can never take Iraq out of the warrior. God help me but I love it so...

Dumb. Save your time, skip this post.

[keefe]

Dumb. Save your time, skip this post.

Figures a loser like you can't appreciate manly humor.

[🏀]

Figures a loser like you can't appreciate manly humor.

I feel sorry for you and those that associate with you if that is humor.

[MerrittsMustache]

Figures a loser like you can't appreciate manly humor.

Maybe he just appreciates humor that's, you know, humorous.