Buzz's bread and butter is to always stay ahead of low expectations. Go to a low expectation program, improve them, and leave before expectations are raised.
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Don Powell said:
Buzz's bread and butter is to always stay ahead of low expectations. Go to a low expectation program, improve them, and leave before expectations are raised.
Maryland isn't that. They will expect immediate results. And not just making the tourney and leaving first weekend
BQ_90 said:Don Powell said:
Buzz's bread and butter is to always stay ahead of low expectations. Go to a low expectation program, improve them, and leave before expectations are raised.
Maryland isn't that. They will expect immediate results. And not just making the tourney and leaving first weekend
Yeah but if Buzz stays here there is a decent chance he gets fired after next season. The whole team needs to be replaced, and the SEC isn't getting easier. It could get ugly quick.
amercer said:BQ_90 said:Don Powell said:
Buzz's bread and butter is to always stay ahead of low expectations. Go to a low expectation program, improve them, and leave before expectations are raised.
Maryland isn't that. They will expect immediate results. And not just making the tourney and leaving first weekend
Yeah but if Buzz stays here there is a decent chance he gets fired after next season. The whole team needs to be replaced, and the SEC isn't getting easier. It could get ugly quick.
There is zero chance Trev will buyout Buzz, he's not spending that money he'll live with whatever results we have
Fun Fact: Tarleton State is part of the A&M system.
Very simple solution to all this!
Very simple solution to all this!
He also knows there is not $5 million+ of NIL money ever coming into this program.taylorswift13_ said:
The more this goes on the more you realize Buzz Williams is all talk… integrity and loyalty are thrown out the window when he's realized he threw all his marbles (building a roster wise) into one season and only gets by with one tournament win against Yale. He rather escape the challenge of rebuilding a roster, he rather block any criticism on social media, for as much as he talks about grit and being tough, he's soft…
Being in TexAgs jail changes a man……..no, not really
You lie and say you were never interested in Maryland. He's really boxed himself into a corner. It's like we should all expect on April 1 that the Maryland coach is fired and Buzz is hired. Otherwise from his perspective he's stuck at A&M with a rebuild, and no goodwill with the administration or fans. Maybe he plans on resigning. It makes no sense whatsoever unless he's already got a handshake deal with Maryland.bobinator said:
A year ago the play would have been to make some kind of big token NIL investment announcement if he has to come back but now that wouldn't work with the rules changes coming.
I don't know what you do publicly to make it seem like things are smoothed over if he has to come back.
Public relations should be the least of our concerns.
If Alberts believes Williams isn't the answer to A&M's basketball future, he should let Williams know and help him find a new job. If Williams doesn't like it here, he should certainly move on. A buyout deal can always be struck if both sides want to escape.
Everybody knows what the game is these days. You pay for coaches and you pay for players and occasionally the two merge perfectly. Mostly they don't.
At some point, A&M sports kings and fans are going to have to accept that national championships don't lie just a few NIL dollars away, or in just one more coaching hire. Whether it's Williams or someone else, it is time to buy a horse whose gait you like and ride him to the end.
If Alberts believes Williams isn't the answer to A&M's basketball future, he should let Williams know and help him find a new job. If Williams doesn't like it here, he should certainly move on. A buyout deal can always be struck if both sides want to escape.
Everybody knows what the game is these days. You pay for coaches and you pay for players and occasionally the two merge perfectly. Mostly they don't.
At some point, A&M sports kings and fans are going to have to accept that national championships don't lie just a few NIL dollars away, or in just one more coaching hire. Whether it's Williams or someone else, it is time to buy a horse whose gait you like and ride him to the end.
rangerdanger said:
Fun Fact: Tarleton State is part of the A&M system.
Very simple solution to all this!
Hopefully you're referring to the Pride of Normangee, and not what's left of BCG
TxAg76 said:rangerdanger said:
Fun Fact: Tarleton State is part of the A&M system.
Very simple solution to all this!
