Wishful thinking...or reason for optimism...

[Goose]

mu03eng

Maybe MU is more blue blood than you think.

[Wisco]

mu03eng

Maybe MU is more blue blood than you think.

You're frightening me Goose. Your sources against my sources. A fight until the bitter end

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

mu03eng

Maybe MU is more blue blood than you think.

Dont toy with my emotions right now Goose. I cant get my hopes up...Too late...

[Golden Avalanche]

Dont toy with my emotions right now Goose. I cant get my hopes up...Too late...

Surely if your college boys deep into the athletic department abyss told you Marshall was down the list, you know the name Goose it talking about.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Surely if your college boys deep into the athletic department abyss told you Marshall was down the list, you know the name Goose it talking about.

Nah, dont have that good of a source. Just what my friends overhear. The person I know who is better connected hasnt said anything to me.

[MUfan12]

Maybe MU is more blue blood than you think.

MU has blue blood resources without the crazy pressure that comes with those jobs.

I can see how that would be attractive to a coach.

[MU82]

mu03eng

Maybe MU is more blue blood than you think.

I would hope that any coach that comes here -- especially a young one such as Smart -- would look at it as an opportunity to turn Marquette back into a blueblood, as we undeniably were during Al's time.

Was Florida a blueblood before Donovan got there? Some might argue that it still isn't a blueblood now, but Donovan has turned down ridiculous offers at the bluest of bluebloods and from the NBA to stay there. He has made it his own personal blueblood.

How about Michigan State? Same deal for Izzo. He could have left a zillion times but he turned Sparty's blood blue!

Also, pretty hard to argue that Duke was a blueblood before K got there or that UCLA was a blueblood before Wooden got there.

[jesmu84]

Surely if your college boys deep into the athletic department abyss told you Marshall was down the list, you know the name Goose it talking about.

it's comments like these that make me believe that the leading name isn't Howland, Smart or Marshall

[tweakers_suck]

it's comments like these that make me believe that the leading name isn't Howland, Smart or Marshall

+1

Yes, I'm expecting to be surprised.

[NersEllenson]

Strong words.

I think Ners is going to be depressed though, over not having Buzz to rip on all time. At least he still has DWilson. There's that.

How is this even relevant to anything Niv??  Pretty ridiculous.  Perhaps you are unaware I was one of Buzz's biggest backers on here, until this year.  And, it appears something was off with Buzz all year, given the results, and odd departure to Virginia Tech.  Never would have thought for a minute I'd feel Buzz leaving MU would/could be a good thing - but it certainly is starting to look that way - best for both parties.

And my complaints on Derrick were mostly centered around why Buzz would continue to make him a max minute player....some here felt by virtue of Buzz's track record...he was doing what was best/knew best....but going 17-15 with the talent on that team, missing the NIT clearly shows he didn't know what was best....and the end of the story came in BET against Xavier when he sat Burton for 6:45 of the last 7:00 minutes of that game.  WHY??  

[Galway Eagle]

I would hope that any coach that comes here -- especially a young one such as Smart -- would look at it as an opportunity to turn Marquette back into a blueblood, as we undeniably were during Al's time.

Was Florida a blueblood before Donovan got there? Some might argue that it still isn't a blueblood now, but Donovan has turned down ridiculous offers at the bluest of bluebloods and from the NBA to stay there. He has made it his own personal blueblood.

How about Michigan State? Same deal for Izzo. He could have left a zillion times but he turned Sparty's blood blue!

Also, pretty hard to argue that Duke was a blueblood before K got there or that UCLA was a blueblood before Wooden got there.

Duke: 2 final fours, 2 runner ups pre Coach K so I'd say at least top tier

MSU:  1 Final Four, 1 Championship so at least top tier

Florida definitely wasn't a blue blood pre-Donovan and UCLA wasn't either but they certainly got lucky with Wooden staying there long enough to build them into one.