A growing number of speculative news reports concerning the future of Marquette men's basketball coach Buzz Williams has led to the following statements from Williams and Director of Athletics Larry Williams:
http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032712aac.html
"I want to thank all of our fans, alumni, students and administration who provided incredible support throughout our second consecutive Sweet 16 run," head coach Buzz Williams said. "We are already looking forward to next season with a core group of returning players, while welcoming new recruits into the Marquette family. I am excited to build on our past success and we will continue to work to be the absolute best we can be. The future remains bright for our program, and our institution."
Williams recently completed his fourth season at Marquette and led the program to its second-straight Sweet 16 appearance. The Van Alstyne, Texas, native is 96-45 in four years (46-26 BIG EAST) and MU has advanced to the NCAA Championship in each of those campaigns. The Golden Eagles were 27-8 overall in 2011-12 and 14-4 in the BIG EAST Conference, helping the squad to its best-ever finish since joining the league in 2005-06.
"Coach Williams is a good man, great coach and I look forward to working with him in the coming years" Director of Athletics Larry Williams said. "As we move forward, we want to make sure we stay focused on the rich history and core values that underpin this very unique program – among the elite in the nation – by continuing to emphasize our mission of remarkable success on the court and the classroom."
Buzz Williams and Larry Williams will have no further comments relating to this matter.
Now this, I'll leave as a new thread.
Lock it. Sticky it. Refer to it next year.
Statements From Head Coach Buzz Williams, AD Larry Williams
A growing number of speculative news reports concerning the future of Marquette men's basketball coach Buzz Williams has led to the following statements from Williams and Director of Athletics Larry Williams.
http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/marq/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032712aac.html
Awesome! Great end to this ridiculousness!!
Andy Katz @ESPNAndyKatz
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Marquette announces that Buzz Williams is staying put, ending the odd SMU speculation (wishful thinking by the Mustangs).
Well this is boring...there's no room for inferring anything! I'm going back to the other thread.
So, all of this has been about nothing THE WHOLE TIME? Color me STUNNED. SHOCKED. BLOWN AWAY.
Great to hear. Sadly necessary, but great to hear.
Wait, but what does this mean? PLEASE GOD, TELL ME WHAT THIS MEANS?
I'd like to thank everybody on this board, AD Larry Williams, and Marquette Coach Buzz Williams for wasting my entire day on conjecture, bs, and fun posting. Now, I must return to work so I can get home by 10.
Quote from: 96warrior on March 27, 2012, 06:47:45 PM
Well this is boring...there's no room for inferring anything! I'm going back to the other thread.
I know, we ALL need to know if someone's best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Buzz HAVING A SAD with Larry Williams and Father Pilarz about comments in the Journal Sentinel.
Guess this renders the other thread about as useful as Abed's Imaginarium on "Community."
The wording of LW's statements always leave me wondering what message he's really trying to send....this is no different.
That said, glad it's over... until next year.
Quote from: The Special Brew on March 27, 2012, 06:51:24 PM
Now, I must return to work so I can get home by 10.
Same here. Ouch.
Quote from: StillWarriors on March 27, 2012, 06:53:58 PM
The wording of LW's statements always leave me wondering what message he's really trying to send....this is no different.
Both statements are pregnant...
LW states the obvious and doesn't endorse Buzz. Something tells me (my head) that if this was last year, with A&M and Oklahoma calling, he'd be gone.
Some people on this board just got their ego stroked by being described as "a growing number of speculative news reports"
well, diva coach will throw another tantrum the same time next year, he better hope there are no assaults in the next 12 months
Quote from: seinfeld on March 27, 2012, 06:57:05 PM
well, diva coach will throw another tantrum the same time next year, he better hope there are no assaults in the next 12 months
F off troll!
Hell, if some other 'sexy' job opens up, I hope LW just tell BW to take it. This is stupid, two years in a row? He's obviously got eyes for something 'better' and I hope we don't stand in the way.
That said, I think he's a great coach and great for Marquette. I sincerely hope he doesn't have eyes for something else...
