Cinco de Buzz!

[brewcity77]

Buzz knew Acker could play, so did Crean when he brought him on board.

I'm assuming you've never heard Buzz talk about his feelings regarding Acker and Cubillan. When Buzz took over the program, his first thought regarding them was he wanted them gone. He felt they were too small to play high-major D1 ball. That's why Cooby didn't play during the Big East portion of the 2008-09 season, and why Acker only saw significant minutes once James went down with injury.

Buzz did everything he could to run Cooby off. Tried to make him feel unwanted, was harder on him than the rest of the team, he did similar things with Acker. That's why Acker was effectively kicked off the team, but when Tyshawn Taylor and the rest of that recruiting class went elsewhere, he suddenly simply needed bodies for practice. In 2009-10, there were times when we didn't have enough guys to go 5-on-5 in practice.

Anyway...Cooby just stuck it out. He took all Buzz could dish and kept coming back for more. Acker was kicked off the team and was going to just continue as a student before Buzz asked him back so the team could have full practices and because he simply needed bodies. Had Buzz had his way, neither Cooby nor Acker would have ever played a minute for him at Marquette, but he just didn't have the options without them. Obviously it worked out for the best and we got a 6-seed that year, but it wasn't out of Buzz's desire to have those guys on the team or because he thought they were any good. He specifically thought the opposite but had no other options.

Buzz relayed that at last year's Haunted Hoops.

[ChicosBailBonds]

BW: Mo...you're off the team!

Mo: F you!

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BW: Mo, want to come back?

Mo: F yeah!

LOL.  I enjoy your humor, you know that.   I think you are very close to the program to know why he was kicked off as well, no need to rehash it here.      

Worked out for everyone, Mo was a pretty good player for MU.  I think many of us just have a much different definition of a bare cupboard.  To each their own....Buzz did a great job that year and he also had some good players (one great one).

[ChicosBailBonds]

I'm assuming you've never heard Buzz talk about his feelings regarding Acker and Cubillan. When Buzz took over the program, his first thought regarding them was he wanted them gone. He felt they were too small to play high-major D1 ball. That's why Cooby didn't play during the Big East portion of the 2008-09 season, and why Acker only saw significant minutes once James went down with injury.

Buzz did everything he could to run Cooby off. Tried to make him feel unwanted, was harder on him than the rest of the team, he did similar things with Acker. That's why Acker was effectively kicked off the team, but when Tyshawn Taylor and the rest of that recruiting class went elsewhere, he suddenly simply needed bodies for practice. In 2009-10, there were times when we didn't have enough guys to go 5-on-5 in practice.

Anyway...Cooby just stuck it out. He took all Buzz could dish and kept coming back for more. Acker was kicked off the team and was going to just continue as a student before Buzz asked him back so the team could have full practices and because he simply needed bodies. Had Buzz had his way, neither Cooby nor Acker would have ever played a minute for him at Marquette, but he just didn't have the options without them. Obviously it worked out for the best and we got a 6-seed that year, but it wasn't out of Buzz's desire to have those guys on the team or because he thought they were any good. He specifically thought the opposite but had no other options.

Buzz relayed that at last year's Haunted Hoops.

I'm very well aware.....those two proved Buzz wrong in my opinion, and good for Buzz to own up to it.

[ChicosBailBonds]

In my book, a guy has to actually PLAY in a league to be a player. I'd feel that way no matter who the player. That the league looks at it differently (for pension purposes mainly) doesn't change my view. It has NOTHING to do with Jerel or Tom Crean. I wish Jerel only the best, hope he plays a ton this year and gets a regular gig next year. His success or lack thereof in the NBA has nothing to do with how I view Tom Crean and his legacy. Nothing.

Your book doesn't matter.