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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: Pakuni on March 30, 2011, 03:06:20 PM
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Per Rosiak's Twitter:
It's official: Buzz Williams inks new deal with Marquette. Details to follow. #MUBB
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Sweet 8-)
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Awesome news!!! Time to get the boys ready for next season. Everybody better be hitting the gym daily.
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Great News!
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Good news.
I'm especially enjoying all of the southern reporters covering their asses with "the buyout held everything up" stories in regards to Buzz turning down other opportunities. No, he was just never interested in leaving. I hope Rosiak comments about the horrible reporting that's been published these past few weeks.
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This is good news.
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http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/033011aaa.html
March 30, 2011
Marquette University and men's basketball coach Buzz Williams have finalized a new agreement with the school, Director of Athletics Steve Cottingham announced Wednesday afternoon.
"The new agreement is an acknowledgement of Buzz's standing as one of the rising stars in collegiate coaching," Cottingham said. "The current direction of the program under his leadership fits perfectly into the mission and values of the University. Buzz has done a tremendous job guiding the program to successes both on and off the court and we look forward to that continuing for many years to come."
The Golden Eagles have advanced to the NCAA Tournament each of Williams' first three seasons as program mentor, including a trip to the Sweet 16 in 2010-11. MU is 69-37 (.651) overall during his tenure and 32-22 (.593) in BIG EAST Conference competition. Williams and his staff have collected multiple nationally ranked recruiting classes and attendance at the Bradley Center has reached record numbers since the 2008-09 campaign.
"I was given an opportunity beyond my wildest dreams 1086 days ago and my entire family is extremely humbled and grateful by the opportunity to continue this journey," Williams said.
"Too much attention is given to my position, but I assure you, it's the collective ownership of all of those who impact our program daily, who have developed the culture we currently have," Williams added. "I am thankful to all of those who work so diligently to make our program the success it is today."
Specific terms of the contract will not be released per University policy.
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Marquette, Buzz Williams Finalize New Agreement
Marquette University and men's basketball coach Buzz Williams have finalized a new agreement with the school, Director of Athletics Steve Cottingham announced Wednesday afternoon.
http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/marq/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/033011aaa.html
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Whooohoooo. Tell Buzz I'll buy him drinks in Houston!!!
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kudos to buzz
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Whooohoooo. Tell Buzz I'll buy him drinks in Houston!!!
New contract, shouldn't he be buying you drinks? ;D
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Williams' deal with MU done
Buzz Williams got his wish a day early.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/118938759.html
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Buzz's trip to Houston is gonna be that much more enjoyable now.
this is why buzz is the right guy for the job here:
"The current direction of the program under his leadership fits perfectly into the mission and values of the University. Buzz has done a tremendous job guiding the program to successes both on and off the court and we look forward to that continuing for many years to come.”
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Williams' deal with MU done
Wanting to sign a new contract with Marquette University before he left for the Final Four in Houston, Buzz Williams did just that on Wednesday, signing a sweetened deal that ends any speculation he might leave for the open job at Oklahoma.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/118938759.html
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successes both on and off the court
Again, makes you feel like the recent allegations are not going to become an issue.
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Does any other major coach have a rollover contract? I wonder why Buzz does that and what the pros and cons of it are. We didn't do that with Crean did we?
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New contract, shouldn't he be buying you drinks? ;D
lol...I have had pro athletes, and coaches as clients, and have learned they are very accustomed to having others take care of everything for them, including the tab. lol
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Again, makes you feel like the recent allegations are not going to become an issue.
+1. would have a hard time believing they would have signed him so quickly if there were any major issues still hanging out there concerning the allegations.
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Again, makes you feel like the recent allegations are not going to become an issue.
What allegations? Nothing to see here people keep walking...
Great news for Buzz and MU. I'm hoping for at least a 5 year commitment from him now and a deep run in the tourney in years 2 and 5 of that time period.
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What allegations? Nothing to see here people keep walking...
Great news for Buzz and MU. I'm hoping for at least a 5 year commitment from him now and a deep run in the tourney in years 2 and through 5 of that time period.
Fixed
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Congratulations
now fix the damn defense
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Congrats Buzz! Happy for him and the rest of the MU family. Good times ahead!
