If you supported Larry Williams previously, how can you now??

[ChicosBailBonds]

Maybe it was this plus the fact that LW perhaps hasn't been a politician where any statement is fair game to be taken out of context to provide a soundbite to attack him by people who don't like him.

Ring a ding....winner winner and a chicken dinner coming your way.

[Warriors10]

Rather have LW be proactive and run the show then do nothing and play second-fiddle to another AD.

[Blackhat]

Would suit minor league Larry and Pilarz well.

That's all they know.

Might be the worst time for Wild to retire as conference  realignment hits DEFCON 1.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Would suit minor league Larry and Pilarz well.

That's all they know.

Might be the worst time for Wild to retire as conference  realignment hits DEFCON 1.

Looks like they are doing fine for the moment, but it's a very fluid situation.  Some people here will be pissed off if we end up in anything less than the NBA Pacific Division, but right now we seem to be moving in alignment with the C7, doing our due diligence with Aresco and the Big East.  Putting to bed any silliness of a A-21 conference.

What do you think they are doing poorly right now?

[real chili 83]

This is a totally insane thread...can we lock it now?

Ners, I want to know if LW was picking his nose during the interview?
 
Good Lord, the guy was doing his job...well. 

IN BEFORE THE LOCK.

[chapman]

Rather have LW be proactive and run the show then do nothing and play second-fiddle to another AD.

+1.  He's quoted again in the latest ESPN article about the 7 leaning towards leaving.  I really like that we appear to be the leaders on this movement; whether LW and Pilarz are just in the mix or not, they aren't making Marquette appear like wussies in this situation.

[Benny B]

If the new Big East gets six tourney bids next year and a TV contract worth more than the $1.5m MU is getting now and it turns out that LW was the ringleader that made this happen, my question is will Ners and Stone Cold eat their shoes?

[mu03eng]

Looks like they are doing fine for the moment, but it's a very fluid situation.  Some people here will be pissed off if we end up in anything less than the NBA Pacific Division, but right now we seem to be moving in alignment with the C7, doing our due diligence with Aresco and the Big East.  Putting to bed any silliness of a A-21 conference.

What do you think they are doing poorly right now?

+1

LW and Father P are doing exactly the right things and doing it in the correct methods.  I'm a branded LW hater, but I think they have done good work and wouldn't change anything.

[MU82]

I'm far from Milwaukee, so most of the stuff I know about LW is what I read online, including on this site.

Folks here love to rag on the man -- maybe justifiably, maybe not -- but from everything I can tell he has done a fantastic leadership job on this difficult, frustrating issue concerning the direction of the Big East and Marquette's place in it.

This has been the single most important issue facing Marquette in years, at least since Crean left, and I'm quite happy with LW's stewardship.

[🏀]

How can you hate LW now?

If reports are correct, the C7 is breaking from the BE today. Who has been the most quoted guy on the subject leading up to this? LW. Whether or not he has played big chips in this deal, the press is making him to be the guy leading the charge. Kudos to LW.

[jficke13]

If the new Big East gets six tourney bids next year and a TV contract worth more than the $1.5m MU is getting now and it turns out that LW was the ringleader that made this happen, my question is will Ners and Stone Cold eat their shoes?

Please, pics/vids or it didn't happen. I mean, literally, ginsu knife and fork. Shoes eaten.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

To be fair, Larry is probably the most quoted because he was on an ESPN affiliate discussing the topic for close to 20min.

Buzz wasn't able to do his show, so LW stepped in, and thus the longform interview and subsequent quotes in print.

I liked the interview, but I don't know if that is an indication that somehow LW is helping lead the C7. I think it's more an indicator that none of the other AD's have done an interview like Larry did (yet) and some media members haven't had a chance to ask them yet.

[🏀]

To be fair, Larry is probably the most quoted because he was on an ESPN affiliate discussing the topic for close to 20min.

Buzz wasn't able to do his show, so LW stepped in, and thus the longform interview and subsequent quotes in print.

I liked the interview, but I don't know if that is an indication that somehow LW is helping lead the C7. I think it's more an indicator that none of the other AD's have done an interview like Larry did (yet) and some media members haven't had a chance to ask them yet.

Totally agree with this, but regardless of the circumstances, the timing is great.

[GGGG]

To be fair, Larry is probably the most quoted because he was on an ESPN affiliate discussing the topic for close to 20min.

Buzz wasn't able to do his show, so LW stepped in, and thus the longform interview and subsequent quotes in print.

I liked the interview, but I don't know if that is an indication that somehow LW is helping lead the C7. I think it's more an indicator that none of the other AD's have done an interview like Larry did (yet) and some media members haven't had a chance to ask them yet.

Actually don't make the assumption that LW was simply stepping in for Buzz.  He very well could have asked for time for this very purpose.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Actually don't make the assumption that LW was simply stepping in for Buzz.  He very well could have asked for time for this very purpose.

