Issac Chew to MU?

[Bocephys]

Wow...Buzz did his work.  $$$ always helps though!!

No joke.  This article makes it sound like he's doubling his salary by coming here.  Sign me up for that increase any day of the week.

[Pakuni]

From the Bullseye Report:

"The 1st Chicago area recruit Isaac Chew will try getting on campus at Marquette? We are thinking 6'4 2012 WF Milton Doyle--maybe this week."

[Silkk the Shaka]

Wow, crazy story and awesome that he came to MU!  Love reading this in the article:

"Second, Marquette has an absurd basketball budget and isn't afraid to spend. Chew will not be getting just a raise with the move, he will be getting a substantial, a near impossible-to-say-no-to raise with the move to Milwaukee."

As long as MU keeps spending big time I'm a happy camper.

Also, LOVE the fact that he has JUCO ties.

[Nukem2]

From the Bullseye Report:

"The 1st Chicago area recruit Isaac Chew will try getting on campus at Marquette? We are thinking 6'4 2012 WF Milton Doyle--maybe this week."

MU needs size.  Only have 2 healthy forwards and both centers are re-habbing......

[Rubie Q]

Wow, crazy story and awesome that he came to MU!  Love reading this in the article:

"Second, Marquette has an absurd basketball budget and isn't afraid to spend. Chew will not be getting just a raise with the move, he will be getting a substantial, a near impossible-to-say-no-to raise with the move to Milwaukee."

As long as MU keeps spending big time I'm a happy camper.

Amen to that. An open checkbook can smooth over a lot of hard feelings.

[wadesworld]

Thought we were going to Buzz-cut Buzz and then Buzz-cut the basketball budget. I remember people saying the new admin saw no reason to pay our head coach anywhere near a million a year. Half that maybe. Now we're going to pay our assistants almost that much? Well crap, SLU here we come.

[BrewCity83]

How long until Chew leaves for Kentucky (or Memphis)?  A month?

[Goose]

Who knows, maybe we hired our next head coach? In business world most companies overpay based on need and looking into future needs.

[BrewCity83]

Who knows, maybe we hired our next head coach? In business world most companies overpay based on need and looking into future needs.

Our next head coach is still in school.  Buzz is a lifer here.

[Pakuni]

MU needs size.  Only have 2 healthy forwards and both centers are re-habbing......

1. Not a lot of quality size out there, Finney-Smith excepted.
2. Buzz has always struck me as a best player available kind of guy more than a "I need to get this position" kind of guy.
3. Lockett is gone after one season, and another wing may or may not have academic issues that could affect his future at MU.

[madtownwarrior]

No way - posters with sources say Pilarz are Williams are taking MU back to "SLU" levels and 95% of us will be happy with it...

This massive hire by Buzz (supported by MU / Pilarz / Williams) must really mess up the conspiracy wave reception of the tin foil hat club....

Wow, crazy story and awesome that he came to MU!  Love reading this in the article:

"Second, Marquette has an absurd basketball budget and isn't afraid to spend. Chew will not be getting just a raise with the move, he will be getting a substantial, a near impossible-to-say-no-to raise with the move to Milwaukee."

As long as MU keeps spending big time I'm a happy camper.

Also, LOVE the fact that he has JUCO ties.

[Earl Tatum]

If this is accurate, Issac, come on down

[🏀]

No way - posters with sources say Pilarz are Williams are taking MU back to "SLU" levels and 95% of us will be happy with it...

This massive hire by Buzz (supported by MU / Pilarz / Williams) must really mess up the conspiracy wave reception of the tin foil hat club....

You sir are a loser.

[Goose]

Madtown
This is a massive hire because Chew was top on your list of guys or because we paid him a lot of money? I cannot say with certainty that this is a massive hire because I do not know who else they talked to. I hope this adding firepower to the program but I doubt if any of us are in position to call a hire of assistant as massive at this point.

[Blackhat]

I'll call it massive, cause he's a stud recruiter with Chicago ties.    Just what we were looking for. 

[Blackhat]

[Goose]

Stone Cold
Glad to hear you are in good hire camp. To me one big positive is that on the surface this looks like Strong's fingerprints on the hire. Over the years he continually paid big money to hire away fund managers. He always identified upper end talent and lured them with big money. Hopefully the hire is addition to make us stronger and not anything else.

[Big Daddy 84]

This is a big deal for several reasons:

1) Hopefully this puts an end to all this "H" talk.  Isaac and Buzz have been friends for several years and Buzz would not bring him into a situation that was about to blow up.
2) Buzz wants him because he recruits the same type of players that Buzz likes/wants. Buzz looks at the other MU as a program to emulate.
3) IC was the new lead at IU for JP...there is intrest in MU from JP and so far this is under the radar and this will only help in this effort.

[madtownwarrior]

cause I point out that a really big (and expensive) hire by MU contradicts that previously written statements that MU leadership was trying to take MU bball program spending down to the SLU level (that was written many items over previously)...

sorry I take offense to people that at every opportunity try to support a Williams / Pilarz conspiracy to destroy MU basketball as we know it and now there are some great examples of MU bball staying high profile (big assistant hire, aircraft carrier game and no grade casualties yet)...

You sir are a loser.

[Blackhat]

Stone Cold
Glad to hear you are in good hire camp. To me one big positive is that on the surface this looks like Strong's fingerprints on the hire. Over the years he continually paid big money to hire away fund managers. He always identified upper end talent and lured them with big money. Hopefully the hire is addition to make us stronger and not anything else.

You'd have to imagine pretty hard to come up with a negative in this scenario.

[Goose]

Big Daddy
Are you saying we hired an assistant to land Jabari or hired an assistant that is friendly with Jabari? Right now I see two big time recruits locally that are stretches to land and find Jabari reference to be a bit of a reach.

Do you have any insight on everybody being back next year?

[Pakuni]

3) IC was the new lead at IU for JP...there is intrest in MU from JP and so far this is under the radar and this will only help in this effort.

I'm guessing you're writing of the JP who recently was on the cover of SI?
In which case, this hire was A-OK.

[nyg]

Big Daddy
Are you saying we hired an assistant to land Jabari or hired an assistant that is friendly with Jabari? Right now I see two big time recruits locally that are stretches to land and find Jabari reference to be a bit of a reach.

Do you have any insight on everybody being back next year?

You mean Looney and Stone, right?  If so, why are they stretches?

If this guy can land Parker, who will easily be a one and done, so be it.  Even though there would be some backlash. 

[Goose]

nyg
I would take one and dones every year. I hope Big Daddy is right on Jabari interest, no problem on my part at all. As for Looney, 4ever stated a couple weeks back that Kevon would be a long shot and respected his post as having true insight. As for Stone it might too early to tell.

For the record, I would hire an assistant in 2seconds that could land Jabari. Just think it might be more wishful thinking than reality.

[nyg]

nyg
I would take one and dones every year. I hope Big Daddy is right on Jabari interest, no problem on my part at all. As for Looney, 4ever stated a couple weeks back that Kevon would be a long shot and respected his post as having true insight. As for Stone it might too early to tell.

For the record, I would hire an assistant in 2seconds that could land Jabari. Just think it might be more wishful thinking than reality.

OK, but I believe MU gets one of those two.  If Parker does in fact have sudden interest and starts mentioning MU in a conversation as a possible landing, then we can conclude it was based upon this assistant coach hire.  Then the anti-MU critics will come out in full force.  So be it for them.  Lets see how this new coach plays out and since he has an excellent relationship with Buzz, thats a great start.