. . . one week ago when:
Crean said in an interview that there would be no turnover in the staff this off-season?
When we had a top rated recruiting class coming in?
When it seemed stability and continuity were finally here to stay?
When the reputation of our coach gave us a legitimate shot at several top tier recruits from both inside and outside the state?
When the MU "powers-that-be" had finally figured out all the pieces required to take the program back up again and gotten them right?
When MU had finally reached the point where it was no longer a feeder program for assistant coaches who needed a few years to cut their teeth before moving on to a real basketball school?
When MU was finally in position to steal a quality coach away from someone, instead of having one stollen from it?
Those were wonderful, fantasy filled days. Crean actually made me a believer for a while. All that talk of the impressions Al and MU made on him as a child and how there was no place else he would rather be as a coach. He really was good.
(Sigh) Well, back to reality.
Welcome aboard Buzz. Good luck in building a nice coaching reputation and career for yourself. Hope you do well so in 5 or 6 years you will be ready to move on to that "Because it's Indiana!" job opening and break all our hearts just like TC. And if you don't do well? Well, don't worry. You'll have a few more coins in your pocket, MU will be back looking for another prodigy assistant coach and we'll just start the rebuilding process all over again. We'll survive. We're used to it.