Hopefully you're referring to the Pride of Normangee, and not what's left of BCG
JJ isn't with BCG anymore, he's at UTSA
The facts are other schools have announced massive nil and additional scholarships for athletics and we haven't done that. At all.
Don Powell said:
Buzz's bread and butter is to always stay ahead of low expectations. Go to a low expectation program, improve them, and leave before expectations are raised.
Marquette doesn't fit that, and neither does Maryland.
Why do you think that the chance is good that he will be fired after next year?
He just had a year where he went 5-4 against teams that made the Sweet Sixteen!
A year where he led the team to beat a #1 ranked team for the first time in the history of the Men's Basketball Program at Texas A&M.
A year when he lead us to a "protected" top 4 seed in the NCAAT - his third (should have been 4th) NCAAT appearance in a row.
We were a made free throw away from beating a #1 seeded team last year to advance to the Sweet Sixteen- and an unfortunate offensive lull from beating an underseeded Michigan team this year to do the same - handling in the first rounds of both years a hot shooting Nebraska team last year in the first round and everyone's "upset special" this year in Yale - a team that had lost only 1 game in 2025 before encountering a tough Texas A&M Basketball Team.
The NET and ranking for this team achieved heights rarely seen for a Texas A&M Basketball team this past year. We had back to back years as the top offensive rebounding (and one of the top overall rebounding) team with a top 10 defense and toughness personified.
I understand the disappointment that we were NOT able to break through to the second weekend. I understand that folks believe his recruiting and style of play may not be what they want - but those are not "fire after one more year" kind of offenses. Rather, those are "get better - with increased NIL commitment" kind of goals to set.
The folks who have voted Buzz COTY in 2 of his first 6 years here are not idiots. Buzz is a good coach. He is likely trying to find the best path - like many other coaches- to how to best deal with NIL and Transfer Portal and all of that.
I don't know anything about his flirtation with Maryland - but go back to OP here about how the AD and Buzz can "patch things up" and address any dissatisfaction on either side - and then go forward to forge the best team we can put together for next year - using Payne and Solo and McDermott and the rest of the redshirt fish along with some experienced, talented transfers to become 2025-2026 Men's Aggie Basketball.
It seems like I am one of the few on the board as of late that feels this way - but I sincerely hope Buzz gets the commitment from the AD and then takes the challenge to "get better" at things (like recruiting) where he appears to be deficient in - while continuing his unique and very positive way of molding college boys from all sorts of backgrounds to become better young men who will truly represent the excellence of Texas A&M that all Aggies can be proud of in the future.
He just had a year where he went 5-4 against teams that made the Sweet Sixteen!
A year where he led the team to beat a #1 ranked team for the first time in the history of the Men's Basketball Program at Texas A&M.
A year when he lead us to a "protected" top 4 seed in the NCAAT - his third (should have been 4th) NCAAT appearance in a row.
We were a made free throw away from beating a #1 seeded team last year to advance to the Sweet Sixteen- and an unfortunate offensive lull from beating an underseeded Michigan team this year to do the same - handling in the first rounds of both years a hot shooting Nebraska team last year in the first round and everyone's "upset special" this year in Yale - a team that had lost only 1 game in 2025 before encountering a tough Texas A&M Basketball Team.
The NET and ranking for this team achieved heights rarely seen for a Texas A&M Basketball team this past year. We had back to back years as the top offensive rebounding (and one of the top overall rebounding) team with a top 10 defense and toughness personified.
I understand the disappointment that we were NOT able to break through to the second weekend. I understand that folks believe his recruiting and style of play may not be what they want - but those are not "fire after one more year" kind of offenses. Rather, those are "get better - with increased NIL commitment" kind of goals to set.
The folks who have voted Buzz COTY in 2 of his first 6 years here are not idiots. Buzz is a good coach. He is likely trying to find the best path - like many other coaches- to how to best deal with NIL and Transfer Portal and all of that.
