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 hopping 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.     

[The Sultan]

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 hopping 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.     

What is being criticized is off the court stuff that was well documented and part of a headline story that caused embarrassment to the university and harm to its students.

It has nothing to do with an anonymous message board. Jeez.

[Eye]

I'll be booing tomorrow. Way too much bad stuff at the end to overcome a pretty good amount of good stuff before that.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

If there are fans that prefer to celebrate Buzz Williams rather than acknowledge the character he revealed, when he's announced, remember the best way is to shout his name very, very loudly. It should sound like this:

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUzz

They were saying BOOOO-uzz.  BOOOO-uzz.

[MUDPT]

Went to the Chicago fundraiser in October 2008, was kind of standoffish. But I will remember the crux of his speech was how he had to talk to NCAA compliance because there were rumors that MU was going to practice at Whitney Young that weekend. Weird guy.