Aki Collins Gone....

[Golden Avalanche]

Anyone confirm?

[reinko]

Good enough for me.

Gary Parrish ‏@GaryParrishCBS
A source told CBS Sports that Memphis coach Josh Pastner will hire Marquette assistant Aki Collins to complete his staff.

[brewcity77]

Oh no...that's awful news. Goodbye, DFS.

[chapman]

Unfortunate and a little peculiar.  Wonder if Buzz was looking to hire over him and not give him the top assistant billing after Benford left?  Any word on candidates to fill these open spots?

[MU B2002]

Dfs?

[MU B2002]

Can we go after Jerrence again?

[mr.MUskie]

Dfs?

Dorian Finney-Smith.

[Hoopaloop]

Father Pilarz and Larry Williams strike again.  SLU here we come

[brewcity77]

This is really a blow, if only because it indicates we're still a step below Memphis in the pecking order. I was hoping Aki would go to a HC job, not a lateral move. Now we need 2 top-level assistants. Hope Buzz has his guys lined up, I don't think he can afford to wait long with only 1 assistant.

[dw3dw3dw3]

This is really a blow, if only because it indicates we're still a step below Memphis in the pecking order. I was hoping Aki would go to a HC job, not a lateral move. Now we need 2 top-level assistants. Hope Buzz has his guys lined up, I don't think he can afford to wait long with only 1 assistant.

Not if Buzz wasn't ready to give him the head assistant position or associate head coach label.  Have to wonder if Ferguson is a casualty of this? I don't think DG would go anywhere. Anyone else he recruited?

[brewcity77]

Wasn't Aki lead on Mayo, or was that Monarch?

[hoops12]

For those that doubted my comments the other day, this is the first shoe to drop. Why would Aki leave for another assistant job? He was a major component to a staff that just came off of two Sweet 16's, and we have some great recruits in the mix. You better start getting vocal, or the basketball landscape will change dramatically in the next year!

[strotty]

Wasn't Aki lead on Mayo, or was that Monarch?

Aki.

[brewcity77]

Can we go after Jerrence again?

He's already on staff at SMU. They agreed to terms right after Larry Brown was announced, but there was no immediate press release so Howard could continue recruiting with no restrictions.

[chapman]

Clearly he's concerned about recruiting with our new impossible academic standards, so he decided to go where he knows there are none.

[TedBaxter]

He was also the lead on Jamail Jones. 

[brewcity77]

If Buzz offered the Associate spot, I wonder if he could lure away Dwayne Stephens from Michigan State. Doubt he'd stay more than 3-4 years before landing a HC gig, but he's a stud recruiter and excellent big man coach. And if Buzz did end up leaving in the next few years, I'm not sure there are many better "in-waiting" types in the country.

[Hoopaloop]

This is really a blow, if only because it indicates we're still a step below Memphis in the pecking order. I was hoping Aki would go to a HC job, not a lateral move. Now we need 2 top-level assistants. Hope Buzz has his guys lined up, I don't think he can afford to wait long with only 1 assistant.

Why?  It all depends if he had an opportunity to jump up or not at MU.  Assistants leave places like UCLA, Duke, UNC, IU, KU, UK to other programs because they are promoted.

[Hoopaloop]

He was also the lead on Jamail Jones. 

He was also the lead on Roseboro

[4everwarriors]

Not even Friday

[GGGG]

Not if Buzz wasn't ready to give him the head assistant position or associate head coach label.  Have to wonder if Ferguson is a casualty of this? I don't think DG would go anywhere. Anyone else he recruited?

Ferguson is already signed so I doubt it.  This isn't a situation like when Layer left and Aaron Bowen hadn't yet signed his NLI.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Not even Friday

Hide worse news on a holiday weekend.

[4everwarriors]

Thought Pastner was Buzz' friend? Maybe this is how he looks out for those of endearment before Chernobyl.

[GGGG]

Or maybe Collins and Buzz simply weren't getting along...

I mean, he did look at Louisville last year and that was before all that Hiroshima crap.  Let's not assume that this has anything to do with that.

[Goose]

Wish he were staying and do not like timing of it. Would have thought this would happen in April and not this late.