If it's going to be publicly out there that he's trying to leave then let's go ahead and give this it's own thread.

Whether you want him to stay or hope he goes doesn't matter here folks, the question is who would be next. Best part about this thread is none of us have any idea of the underlying financial factors involved, so this is baseless speculation at its absolute best.

I've thrown a few names on here I've seen floated and some of my own, who else we thinking?

Names I've seen floated that I don't think are realistic and why:

- Chris Beard - Ole Miss (baggage and his current contract)
- Grant McCasland - Texas Tech (why would you leave Tech for here?)
- Greg McDermott - Creighton - I don't think it's a lock that Creighton is a better job but they're better positioned with a roster budget given the revenue sharing restrictions coming later this year, and reportedly several jobs that are definitely better than ours haven't been able to get him. He was also terrible at Iowa State

Possibilities:

Current power conference coaches that might be realistic:

- Chris Jans - Mississippi State
- Steve Lutz - Oklahoma State

Mid major coaches:

- Scott Cross - Troy
- Josh Schertz - St. Louis
- Alan Huss - High Point

Realistic and will probably be connected to the job but would we want them?

- Steve Forbes - Wake Forest
- Fred Hoiberg - Nebraska
- Porter Moser - Oklahoma

Call and see if that ink is dry:

- Bryan Hodgson - South Florida (Arkansas State)
- Ross Hodge - West Virginia (North Texas)
- Eric Olen - New Mexico (UC San Diego)

Assistant coaches:

Luke Murray - UCONN

Jan's would be my pick. Shown to at minimum have a high floor and has had success in this conference

if the possibilities are what you have listed i would rather keep buzz. i like buzz so i hope he stays regardless but those options do not get me too excited. i guess jans at miss st would work. osu wqs not very good this year.

Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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if the possibilities are what you have listed i would rather keep buzz. i like buzz so i hope he stays regardless but those options do not get me too excited. i guess jans at miss st would work. osu wqs not very good this year.

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I mean, Buzz staying is the most ideal option. It was going to be somewhat of a rebuild with how much we lose but a new coach would be a complete reset

That's why a mid-major hire would scare me at least in the short term

I'm still intrigued how Buzz would approach a reload. We haven't really gotten to see him do it yet

Eric Olen, San Diego.

FTAG 2000 said:

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Eric Olen, San Diego.

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Added, I like it. Definitely modern basketball. Been at UC SD for a while but they just moved to D1 in 2021 and have been improving basically every year since.

BYU coach? Only been there 1 year, but I imagine we could pull a coach from that school.

I'm not. A&M has a history of making excuses for why coaches don't perform, I'm not interested in hearing that next year was a complete rebuild and that's why we missed the tournament, in year 7 no less.

Maybe, but I doubt it. BYU has an incredible NIL situation and is spending more on one player next year than our entire roster costs.

Mid-Major list not including Alan Huss?

I would not really be interested in Cross, Forbes or Hoiberg, but I could very much see us going in that direction.

Jans and Lutz would both be good hires in my opinion. Lutz being one I had not thought of, but I felt he was a good hire for OSU last year when they made it.
Hodge would have been high on my list, but we may have missed the boat there. I do think Hodgson would bail on USF if we offered.

Others I'd add:
Alan Huss (can we get someone to help with defense)
Josh Schertz?
Luke Murray (big gamble, but highly respected assistant)

HossAg said:

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BYU coach? Only been there 1 year, but I imagine we could pull a coach from that school.

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Their coach is a descendant of Brigham Young...

Lutz was a last minute add when I was looking at the salaries list and I've already talked myself into it. Texas guy, grew up in San Antonio, went to Ranger Junior College just like BCG. Coached under McDermott at Creighton, Kaspar at SFA, and Painter at Purdue.

Ten years ago I'd have said pulling a coach from Oklahoma State would be a sign that hell had frozen over but that program isn't what it used to be.

BYU with better NIL than us is depressing

Added.

HossAg said:

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BYU coach? Only been there 1 year, but I imagine we could pull a coach from that school.

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They have the highest NIL the country

bobinator said:

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Possibilities:

Current power conference coaches that might be realistic:

- Chris Jans - Mississippi State
- Steve Lutz - Oklahoma State

Mid major coaches:

- Scott Cross - Troy
- Eric Olen - UC San Diego

Realistic and will probably be connected to the job but would we want them?

- Steve Forbes - Wake Forest
- Fred Hoiberg - Nebraska

Call and see if that ink is dry:

- Bryan Hodgson - South Florida (Arkansas State)
- Ross Hodge - West Virginia (North Texas)

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This list is depressing, but probably accurate.

Jans- YES!

Lutz- NO!

Cross- I like Scott Cross as a dude, but hiring a coach UT-Arlington fired just feels kind of gross.

Olen- I was doing some research on him earlier. I am scared of his lack of real college basketball experience and knowing what it takes at this level. I am not totally against it.

Forbes- I thought of him as a possible option the other day. I could totally see it happening. Does nothing for me.

