Zags: Buzz Williams to Texas A&M

[tcf15]

Buzz Williams to Texas A&M is 'Done': Sources | Zagsblog
Buzz Williams will be the next head coach at Texas A&M after his Virginia Tech team lost here in the Sweet 16 to Duke on Friday night, multiple sources said.

“That’s done,” one source said before Duke edged out Virginia Tech, 75-73, to advance to the Elite Eight.

Williams, 46, is a Greenville, Texas native and former A&M assistant under Billy Gillispie from 2004-06.

 

[Hurleyman216]

Wow...that’s a Randy Edsall move right there. Way to let the dust settle after your season ending loss.

 

[BY06518]

How soon till Sampson becomes the next coach at Arkansas?

Can we get back in on Anthony Harris?

 

[Drew]

How soon till Sampson becomes the next coach at Arkansas?

Can we get back in on Anthony Harris?

This is a quick aside but if/when Sampson goes to Arkansas Joseph Duarte (Houston reporter) was on Sirius XM yesterday and he said Houston will go hard after Musselman from Nevada

 

[huskymedic]

This is a quick aside but if/when Sampson goes to Arkansas Joseph Duarte (Houston reporter) was on Sirius XM yesterday and he said Houston will go hard after Musselman from Nevada

Musselman is making a $1m @ Nevada. Money won’t be an issue.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Wow. If a mediocre SEC school can lure Buzz away from a decent ACC program...not sure if there’s any hope for any of us in the American.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

He is a fun guy to watch coach and his teams always play incredibly hard but he’ll never be a championship level coach.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Wow. If a mediocre SEC school can lure Buzz away from a decent ACC program...not sure if there’s any hope for any of us in the American.

Our conference has Penny Hardaway, Kelvin Sampson, Dan Hurley, Gregg Marshall, Mick Cronin and Johnny Dawkins.

 

[BY06518]

Our conference has Penny Hardaway, Kelvin Sampson, Dan Hurley, Gregg Marshall, Mick Cronin and Johnny Dawkins.

Sampson and Dawkins are going to be leaving soon.

Dawkins to Vandy and Sampson to Arkansas

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Sampson and Dawkins are going to be leaving soon.

Dawkins to Vandy and Sampson to Arkansas

First of all, that's pure speculation.
Second, I'm not sure what that has to do with the original point that there's no hope for AAC teams to lure good coaches.

 

[Jaker]

seems like a lateral move go to T-A&M, don't see the logic

 

[Drew]

First of all, that's pure speculation.
Second, I'm not sure what that has to do with the original point that there's no hope for AAC teams to lure good coaches.

Agreed. If Tulane can hire Ron Hunter I think Houston and/or UCF would be more than fine if they needed to find replacements

 

[lange10]

Cronin to VT

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Agreed. If Tulane can hire Ron Hunter I think Houston and/or UCF would be more than fine if they needed to find replacements

Yeah. Freaking Tulane, an 0-18 team in this conference, lured a good coach.
I'm not sold he will have success any time soon at Tulane, but he's still a good coach.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Buzz Williams to Texas A&M is 'Done': Sources | Zagsblog
Buzz Williams will be the next head coach at Texas A&M after his Virginia Tech team lost here in the Sweet 16 to Duke on Friday night, multiple sources said.

“That’s done,” one source said before Duke edged out Virginia Tech, 75-73, to advance to the Elite Eight.

Williams, 46, is a Greenville, Texas native and former A&M assistant under Billy Gillispie from 2004-06.

did the same while at marquette... doesnt surprise me

 

[Jaker]

It;s a shame Ollie made a mess of things, had he walked quietly, with all the openings he might have another coaching job already.

 

[djct1999]

seems like a lateral move go to T-A&M, don't see the logic

He was an assistant there and is from Texas. Some guys just want to go home. This isn’t lateral at all for him.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Our conference has Penny Hardaway, Kelvin Sampson, Dan Hurley, Gregg Marshall, Mick Cronin and Johnny Dawkins.

For now...

 

[Hoophound]

Buzz is from Texas and once worked at A&M. He’s going home.

Houston not retaining Sampson would mean nothing to us. We are a destination basketball job. When we are back to competing for Final Fours you’ll quickly see our massive brand equity restored. Gonzaga is a destination job. If St Mary’s loses their coach, that won’t matter to Gonzaga. .

 

[whaler11]

Our conference has Penny Hardaway, Kelvin Sampson, Dan Hurley, Gregg Marshall, Mick Cronin and Johnny Dawkins.

Johnny Dawkins who took Stanford to the NCAA tourney once in a decade. Wow.

 

[HawkHusky]

Cronin to VT

Did you hear/see something or is that just a guess?

 

[CL82]

It;s a shame Ollie made a mess of things, had he walked quietly, with all the openings he might have another coaching job already.

Which raises an interesting question. Say Coach X is under NCAA investigation and School Y hires him. Later NCAA issues a Show Cause Order. Does a Show Cause order merely state that any future school who hires X must show cause why it should be allowed, or does it say that School Y must show cause why it should be allowed to continue to let him coach?

 

[Jaker]

He was an assistant there and is from Texas. Some guys just want to go home. This isn’t lateral at all for him.

makes sense then

 

[mrl2016]

Did you hear/see something or is that just a guess?

Ask @rayrayfor3

 

[Kathy]

seems like a lateral move go to T-A&M, don't see the logic

Was assistant there and is from Texas - lateral might be fine if he's going home.