Hiroshima?

[Eldon]

IWB- SMU came calling with a $35 million dollar offer.  (wow.)    Buzz has it too good right now.   With Larry and Fr. Pilarz gone, a lot of tension is gone.    Zach-  you saw what happened when a president and AD came in that didn't care about basketball.     Basketball is a vital part of MU's image.   Pilarz never understood that.  
IWB-  He's got a great job at MU.   Well paid.   Great practice facility.   Just basketball.    Good conference, great TV deal.    Wife and kids love it here.   Buzz isn't about the money, he is about respect.   As long as that is ironed out under the new administration, IWB sees Buzz at MU for a long time.  

When Oregon called, Buzz informed Cottingham what was going on.   He listened, because he didn't want to burn any bridges, wanted to show respect.   All about relationships.    He will always answer the phone.  

Anyone concerned about Buzz leaving, read this.  This makes sense to me.  It bodes well with the intuition that I had before I read it.

Couple the content of this quote with the PaintTouches article where they said Buzz writes like 30 hand-written letters per month and sends them to different people (eg, old coaches, ADs, etc.).  My hunch is that he doesn't send these letters in the same spirit as, say, Fr. Naus, but rather they are sent in the spirit of 'I may need this person down the road'.  If it's true that Buzz literally takes all phone calls from the ADs of other schools, then I can see how ADs at other schools are led on to believing that they have a chance landing Buzz.

"Hey, local Roanoke beat reporter, I just got off the phone with Marquette's Buzz Williams and we had a great and lengthy conversation.  I think it was really fruitful.  I think we have a chance.  He was laughing at my jokes and said he's been to VT's campus.  He said it's beautiful." and so on.

In short, Buzz is networking, working these guys, building bridges, etc. and these ADs confuse it with interest in their program.  Buzz is staying here.  He is simply building a really strong parachute.  

[ecompt]

I agree with BW being all about BW, and this is why at the end of the day I don't really worry about these rumors.  Going to Virginia Tech is not in BW's best interest.

And taking a massive paycut I would guess is not in his interest, either.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

http://www.anonymouseagle.com/2014/3/21/5532916/marquette-basketball-buzz-williams-coaching-rumors

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

According to Feinstein, Cronin is friends with the Virginia Tech AD and has been talking up the AD to Buzz, telling Buzz how good the AD is. But at the same time Feinstein was saying that Buzz didn't get along with the MU administration, which to me indicates Feinstein still thinks Larry Williams is there, because I was under the impression Buzz didnt have any worries anymore. So who knows how suspect Feinstein's info is.

Even VT fans dismissed Feinstein's report. By Feintsein's own admission he heard it from somebody who heard it from somebody else.

Nothing to see here folks

[Wojo'sMojo]

Where are you getting your info? Or are you ONLY paying attention to Buzz's name?

Cronin's name always pops up (which is always stupid because he Cincy through and through). Wright has had his name out there for years. JTIII? Okay, not that one, but he is kind of Georgetown family...almost as secure as you can get. Mack is a Xavier alum, but I still seem his name on message board and "rumor" BS articles.

We all THINK Buzz's name comes up more than others (and maybe it does...slightly) but that's because we're ONLY PAYING ATTENTION TO BUZZ'S NAME.

On the rare instance that one of them would get mentioned, it would be for a higher profile job. Can you picture Jay Wright being rumored to go to Virginia Tech or SMU? It used to be Buzz rumored to the Arkansas and Oklahomas of the world...Lately it's Va Tech, USF, and SMU? Like I said, it's just annoying that he is always mentioned and I feel it's mostly his doing. I guarantee Jay Wright interested in USF will never be a rumor.

[wadesworld]

Even VT fans dismissed Feinstein's report. By Feintsein's own admission he heard it from somebody who heard it from somebody else.

Nothing to see here folks

Not that simple.

[Avenue Commons]

There was a rumor that DePaul could pull in Jamie Dixon when the Blue Demons hired Purnell. The idea was that Wright would be loyal to the school that was supportive of his late sister.

The lesson: Anyone can dream as dreams are free.

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ncb/columns/story?id=5010802

[keefe]

Nothing to see here folks

Not a scientist, hey?

[chapman]

The lesson: Anyone can dream as dreams are free.

Some of us have insomnia...costs about a nickel to dream 

[Boone]

W/Chris moving on, I don't know that Buzz has a particular fondness for any returnees that I had in previous years. Might make taking another job easier. Although, if he left after this year with a roster in flux and so many question marks, it wouldn't sit well.

[SWARM!]

Some of you knuckleheads need to get a grip. It's a rumor. I shared what I believe to be true. If I'm wrong, I deserve to be called out or ignored. I'm not a frequent poster and I never will be but I thought this deserved to be shared.

