Tubby is out at Minnesota

[thehammock]

Granted, 2 days ago I posted about Buzz rumored to MN by an AP reporter but my friend is pretty connected up in MN and text me this morning stating the same thing Amelia tweeted. If this individual accepts (it's not Buzz) he'd consider it a home run hire. He claims his source is "THE source." We'll see...

[real chili 83]

I live in the Twin Cities and this is definitely the topic du jour right now.  It's amazing how much some fans overvalue the Gopher job.  On the radio this morning one of the local sports guys (who knows slightly less about college basketball than 90% of the posters on this board) said, I guess if we can't get Shaka Smart or Brad Stevens then we would take the Marquette guy.  WTF?

I doubt he knows that Buzz Williams made more money than Tubby Smith, that MU has better facilities, that Buzz travels on a private jet, has a top 10 recruiting class coming in, and is from Texas so presumably has no interest in moving further north to coach at a school that thinks it should be top 3 in the Big Ten every year.

Which knucklehead was that? Sid?

Seems like they've (TC media) have been throwing Buzz's name out there strictly to have some content to discuss.

[KenoshaWarrior]

Granted, 2 days ago I posted about Buzz rumored to MN by an AP reporter but my friend is pretty connected up in MN and text me this morning stating the same thing Amelia tweeted. If this individual accepts (it's not Buzz) he'd consider it a home run hire. He claims his source is "THE source." We'll see...

Well who is the individual?

[Badgerhater]

At U of M, the pecking order is:

Ice Soccer with sticks
Hating all sports
Football
Stating that the football team is irrelevant
Basketball

[thehammock]

He wouldn't say, only that it wasn't Buzz. My guess would be Stevens or Hoiberg but that's purely a guess based off him considering it a "home run hire" and him stating that Katz has been all over it.

[MomofMUltiples]

Twin Cities local media is out of touch with the national basketball scene.  While I disagree with a lot of others that Minnesota can't attract and maybe doesn't deserve a great basketball coach, Norwood Teague has been very closed mouth about who he might be seeking.  He's never mentioned a name -- not Shaka, not Flip, not Buzz.  All that crap just came from third class talking sports heads who are throwing out the noms du jour.  That's what happens when fans are promised a first-tier coach and end up with Jerry Kill...

Being a gopher fan (alum) and MU fan (parent), I will agree with all of those who say that Buzz would NEVER leave Marquette for Minnesota.

[KenoshaWarrior]

He wouldn't say, only that it wasn't Buzz. My guess would be Stevens or Hoiberg but that's purely a guess based off him considering it a "home run hire" and him stating that Katz has been all over it.

How can it be a home run if he hasnt coached a game for the team?

We all though buzz was a terrible hire but turned out he was a home run.

Im assuming that you mean that it is some big time name right?

[Hards Alumni]

He wouldn't say, only that it wasn't Buzz. My guess would be Stevens or Hoiberg but that's purely a guess based off him considering it a "home run hire" and him stating that Katz has been all over it.

I can help here.  It isn't Brad Stevens.

[Jay Bee]

Twin Cities local media is out of touch with the national basketball scene.  While I disagree with a lot of others that Minnesota can't attract and maybe doesn't deserve a great basketball coach, Norwood Teague has been very closed mouth about who he might be seeking.  He's never mentioned a name -- not Shaka, not Flip, not Buzz.  All that crap just came from third class talking sports heads who are throwing out the noms du jour.  That's what happens when fans are promised a first-tier coach and end up with Jerry Kill...

Being a gopher fan (alum) and MU fan (parent), I will agree with all of those who say that Buzz would NEVER leave Marquette for Minnesota.

Spot on.

[TJ]

I can help here.  It isn't Brad Stevens.

Beat me too it, and very well done.

[Otule's Glass Eye]

This pertains to the UCLA job, not Minnesota. Kareem Abdul-Jabaar says he's very interested in the UCLA job.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/basketball/la-sp-abdul-jabbar-ucla-20130328,0,4273604.story

[The Process]

This pertains to the UCLA job, not Minnesota. Kareem Abdul-Jabaar says he's very interested in the UCLA job.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/basketball/la-sp-abdul-jabbar-ucla-20130328,0,4273604.story

Only if he does a backflip into a courtside pool before every home game.

[thehammock]

The Hoiberg news has leaked...sounds like he's 50/50 on taking it. Will the lure of landing Vaughn, Reid and possibly Jones make his decision easier?

[Hards Alumni]

The Hoiberg news has leaked...sounds like he's 50/50 on taking it. Will the lure of landing Vaughn, Reid and possibly Jones make his decision easier?

Nope staying at ISU for 10 years.  $20 million.

[SaintPaulWarrior]

Who wants the job?  Feel free to apply.

https://employment.umn.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=603381

[real chili 83]

Who wants the job?  Feel free to apply.

https://employment.umn.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=603381

Too funny.  You must have heard the gig on KFAN yesterday.

[SaintPaulWarrior]

Too funny.  You must have heard the gig on KFAN yesterday.

Never listen to KFAN...just saw it in the City Pages today.

[SaintPaulWarrior]

Sounds like it is going to be Flip.