Comments from Buzz, Larry Williams
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/144471285.html
Quote from: Gardner's Postgame Snack on March 27, 2012, 06:55:39 PM
Some people on this board just got their ego stroked by being described as "a growing number of speculative news reports"
I think we can all take a great deal of pride in stoking the flames of conjecture. This was a tremendous exercise in banality for which we will be able to tell our grandchildren about some day. The bottome line is that we achieved the Holy Grail of Pranksterdom - eliciting a response. Not only did the mainstream media acknowledge our conjectures (the virtual equivalent of TPing a house, prank phone calls, etc...) but the targets our our activity - the Williamses - were forced to say something. We accomplished greatness today, comrades, true greatness. We can stand tall and take our place in line with the great pranksters of the ages. I am humbled.
How on earth can this be? SMUxxx promised us Buzz was gone!
So, SMU 1-2?.....what say ye now?
Quote from: seinfeld on March 27, 2012, 06:57:05 PM
well, diva coach will throw another tantrum the same time next year, he better hope there are no assaults in the next 12 months
Where's the ban hammer?
"make sure we stay focused on the rich history and core values".
Sounds like both parties had their opinions heard and worked it out.
Keep the focus Buzz and see you in the fall.....
Quote from: YoungMUFan4 on March 27, 2012, 06:40:35 PM
"As we move forward, we want to make sure we stay focused on the rich history and core values that underpin this very unique program – among the elite in the nation – by continuing to emphasize our mission of remarkable success on the court and the classroom."
Come on Larry - something can't be very unique. Either it's one-of-a-kind, or it isn't. There are no degrees of uniqueness.
More of that hard hitting, insight driven commentary from our beat reporter. I would have said it was a copy paste job, but that implies this dinosaur knows how to perform those tasks.
Quote from: Warriors10 on March 27, 2012, 06:55:32 PM
LW states the obvious and doesn't endorse Buzz. Something tells me (my head) that if this was last year, with A&M and Oklahoma calling, he'd be gone.
These types of releases have quotes not said by the actual people. It's th PR person's words, that Williams and Williams approved. Language is safe but true. Don't waste your time over-analyzing it.
Quote from: StillWarriors on March 27, 2012, 06:53:58 PM
The wording of LW's statements always leave me wondering what message he's really trying to send....this is no different.
That said, glad it's over... until next year.
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So we can all agree that we're going to ignore it when IWB goes trolling for page views again, right?
maybe I missed it, but is there any reworking of Buzz's contract? Any bump?
Where are those smu dab now?????
I'm happy neither MU administrators nor Buzz got their egos in the way here. We have an awesome thing going here...and no one wants to mess it up.
I feel the issues we had with players were isolated incidents, and Buzz is truly a great leader, mentor...warrior!
So pleased that new leadership found that in him, and smoothed over any notions to the contrary.
suck it SMU.
On the contrary, from the sound of it, it was all about egos.
But yeah, suck it SMU.
So let's go with the comments from SMU that the offer was HUGE. That MU could not match it. Throwing Benjamins at Buzz with the thousands of mega billionaires like it was candy at Halloween. Would make Buzz the highest paid coach. If all that is true, what does that say about SMU that Buzz turned all that down?
Different set of balls were squeezed the last two days. Give 'em Hell Buzz!!
Quote from: lab_warrior on March 27, 2012, 06:48:01 PM
So, all of this has been about nothing THE WHOLE TIME? Color me STUNNED. SHOCKED. BLOWN AWAY.
+ infinity. The panty wadding from this stuff was something to behold. Starting with Goose and the SMU Badger trolls.
Many f not most coaches would say eff off to the administrator f they were called out about their leadership
Again, though...suck it SMU
Quote from: MUMac on March 27, 2012, 07:32:37 PM
So let's go with the comments from SMU that the offer was HUGE. That MU could not match it. Throwing Benjamins at Buzz with the thousands of mega billionaires like it was candy at Halloween. Would make Buzz the highest paid coach. If all that is true, what does that say about SMU that Buzz turned all that down?
Perhaps it says more about Buzz and his loyalty to his players, and perhaps MU, even though the new administration at MU certainly seems to have complicated the relationship between Buzz and MU.
Quote from: Goose on March 27, 2012, 07:38:34 PM
Different set of balls were squeezed the last two days. Give 'em Hell Buzz!!
