Buzz weird.
Buzz no like staying place long time.
Buzz no make friends.
Nobody want hire Buzz.
Buzz maybe stuck.

Nothing is public. So you want us to double down on rumors and make them more salient than they are?

Yeah, I don't think Buzz is necessarily unhappy. He just prefers to have a fresh start every 5-6 years.

buzz is weird, has OCD and a deadly fear of getting fired...so he just moves before that can happen

Anonymous internet posters don't know any actual facts, but freak out about rumors and speculation.

greg.w.h said:

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Nothing is public. So you want us to double down on rumors and make them more salient than they are?

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This whole thing has a slight trace of "fake news" to me.

I know random media sources as well as Liucci have opined that Buzz is ready to leave and that he put his name out there for Maryland and other jobs. But none of us know to what extent those rumors are true or untrue.

I remember once when the world was going crazy that the Aggies spent $30 million on a recruiting class until someone opened the world's eyes to the fact that it was a poster named "Sliced Bread" on BroBible. And it was false.

It just doesn't make sense that a guy like Buzz, who is so regimented and organized, would jump into a program without an AD and whose coach left because of issues with how Maryland funds its basketball program.

We might have another Mark Stoops Kentucky football situation going on but Buzz Williams is Mark Stoops, Aggie basketball is Kentucky football, Maryland basketball is Aggie football and unfortunately Luke Murray might be Mike Elko.

I actually think it makes perfect sense to want the Maryland job without an AD. Their last coach just publicly roasted their basketball financial situation so they're probably going to give the next coach whatever they ask for for a while.

Why doesn't The AD tell Buzz to either leave or stay ASAP

We don't want to pay the buyout

tomato3938 said:

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Why doesn't The AD tell Buzz to either leave or stay ASAP

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Why would Buzz care if the AD told him this? He literally has 15 million reasons not to care.

He's burned a lot of goodwill here.

Bucketrunner said:

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He's burned a lot of goodwill here.

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By doing what?

czar_iv said:

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Bucketrunner said:

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He's burned a lot of goodwill here.

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By doing what?

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Nobody knows this. People are just running with internet rumors and treating them like fact

So many posters are so weird and emotional about all of this. We pay Buzz well, and in return, he's tries his best so that he can 1) make more money in the future and/or 2) get a better job in the future. Pretty much the exact same thing most of us are doing at our jobs today.

I'd like Buzz to stay, but if he leaves, wish him the best and go hire a new coach. We have the money and resources to be a appealing to a lot of string candidates. ..

Maybe it's all schools (I don't know), but I feel like as a fan base we get too attached to our coaches. They are all hired mercenaries.

As a Buzz fan, I can say he will be the coach at Texas A&M next year.

BuzzFan24 said:

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As a Buzz fan, I can say he will be the coach at Texas A&M next year.

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Being a fan gives you predictive powers?

There have been enough credible college basketball people talking about this to say its more than just rumor that there has been mutual interest between Buzz and Maryland for their open head coaching position.

How much interest, who started it, how hard one side is pushing, where Buzz is on their list, bad will/anger from A&M side, etc. ... those things are all 100% rumors and fan fervor. But the baseline "Buzz is interested in Maryland and vice versa" can almost certainly be taken as fact.

Here's to Buzz Williams. Let's get behind our coach.

czar_iv said:

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Bucketrunner said:

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He's burned a lot of goodwill here.

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By doing what?

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Putting his name out for jobs since last season.

bobinator said:

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Buzz weird.
Buzz no like staying place long time.
Buzz no make friends.
Nobody want hire Buzz.
Buzz maybe stuck.

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also buzz no like recruiting.
Buzz no bring in shooters.
Other teams wary of buzz.

Josepi said:

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czar_iv said:

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Bucketrunner said:

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He's burned a lot of goodwill here.

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By doing what?

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Nobody knows this. People are just running with internet rumors and treating them like fact

So many posters are so weird and emotional about all of this. We pay Buzz well, and in return, he's tries his best so that he can 1) make more money in the future and/or 2) get a better job in the future. Pretty much the exact same thing most of us are doing at our jobs today.

I'd like Buzz to stay, but if he leaves, wish him the best and go hire a new coach. We have the money and resources to be a appealing to a lot of string candidates. ..

Maybe it's all schools (I don't know), but I feel like as a fan base we get too attached to our coaches. They are all hired mercenaries.

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No, posters aren't weird. Coaches are "weird. strange, ocd, 'spectrum', read books, write notes, pray, ,etc. Who knew Buzz was only the coach with quirks. Now his character is being questioned because he might be interested in another job and it snowballed because nothing else to talk about.

I'm sure the fishbowl gets old with some just looking to pounce. I hope he's laughing at speculators in 'media', and working up a bill to send for his material provided.

I don't know why people think he can't recruit. That narrative has gotten WAY out of control. I think it must be a combination of football mentality when people just log onto a recruiting service and look at the high school rankings and some sort of lack of understanding what our basketball recruiting ability looks like compared to other sports.

Especially when it comes from the same people who also don't think he can coach worth anything. If he can't recruit at all, then getting a four seed from this group of players should be seen as some kind of coaching miracle right?

He's not some kind of recruiting savant or anything, and he probably focuses too much on personality rather than actual basketball skills, but our overall ability to recruit the guys he wants to recruit has been fine.

Couldn't Buzz shut this all down pretty fast if none of it were true and he wanted it to go away. Uncertainty about his future can't be good for recruiting.

bobinator said:

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I don't know why people think he can't recruit. That narrative has gotten WAY out of control. I think it must be a combination of football mentality when people just log onto a recruiting service and look at the high school rankings and some sort of lack of understanding what our basketball recruiting ability looks like compared to other sports.

Especially when it comes from the same people who also don't think he can coach worth anything. If he can't recruit at all, then getting a four seed from this group of players should be seen as some kind of coaching miracle right?

He's not some kind of recruiting savant or anything, and he probably focuses too much on personality rather than actual basketball skills, but our overall ability to recruit the guys he wants to recruit has been fine.

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Agreed, he can definitely recruit…just not at the level we need to get to a final 4 likely. A big part of that is limiting the population of recruitable guys due to character, system etc. I actually think the fact he can get guys to sign on to his very quirky system speaks to how good a recruiter he is. It would be amazing if he didn't wipe out 75% of the recruitable field before going to work though.