[Wojo'sMojo]

Some of you knuckleheads need to get a grip. It's a rumor. I shared what I believe to be true. If I'm wrong, I deserve to be called out or ignored. I'm not a frequent poster and I never will be but I thought this deserved to be shared.

Buzz is gone-it's a done deal. Lol, that's some rumor there pal...doesn't really leave a lot of wiggle room to be a rumor. You stated it as a fact, maybe someone else is the knucklehead

[SWARM!]

Buzz is gone-it's a done deal. Lol, that's some rumor there pal...doesn't really leave a lot of wiggle room to be a rumor. You stated it as a fact, maybe someone else is the knucklehead

[Henry Sugar]

[NickelDimer]

No easy way to share it.

Try harder.  You can present something you've heard as "this is something I've heard" rather than fact

[Carl Spackler]

Even VT fans dismissed Feinstein's report. By Feintsein's own admission he heard it from somebody who heard it from somebody else.

Nothing to see here folks

Feinstein writes books.  he is not a college bb reporter.

[GOO]

Some of you knuckleheads need to get a grip. It's a rumor. I shared what I believe to be true. If I'm wrong, I deserve to be called out or ignored. I'm not a frequent poster and I never will be but I thought this deserved to be shared.

Come on.  You can't say it as fact... gone... Your initial post makes it sound like you know this for a fact. 

[Sunbelt15]

Va. Tech is a mess. They had Dorian Finney-Smith, a top recruit out of Portsmouth, VA, go there and start as a freshmen. He received major minutes, but still left after one year. He's at Florida now as their 6th man.

[SWARM!]

Come on.  You can't say it as fact... gone... Your initial post makes it sound like you know this for a fact. 

I ain't claiming to be anybody. I believe it to be extremely reliable. So if you need to say I'm spewing "facts," then fine.

[keefe]

Feinstein writes books.  he is not a college bb reporter.

That's actually not true. He is a journalist with columns in the Post and Sporting News. He has written books but he is principally a print journalist.

[nyg]

Do not underestimate Virginia Tech.  They have an AD who wants to bring to B-ball program to the status of the football program.  Don't know if that will happen, but they are going to try.

Some variables about VT:

ACC Conference.  With Louisville coming next year, along with additions of Cuse, PITT and ND, it is a major B-ball conference.  

VT has a devoted fanbase in the east.  Their football program and their fans are off the charts.  That is the hope of the AD, because when VT had a halfway decent B-ball program, their fans stuck with them.

The campus is just beautiful and academics are above the norm.  

Sometimes coaches need a challenge, to resurrect a program to another level.  If a coach enjoys that and is financially secure in life with huge money from a prior coaching job, then why not take it on.  VT would be such a challenge.

The B-ball recruitment would come from the Washington DC area, Baltimore and parts south of Blacksburg, to include the Carolinas.  No shortage of talent and would take some doing, but the talent is there.

VT is in the Blacksburg/Roanoke western part of Virginia.  It is a rural region and is considered a part of the Bible belt.  Communities are tight knit with their beliefs and a certain coach would fit in this area.

I don't see it happening, but VT is not as bad as some believe it to be.  

[Mutaman]

Do not underestimate Virginia Tech.  They have an AD who wants to bring to B-ball program to the status of the football program.  Don't know if that will happen, but they are going to try.

Some variables about VT:

ACC Conference.  With Louisville coming next year, along with additions of Cuse, PITT and ND, it is a major B-ball conference.  

VT has a devoted fanbase in the east.  Their football program and their fans are off the charts.  That is the hope of the AD, because when VT had a halfway decent B-ball program, their fans stuck with them.

The campus is just beautiful and academics are above the norm.  

Sometimes coaches need a challenge, to resurrect a program to another level.  If a coach enjoys that and is financially secure in life with huge money from a prior coaching job, then why not take it on.  VT would be such a challenge.

The B-ball recruitment would come from the Washington DC area, Baltimore and parts south of Blacksburg, to include the Carolinas.  No shortage of talent and would take some doing, but the talent is there.

VT is in the Blacksburg/Roanoke western part of Virginia.  It is a rural region and is considered a part of the Bible belt.  Communities are tight knit with their beliefs and a certain coach would fit in this area.

I don't see it happening, but VT is not as bad as some believe it to be.  

The ACC "is a major B-ball conference"? This is why we pay you the big bucks.  Virginia Tech has the same future in the new ACC that Rutgers and Maryland will have in the Big 10- they won't be competitive. Why would any successful rational coach want that kind of a "challenge"?

[wadesworld]

Monday

[MUfan12]

Monday

Whoo boy. That's not good.

[hairy worthen]

Walleye running late this year?