Seeing as how you keep repeating this, you apparently think it's funny and/or clever. I really like Buzz and am glad he's staying, but the last thing I want is a coach that is bigger than the University (or that thinks he is).
As long as he wins in a straight up fashion...I do not care
Quote from: StillAWarrior on March 27, 2012, 07:42:27 PM
Seeing as how you keep repeating this, you apparently think it's funny and/or clever. I really like Buzz and am glad he's staying, but the last thing I want is a coach that is bigger than the University (or that thinks he is).
+1
I've been so wired on this story the past 2 days it jumped out to me that LW said "good man, great coach"---why not great both?
Also, I don't typically see Buzz' hometown mentioned in articles too often. Significant?
ANNDDDDDD, I'm now taking my queue that I (and many here) need to find new things to do with our time.
Quote from: StillAWarrior on March 27, 2012, 07:42:27 PM
Seeing as how you keep repeating this, you apparently think it's funny and/or clever. I really like Buzz and am glad he's staying, but the last thing I want is a coach that is bigger than the University (or that thinks he is).
I do want a coach who's bigger than the university.
Quote from: JimmyLikesBasketball on March 27, 2012, 07:52:14 PM
I've been so wired on this story the past 2 days it jumped out to me that LW said "good man, great coach"---why not great both?
Also, I don't typically see Buzz' hometown mentioned in articles too often. Significant?
ANNDDDDDD, I'm now taking my queue that I (and many here) need to find new things to do with our time.
I'm gonna finish strong tonight and then walk away for a few days. I have some catching up to do at work tomorrow...
good thing there is a 89 page thread about this
Quote from: PuertoRicanNightmare on March 27, 2012, 07:52:48 PM
I do want a coach who's bigger than the university.
Why? What you describe, then, is a desire to follow a professional team.
Quote from: Rubie Q on March 27, 2012, 07:17:09 PM
So we can all agree that we're going to ignore it when IWB goes trolling for page views again, right?
Don't forget the super passionate letter from Zach Klupchak, too! THAT GUY SAVED THE DAY! Clown.
Quote from: Warriors10 on March 27, 2012, 06:55:32 PM
LW states the obvious and doesn't endorse Buzz. Something tells me (my head) that if this was last year, with A&M and Oklahoma calling, he'd be gone.
Calls him a good man, great coach and looks forward to working with him for years .... and that's not an endorsement?
Holy cr*p.
At this point, I'm pretty sure LW could offer to pick up Buzz's dry cleaning, drive his kids to school, wash his car and be at his beckon call to deliver sweet tea and chiclets on command, and some of you would be b*tching that he's dissing Buzz and not doing enough to keep him happy.
Quote from: PuertoRicanNightmare on March 27, 2012, 07:52:48 PM
I do want a coach who's bigger than the university.
See Paterno and Tressel. More examples but those are the most egregious.
Quote from: PuertoRicanNightmare on March 27, 2012, 07:52:48 PM
I do want a coach who's bigger than the university.
Surefire way to hear the words "lack of institutional control" coming from the NCAA.
Quote from: lab_warrior on March 27, 2012, 08:01:49 PM
Don't forget the super passionate letter from Zach Klupchak, too! THAT GUY SAVED THE DAY! Clown.
Zach Klupchak is an anagram of Irritated White Boy.
Quote from: warthog-driver on March 27, 2012, 07:00:33 PM
I think we can all take a great deal of pride in stoking the flames of conjecture. This was a tremendous exercise in banality for which we will be able to tell our grandchildren about some day. The bottome line is that we achieved the Holy Grail of Pranksterdom - eliciting a response. Not only did the mainstream media acknowledge our conjectures (the virtual equivalent of TPing a house, prank phone calls, etc...) but the targets our our activity - the Williamses - were forced to say something. We accomplished greatness today, comrades, true greatness. We can stand tall and take our place in line with the great pranksters of the ages. I am humbled.
Hell yeah!
