Seth Davis On Buzz Williams & Luicci's Response This Morning on TexAgs Radio

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Davis: The wide expectation among college basketball insiders is that Buzz Williams will be Texas A&M's next basketball coach. Nothing is certain this time of year, but if Williams turns this [A&M job] down then a lot of folks around the sport will be quite surprised.

https://theathletic.com/871385/2019/03/16/davis-what-im-hearing-about-texas-am-ucla-kelvin-sampson-and-other-coaching-carousel-tidbits/

Luicci: Davis said it perfectly. I don't need to comment further. I think he nails it with that. It would surprise most people in college basketball that I've talked to. It sounds very promising. Scott Woodward is not going to be a man with no plan outside of that [Buzz Williams], but I'm not going to name other names at this time. And there were other names that were considered, as most of you know this didn't starting happening on Friday.

March 18th, Hour 3 TexAgs Radio Podcast
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Buzz Williams has wanted this job going back to when Kennedy was hired.
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reading VTs 247 site and this made me chuckle

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Honestly if we're out then I'd love to see Texas start a bidding war for Buzz. He's too good for A&M, they need to pay through the nose if they want him.
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Supppsedly Beard was considered per the premium board.
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Walt Luddiger said:

reading VTs 247 site and this made me chuckle

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Honestly if we're out then I'd love to see Texas start a bidding war for Buzz. He's too good for A&M, they need to pay through the nose if they want him.



LOL. As if VT is some basketball destination school.
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Yelnick McWawa said:

Walt Luddiger said:

reading VTs 247 site and this made me chuckle

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Honestly if we're out then I'd love to see Texas start a bidding war for Buzz. He's too good for A&M, they need to pay through the nose if they want him.



LOL. As if VT is some basketball destination school.


He is probably too good for A&M, but so were Gary Blair, Jimbo Fisher, Pat Henry, etc
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100%
Salary was the reason that we didn't pursue him harder. At the time, he had a higher salary at Marquette than Sherman had at A&M.
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Correct. People often say there wasn't another option but Kennedy.
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does he prefer us to UT or does he even care?
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Buford T. Justice said:

100%
Salary was the reason that we didn't pursue him harder. At the time, he had a higher salary at Marquette than Sherman had at A&M.
yep, and a big buyout. The timing was bad for us - we were much "smaller". Our move to the SEC not only made us more money as a player, it made Marquette a much much worse job (their conf lost ESPN deal which meant all games were on fs1). The point va tech got him we could have fired Billy, but Hyman extended bk instead and gave the famous "manage expectations" interview.
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Pumpkinhead said:

Davis: The wide expectation among college basketball insiders is that Buzz Williams will be Texas A&M's next basketball coach. Nothing is certain this time of year, but if Williams turns this [A&M job] down then a lot of folks around the sport will be quite surprised.

https://theathletic.com/871385/2019/03/16/davis-what-im-hearing-about-texas-am-ucla-kelvin-sampson-and-other-coaching-carousel-tidbits/

Luicci: Davis said it perfectly. I don't need to comment further. I think he nails it with that. It would surprise most people in college basketball that I've talked to. It sounds very promising. Scott Woodward is not going to be a man with no plan outside of that [Buzz Williams], but I'm not going to name other names at this time. And there were other names that were considered, as most of you know this didn't starting happening on Friday.

March 18th, Hour 3 TexAgs Radio Podcast
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Texas 1836 said:

Pumpkinhead said:

Davis: The wide expectation among college basketball insiders is that Buzz Williams will be Texas A&M's next basketball coach. Nothing is certain this time of year, but if Williams turns this [A&M job] down then a lot of folks around the sport will be quite surprised.

https://theathletic.com/871385/2019/03/16/davis-what-im-hearing-about-texas-am-ucla-kelvin-sampson-and-other-coaching-carousel-tidbits/

Luicci: Davis said it perfectly. I don't need to comment further. I think he nails it with that. It would surprise most people in college basketball that I've talked to. It sounds very promising. Scott Woodward is not going to be a man with no plan outside of that [Buzz Williams], but I'm not going to name other names at this time. And there were other names that were considered, as most of you know this didn't starting happening on Friday.

March 18th, Hour 3 TexAgs Radio Podcast
http://www.zone1150.com/texags-radio/
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To be fair, it came across his desk several hours ago. He is only holding on to it out of respect
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Also 100% correct.
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Tango_Mike said:

Texas 1836 said:

Pumpkinhead said:

Davis: The wide expectation among college basketball insiders is that Buzz Williams will be Texas A&M's next basketball coach. Nothing is certain this time of year, but if Williams turns this [A&M job] down then a lot of folks around the sport will be quite surprised.

https://theathletic.com/871385/2019/03/16/davis-what-im-hearing-about-texas-am-ucla-kelvin-sampson-and-other-coaching-carousel-tidbits/

Luicci: Davis said it perfectly. I don't need to comment further. I think he nails it with that. It would surprise most people in college basketball that I've talked to. It sounds very promising. Scott Woodward is not going to be a man with no plan outside of that [Buzz Williams], but I'm not going to name other names at this time. And there were other names that were considered, as most of you know this didn't starting happening on Friday.

