Has Buzz become too big for his britches - is this why Larry Williams left?

[tower912]

BTW, in regards to Buzz's britches, it appears that he could use some smaller ones.   He looked like he could change his name to 'buff'  in the Georgetown postgame locker room.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Buzz has a guy in Kansas City.  Gets him all of his suits.  Maybe that guy is to be blamed if Buzz's britches are too big or small, and we can blame this season on him.

[connie]

Has there ever been an AD who said to himself, "Self, we might have a really bad basketball season, so I'd better become unemployed and eventually hope to land a job somewhere near as good"?

If that really was LW's mindset, he was the worst AD in the country. Who thinks so myopically and with such a short-term view?

I sincerely doubt that's what LW was thinking, though. I'll give him that much credit.

The poster? He gets no credit for such silliness.

Sure there has been an AD like this!  At the same university where the coach of our men's basketball team (the only real revenue generating sport we have) is trying to lose the rest of the games we have scheduled this year instead of playing freshmen who would give us a better chance of winning.  In fact, I bet LW actually left because he discovered the truth behind Buzz's sordid plan, and wanted no part in that type of behavior!  I bet that in one of the two or three times LW and Buzz spoke this year LW told Buzz he would have to play freshmen this year, no matter how badly Buzz wanted to lose.  So, Buzz had to think deep.  Drawing on the memories of his idol (and the reason for his shaved head) Dr. Evil, Buzz came up with a plan so dastardly that it defied all logic and reason!

First, he had to convince major university donors to stop contributing and complain about LW's patron to the University Trustees.  But how to do it?  Of course!  Convince those donors that unless they did what he wanted he would keep our most talented players on the bench, causing us to lose all but two of our conference games in the inaugural year.  The fact that this was Buzz's intent all along just made the threats sweeter. Seeing the brilliance of Buzz, donors stopped giving and started complaining, so much in fact that the University had to reverse course and replace Pilarz with the more agreeable Father Wild.  Mission accomplished.  In a reward to those who had supported him, and seeking to torment hardcore MUBB fans who saw what he was doing, Buzz played those freshmen in a road game at Georgetown, winning handily in overtime.

Now that Pilarz was gone there was nothing to stop Buzz from getting rid of LW, and preserving his plan of losing every game left on MU's schedule.  MMMbbbbwaahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

Seeing the inevitability, LW, with his honor intact, left MU rather than share the taint of basketball team that couldn't follow up from an Elite Eight season, and left for a job.......well, he left.  

Unfortunately there were some that saw through Buzz's evil plan.  Posters Like Columbo and Willie saw the charlatan for what he really is, and have made it their life's mission to tell the truth about Dr. Buzz, the freshman-hating, D1 coach who would stubbornly rather lose conference games and a season than change a lineup and allow Ners to shout at the top of his lungs:  See, I was Right!

[brandx]

Shoulda used Teal Someone here will probably try to refute your argument point by point.

[jesmu84]

I take him at his word in his resignation letter.   I have heard many of the same rumors, hints, allegations, etc.    But he's gone now, so what is the point of raking him over the coals?

Anyone care to share the rumors, hints, allegations? I'll even accept a PM.

[GGGG]

Sure there has been an AD like this!  At the same university where the coach of our men's basketball team (the only real revenue generating sport we have) is trying to lose the rest of the games we have scheduled this year instead of playing freshmen who would give us a better chance of winning.  In fact, I bet LW actually left because he discovered the truth behind Buzz's sordid plan, and wanted no part in that type of behavior!  I bet that in one of the two or three times LW and Buzz spoke this year LW told Buzz he would have to play freshmen this year, no matter how badly Buzz wanted to lose.  So, Buzz had to think deep.  Drawing on the memories of his idol (and the reason for his shaved head) Dr. Evil, Buzz came up with a plan so dastardly that it defied all logic and reason!

First, he had to convince major university donors to stop contributing and complain about LW's patron to the University Trustees.  But how to do it?  Of course!  Convince those donors that unless they did what he wanted he would keep our most talented players on the bench, causing us to lose all but two of our conference games in the inaugural year.  The fact that this was Buzz's intent all along just made the threats sweeter. Seeing the brilliance of Buzz, donors stopped giving and started complaining, so much in fact that the University had to reverse course and replace Pilarz with the more agreeable Father Wild.  Mission accomplished.  In a reward to those who had supported him, and seeking to torment hardcore MUBB fans who saw what he was doing, Buzz played those freshmen in a road game at Georgetown, winning handily in overtime.