Quote from: YoungMUFan4 on March 27, 2012, 06:40:35 PM
A growing number of speculative news reports concerning the future of Marquette men's basketball coach Buzz Williams has led to the following statements from Williams and Director of Athletics Larry Williams:
http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032712aac.html
"I want to thank all of our fans, alumni, students and administration who provided incredible support throughout our second consecutive Sweet 16 run," head coach Buzz Williams said. "We are already looking forward to next season with a core group of returning players, while welcoming new recruits into the Marquette family. I am excited to build on our past success and we will continue to work to be the absolute best we can be. The future remains bright for our program
Williams recently completed his fourth season at Marquette and led the program to its second-straight Sweet 16 appearance. The Van Alstyne, Texas, native is 96-45 in four years (46-26 BIG EAST) and MU has advanced to the NCAA Championship in each of those campaigns. The Golden Eagles were 27-8 overall in 2011-12 and 14-4 in the BIG EAST Conference, helping the squad to its best-ever finish since joining the league in 2005-06.
Translation:
We'll say all the right things until the next destination job opens up, then you leave, and we all save face.
"Coach Williams is a good man, great coach and I look forward to working with him in the coming years" Director of Athletics Larry Williams said. "As we move forward, we want to make sure we stay focused on the rich history and core values that underpin this very unique program – among the elite in the nation – by continuing to emphasize our mission of remarkable success on the court and the classroom."
Buzz Williams and Larry Williams will have no further comments relating to this matter.
Quote from: The Special Brew on March 27, 2012, 08:03:40 PM
See Paterno and Tressel. More examples but those are the most egregious.
Yep. Two guys who won national championships. Wonder if those universities can survive?
Quote from: Pakuni on March 27, 2012, 08:02:23 PM
Calls him a good man, great coach and looks forward to working with him for years .... and that's not an endorsement?
Holy cr*p.
At this point, I'm pretty sure LW could offer to pick up Buzz's dry cleaning, drive his kids to school, wash his car and be at his beckon call to deliver sweet tea and chiclets on command, and some of you would be b*tching that he's dissing Buzz and not doing enough to keep him happy.
No it is not an endorsement. Great coach (look at record), good man (nobody will deny that)...any indication Buzz is LW's man and LW's long term coach. No.
"I look forward to working with him in the coming years. "
Quote from: dwaderoy2004 on March 27, 2012, 08:20:58 PM
"I look forward to working with him in the coming years. "
Cookie cutter.
Quote from: The Special Brew on March 27, 2012, 08:03:40 PM
See Paterno and Tressel. More examples but those are the most egregious.
I would submit Al McGuire was larger than life, not just MU, and he was pretty open about it
So....just how big are the teeth on that new horse we just got. It seems like some of you are getting a real good look!!
Anyone know how much crow one would have to eat for upwards of NINETY PAGES of WRONG?
Time for a celebratory kringle, pecan or raspberry. The great burger from Nite Owl will have to await the Layton stand's Spring reopening.
Quote from: StillAWarrior on March 27, 2012, 07:42:27 PM
Seeing as how you keep repeating this, you apparently think it's funny and/or clever. I really like Buzz and am glad he's staying, but the last thing I want is a coach that is bigger than the University (or that thinks he is).
Amen. I love Buzz and want him to coach here as long as possible, but Marquette is and always will be bigger than one coach, one AD, etc. Our coach, no matter if its Buzz or someone else, is just a part of this University.
Quote from: Jim Sawdust on March 27, 2012, 08:55:38 PM
Time for a celebratory kringle, pecan or raspberry. The great burger from Nite Owl will have to await the Layton stand's Spring reopening.
The things I would do for a Kringle right now...
Quote from: warthog-driver on March 27, 2012, 07:00:33 PM
I think we can all take a great deal of pride in stoking the flames of conjecture. This was a tremendous exercise in banality for which we will be able to tell our grandchildren about some day. The bottome line is that we achieved the Holy Grail of Pranksterdom - eliciting a response. Not only did the mainstream media acknowledge our conjectures (the virtual equivalent of TPing a house, prank phone calls, etc...) but the targets our our activity - the Williamses - were forced to say something. We accomplished greatness today, comrades, true greatness. We can stand tall and take our place in line with the great pranksters of the ages. I am humbled.
Do we get a banner for this?
Quote from: AZWarrior on March 27, 2012, 09:19:10 PM
Do we get a banner for this?
TallTitan - get on this! ;D
Make Buzz Williams AD.
