Return of Buzz

[tower912]

Some interviews out there.  One with Fanta.  Buzz's version of trying to make peace.

[Mr. Nielsen]

https://x.com/John_Fanta/status/1989071860513010066?s=20

[zcg2013]

My undergrad Buzz was the coach the whole time. The basketball side of things he was great (until his departure where he just ripped the Big East) but it was extremely awkward knowing that there would be multiple assault allegations dropping the day after the season ended (as well as why Reggie Smith left the team).

Will be booing him often Saturday.

[Mutaman]

All I know is Buzz put a lot of well coached, hard working teams on the court and won a lot. Never met him in a drugstore and I have no idea who Scott Monarch is, so there's that.

[lostpassword]

...and we were always going to get some crazy postgame gobbledygook from Buzz

My favorite Buzz moment was his magnum opus

https://youtu.be/OzCQpUlS8wE?si=5-s_7k00eZq-7eAt

I think Brew mentioned this already but probably my second favorite:

https://youtu.be/6HVd493yAhM?si=8QTsoeG9Xl_SqiX5

I loved the roller coaster but have soured considerably since and and will be booing.

[The_Blaze]

Buzz 6 years at MU:  averaged 23 wins a season in the Big East, made the tourney five times, advanced to the round of 32 four times, three sweet sixteens, one elite eight.

Buzz's performance at VTech and A&M were very good as well turning both those programs around and he was at both for 5-6 years like MU so the job hoping criticism is not warranted given the pressure on high level D1 coaches to perform and that Maryland is a very good historical program.

It needs to be noted that Crean took us from obscurity to the final 4 & BigEast Conference deserving of MU Hall of Fame status. It is much more difficult to be a trailblazer but the wrong hire after Crean may have put us in a 3-5 year hole yet Buzz kept the train rolling uphill. 

We can all criticize on an anonymous forum and the way Buzz's tenure ended at MU was not good - some of it should be cast on him as the head of the program but not all.

Bottom line: the Marquette basketball program benefited from Buzz's hard work.

Buzz should get a pre-game applaud on Saturday and then Marquette better win.