Now that Pilarz was gone there was nothing to stop Buzz from getting rid of LW, and preserving his plan of losing every game left on MU's schedule.  MMMbbbbwaahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

Seeing the inevitability, LW, with his honor intact, left MU rather than share the taint of basketball team that couldn't follow up from an Elite Eight season, and left for a job.......well, he left.  

Unfortunately there were some that saw through Buzz's evil plan.  Posters Like Columbo and Willie saw the charlatan for what he really is, and have made it their life's mission to tell the truth about Dr. Buzz, the freshman-hating, D1 coach who would stubbornly rather lose conference games and a season than change a lineup and allow Ners to shout at the top of his lungs:  See, I was Right!

Shut down Scoop.  This post is the greatest I have ever read.

[Spotcheck Billy]

wait, I thought it was the Bucks that were tanking it this year?

[Lennys Tap]

wait, I thought it was the Bucks that were tanking it this year?

It's a Milwaukee thing

[NickelDimer]

Sure there has been an AD like this!  At the same university where the coach of our men's basketball team (the only real revenue generating sport we have) is trying to lose the rest of the games we have scheduled this year instead of playing freshmen who would give us a better chance of winning.  In fact, I bet LW actually left because he discovered the truth behind Buzz's sordid plan, and wanted no part in that type of behavior!  I bet that in one of the two or three times LW and Buzz spoke this year LW told Buzz he would have to play freshmen this year, no matter how badly Buzz wanted to lose.  So, Buzz had to think deep.  Drawing on the memories of his idol (and the reason for his shaved head) Dr. Evil, Buzz came up with a plan so dastardly that it defied all logic and reason!

First, he had to convince major university donors to stop contributing and complain about LW's patron to the University Trustees.  But how to do it?  Of course!  Convince those donors that unless they did what he wanted he would keep our most talented players on the bench, causing us to lose all but two of our conference games in the inaugural year.  The fact that this was Buzz's intent all along just made the threats sweeter. Seeing the brilliance of Buzz, donors stopped giving and started complaining, so much in fact that the University had to reverse course and replace Pilarz with the more agreeable Father Wild.  Mission accomplished.  In a reward to those who had supported him, and seeking to torment hardcore MUBB fans who saw what he was doing, Buzz played those freshmen in a road game at Georgetown, winning handily in overtime.

Now that Pilarz was gone there was nothing to stop Buzz from getting rid of LW, and preserving his plan of losing every game left on MU's schedule.  MMMbbbbwaahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

Seeing the inevitability, LW, with his honor intact, left MU rather than share the taint of basketball team that couldn't follow up from an Elite Eight season, and left for a job.......well, he left.  

Unfortunately there were some that saw through Buzz's evil plan.  Posters Like Columbo and Willie saw the charlatan for what he really is, and have made it their life's mission to tell the truth about Dr. Buzz, the freshman-hating, D1 coach who would stubbornly rather lose conference games and a season than change a lineup and allow Ners to shout at the top of his lungs:  See, I was Right!

*waiting for columbo's +1*

[MU82]

Sure there has been an AD like this!  At the same university where the coach of our men's basketball team (the only real revenue generating sport we have) is trying to lose the rest of the games we have scheduled this year instead of playing freshmen who would give us a better chance of winning.  In fact, I bet LW actually left because he discovered the truth behind Buzz's sordid plan, and wanted no part in that type of behavior!  I bet that in one of the two or three times LW and Buzz spoke this year LW told Buzz he would have to play freshmen this year, no matter how badly Buzz wanted to lose.  So, Buzz had to think deep.  Drawing on the memories of his idol (and the reason for his shaved head) Dr. Evil, Buzz came up with a plan so dastardly that it defied all logic and reason!