Quote from: Pakuni on March 27, 2012, 08:02:23 PM
Calls him a good man, great coach and looks forward to working with him for years .... and that's not an endorsement?
Holy cr*p.
At this point, I'm pretty sure LW could offer to pick up Buzz's dry cleaning, drive his kids to school, wash his car and be at his beckon call to deliver sweet tea and chiclets on command, and some of you would be b*tching that he's dissing Buzz and not doing enough to keep him happy.
I think a lot of posters won't be satisfied until Buzz and Larry hold hands, tongue kiss, and post video of it on YouTube.
Guess this thread is now about micro-parsing words from a press release. IT NEVER ENDS.
Quote from: Warriors10 on March 27, 2012, 06:55:32 PM
LW states the obvious and doesn't endorse Buzz. Something tells me (my head) that if this was last year, with A&M and Oklahoma calling, he'd be gone.
"Coach Williams is a good man, great coach and I look forward to working with him in the coming years"I guess I'm curious about Warriors10's definition of an endorsement. Was LW supposed to say: "I worship the ground Buzz walks on and I hereby volunteer to give him my paycheck for the next 10 years"?
Quote from: MU82 on March 27, 2012, 09:28:01 PM
"Coach Williams is a good man, great coach and I look forward to working with him in the coming years"
I guess I'm curious about Warriors10's definition of an endorsement. Was LW supposed to say: "I worship the ground Buzz walks on and I hereby volunteer to give him my paycheck for the next 10 years"?
Larry Williams: " I'm not gay. Buzz is not gay. If Buzz wanted me to give him a handle underneath the bleachers though, I'm his huckleberry."
Quote from: JimmyLikesBasketball on March 27, 2012, 07:52:14 PM
I've been so wired on this story the past 2 days it jumped out to me that LW said "good man, great coach"---why not great both?
Also, I don't typically see Buzz' hometown mentioned in articles too often. Significant?
ANNDDDDDD, I'm now taking my queue that I (and many here) need to find new things to do with our time.
It was said that Steve Jobs was a "great" man - brilliant, innovative, perhaps even revolutionary - but not necessarily a "good" man because of the way he treated those close to him. You may be a great man for landing on the moon but it takes a good man to raise a loving family and be a role model to those most important in his life. From my view point, Buzz is definitely a good man.
Do we have an update on the status of our 100 page thread banner? I can see it taking its rightful place between the two GAS banners at The Brad.
Has all this been a "Save Ferris" moment?
Or, as is more likely, have we witnessed a power play? And if so, who was it that blinked first?
Think it might be more transfer of power. Would have to think Buzz is sitting in a stronger position today than he was in a week ago.
Quote from: Goose on March 28, 2012, 06:24:52 AM
Think it might be more transfer of power. Would have to think Buzz is sitting in a stronger position today than he was in a week ago.
Still not sure why you think this is so great. Are you a Buzz fan first and a Marquette fan just because that's where Buzz happens to be?
TJ
I do not think it great but think it is important. As long as Buzz is on same page with admin he should be able to run his program anyway he wants within this parameters. I was very worried that he would be handcuffed if he stayed and that makes it difficult for a coach.
Any boss of a company knows expectations and wants to be given flexibility in achieving the common goal. Buzz has brought together a group of kids from all over the country and made it work. Most important thing a coach can have is the ability to recruit kids they can coach.
Yesterday = Buzz Williams is the Marquette basketball coach, and Larry Williams is the Athletic Director.
Today = Buzz Williams is the Marquette basketball coach, and Larry Williams is the Athletic Director.
Transfer of power? Stronger position? NOPE.
Quote from: PuertoRicanNightmare on March 27, 2012, 08:17:14 PM
Yep. Two guys who won national championships. Wonder if those universities can survive?
Sure, they won national championships but at what cost? Paterno allowed a known pedophile on his team and around kids in his team's facilities and didn't report him. The university will survive and will be known as Pedophilia State.
Tressel...well, Tressel behaved as you'd expect an OSU football coach to behave.
Do you want that or do you want an exemplary program?
LabWarrior
My wife and I transfer power back and forth all the time. Our roles have remained the same by different days means different levels of power. Currently my power is diminished because my wife thinks I wasted three days worrying about MU ball.
