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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: passion of da coach on April 10, 2008, 09:09:33 AM
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Crean said he wishes could be at the banquet but wasn't invited.
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LOL! Imagine that.
Not invited.
LOL!
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you can actually HEAR him blowing himself
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"If someone leaves, we want to rub it in." - Dominic James
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says he didn't know the AD was traveling with the women's team, was sick all day, wasn't at the office, yada yada yada... it went fast... what was I supposed to do, bring the guys in and leave them hanging all afternoon?
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Now he is blaming the backdoor stuff on the Flu. He said he didnt know everyone was out of the office because he hadnt been because he was sick.
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Is this what normally happens when coaches leave after the season is over?
I wonder if he'll have a video salute towards the players?
Yeah, his leaving was messy, but this guy coached us to being one acrobat shot away from the Sweet 16.
Sooner or later both MU and those who are pissed at Crean for how he left will have to move on. May as well be sooner, rather than later.
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Just said he left MORE MONEY at MU for Indiana :o
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It's likely they'll post this interview afterwards. go to www.670thescore.com later today for those who aren't local.
North is grilling him actually right now.
"'cuz it's Indiana..." What does that mean?!
I don't have an opinion anymore, it's over, time to move on.
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Isn't Crean IU's head coach now? Why is he doing all these interviews in Milwaukee? Shouldn't he be worried about IU's program, rather than Milwaukee fans? I think I would tell him to get back to work.....
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670 the Score is out of Chicago.
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A lot of people in Chicago don't like Mike North because he doesn't exactly have the best education but he gives some of the best interviews I've ever heard because he isn't afraid to ask the questions people want to hear asked.
Total 180 from that Crean love fest up here in Milwaukee on WTMJ radio. That interview was a joke.
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Joe,
Do they normally repost later the same day of the program?
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Ah...you can tell I listen to a lot of am radio.
Sorry about that.
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Seems like TC is changing his story to start to cover his a$$
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I though Crean acquitted himself quite well, but let's be honest: nothing he says or does from this point on is going to change anybody's feelings about his exist.
p.s. He hasn't changed his story.
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How did he leave MORE money at MU???
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Maybe not changing but adding to his story, he was sick, thats the first time we have heard that. He didn't know everyone was going to Colorodo, does anyone believe that for a second. i could have told you they would have been going to support the women.
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Warrior07, they tend to post them pretty quickly. I would think they'd have it posted by noon. Usually the same day. It's actually a nice feature I find more radio stations (in Chicago) are doing.
I do believe he sounded fine. I wish him luck. It initially was a shock, but I think we all knew this was coming. I just wish it wasn't played off as if he was always going to honor his contract. I'm looking forward to next season. It seems the players may be stronger from this episode. Hopefully this is a boost to the "program" and not just these group of players.
By the way, Crean was just on AM 1000 (espn) in Chicago just after the Mike North interview. I don't know about them posting interviews though.
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FYI Crean said pretty much the same thing on am 1000. The excuse about being sick.
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Is Crean now the enemy that must be destroyed? Hell yes. We need to beat the clown in the media to. Buzz needs to get in front of the mic and camera as much as possible in as many viewing areas as possible.
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How did he leave MORE money at MU???
When the lawyers get done sorting out his contract with MU, he might have a rather large expense on his hands that could come out of the reported $2.3M he's getting at IU.
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Maybe not changing but adding to his story, he was sick, thats the first time we have heard that. He didn't know everyone was going to Colorodo, does anyone believe that for a second. i could have told you they would have been going to support the women.
Did you know when they were leaving? Did you know what time their flight departed and arrived? Did you know when Cottingham would be in the air and therefore unavailable?
I'm sorry, but I don't for a second buy the conspiracy theory that Crean somehow waited until Cottingham was airborne to make his decision. First, there's no incentive for him to do so. Second, a guy as PR conscious at Crean wouldn't intentionally do something so detrimental to his public image.
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Actually, he mentioned being sick the day he met with the team on the day of his press conference at IU. He may have even brought it up at that press conference. Regardless, I do remember him talking about being sick that day.
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I'm still amazed at what the flu does to people involved with Marquette Athletics.
Wow!
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Here's Crean on his sick day with the flu. Makes you wonder why he's leaning out the car window.
http://indiana.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=792723
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Second, a guy as PR conscious at Crean wouldn't intentionally do something so detrimental to his public image.
You mean like repeatedly lie about MU's NCAA appearances, their attendance before his arrival, record attendance announcements during games, the "record" number of weeks we were ranked, etc.? He would never intentionlly lie about something. You're right.
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Second, a guy as PR conscious at Crean wouldn't intentionally do something so detrimental to his public image.
