MosesRAB-93 said:

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Does anyone know Cuban's wife? If only she could convince him that building a college basketball power would be the best way to make people forget the Luka trade…

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He didn't have involvement in the Luka trade and criticized it for not getting enough.

It's obvious that he's shopping for something else. I guess what isn't obvious … to me anyway … is why ? I know the core of team is gone but that can be resolved with the portal . Is it because he doesn't have the resources to get adequate replacement players … or what?

halfastros81 said:

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I don't know the truth about what has happened between Buzz and the AD if anything . If I had to guess I'd guess Buzz is trying to get more financial resources ( extension perhaps but not necessarily a raise , more assistant $, more NIL resources) and he was told no. Had the team won at least one more tourney game he probably would have been pilfered away by someone .

What I hope to see is he stays , he delivers a positive surprise next yr with what he has + incoming talent , this all goes away and he gets the resources he wants next yr and he retires here in 10 yrs or so with a ton of success under his belt. I think that's possible but admittedly not probable. Fans will be fine as long as the team wins.

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THIS.

alvtimes said:

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ok wait….. now basketball coach is on the outs with AD?
Wasnt the old baseball coach unhappy also and left replaced by a bargain basement salary baseball coach….. is AD gonna hire the assistant in basketball next for another bargain basement salary???

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The alarms are starting for our AD!

I also do NOT understand this entire situation with Buzz. I honestly though that Buzz loved Aggieland and would be a coach for a lifetime as long as we wanted him here. We certainly pay him well.

Only thing that makes a bit of sense is simply that Maryland is a pure hoops school and will focus a lot of attention and money into basketball. And that also means that yes our AD denied Buzz some much desired funds to stay competitive and built upon his recent successes.

But A&M as a program and school, losing Buzz to Maryland is a terrible, terrible look. If this occurs, we are all delusional fans thinking every coach wants to come here for our facilities, NIL potentional and overall finances.

Something has smelled wrong for a long time and that awful smell is growing worse literally by the day or each sports weekend. Not sure our AD has made a single move that is impressive to A&M sport fans at this point. He is being more like Elon Musk right now and DOGE. A blackhole of mystery and decision making. If he seeks profitability as the primary metric of success, we are all screwed as fans.

Maybe this is what he does? Look at his last year at Va Tech. Finished 12-6 but with only 2 ranked wins during regular season. to be fair this was a good ACC year, and most of the ranked loses were on the road.

His sweet 16 run included 2 wins over 13 seed st louis and 12 seed liberty.

At the end of the season he lost 2 of his top 3 scorers and left.

Schlossnagle was leaving for tu no matter what imo. He had the prior relationship with their AD . I don't think that one is on Albert's . You could argue that replacing him with one of his assistants was on the AD but just because we're off to a bad start doesn't mean that it wasn't a good hire . It's too early to say ( pun not intended).

Well if this is Buzz' strategy which is supported by his coaching decision changes prior to A&M then we are royally screwed.

Buzz holds ALL the cards including a solid grip on the neck of A&M basketball.

And worse, if he stays for next year, and does well then it is almost inevitable he leaves after 2026 with a lower buyout, etc.

Not sure A&M has any control of this situation whatsoever with Buzz other than agreeing to some of his demands so he stays for SEVERAL more years. But if he is honestly unhappy then he is leaving either way...we just may have to wait until he gets another spike in his coaching success.

Sucks as Buzz is my favorite overall active A&M coach and there is not competition on that front.

A few posts ago you blamed it on the AD and then you said A& M may have no control of the situation. Which one do you believe ?

The AD certainly has some constraints … like everyone in every job everywhere and always . That situation is tough because of the whole Jimbo fiasco but that also was not on Alberts. That certainly doesn't help but I also don't think it put us in a situation that is quite as bad as people think because the payout is over time. Again, it damned sure doesn't help things to be sure.

Have you ever been in a job where you felt you didn't like the situation for whatever reason and so you looked for another one? I have. To me it's higher character to not say anything to your current employer vs telling them that your'e 100% committed and then leaving like Schlossnagle did.

Difference being I never signed a contract to work for a specified employer for a specified time period. That's kind of the "sports world" rub imo. If you have a contract you should honor it. I suppose they have some sort of "out clause" in their contracts tho.

Player To Be Named Later said:

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Nobody is going to want to hear any of his speeches about "high character" etc this season

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Nobody can tell him otherwise…

chick79 said:

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The fact that Joni Taylor is still employed as the women's basketball coach should tell you a lot about Alberts. He was brought in only to clean house and make the athletic department more financially stable. We're gonna suck at everything for a quite a while, which has been the norm for decades anyway.

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You really wanna waste money buying out the coach of a sport that loses money and very few folks care about?