Quote from: Goose on March 28, 2012, 07:50:47 AM
TJ
I do not think it great but think it is important. As long as Buzz is on same page with admin he should be able to run his program anyway he wants within this parameters. I was very worried that he would be handcuffed if he stayed and that makes it difficult for a coach.
Any boss of a company knows expectations and wants to be given flexibility in achieving the common goal. Buzz has brought together a group of kids from all over the country and made it work. Most important thing a coach can have is the ability to recruit kids they can coach.
So that's why you want Buzz to "stick it to" the university you love.
I have no idea what really happened, so I'm not going to pretend I can take sides. If Buzz thinks he should be able to do whatever he wants with no consequences, he's wrong and the administration should call him on it, even to the point of calling his bluff and letting him leave over it. If the administration tried to handcuff his coaching ability without just cause, he should threaten to leave. Since I won't know what really happened, and I suspect you won't really know the details either even if you do have a source, I don't know how I could so emphatically take a side as you have done since about 5 pm last night.
TJ
I want MU to win at high level and believe Buzz is best chance for that today. If Buzz was reigned in due to fear of the unknown I think school would be wrong. If reigned in because of rule infractions I have no problem with that. If rule infractions that should be publicly known.
I don't want Buzz "reigned" in. I want him to work in tandem with the University President and Athletic director and remember there is a chain of command and he has to be accountable to his bosses. i don't want to see Father Pilarz and Larry Williams at a press conference talking about some infraction and when being asked should Buzz be fired reply (ala The Ohio State University), "We hope Buzz doesn't fire us"
A little humor. Humor is needed especially after 97 pages of craziness
Let's psychoanalyze this press release for what it really is.
To do this, we need the help of Geraldo Rivera and Dr. Hasseldorf, author of "Hostage Terrorist, Terrorist Hostage: A Study in Duality."
Let us begin with the full text review of Athletic Director Larry Williams statement
"Coach Williams is a good man, great coach and I look forward to working with him in the coming years" Director of Athletics Larry Williams said. "As we move forward, we want to make sure we stay focused on the rich history and core values that underpin this very unique program – among the elite in the nation – by continuing to emphasize our mission of remarkable success on the court and the classroom."
Geraldo Rivera: Dr. Hasselfdorf , on the surface, everything appears on the up and up. Is there something more to this than meets the eye? Shouldn't the Marquette faithful feel fantastic about this press statement?
Dr. Hasselfdorf: Why, yes Mr. Rivera, there is much more that meets the eye. We must go deeper into the analysis. To get to the real meaning we must break this down piece by piece and examine every word
In the first part of the statement reads, "He is a good man, great coach"
Notice he said good man. Why didn't he say he was a great man? He's only a good man, but a great coach? Why not a great man and a good coach? Or a great man and a great coach? Why didn't he say the best coach since Al McGuire? Or the best man since Gandhi? Why good man and not goodwrench or goodbar? Is this an unintentional misstep by AD Williams in the same way he butchers the names of top donors? Or is there something more sinister going on. A slap at Buzz Williams?
Geraldo Rivera: I see. I see. What else can you tell us Dr. Hasselfdorf?
Dr. Hasselfdorf: It is my opinion that Larry Williams and possibly Father Pilarz are suffering from Helsinki Syndrome.
Geraldo Rivera: As in Helsinki, Sweden?
Dr. Hasselfdorf: No. Helsinki, Finland. You see, their AD, Larry Williams, a Notre Dame graduate, is clearly out to destroy the Marquette program and wants to push Buzz Williams out of Marquette and into another program where he can recruit anyone he wishes without the university having any voice. This is what Notre Dame graduates do. The first hint of this diabolical scheme is based on his "good man, great coach" backhanded compliment toward your coach. It is nothing more than that, a backhanded compliment. Did I mention to you that he attended Notre Dame? Would you expect anything else? He is likely a shadow agent brought in by a Georgetown man to destroy your program.
Now let's look at the second part of the statement
"I look forward to working with him in the coming years"
Why did Mr. Williams say in the coming years? Why didn't this graduate of Notre Dame say in the coming decades? Why is AD Williams only giving Coach Williams a limited amount of years to be at Marquette in which to work with him? It is because he is signaling to the Marquette faithful that he is unwilling to give Mr. Buzz decades in which to be the coach. An outrageous slip-up that only my trained ear could catch. He says he is looking forward to working with him. He didn't say he appreciated working with him in the backward time they have shared together. A clear trait of the Helsinki Syndrome.