Hoiberg- Can he find the old ISU Hoiberg? I mean if this is the group of people we are targeting he doesn't look terrible compared to them.

Hodgson- I like him more than most on this list because of long ties to Oats. He had had his press conference. Would he bail? Its a big jump so he has to consider it.

Hodge- He isn't leaving WV after a week.

bobinator said:

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Lutz was a last minute add when I was looking at the salaries list and I've already talked myself into it. Texas guy, grew up in San Antonio, went to Ranger Junior College just like BCG. Coached under McDermott at Creighton, Kaspar at SFA, and Painter at Purdue.

Ten years ago I'd have said pulling a coach from Oklahoma State would be a sign that hell had frozen over but that program isn't what it used to be.

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Hop was the one on here saying we might lose Buzz to OSU

Obviously limited track record as a HC, but he's improved every team he's coached from what they were the previous year. People that don't pay a lot of attention to CBB probably aren't getting excited by it, but on paper it seems like a solid hire, but certainly would have its risks.

And as it pertains to OSU it is sad what they've let their hoops program become from where it used to be.

HossAg said:

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BYU with better NIL than us is depressing

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Its not even close. Significantly better.

Why a hard no on Lutz?

_lefraud_ said:

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I'm not. A&M has a history of making excuses for why coaches don't perform, I'm not interested in hearing that next year was a complete rebuild and that's why we missed the tournament, in year 7 no less.

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Its going to be a rebuild with or without Buzz so not sure what you mean by that

At least Buzz would have a foundation to go off of. A different coach would be starting possibly late in transfer cycle and from scratch

HossAg said:

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BYU with better NIL than us is depressing

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Having the owner of the Jazz being one of their major NIL 'donors' is what allows them to pay next year's number one recruit $5-7 million (possibly even 8 mil) for just one year.

I could have actually seen that though. I think the draw of Buzz is for a program that's financially below its peers when it comes to roster construction. You're looking for a "more bang for your buck" guy.

HossAg said:

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BYU with better NIL than us is depressing

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Our slums don't seem to wa t to incest in basketball nil

It's unfortunate because it's the one sport you can really elevate the easiest because it requires the least amount of players

Go nil whip a 2-3 studs from the portal, add in some role players and you've got a contender

bobinator said:

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I could have actually seen that though. I think the draw of Buzz is for a program that's financially below its peers when it comes to roster construction. You're looking for a "more bang for your buck" guy.

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but it was BS, hop was saying a team with recent multiple titles. OSU won their titles back in WW2

The NIL thing is a major wildcard moving forward because we don't know how (or even if) they're going to regulate collectives in the revenue sharing era which is supposed to start this fall.

I'm absolutely certain the SEC isn't going to let its schools fall behind, but the way the rules are currently structured that's what looks like is going to happen.

NyAggie said:

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HossAg said:

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BYU with better NIL than us is depressing

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Our slums don't seem to wa t to incest in basketball nil

It's unfortunate because it's the one sport you can really elevate the easiest because it requires the least amount of players

Go nil whip a 2-3 studs from the portal, add in some role players and you've got a contender

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This is one of the better auto-corrects I've seen in a while.

Cross and Forbes would certainly have me starting pretty skeptical.

I know Cross getting run out of UTA wasn't necessarily performance related, but his track record just does not lend itself to getting a job like this. He's a solid Sun Belt coach, I have a hard time believing he's more than that.

Forbes I thought had a lot of potential, but his run at WF has been less than inspiring and he's known to b*tch about things like KenPom and analytics, which isn't exactly encouraging with the way the game is trending. People around here hate Buzz offense, wait until they get a full season of Forbes offense.

No matter what you think of it, Forbes would be the most unimaginative (and most A&M) hire ever

bobinator said:

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Why a hard no on Lutz?

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Scares me. Small sample size. Can win a conference tournament for sure.

Also a guy that likes to talk about how he used to sweep the floor. I might be over those guys

NyAggie said:

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HossAg said:

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BYU with better NIL than us is depressing

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Our slums don't seem to wa t to incest in basketball nil

It's unfortunate because it's the one sport you can really elevate the easiest because it requires the least amount of players

Go nil whip a 2-3 studs from the portal, add in some role players and you've got a contender

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This didn't exactly work for Rutgers. You have to be able to put the role players around them too, so being prudent with how you allocate the $$ is super important.

Forbes and Moser both. They meet our #1 requirement for job candidacy - "have lived here before"

What are the optics if Buzz's name keeps being put out there saying he is "trying to get" a new job but he ends up not - how do you keep a guy like that? How does jr rebuild an entire roster with everyone saying "he tried to leave and he will leave next year?"

Kinda feels like this needs to be IMMEDIATELY refuted very strongly or he can't really be the coach at A&M next year (although we can't fire him, unless we figure out a way to do it for cause).

Added Moser to the list. I bet he gets brought up, realistic or not.

Yeah, that last part is the rub. What are we going to do about it?