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Buzz won't make it to 26/27
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Oh yeah I had no problem with him recruiting those guys with one foot out the door. It was apparent he was recruiting them to himself and not to A&M which is how most coaches operate now.
I was just thinking to myself last night about how there was a very real scenario where 75% of that Maryland roster could have been playing for us this season and how awful that would've been.
I was just thinking to myself last night about how there was a very real scenario where 75% of that Maryland roster could have been playing for us this season and how awful that would've been.
Poor Solo.
Buzz keeps letting him shoot threes and he keeps missing. For four years!
23% this year and 24% for his career - 37 of 154
Buzz keeps letting him shoot threes and he keeps missing. For four years!
23% this year and 24% for his career - 37 of 154
I think that's at the heart of this whole thing if you take away all of the people that seem personally offended by Buzz or whatever. Some people hated him the whole time and want to dance on his grave here, that's fine, not worth trying to talk them out of it.
But people can handle a step back if the peak is worth the valley. We were clearly building toward last year. And it was a good year. But it wasn't like an INCREDIBLY good year where you'd be fine tolerating completely missing the tournament this year.
I think that's why almost everyone, including people like me who thought people saying we should fire Buzz were living in some kind of fantasy land, were hoping he'd find another job to take. I even talked about it during the season but the vibe at Reed last year was just off. I think everyone was ready to try something else but we were never going to fire the guy.
I don't think he was some kind of charlatan or fraud. He's a pretty good coach. But being pretty good isn't exactly inspiring when you play a brutal style of basketball AND you're more or less openly hostile to your own fans.
But people can handle a step back if the peak is worth the valley. We were clearly building toward last year. And it was a good year. But it wasn't like an INCREDIBLY good year where you'd be fine tolerating completely missing the tournament this year.
I think that's why almost everyone, including people like me who thought people saying we should fire Buzz were living in some kind of fantasy land, were hoping he'd find another job to take. I even talked about it during the season but the vibe at Reed last year was just off. I think everyone was ready to try something else but we were never going to fire the guy.
I don't think he was some kind of charlatan or fraud. He's a pretty good coach. But being pretty good isn't exactly inspiring when you play a brutal style of basketball AND you're more or less openly hostile to your own fans.
Field of 68’s Jeff Goodman on Buzz Williams:
— Inside Maryland Sports (@Terrapins247) February 6, 2026
“Buzz is diabolical enough to bottom out in Year 1 so everyone can say what an incredible job he does in Year 2 when they go to the NIT or the Crown. Coaches don’t get 4-5 years like in the past. Now it’s probably more 3-year window.” pic.twitter.com/s5raUTpe9u
they sure do here
bobinator said:
Yeah this is where I was at. It was insane to think we'd even consider paying $15M to fire a basketball coach coming off a tournament win. Never gonna happen.
Yeah, never gonna happen. Just glad buzz did us a favor and left on his own
AggieCrew44 said:Sure. The sport was also different then when he got the job. It was impossible to flip a roster like you can now. The portal wasn't a thing. It was almost expected to have a 2-3 year rebuildNyAggie said:AggieCrew44 said:Oh I agree. Say buzz had stayed and had 2 more straight first rounds bounces, I'd be frustrated too and probably wanting to go a different direction at that point because I expect more out of our program than that. I just personally feel like a 3 year sample is still pretty small in a tourney that is kinda flukey at times with matchups and stuffNyAggie said:AggieCrew44 said:Football and basketball/march madness are not even remotely the sameNyAggie said:AggieCrew44 said:
Judging a coach purely by how they do in a single elimination tourney remains a fool's errand, yet people still do it
See Sean McDermott
Dude was a consistent winner in the regular season with multiple division titles but continually failed in the playoff
Result?
Fired
Eventually you need to do some damage in the postseason or you'll be thought to have hit your ceiling and will get the boot
Marty Schottenheimer was another one who was really good in the regular season but a failure in the playoffs and got the boot because of it
Those are both nfl examples, but the same can be said for college hoops
Why do you think calipari jumped to Arkansas?
Because he was failing in March and knew that one more March failure and he'd be fired
So he reset his clock at Arkansas
It would probably take me 5, 6, maybe 7 runs at the tourney with first round exits before i go "you know what maybe this isn't going to get much better and we should go a different direction".
The best predictor of a deep tourney run is how often you get there. You'll eventually break through.
I do agree with just get there a d let the chips fall, but I can also see the other dude where frustration starts to set in when you keep getting in but having early exits
There's definitely a breaking point
If you can't at least make a sweet 16 in 4 or 5 tourney appearances it might be time for a change
It does help Immensely to make a sweet 16 when you are getting high seeds instead of 8/9/10 etc..
Yeah, 3 years maybe not enough but when you tack on a couple of years of not even making it before that, it's easy to see why fans would want to go in a different direction
What Bucky has done in year one is incredible. We can also acknowledge that this wouldn't have been possible 7 years ago with the rules
Absolutely, but then we wouldn't have been left with an empty roster pre-portal
I dunno, in this new era I'm not so sure.
If a coach came in now and didn't even sniff the tournament for three years I think they're probably toast right unless there's some really extenuating circumstances.
Especially because it's unlikely we'll ever have a coach making money like Buzz was making.
