Jim Hague: Eat my words about Marquette

[Tugg Speedman]

Jim Hague is a grad of MU (79, I believe) and a long-time sportswriter.  He is also a sports blogger in NJ.  He covered the SH game two weeks ago and torched Buzz.

http://jimhaguesports.blogspot.com/2011/03/theres-no-buzz-with-marquettes-coach.html?spref=fb

Highlights:

But bonehead Buzz decides Saturday night that he doesn't have to follow any rules. He's going to hold everyone up and make them wait until he's good and ready to face the media.

Bonehead Buzz didn't realize that other people had a job to do. He didn't realize that he was holding everyone hostage for his selfish team meeting. Not just sportswriters, but security personnel at the Prudential Center, Seton Hall school officials, you name it. No one could go home until Bonehead Buzz left his locker room and he decided to stay there with no regard for anyone else.

Now, if he wanted to lambast his team for their hideous performance, go right ahead and do it _ but on your time. Go meet the media, live up to your obligations and then go back into the locker room and address the team.

But this latest fiasco is just another example that Bonehead Buzz is over is head in this big-time environment.

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Hague's comments sparked this thread on the subject

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=25285.0

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Hague is back today eating all his words.  

Give the guy credit for admitting he was wrong.


http://jimhaguesports.blogspot.com/2011/03/eat-my-words-about-marquette.html?showComment=1300735792903#c6887116365076186014

Eat my words about Marquette

Two weeks ago, I was very critical about the Marquette Golden Eagles and their performance down the stretch, including a hideous loss against Seton Hall. I was critical of the team and critical of the coach, Buzz Williams, drawing the ire of several blog readers.

Well, this fat guy is ready to eat his words about his alma mater, because Williams had his team totally prepared to play its first-round NCAA game last night against Xavier.

As I learned in my many Latin classes over the year, ''Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa." It's Julius Caesar's way of apologizing for those non-Latin students.

The Golden Eagles dominated Xavier in every aspect of the game, but especially on the defensive end, where they totally stifled the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Tu Holloway, who was held to just five points after averaging close to 20 per game all season.

Marquette was all over the floor on defense, defending every possession like their lives depended upon it. It was clearly their best defensive effort of the season. They were also pinpoint precise on offense, with everyone getting involved. Jae Crowder is past his late-season slump. Darius Johnson-Odom was electrifying.

Marquette lost its first round NCAA game last year to Washington with a team that had higher expectations than this one. The Warrior Golden Eagles were dominant yesterday and we have to hope for the same Sunday against Syracuse in a Big East showdown for the Sweet 16. Marquette defeated Syracuse by five earlier in the year. This will be a much tougher task.

Still, Marquette earned an NCAA tourney win, just a few weeks after the thought of even being in the tourney was thought to be a longshot at best. I was wrong. I'll admit it now.

[77ncaachamps]

I wonder why he hasn't written anything since the Cuse game.

Is he still eating his words?

[MountainCreekHouse]

Eat My multicolored blue, gold, light blue, and navy, converse/jordan embrodied way to long for me Shorts

[NickelDimer]

That dude eats a helluva lot more than words.  Hit the treadmill son!

[NickelDimer]

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