I don't know anything about his flirtation with Maryland - but go back to OP here about how the AD and Buzz can "patch things up" and address any dissatisfaction on either side - and then go forward to forge the best team we can put together for next year - using Payne and Solo and McDermott and the rest of the redshirt fish along with some experienced, talented transfers to become 2025-2026 Men's Aggie Basketball.
It seems like I am one of the few on the board as of late that feels this way - but I sincerely hope Buzz gets the commitment from the AD and then takes the challenge to "get better" at things (like recruiting) where he appears to be deficient in - while continuing his unique and very positive way of molding college boys from all sorts of backgrounds to become better young men who will truly represent the excellence of Texas A&M that all Aggies can be proud of in the future.
He wouldn't be fired. That dude is clueless. His buyout to fire him would still be way too high.
You wrote all of that for nothing.
You wrote all of that for nothing.
zgolfz85 said:
He wouldn't be fired. That dude is clueless. His buyout to fire him would still be way too high.
You wrote all of that for nothing.
Think it would be 4 million this time next year
BQ_90 said:zgolfz85 said:
He wouldn't be fired. That dude is clueless. His buyout to fire him would still be way too high.
You wrote all of that for nothing.
Think it would be 4 million this time next year
And I still don't think we'd pay that to move him….unless it was an absolute abomination of a season, which I don't see happening.
zgolfz85 said:BQ_90 said:zgolfz85 said:
He wouldn't be fired. That dude is clueless. His buyout to fire him would still be way too high.
You wrote all of that for nothing.
Think it would be 4 million this time next year
And I still don't think we'd pay that to move him….unless it was an absolute abomination of a season, which I don't see happening.
I think next year the AD will have a better idea how the budget goes with rev sharing, NIL etc.
The person smiling the most today is Joni. She knows she's not getting fire no matter what now
Trev ain't paying all that.
Only way Buzz gets bought out is if both sides agree to a number.
Only way Buzz gets bought out is if both sides agree to a number.
Actually - I wrote all of that to do my best to provide a counterpoint to all the negativity I am seeing on this board right now.
Glad that it made you chuckle.
Glad that it made you chuckle.
If buzz is 'getable' then it's over. Once a crack like that surfaces you need to go a different direction before it's too late. Our program is headed for disaster with a potential 100% coach and player turn over. Next year could be rough and sooner the rebuild starts the better.
On the flip side if buzz wants to stay he needs to make some type of public statements immediately to squash all doubts and go get quality transfers.
And I have nothing against Buzz. I think he a great coach and leader. But hate the current climate.
On the flip side if buzz wants to stay he needs to make some type of public statements immediately to squash all doubts and go get quality transfers.
And I have nothing against Buzz. I think he a great coach and leader. But hate the current climate.
BSM said:
If buzz is 'getable' then it's over. Once a crack like that surfaces you need to go a different direction before it's too late. Our program is headed for disaster with a potential 100% coach and player turn over. Next year could be rough and sooner the rebuild starts the better.
On the flip side if buzz wants to stay he needs to make some type of public statements immediately to squash all doubts and go get quality transfers.
And I have nothing against Buzz. I think he a great coach and leader. But hate the current climate.
How can anyone listen to his public statements and not laugh in his face. It's clear he's been shopping around. You can't walk that back
If I'm Trev I'm throwing a bag at Luke Murray
leftlane4passing said:
If I'm Trev I'm throwing a bag at Luke Murray
I'm on this train too
been reading the Maryland boards, seems like they want him more than they want Buzz. Very telling.zgolfz85 said:leftlane4passing said:
If I'm Trev I'm throwing a bag at Luke Murray
I'm on this train too
Trev will make a fiscally sensible hire.
leftlane4passing said:been reading the Maryland boards, seems like they want him more than they want Buzz. Very telling.zgolfz85 said:leftlane4passing said:
If I'm Trev I'm throwing a bag at Luke Murray
I'm on this train too
Those people are idiots if they're not reading our boards. Hey Terps…good luck with Buzz
Be ready for every interview to be a wtf
exactly, who wouldn't want a team with a "young Obama"?zgolfz85 said:leftlane4passing said:been reading the Maryland boards, seems like they want him more than they want Buzz. Very telling.zgolfz85 said:leftlane4passing said:
If I'm Trev I'm throwing a bag at Luke Murray
I'm on this train too
Those people are idiots if they're not reading our boards. Hey Terps…good luck with Buzz
Be ready for every interview to be a wtf
Reno Hightower said:
Trev will make a fiscally sensible hire.