Geraldo Rivera: Well, ah, couldn't coming years not also mean many many years, even decades? Who says in the "coming decades" anyway? That would presumptuous I would think and out of the realm of normal.
Dr. Hasselfdorf: Listen, if I want your views on opening an empty Al Capone vault on national tv, I will ask for it. Leave the psychoanalytic work of the destruction Mr. Williams is planning for his athletic department to me. If you still do not believe me, let us look at the last part of the statement for concrete evidence.
It reads "we stay focused on the rich history and core values that underpin this very unique program – among the elite in the nation – by continuing to emphasize our mission of remarkable success on the court and the classroom."
Did you see it? Did you just see what he did? Mr. Larry Williams, who went to Notre Dame for both undergraduate and law school, said a mouthful right there. Let's dissect
"we stay focused" - Who is this we? Larry Williams, you just got here. There is no we when it comes to you. Your we we is in Portland and Notre Dame, not Milwaukee. Do not forget that the non-Notre Dame graduating Williams put us on the map (not Al, or Hank, or Kevin, or Tommy). Buzz put Marquette on the map. I read that on MU Scoop this is why I know. There is no we here.
"rich history" – A clear instance of transposition. History rich, not rich history. From what I understand, your AD Williams would like to take money away from Buzz and Marquette. Doesn't sound rich to me. Sounds like rich is becoming history.
Geraldo Rivera: Well, ah wasn't he talking about the history of the program?
Dr. Hasselfdorf: "core values" – Isn't Buzz Williams wife named Corey? Core Values. Corey Values? What does Corey Value? Don't mess with Happy. He could have said Essential Values and this would be a non-issue but he had to go there. I think nothing more need to be said here. Those Notre Dame bastards, subtle but bastards nonetheless. Especially the bald ones.
Geraldo Rivera: No. Really? Wait, what? I think you have it all wrong. Dr. Hasselfdorf, Dr. Hasselfdorf....
Dr. Hasselfdorf: "among the elite" – Among the elite? Larry, MU isn't Notre Dame. MU strives to win games in the NCAA tournament. MU is elite. Among the elite screams Notre Dame basketball. Past elite speaks Notre Dame football. Never elite speaks of Wisconsin football. Get with the program.
Geraldo Rivera: OK. True. Well stated. I'm on board with that one.
Dr. Hasselfdorf: "mission of remarkable success on the court and the classroom" – Did you see that one? Notice anything? It's very subtle. Let's read it one more time. "mission of remarkable success on the court and the classroom" Did you see it? He didn't say "in the classroom" he said "and the classroom" Ah ha! What does AD Williams mean here? I think we all know what he meant here.
In my diagnosis, this is a classic case of Helsinki Syndrome
Geraldo Rivera: Dr. Hasselfdorf you have made me a partial believer but others I am sure you have convinced in full. It is clear to me now that Buzz Williams has had his balls squeezed mightily by Larry Williams and Father Pilarz and they are still out to bring down this Marquette program and Coach Williams, despite this charade of a press release. This good man, great coach. No, this great man, great coach should not be treated like this by his superiors. Why else would Marquette hire an Athletic Director from Notre Dame but to have him come in and slowly deemphasize athletics, gut the budget and bring them to the land of SLU basketball? This is always the best way for him to get that next gig, the AD job at Notre Dame. It is also clear that the millions MU spends on their recruiting budget, their overall program budget and Buzz Williams salary are just a façade. A clearer approach to success should be modeled after the Northwestern basketball program and to recruit only players that Northwestern also deems acceptable. Marquette fans, beware the Trojan horsemen that are Pilarz and Williams (ND grad, not the Buzzard)
I would like to thank our guest, Dr. Hasselfdorf, author of "Hostage Terrorist, Terrorist Hostage: A Study in Duality" for his analysis today on the Marquette Basketball press release and the true meaning behind these words. This story is sure to bubble up again as the ball squeezing begins again in earnest in the coming years. God Save the Queen.