NyAggie said:

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chick79 said:

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The fact that Joni Taylor is still employed as the women's basketball coach should tell you a lot about Alberts. He was brought in only to clean house and make the athletic department more financially stable. We're gonna suck at everything for a quite a while, which has been the norm for decades anyway.

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You really wanna waste money buying out the coach of a sport that loses money and very few folks care about?

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For clarity, how much do basketball and baseball "make"?? Be specific and show your source…

MosesRAB-93 said:

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Does anyone know Cuban's wife? If only she could convince him that building a college basketball power would be the best way to make people forget the Luka trade…

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I believe Cuban only owns a minority interest in the Mavs and had nothing to do with the Luka trade.

According to 247's Carter Karels, in FY24 Men's Basketball lost $2.1M and women's basketball lost $6.2M.

Though that men's number isn't the whole story because obviously men's basketball makes up a huge chunk of the media rights A&M gets. Those aren't broken down by sport but if they were the men's basketball program would clearly at least break even.

If Buzz stays with us, he must hire a PR person ASAP. He made what it seems a very deliberate change in the way he communicates to the press, fans and overall the way he portrays himself around 2017-2018. He used to be a very approachable coach with the local/national media and fans and used to be less guarded and less "formal"/serious. This formal/serious approach to fan/school engagement makes it even harder to make a "come back" in a situation like the one he puts himself in. At this point, it is evident that he is not getting a new job and he will stay here and earn a good salary at $4.6M in one of the best basketball conferences, in a town that lets you be who you are but ask in return some basic engagement (heck even Schloss said "Howdy").

Here are some examples of what Buzz used to be in terms of being more approachable and engaged with fans from his time at Marquette and VT.

Virginia Tech:
2014-2019
Buzz reading "mean tweets" about him and laughing about it (here)
Buzz is letting Barstool to visit their VT gym and do a sketches (here)
Buzz celebrating with VT fans after NIT win (here)

Marquette
2008-2014
Buzz participating in karaoke video (here)
Buzz participating family weekend at Marquette with students/parents (here)

Perhaps women's basketball is not a revenue generator, but it's still important. It's at least number four in the pecking order of most important programs for any athletic department. The fact that the sips are on the verge of a final four with an Aggie coach is embarrassing especially considering we finished dead last in the SEC. The A.D. screwed up big time not getting Vic here before Gary retired. Now we're a laughingstock once again.

He ain't staying long. It's his MO. Had very good success at Marquette. Leaves them for ACC bottom feeder VaTech. Had good success there. Leaves them for us. Has variable success here. Is about to move on. It's what he does. Leaves before the slightest word of "fan unhappiness" or whatever his thing is.

I don't think he'll be the coach here next year due to it being 6 years since he got here and the roster rebuild. If he is here, it's because he couldn't find another comparable job.

Thisguy1 said:

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All of this started with a random twitter account, correct?

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I believe that random account was the first one that linked him to Maryland but it became real once Jeff Goodman reported on Friday morning that Buzz had reached out to them and was actively trying to throw his hat in the ring.

1) Does Maryland's fanbase and their local media shows seem like they even want him?

2) Maryland has only an interim AD right now and the last coach left at least partly (apparently) because of frustration with resources. Buzz still trying to make this move despite not knowing who the AD will be, despite possible issues with resources over there if whatever bothered Willard is going to bother him as well, leaving Texas for the NE, perhaps even taking a pay cut particularly if you take into account state tax differences...really says a lot to how desperate Buzz is to get out of College Station.

3) If Buzz is that desperate to make a move, and if Maryland doesn't hire him, will that hire open up a school vacancy that Buzz would also be interested in? At whom else is Maryland looking at?

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if Maryland doesn't hire him, will that hire open up a school vacancy that Buzz would also be interested in? At whom else is Maryland looking at?

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I think this is far more likely than him going to Maryland. Maryland creates an opening that might want him.

Or someone else retires or something and that creates another series of dominoes.

bobinator said:

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if Maryland doesn't hire him, will that hire open up a school vacancy that Buzz would also be interested in? At whom else is Maryland looking at?

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I think this is far more likely than him going to Maryland. Maryland creates an opening that might want him.

Or someone else retires or something and that creates another series of dominoes.

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Bob, exactly. Buzz trying to go to Maryland which frankly at this specific moment doesn't seem like a 'better' fit/situation for him to jump into versus staying at A&M...it says this is more about him having a strong desire to get out of A&M than exactly where the next job is. So if not Maryland, then what is his minimum criteria that he is willing to accept just to get out? Which of course we don't really know, other than Maryland apparently meets it.

I mean the biggest, and maybe only, thing is the money involved. It has to be somewhere that can at least get close. And not just his salary, but the whole staff. I do think he'd take a slight pay cut if the number for the whole staff worked out.

I don't even think Buzz cares if it's a "better" basketball job if they can make the money work.

He ought to resign. RESIGN