motivation?

[JD]

This is what i think too.  EVEN IF there is a Marquette players vs. fan base, don't make that known in a press conference.  Put in the "worried" camp, for Buzz's future at MU.  I have never heard a coach publicly call out fans and message board posts.  Kinda don't understand how he let that under his skin.

Right?!  I'm inclined to agree with this.

I get mixed feelings from Buzz, you hear about the work hard "Give em hell" "We're the toughest scrappiest team" ethic, however you then see Buzz call out fans and basically cry and say how "these kids don't know what it's liked to be loved"  That was another quote I didn't understand in his press conference.  So is Buzz insinuating that Todd, Vander, Jae, and everybody Else's parents don't love them?  It's hard to understand Buzz at times.  Or maybe it's just me.

[tower912]

How much coverage did you watch over the weekend?    Coaches and players crying in pressers all over the place.   All of the love for all of the players and the character of the seniors.   Stan Heath wondering why when other teams play slow it is called disciplined, when USF plays slow it is called ugly.    Coaches call out message board patrons often.    Hell, a few years ago, Travis Diener's dad, in a conversation with Dodds, called out Murf for calling his son a dime a dozen pt guard.    Cadougan trashers got called out indirectly by Buzz.    He's right, the bashers were wrong.    Don't act hurt behind your anonymous name and wonder if something is wrong with Buzz.   

[ringout]

The team also seemed to go out of their way to praise Junior too, like they were offended by what was written and said about him after the Louisville loss.  Not saying Buzz was surfing around for that, but it may have been brought to his attention, and he may have been using it as motivation.  I think it's pretty likely that he did.

Some of you are way to worried.  No way does Buzz take anything on this board personally.  Buzz is a master motivator.  It's in his job description.  He knows which buttons to push for each individual on the team.  If he finds something on MUScoop to push Junior's buttons, he'll use it.  

I'm sure there are people in his circle who tell him about this stuff.  It might even be one of the younger assistants job to look for motivational material on various interwebs.

[steff_mckee]

I imagine the reason it gets under his skin is because he has known everyone on this team more intimately than any of us ever will.  He has become a second father to some....We don't see the work and dedication they exhibit every day in practice or in the classroom.  So, I imagine he has every right to be upset when a player has an off game and armchair generals come out of the woodwork to blast them.  When he says that these kids don't know what it's liked to be loved, perhaps he is referring to the tendency of people to forget to give praise after a win or a great performance, but to dwell on or get outraged when the team or a player doesn't play well.  Remember, these are students, not professional athletes and are at most, 21 years of age.  When I was the age of these kids, I was stumbling out of Murphy's Law or the Avalanche.  All of the players have a great deal of responsibility with school, practice, games, etc....just my 2 cents.

[ringout]

I imagine the reason it gets under his skin is because he has known everyone on this team more intimately than any of us ever will.   So, I imagine he has every right to be upset when a player has an off game and armchair generals come out of the woodwork to blast them.  When he says that these kids don't know what it's liked to be loved, perhaps he is referring to the tendency of people to forget to give praise after a win or a great performance, but to dwell on or get outraged when the team or a player doesn't play well.   When I was the age of these kids, I was stumbling out of Murphy's Law or the Avalanche.  All of the players have a great deal of responsibility with school, practice, games, etc....just my 2 cents.

Steff,  No knock on your take, but I don't think Buzz takes what we say personally.  I think he may think we are a bunch of idiots, who don't know what the h*ll we're talking about (and in many cases he is correct). 

Part of a great coaches job is to get players focused on the goal, and if a bunch of knuckleheads on the internet help him, he'll take it.

Buzz, if you need more bulletin board material, let us know.

[JD]

How much coverage did you watch over the weekend?    Coaches and players crying in pressers all over the place.   All of the love for all of the players and the character of the seniors.   Stan Heath wondering why when other teams play slow it is called disciplined, when USF plays slow it is called ugly.    Coaches call out message board patrons often.    Hell, a few years ago, Travis Diener's dad, in a conversation with Dodds, called out Murf for calling his son a dime a dozen pt guard.    Cadougan trashers got called out indirectly by Buzz.    He's right, the bashers were wrong.    Don't act hurt behind your anonymous name and wonder if something is wrong with Buzz.   

Act hurt behind my annonymous name?  My name is hardly annonymous lol  And how are Junior bashers wrong.  I gave credit when credit was due.  Junior had a good NCAA showing so far, He had a bad BEAST showing.  So how are the "Bashers wrong?"

[ATL MU Warrior]

Act hurt behind my annonymous name?  My name is hardly annonymous lol  And how are Junior bashers wrong.  I gave credit when credit was due.  Junior had a good NCAA showing so far, He had a bad BEAST showing.  So how are the "Bashers wrong?"

It's not possible that you are really this dense, is it? 

[tower912]

All evidence points that direction. 

[Lennys Tap]

Right?!  I'm inclined to agree with this.

It's hard to understand Buzz at times.  Or maybe it's just me.

Like a broken clock that's right twice a day, you've actually stumbled on the truth here - it is just you.

[dw3dw3dw3]

Well I was worried for a while that the team wouldn't have any other motivation than to beat last years result.  While these past 24 hours have been a buzz-kill, even with the Wilson signing, they certainly aren't lacking providing additional motivation for the team to silence all the haters.

[96warrior]

The idea that the guys are gearing up for this game by telling each other, "let's go out and win this game, that'll show all those naysaying posters on MU Scoop" is laughable at best. I don't doubt they hear about stuff on this board - I think that because Buzz specifically said to a student writer "you guys are out there saying we need a point guard" - but I do doubt they fixate on it AT ALL, or use it as a primary tool for motivation to win a game that gets them further into the tournament than this program has been since 2003.

As for the "emotionally fragile" stuff...please. I sincerely doubt Buzz meant to imply that the guys were unloved by their families. He has such strong ties to the families. All he was getting at was that some of these guys may have had a hard time differentiating between getting attention for their on-court skills versus getting attention for who they are as people, and may have at times felt they were only worthy of attention for their basketball talent.

These guys are tough, and they are ready, and I'm looking forward to Thursday's game...it's gonna be a good one.