March 18th, Hour 3 TexAgs Radio Podcast
http://www.zone1150.com/texags-radio/
What you say when you don't know squat but should know since it's your job ...


To be fair, it came across his desk several hours ago. He is only holding on to it out of respect

To be fair...
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Tango_Mike said:

Yelnick McWawa said:

Walt Luddiger said:

reading VTs 247 site and this made me chuckle

Quote:

Honestly if we're out then I'd love to see Texas start a bidding war for Buzz. He's too good for A&M, they need to pay through the nose if they want him.



LOL. As if VT is some basketball destination school.


He is probably too good for A&M, but so were Gary Blair, Jimbo Fisher, Pat Henry, etc
I'm not sure whether or not this is sarcasm. If not, I don't understand what point your trying to make. Pretty sure I disagree with it regardless.
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Yelnick McWawa said:

Tango_Mike said:

Yelnick McWawa said:

Walt Luddiger said:

reading VTs 247 site and this made me chuckle

Quote:

Honestly if we're out then I'd love to see Texas start a bidding war for Buzz. He's too good for A&M, they need to pay through the nose if they want him.



LOL. As if VT is some basketball destination school.


He is probably too good for A&M, but so were Gary Blair, Jimbo Fisher, Pat Henry, etc
I'm not sure whether or not this is sarcasm. If not, I don't understand what point your trying to make. Pretty sure I disagree with it regardless.
It was a joke. A&M was the worst WBB program in the world, but $Bill still stole Gary Blair (away from his then-wife, too). A&M's outdoor track looked like Hearne HS's, but $Bill still stole Pat Henry. FSU's FB history makes A&M's look like a JUCO, but Jimbo still came. You sound like an idiot with little man syndrome
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What you say when you don't know squat but should know since it's your job ...


Adam Schiff type super generalized, non-specific, trust-me-I'm-in-the-know statement made when you want to know something special but don't.

Sen Joe McCarthy used to wave a paper with a "list" that nobody saw and for which there was no substance. A fabrication.

Same thing here ...
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Tango_Mike said:

Yelnick McWawa said:

Tango_Mike said:

Yelnick McWawa said:

Walt Luddiger said:

reading VTs 247 site and this made me chuckle

Quote:

Honestly if we're out then I'd love to see Texas start a bidding war for Buzz. He's too good for A&M, they need to pay through the nose if they want him.



LOL. As if VT is some basketball destination school.


He is probably too good for A&M, but so were Gary Blair, Jimbo Fisher, Pat Henry, etc
I'm not sure whether or not this is sarcasm. If not, I don't understand what point your trying to make. Pretty sure I disagree with it regardless.
It was a joke. A&M was the worst WBB program in the world, but $Bill still stole Gary Blair (away from his then-wife, too). A&M's outdoor track looked like Hearne HS's, but $Bill still stole Pat Henry. FSU's FB history makes A&M's look like a JUCO, but Jimbo still came. You sound like an idiot with little man syndrome
WTF? Who the hell are you?
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Sounds like A&M has already had back channel discussions with Buzz. There is probably an informal agreement. A deep tourney run or a crazy VT counter offer seem to be them only things that might trip up this deal. Hopefully Mississippi St. knocks them out in the 2nd round.
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expresswrittenconsent said:

Buford T. Justice said:

100%
Salary was the reason that we didn't pursue him harder. At the time, he had a higher salary at Marquette than Sherman had at A&M.
yep, and a big buyout. The timing was bad for us - we were much "smaller". Our move to the SEC not only made us more money as a player, it made Marquette a much much worse job (their conf lost ESPN deal which meant all games were on fs1). The point va tech got him we could have fired Billy, but Hyman extended bk instead and gave the famous "manage expectations" interview.
Geez, way to reignite my burning, angry vitriol for that POS Eric Hyman, who set our athletic department back.
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It's Buzz
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Yelnick McWawa said:

Tango_Mike said:

Yelnick McWawa said:

Tango_Mike said:

Yelnick McWawa said:

Walt Luddiger said:

reading VTs 247 site and this made me chuckle

Quote:

Honestly if we're out then I'd love to see Texas start a bidding war for Buzz. He's too good for A&M, they need to pay through the nose if they want him.



LOL. As if VT is some basketball destination school.