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lol...I have had pro athletes, and coaches as clients, and have learned they are very accustomed to having others take care of everything for them, including the tab. lol
Sweet humblebrag. :P
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Whether you are a big Buzz fan or not, another coaching change would have been a disaster. This is great news.
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Kudo's to Buzz. Can we full court press now?Want to see some all over the court pressure D.
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Recent issues will be a thing of the past. Now time to focus on ball.
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Sweet humblebrag. :P
Very sorry-- I was in no way attempting any brag here--- these are some of the worst clients I have ever had(unresponsive, irresponsible, bad pays, etc)--not the type I have ever sought out further. More of a cautionary tale, than any brag...from my perspective, anyway. lol
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Now, Buzz is our coach. Let this board not get on his case like last season if something goes bad in a game. :P
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6274291 (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6274291)
Terms were not disclosed.
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Where's Rosiak with in the inside scoop?
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That leaves only the question; "Can the man finally get some sleep now?"
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littlemurs---nice!
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lol...I have had pro athletes, and coaches as clients, and have learned they are very accustomed to having others take care of everything for them, including the tab. lol
I know of one notable exception. When Julius Peppers signed with Chicago last year, he went into a nightclub where he got a standing ovation. He responded by buying everyone there champagne at a cost of over 10k.
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I know of one notable exception. When Julius Peppers signed with Chicago last year, he went into a nightclub where he got a standing ovation. He responded by buying everyone there champagne at a cost of over 10k.
That's how 4never rolls.
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Where's Rosiak with in the inside scoop?
It was merged with the "Buzz inks a new deal" thread, and now this thread has been too.
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Does any other major coach have a rollover contract? I wonder why Buzz does that and what the pros and cons of it are. We didn't do that with Crean did we?
Paul Hewitt at G Tech had a rollover, not sure who else does. Rollover minimizes the upside for Buzz in exchange for minimized risk if he fails. If he succeeds at MU he is inked in long term with a salary cap of sorts and has a large buy-out to go somewhere else, however if he fails and MU wants to fire him he would be owed a large sum of money.
For Marquette we are maximizing the risk to maximize the upside. If successful we don't have to pay out much more, he's locked in, but if he fails we owe him a lot of money when fired.
Personally I think its a great deal for MU, Buzz will only get better and theoretically we shouldn't seen a ton of "Buzz to...." rumors.
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Whooohoooo. Tell Buzz I'll buy him drinks in Houston!!!
Why? Can't he afford it?
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Great news for MU and MKE! Congrats to Buzz and family and the MU administration for getting this done. I'm looking very forward to seeing the results Buzz and staff get over the next few years. Think we are in store for some really good things!
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For Marquette we are maximizing the risk to maximize the upside. If successful we don't have to pay out much more, he's locked in, but if he fails we owe him a lot of money when fired.
And actually, I don't think there is a lot of downside risk here. I don't think Buzz is going to "fail" to the point where MU would want to fire him a la Dukiet or Deane. He may not fully meet people's expectations, but he is bringing in too much talent, and has showed enough success as a coach, that I think he will be here as long as he wants to be.
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And actually, I don't think there is a lot of downside risk here. I don't think Buzz is going to "fail" to the point where MU would want to fire him a la Dukiet or Deane. He may not fully meet people's expectations, but he is bringing in too much talent, and has showed enough success as a coach, that I think he will be here as long as he wants to be.
Hopefully, the regular season this year was the low water mark. The post-season certainly exceeded expectations, but I don't think anyone could argue the regular season was "meets expectations" at best. With more talent coming in over the next few years, I'm hoping to see improvement over this year.
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Eh...my expectations were pretty low for this year. I actually think they ended up exceeding them by even making the tournament.
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Hopefully, the regular season this year was the low water mark. The post-season certainly exceeded expectations, but I don't think anyone could argue the regular season was "meets expectations" at best. With more talent coming in over the next few years, I'm hoping to see improvement over this year.
You could argue that our regular season "met expectations at best," but if you looked at it from a bigger picture perspective as far as the state of the program at the time of the coaching change and the defection of letter of intent kids: Taylor and Nick Williams, as well as subsequent transfer decisions of Christopherson and Mbawke...and graduation of Lazar, Cooby, and Mo....we reloaded pretty well and in my opinion greatly exceeded expectations for this year.