Could be. But, they don't get along, soooo....

[reinko]

HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT LARRY WILLIAMS?!!?!??!   CLEARLY HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE IS DOING!!!!!

[Pakuni]

Actually don't make the assumption that LW was simply stepping in for Buzz.  He very well could have asked for time for this very purpose.

Just another example of arrogant Larry Williams trying to seize the spotlight.

[brewcity77]

Every time I look at the title of this thread, I chuckle. How can you possibly NOT support Larry Williams right now? For all the issues I've had with him in the past, he looks like the absolute rock star of the Big East over the past 3-4 days.

[TJ]

How can you hate LW now?

If reports are correct, the C7 is breaking from the BE today. Who has been the most quoted guy on the subject leading up to this? LW. Whether or not he has played big chips in this deal, the press is making him to be the guy leading the charge. Kudos to LW.

But Ners took a quote out of context yesterday and MU has to join the Horizon League now.

[NersEllenson]

The Catholic league has long been rumored for several years...maybe Lab Warrior can go back in my post history and find where I said after Pitt and CUSE left, that this was the direction we needed to take...as did many.

There's no genius in going to the Catholic 7 + hopefully cream of the crop of A-10.  Love you guys who are trying to credit LW for being a visionary in this....anyone with half a brain could see this as the most likely/attractive outcome..especially now with the other defections that the C7 can dissolve the league...yet likely retain Big East name..

My point all along was that it was absolutely stupid to even mention the "Gonzaga model" big fish in small pond....regardless of whether it was an off the cuff remark...and it was stupid to piss on the A-10, as it might irrevocably offend someone.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

...and it was stupid to piss on the A-10, as it might irrevocably offend someone.

Is that someone named "Ners"?

Oh, and MU and LW are heading the direction you predicted/wanted, yet you are still mad about it?

C'mon.

[TJ]

The Catholic league has long been rumored for several years...maybe Lab Warrior can go back in my post history and find where I said after Pitt and CUSE left, that this was the direction we needed to take...as did many.

There's no genius in going to the Catholic 7 + hopefully cream of the crop of A-10.  Love you guys who are trying to credit LW for being a visionary in this....anyone with half a brain could see this as the most likely/attractive outcome..especially now with the other defections that the C7 can dissolve the league...yet likely retain Big East name..

My point all along was that it was absolutely stupid to even mention the "Gonzaga model" big fish in small pond....regardless of whether it was an off the cuff remark...and it was stupid to piss on the A-10, as it might irrevocably offend someone.

You might have a point on pissing off the A10, though I think you're making mountains out of LW's molehill comments.  (They were not that offensive at all.)

You are flat out wrong with your continued whining about him mentioning Gonzaga.

But the biggest issue is that your blind rage toward the man has made you believe that he somehow deserves ultimate scorn for relatively innocuous comments made in a conversation with Homer, while at the same time deserves ZERO credit for any role he may have had in guiding MU through the current storm and into calmer waters.

[GGGG]

The Catholic league has long been rumored for several years...maybe Lab Warrior can go back in my post history and find where I said after Pitt and CUSE left, that this was the direction we needed to take...as did many.

There's no genius in going to the Catholic 7 + hopefully cream of the crop of A-10.  Love you guys who are trying to credit LW for being a visionary in this....anyone with half a brain could see this as the most likely/attractive outcome..especially now with the other defections that the C7 can dissolve the league...yet likely retain Big East name..

My point all along was that it was absolutely stupid to even mention the "Gonzaga model" big fish in small pond....regardless of whether it was an off the cuff remark...and it was stupid to piss on the A-10, as it might irrevocably offend someone.

Ners, you got schooled.  Your arch-enemy was in many ways the public face of this.  He wins.  Don't try to spin it now - it just makes you look like a little girl showing off her Christmas dress.

[Pakuni]

Telling the truth about the A-10 does not equal "pissing on" the A-10.
Besides apparently Ners and some A-10 diehards, nobody disagrees with a word LW said about the A-10.

[lab_warrior]

The Catholic league has long been rumored for several years...maybe Lab Warrior can go back in my post history and find where I said after Pitt and CUSE left, that this was the direction we needed to take...as did many.

There's no genius in going to the Catholic 7 + hopefully cream of the crop of A-10.  Love you guys who are trying to credit LW for being a visionary in this....anyone with half a brain could see this as the most likely/attractive outcome..especially now with the other defections that the C7 can dissolve the league...yet likely retain Big East name..

My point all along was that it was absolutely stupid to even mention the "Gonzaga model" big fish in small pond....regardless of whether it was an off the cuff remark...and it was stupid to piss on the A-10, as it might irrevocably offend someone.

Just be quiet and eat your delicious, steaming pile of crow, like a good boy.  Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.