He is probably too good for A&M, but so were Gary Blair, Jimbo Fisher, Pat Henry, etc
I'm not sure whether or not this is sarcasm. If not, I don't understand what point your trying to make. Pretty sure I disagree with it regardless.
It was a joke. A&M was the worst WBB program in the world, but $Bill still stole Gary Blair (away from his then-wife, too). A&M's outdoor track looked like Hearne HS's, but $Bill still stole Pat Henry. FSU's FB history makes A&M's look like a JUCO, but Jimbo still came. You sound like an idiot with little man syndrome
WTF? Who the hell are you?
haha, getting excited makes it better. keep going!
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Tamu_mgm said:

expresswrittenconsent said:

Buford T. Justice said:

100%
Salary was the reason that we didn't pursue him harder. At the time, he had a higher salary at Marquette than Sherman had at A&M.
yep, and a big buyout. The timing was bad for us - we were much "smaller". Our move to the SEC not only made us more money as a player, it made Marquette a much much worse job (their conf lost ESPN deal which meant all games were on fs1). The point va tech got him we could have fired Billy, but Hyman extended bk instead and gave the famous "manage expectations" interview.
Geez, way to reignite my burning, angry vitriol for that POS Eric Hyman, who set our athletic department back.


Hyman was such a loser. Completely MIA for his 4 years. I've heard some people mention that he helped fund-raise/build new Kyle Field. As if he was out there with a hammer or pouring concrete. Manziel + moving to the SEC were the only things A&M needed to fund-raise/build new Kyle Field. Kennedy was 19-35 in conference after his first 3 years. He should have been removed at that point, I don't see it being debatable. The fact that he wasn't is an indictment of the departments commitment to basketball. I have no doubt that if Buzz were hired 5 years ago he would have easily beaten the 47-43 conference record Kennedy has put up since then. If A&M really does spend 3.5M+ and pulls Buzz Williams now it would signify a major commitment going forward. Kudos to Woodward if he pulls it off, I'm optimistic.
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So are we pulling for VaTech to make it to the sweet 16, or are we hoping they flame out in the first weekend?
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KaneIsAble said:

So are we pulling for VaTech to make it to the sweet 16, or are we hoping they flame out in the first weekend?

Personally, I'd prefer they win big game one, and lose a heartbreaker game two and we have him next week, rather than wait another 7 days from winning game 2 and making the s16.
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KaneIsAble said:

So are we pulling for VaTech to make it to the sweet 16, or are we hoping they flame out in the first weekend?

Buzz could lose his opening game and I'd still be thrilled if we hired him. I'm down with any result that gets this sucker done quickly.
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The less time people have to make inroads with our recruits the better. Probably the best scenario would be Va Tech losing in the round of 32 on a miracle shot at the buzzer.
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Texas 1836 said:

Pumpkinhead said:

Davis: The wide expectation among college basketball insiders is that Buzz Williams will be Texas A&M's next basketball coach. Nothing is certain this time of year, but if Williams turns this [A&M job] down then a lot of folks around the sport will be quite surprised.

https://theathletic.com/871385/2019/03/16/davis-what-im-hearing-about-texas-am-ucla-kelvin-sampson-and-other-coaching-carousel-tidbits/

Luicci: Davis said it perfectly. I don't need to comment further. I think he nails it with that. It would surprise most people in college basketball that I've talked to. It sounds very promising. Scott Woodward is not going to be a man with no plan outside of that [Buzz Williams], but I'm not going to name other names at this time. And there were other names that were considered, as most of you know this didn't starting happening on Friday.

March 18th, Hour 3 TexAgs Radio Podcast
http://www.zone1150.com/texags-radio/
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lol, in the past 20 years Liucci has more than proven he knows what he is talking about when it comes to coaching searches.

But there are plenty of posters who love to take shots for whatever reason. He rubs a lot of people the wrong way.
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Is that a slam on looch? I assumed seth davis was the target.
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expresswrittenconsent said:

Is that a slam on looch? I assumed seth davis was the target.

Oh maybe.
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Preach brother. Eric Hyman was the worst...not to mention him wearing a freaking TCU shirt to the A&M baseball game.
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expresswrittenconsent said:

Is that a slam on looch? I assumed seth davis was the target.


The poster bolded a sentence in Luicci's quote so
Yeah it looked like a potshot at Looch.
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*bold choice, cotton.gif*
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I live near Blacksburg and work with many Hokies. Even went to watch the Duke game. My employer is a fairly large sponsor of their basketball program and the guy who I went to the game with is a passionate Hokie. He said he heard we are doubling Buzz's salary. All hearsay and I have nothing to validate any information about Buzz.

Another Hokie who came for a meeting was pretty unhappy to see A&M things in my office.

It's an interesting time for an Aggie in Hokie land.
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