First, he had to convince major university donors to stop contributing and complain about LW's patron to the University Trustees.  But how to do it?  Of course!  Convince those donors that unless they did what he wanted he would keep our most talented players on the bench, causing us to lose all but two of our conference games in the inaugural year.  The fact that this was Buzz's intent all along just made the threats sweeter. Seeing the brilliance of Buzz, donors stopped giving and started complaining, so much in fact that the University had to reverse course and replace Pilarz with the more agreeable Father Wild.  Mission accomplished.  In a reward to those who had supported him, and seeking to torment hardcore MUBB fans who saw what he was doing, Buzz played those freshmen in a road game at Georgetown, winning handily in overtime.

Now that Pilarz was gone there was nothing to stop Buzz from getting rid of LW, and preserving his plan of losing every game left on MU's schedule.  MMMbbbbwaahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

Seeing the inevitability, LW, with his honor intact, left MU rather than share the taint of basketball team that couldn't follow up from an Elite Eight season, and left for a job.......well, he left.  

Unfortunately there were some that saw through Buzz's evil plan.  Posters Like Columbo and Willie saw the charlatan for what he really is, and have made it their life's mission to tell the truth about Dr. Buzz, the freshman-hating, D1 coach who would stubbornly rather lose conference games and a season than change a lineup and allow Ners to shout at the top of his lungs:  See, I was Right!

What a stupid post.

Everybody knows there's at least one more "ha" in "MMMbbbbwaahahahahahahaha"!!!!!!!!!

[ChicosBailBonds]

I'm curious how many people didn't want Larry no matter what because he was a ND guy?

I suppose if you ask a UCLA grad would they be ok with a USC alum as their AD they would freak out.  Same goes for Florida and FSU or Duke and UNC, etc, etc.


I'm sure there are fans that think this way.


For me, as much as I love ND as a rival, I don't think they view us as much as a rival so its a little different.  They're still football centric and its all about Michigan, USC, Navy, etc.  I didn't have an issue with a man that went to law school, graduated from a fine school, was actually a DI athlete at the highest level, played in professional sports.  That's a pretty solid resume in my book.

[SuddenSam]

Why do people only use the word "britches" when using this expression?

'Sup Britches!!!???

We have many challenges this season but this ain't one of them.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Britches - Keefe, I'm thinking a colonial era photo collage on pants may be in order?

[willie warrior]

I'm curious how many people didn't want Larry no matter what because he was a ND guy?

I suppose if you ask a UCLA grad would they be ok with a USC alum as their AD they would freak out.  Same goes for Florida and FSU or Duke and UNC, etc, etc.


I'm sure there are fans that think this way.


For me, as much as I love ND as a rival, I don't think they view us as much as a rival so its a little different.  They're still football centric and its all about Michigan, USC, Navy, etc.  I didn't have an issue with a man that went to law school, graduated from a fine school, was actually a DI athlete at the highest level, played in professional sports.  That's a pretty solid resume in my book.

Agree with almost all of this Chicos. But there is no way to put it that one loves ND as a rival. They are indeed hated.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Britches - Keefe, I'm thinking a colonial era photo collage on pants may be in order?

I think Ima gonna go ride a horse.

[GGGG]

Or dress up as one.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Agree with almost all of this Chicos. But there is no way to put it that one loves ND as a rival. They are indeed hated.

I don't hate them.  I think we have more in common with them than most schools.  I used to hate them, but since moving back out this way I don't.  I enjoy it when they beat USC in football.  I believe in most of their Catholic mission, and the few ND folks out here that I run into have been great, not the pick my nose and see my ring types.

[Eldon]

Nice job, ZFB.

For anyone keeping score at home (work), with this new line of pics, ZFB now takes the lead

ZFB - 7
Keefe - 5

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Well done chap!......er..uhh..Ziggy!

Seems britches have come a long way.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Too big for his britches? Is he putting on all that weight he lost a few years back?

[4everwarriors]

I'd rather be the horse.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Nice job, ZFB.

For anyone keeping score at home (work), with this new line of pics, ZFB now takes the lead

ZFB - 7
Keefe - 5

Humbled, but Keefe is still the man.  I don't have any IDF photos.

[Dreadman24]

Buzz is overrated as a coach and mediocre in recruiting . I was never a Buzz fan. Now u guys are starting to see what I saw 5 years ago!

[River rat]

is JJJ still leaving?

[GGGG]

Buzz is overrated as a coach and mediocre in recruiting . I was never a Buzz fan. Now u guys are starting to see what I saw 5 years ago!

Yeah.  Good call.