If a coach came in now and didn't even sniff the tournament for three years I think they're probably toast right unless there's some really extenuating circumstances.
Especially because it's unlikely we'll ever have a coach making money like Buzz was making.
i'm thinking more across the athletic department. I can't remember a coach we fired before their original contract ran out. Maybe some w. golf coach that Woodward overpaid for from USC west.
Well yeah, I think basically every other sport is a different situation though where we're not going to buy anyone out unless we absolutely have to.
*stares at the women's basketball team*
*stares at the women's basketball team*
rlb28 said:Field of 68’s Jeff Goodman on Buzz Williams:
— Inside Maryland Sports (@Terrapins247) February 6, 2026
“Buzz is diabolical enough to bottom out in Year 1 so everyone can say what an incredible job he does in Year 2 when they go to the NIT or the Crown. Coaches don’t get 4-5 years like in the past. Now it’s probably more 3-year window.” pic.twitter.com/s5raUTpe9u
100%. Amazing how fast Maryland fans are catching on.
I wouldn't be so bold to say that Buzz purposely lost when he first got here. But A&M was horrible and I blame the staff in large part. He then went into hero mode making A&M competitive by the very end of the first season.
but a MBB coach only has to show a little progress and we'll throw him a new deal. Hell we gave BK a new deal when nobody wanted him.
The way we were sprinting and jumping at every single three point shooter to start the year made me think he was trying to lose on purpose at first. It was infuriating how bad we were. I remember thinking this buzz guy is a moron then that method magically disappeared and we started winningAston04 said:rlb28 said:Field of 68’s Jeff Goodman on Buzz Williams:
— Inside Maryland Sports (@Terrapins247) February 6, 2026
“Buzz is diabolical enough to bottom out in Year 1 so everyone can say what an incredible job he does in Year 2 when they go to the NIT or the Crown. Coaches don’t get 4-5 years like in the past. Now it’s probably more 3-year window.” pic.twitter.com/s5raUTpe9u
100%. Amazing how fast Maryland fans are catching on.
I wouldn't be so bold to say that Buzz purposely lost when he first got here. But A&M was horrible and I blame the staff in large part. He then went into hero mode making A&M competitive by the very end of the first season.
Well that's why I said in this era. Our history definitely points the other way.
But I don't think a BK situation would happen again. He was EXTREMELY lucky to make it past his third season. Conference change, Kyle Field project, etc.
But I don't think a BK situation would happen again. He was EXTREMELY lucky to make it past his third season. Conference change, Kyle Field project, etc.
I'd argue in the nil and free transfer era if you can't be competitive by year 2 you may need to start looking elsewhere
I'll give a coach the benefit of doubt year 1 (maybe not Maryland without Payne horrendous but still). Often a shortened offseason with the transition. Lots of change everywhere.
I'll give a coach the benefit of doubt year 1 (maybe not Maryland without Payne horrendous but still). Often a shortened offseason with the transition. Lots of change everywhere.
only if we keep Trev, but again our history is he'll be gone in another year or two. Then we start all over again.
I think Maryland fans are catching on mostly because of us. What hardcore fan doesn't check the boards of the school of a coach you hired to get a temp check.
Hell most of their fans were against it from the beginning, though they talked themselves into it for a while after the recruiting like everyone does.
Hell most of their fans were against it from the beginning, though they talked themselves into it for a while after the recruiting like everyone does.
I think we more or less did that his whole time here when we were out of rotation. It was so frequent that it was obviously on purpose.
I do wonder if he's changed his defensive approach at Maryland. I haven't watched them a ton other than last night and they were running a little more traditional halfcourt trap from what it looked like.
That's the thing I was pretty sure he was going to have to change. His defense is just insanely complicated in this era with so much roster turnover. We sucked on defense to start basically every season until last one right?
I do wonder if he's changed his defensive approach at Maryland. I haven't watched them a ton other than last night and they were running a little more traditional halfcourt trap from what it looked like.
That's the thing I was pretty sure he was going to have to change. His defense is just insanely complicated in this era with so much roster turnover. We sucked on defense to start basically every season until last one right?
We did do that to an extent, but it was definitely over exaggerated to startbobinator said:
I think we more or less did that his whole time here when we were out of rotation. It was so frequent that it was obviously on purpose.
I do wonder if he's changed his defensive approach at Maryland. I haven't watched them a ton other than last night and they were running a little more traditional halfcourt trap from what it looked like.
That's the thing I was pretty sure he was going to have to change. His defense is just insanely complicated in this era with so much roster turnover. We sucked on defense to start basically every season until last one right?
Bucky is the best damn coach since BCG and I think its only a matter of time before he flies by him. He will win a natty here and that is what his goal is to make us like a Bama or Auburn who were always decent but never did anything until Oatts and Pearl took them to the final four.
JJxvi said:
The Big Ten has two teams worse than Maryland in it. Together they make up a total of 3 that are worse than the SEC's worst team, Mississippi State.
Let's give credit where it is due. OU is by far the worst team in the SEC - and lost by ~20 to Miss State.
After landing at No. 182 in the latest NET rankings, Maryland is officially the lowest-ranked power conference school in the country. pic.twitter.com/k83iemr4xc
— Inside Maryland Sports (@Terrapins247) February 6, 2026
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