You want him to do the opposite?
I've posted this about all A&M athletics in the past, but sigh...once again. If you want better results out of current and future coaching staffs, then hire a "real" AD. We are in the SEC, not the SWC or B12.
Scott Woodward was the most accomplished to date and all he's done (despite the complaints) since leaving A&M is win a Football, Baseball, and Women's Basketball championsihp since taking over the reigns at an inferior collegiate program in all facets of academics, spend, facilities etc. This isn't rocket science, but it does take intellect, strategic thinking, and willingness to be open and frank about how to realistically accomplish the desired results.
Hate on Del Conte all you want (mostly out of jealousy), but he stands a much better chance statistically of winning...and a second tier AD at A&M only increases those odds.
Scott Woodward was the most accomplished to date and all he's done (despite the complaints) since leaving A&M is win a Football, Baseball, and Women's Basketball championsihp since taking over the reigns at an inferior collegiate program in all facets of academics, spend, facilities etc. This isn't rocket science, but it does take intellect, strategic thinking, and willingness to be open and frank about how to realistically accomplish the desired results.
Hate on Del Conte all you want (mostly out of jealousy), but he stands a much better chance statistically of winning...and a second tier AD at A&M only increases those odds.
I wish we could get our story straight on if we're super rich and should be spending on coaches because money is flowing out of our ears or if we need to tighten things up fiscally because revenue sharing is coming and we're in a tight spot on money.
It sure seems like it's the second one but some people are judging Alberts like it's the first.
I have no idea, but it can't be both.
It sure seems like it's the second one but some people are judging Alberts like it's the first.
I have no idea, but it can't be both.
bobinator said:
I wish we could get our story straight on if we're super rich and should be spending on coaches because money is flowing out of our ears or if we need to tighten things up fiscally because revenue sharing is coming and we're in a tight spot on money.
It sure seems like it's the second one but some people are judging Alberts like it's the first.
I have no idea, but it can't be both.
It can be both. We generate a bunch of revenue and we spend a lot of money. I,think the issue now,is the AD has to come up with 20+ million for rev sharing, plus additional millions in increased scholarship numbers.
And we still have Jimbo on the books.
Just cause Trev doesn't want to spend 10 million or whatever to fire Buzz, then pay another 4-8 to buyout somebody, doesn't mean we're broke
I'm not saying we're broke, we obviously have a ton of money flowing in and out. I just mean some people on here act like we have tons of extra money but seems to me the case is what you're saying, all that money is already accounted for. We don't have just piles of money sitting around to go nuts with.
bobinator said:
I'm not saying we're broke, we obviously have a ton of money flowing in and out. I just mean some people on here act like we have tons of extra money but seems to me the case is what you're saying, all that money is already accounted for. We don't have just piles of money sitting around to go nuts with.
Those people aren't actually looking at the numbers, it's hey hire this guy. Like Beard or McCasland, but don't see how much cash it would take
Simple question, would you work for the current AD? Knowing what you know that the school has not addressed the issues with Reed. This AD has a disturbing history at the University of Nebraska @ Omaha, and with the former Aggie baseball coach.
Ric Clark said:
Simple question, would you work for the current AD? Knowing what you know that the school has not addressed the issues with Reed. This AD has a disturbing history at the University of Nebraska @ Omaha, and with the former Aggie baseball coach.
Reed has been updated several times. Esp,the player facilities
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