Tubby is out at Minnesota

[Detfan23]

And guess what we will hear next?  You bet, Buzz is leaving for Minnesota 

[mileskishnish72]

Buzz doesn't think Milwaukee is cold enough?

[mileskishnish72]

Jeez, that Minnesota-UCLA game must have been a pisser - talk about a no-win situation.

[tower912]

Amazing that making the tourney or even winning the conference isn't good enough any more. 

[BrewCity83]

Bo Ryan to Minnesota.

[BubbaWilliams]

Where did you find this at?

[Pakuni]

Minnesota thinks they'll do better than Tubby?
Short memories they've got up there.

[GGGG]

Amazing that making the tourney or even winning the conference isn't good enough any more.  

To be fair, everything was set up for this to be Tubby's year this year.  They massively under-performed.  

[CTWarrior]

From Jeff Goodman's story on cbssports.com

Expect Teague to take a shot at persuading Smart to rejoin him, but it's a longshot. Also expect names such as former Minnesota Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders to be tossed around, but I'd be surprised if these guys don't delve into the coaching ranks. Remember, the Teague-Ellis duo is as familiar with college coaches as any administrative duo in the nation after starting up the Villa 7 years ago. Look for these guys to also see if Marquette coach Buzz Williams, who was involved with Villa 7, is interested in making a move.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21948116/tubby-smith-out-at-minnesota

[Lennys Tap]

what's the "Villa 7"?

[Pakuni]

what's the "Villa 7"?

http://www.sportleadership.vcu.edu/villa7/

[tower912]

I just had to google that one.   Never heard of it. 

[brewcity77]

what's the "Villa 7"?

It's an organization for the development of coaches, largely focusing on the mid-major ranks, that Teague helped start while he was the AD at VCU.

[GGGG]

Villa 7 was brought up here before.  Buzz got his UNO job almost as a direct result.

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=26159.0

[79Warrior]

Buzz doesn't think Milwaukee is cold enough?

This is an interesting opening. Big 10 vs NBE. While Minn is certainly not a better program than MU, the question is does Buzz want to compete in the NBE or the Big 10. Buzz has said very little about the NBE. This to me is much more probable than Buzz to UCLA.

[Warrior1969]

Sorry I call bullshit   Minnesota????  are you freaking crazy?  Why would Buzz go there?  this is just crazy.  I think in the end like any other coach Buzz doesn't mind all of these offseason rumors and am willing to bet he uses this all to get another new contract deal.

[Pakuni]

I'll ask and then duck ....

The former coach took a lot of heat (deservedly) every time a media member viewed as friendly toward him, i.e. Katz, DeCourcy, floated his name for a job because it was seen as shameless self-promotion.

Goodman and others we think are tight with Buzz are incessantly floating his name out there seemingly every time a job comes open, whether it be Oklahoma, A&M, SMU and now UCLA and Minnesota.
At what point do we start asking what's Buzz's role in all this?  

[TSmith34, Inc.]

IM, IM?

[GGGG]

Sorry I call bullcrap   Minnesota????  are you freaking crazy?  Why would Buzz go there?  this is just crazy.  I think in the end like any other coach Buzz doesn't mind all of these offseason rumors and am willing to bet he uses this all to get another new contract deal.

If Buzz goes to Minnesota, it means he was very, very unhappy at MU.  

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

I'll ask and then duck ....

The former coach took a lot of heat (deservedly) every time a media member viewed as friendly toward him, i.e. Katz, DeCourcy, floated his name for a job because it was seen as shameless self-promotion.

Goodman and others we think are tight with Buzz are incessantly floating his name out there seemingly every time a job comes open, whether it be Oklahoma, A&M, SMU and now UCLA and Minnesota.
At what point do we start asking what's Buzz's role in all this?  

Yea, I might have brought that up last season as well.

I don't really have a good answer.

Personally, I never critiqued TC for it, and I won't critique Buzz for it either. I figure that's just the way it goes.

It would be very cool for Buzz to come out and put the "rumors" to rest, but I don't expect him to address every rumor that comes up. He's got bigger fish to fry.

[Warrior1969]

This is exactly what is happening.
I'll ask and then duck ....

The former coach took a lot of heat (deservedly) every time a media member viewed as friendly toward him, i.e. Katz, DeCourcy, floated his name for a job because it was seen as shameless self-promotion.

Goodman and others we think are tight with Buzz are incessantly floating his name out there seemingly every time a job comes open, whether it be Oklahoma, A&M, SMU and now UCLA and Minnesota.
At what point do we start asking what's Buzz's role in all this?  

[Pakuni]

Yea, I might have brought that up last season as well.

I don't really have a good answer.

Personally, I never critiqued TC for it, and I won't critique Buzz for it either. I figure that's just the way it goes.

It would be very cool for Buzz to come out and put the "rumors" to rest, but I don't expect him to address every rumor that comes up. He's got bigger fish to fry.

Agree. He has very little to gain by publicly addressing the rumors.
On the other hand, if he is tight with Goodman, et al. - and for all I know he isn't - he could probably tell these guys off the record to knock it off if he wanted.
But there's a benefit, whether he wants out or not, to having his name out there.

[NavinRJohnson]

Could we potentially consolidate these into a 'coaching carousel' thread? Probably others yet to come.

Interesting situation with two big opening (though one significantly bigger than the other), and two high profile coaches who I would necessarily call old now on the market. What are the chances that Boeheim calls it quits? That would make things very interesting.

If you're USC's AD and looking for a coach, aren't you already negotiating Howlands contract?

[MisterJaylenBrownMU]

Obviously everything is just a rumor right now, but sources are saying that an unnamed coach has already verbally accepted the Gophers job. Which means almost definitely not Buzz. My money is on Flip Saunders.

http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?45538-Tubby-is-out-who-will-be-the-next-coach&s=11b2fe9082ce73428a34b2f83bbbeadc

[LAZER]

I'll ask and then duck ....

The former coach took a lot of heat (deservedly) every time a media member viewed as friendly toward him, i.e. Katz, DeCourcy, floated his name for a job because it was seen as shameless self-promotion.

Goodman and others we think are tight with Buzz are incessantly floating his name out there seemingly every time a job comes open, whether it be Oklahoma, A&M, SMU and now UCLA and Minnesota.
At what point do we start asking what's Buzz's role in all this?  

I've always found Parrish and Goodman's comments on the LW rift interesting.  Buzz could easily give those guys a call or hell even text them to knock it off with the AD problems storyline.  He could put that whole narrative to bed real fast.