You mean like repeatedly lie about MU's NCAA appearances, their attendance before his arrival, record attendance announcements during games, the "record" number of weeks we were ranked, etc.? He would never intentionlly lie about something. You're right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cause you know for a fact Tom Crean persoanlly has been responsible for every false statement ever printed about Marquette basketball. Jay Bilas told you so, right?
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This whole being sick thing is garbage. Being sick does not change the way things are handled....there's the right way, the marginal way and the wrong way. The players not finding out from Crean first was the wrong way...Crean not telling Cottingham or anyone else in the admininstration that just gave him a 10 year extension along with every other resource he asked for to be successful is the wrong way. How anyone here can stand with Crean any of this is unbelievable. He's gone, did nice things for the program....it's time to bury his name as history and begin writing a new chapter.
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Who is responsible for Tom Crean's statements? I'm confused.
Did Gerry Howard make that 7,200 attendance figure before Crean arrived up out of thin air? Or did he get it from jackass himself?
I asked him. Can you guess the answer?
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Here's Crean on his sick day with the flu. Makes you wonder why he's leaning out the car window.
http://indiana.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=792723
I dont think i have ever laughed so hard.
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Who is responsible for Tom Crean's statements? I'm confused.
Did Gerry Howard make that 7,200 attendance figure before Crean arrived up out of thin air? Or did he get it from jackass himself?
I asked him. Can you guess the answer?
To the best of my knowledge, not one of those "statements" has ever been attributed to Crean.
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Here's Crean on his sick day with the flu. Makes you wonder why he's leaning out the car window.
http://indiana.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=792723
Maybe, he was trying to enhance his tan with the flash bulbs.
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The lowest MU has averaged in home attendance over the last 20+ is just under 10,000 the first year Crean was here I believe.....I will certainly not stand for Crean to sit there and try to inflate his accomplishments and ego anymore at IU than he already has. If I hear the Coffee, Crean and Doughnuts story one more time I'm going to puke.
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Who is responsible for Tom Crean's statements? I'm confused.
Did Gerry Howard make that 7,200 attendance figure before Crean arrived up out of thin air? Or did he get it from jackass himself?
I asked him. Can you guess the answer?
To the best of my knowledge, not one of those "statements" has ever been attributed to Crean.
Um, he said it on TMJ himself on Thursday night. If he physically says it on the radio is it still attributable to him?
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Who is responsible for Tom Crean's statements? I'm confused.
Did Gerry Howard make that 7,200 attendance figure before Crean arrived up out of thin air? Or did he get it from jackass himself?
I asked him. Can you guess the answer?
To the best of my knowledge, not one of those "statements" has ever been attributed to Crean.
Garry Howard himself told me directly that Crean quoted that attendance figure to him. That is an ironclad fact.
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Not trying to make Marquette94 puke, but Brian Hamilton of the Tribune told me that Crean gave him the Coffee, Crean, and Donughts anecdote as well.
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Then Howard should have said so in his article. AND, he SHOULD HAVE listed the correct figure. Howard was lazy.
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Here's Crean on his sick day with the flu. Makes you wonder why he's leaning out the car window.
http://indiana.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=792723
If you look closely he's got a PEN in his hand. Is he really that full of himself that he's giving out autographs at that point???
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Not trying to make Marquette94 puke, but Brian Hamilton of the Tribune told me that Crean gave him the Coffee, Crean, and Donughts anecdote as well.
I just vomited.
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From www.670thescore.com, Crean interview posted. Link is below.
http://www.670thescore.com/topic/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=1831419
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He's still a douche.
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Says he plans on being at graduation ceremonies for Brice, Barro and Fitz. Curious to see if he actually has the chutzpah to do that.
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He let it be known that if Izzo had left for the NBA several yrs ago when he was hotter, he would have been interested.
I love what he did for the Warriors, but it's time to move on.
Go Warriors. Go Buzz.
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I think he should have been invited...he wouldn't have gone.
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Just a thought, but one real culprit here is IU.
1) No courtesy contact with MU to talk to Crean
2) They forced the timing and made Crean decide immediately. Low class in my opinion - they should have let him have more time to try to button things up the right way. With the fact they didn't, Crean was in the middle. Do the right thing and postpone the decision and get IU to buy into that, or bolt.
Anyway, I am thinking Buzz from now on.
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I think he should have been invited...he wouldn't have gone.
He wanted to come tonight but got rejected by the players
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Good. They treated Crean the same way he treated them.
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I think he should have been invited...he wouldn't have gone.
He wanted to come tonight but got rejected by the players
Awesome. Glad he recruited better people than himself
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IU is not the culprit here. Their search had been on for weeks. They did not pressure Crean for an immediate decision, the search had been on for weeks. Crean initiated contact. As IU will find out, IU is the victim.
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Good. They treated Crean the same way he treated them.
My momma used to tell me: "It is not how you enter a room, it is how you leave it."
TC received the Amo treatment. Telling