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Eh...my expectations were pretty low for this year. I actually think they ended up exceeding them by even making the tournament.
+1 Although I must admit the bar is pretty high for next year in my book...
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Hopefully, the regular season this year was the low water mark. The post-season certainly exceeded expectations, but I don't think anyone could argue the regular season was "meets expectations" at best. With more talent coming in over the next few years, I'm hoping to see improvement over this year.
When programs like UNC, UCLA, Kentucky, Georgetown, UConn and Florida have all missed the tournament in recent years, a .500 season in the Big East and a tournament bid is a pretty decent "low water mark."
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You could argue that our regular season "met expectations at best," but if you looked at it from a bigger picture perspective as far as the state of the program at the time of the coaching change and the defection of letter of intent kids: Taylor and Nick Williams, as well as subsequent transfer decisions of Christopherson and Mbawke...and graduation of Lazar, Cooby, and Mo....we reloaded pretty well and in my opinion greatly exceeded expectations for this year.
Maybe my "meets expectations" comment triggered too many reactions to all the other discussions that have gone on here lately. I agree with you, and I meant my comment more along the lines of the "little downside risk". This past year was clearly the transition year between the old talent (Lazar, Mo, Cuby) leaving, and the new talent being ready to step in, and Buzz still managed to get into the NCAA's. There will certainly be some bumps along the way, but I see things going up from here.
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Maybe my "meets expectations" comment triggered too many reactions to all the other discussions that have gone on here lately. I agree with you, and I meant my comment more along the lines of the "little downside risk". This past year was clearly the transition year between the old talent (Lazar, Mo, Cuby) leaving, and the new talent being ready to step in, and Buzz still managed to get into the NCAA's. There will certainly be some bumps along the way, but I see things going up from here.
Agree...and I should have qualified my comment with....if you told me we'd go 9-9 in the Big East and have a Sweet 16 appearance in the fall of 2008 for the 2010-2011 seaons....I'd have say my expectations would have been greatly exceeded.
However, with the talent Buzz was able to bring in, at the start of this season..I felt we might be able to go 11-7 maybe even 12-6 in the Big East this year...thus why I could agree that you could say this season at best "met expectations" with regard to regular season performance. The Sweet 16 run trumped all and made it a very good season..though frustrating at times during the regular season.
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Agree...and I should have qualified my comment with....if you told me we'd go 9-9 in the Big East and have a Sweet 16 appearance in the fall of 2008 for the 2010-2011 seaons....I'd have say my expectations would have been greatly exceeded.
However, with the talent Buzz was able to bring in, at the start of this season..I felt we might be able to go 11-7 maybe even 12-6 in the Big East this year...thus why I could agree that you could say this season at best "met expectations" with regard to regular season performance. The Sweet 16 run trumped all and made it a very good season..though frustrating at times during the regular season.
Did you also think we could go 11-7 and 12-6 while the BE was sending 11 teams to the tourney?
Did we underperformed your expectations or was the rest of the BE simply better than we thought?
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Did you also think we could go 11-7 and 12-6 while the BE was sending 11 teams to the tourney?
Did we underperformed your expectations or was the rest of the BE simply better than we thought?
That is a good point. To me, it was the latter. Preseason and early non-conference, I did not believe the BE was that strong. I thought there were some good teams, but I expected some to underperform. If the BE was to my expectations, I would have thought MU could have been 11-7.
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Did you also think we could go 11-7 and 12-6 while the BE was sending 11 teams to the tourney?
Did we underperformed your expectations or was the rest of the BE simply better than we thought?
Very good point - I was calculating Cincy and St. John's as wins..and didn't have the Seton Hall loss factored..but also didn't think we'd beat Syracuse..
Also..is there any additional merit to the Big East in that Pitt and Georgetown were knocked out by Final Four teams? Couple their exits with 2 teams being knocked out by other Big East teams (Syracuse and Cincinnati)..and the conference represented just fine. Only "bad" loss was Lville and St. Johns (though no doubt losing DJ Kennedy hurt them)
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Ners---Congrats on Buzz staying. You were right all the way along this process. I am very happy you were!