Pat Forde seems to think Buzz to OU likely

[TulsaSooner]

.....FWIW

http://twitter.com/espn4d

 

[SoonerWarVet]

.....FWIW

http://twitter.com/espn4d

Twitter is banned at work. Can you post what he posted?

 

[Perk's Scowl]

"Shaka Smart and Chris Mooney will be high on every list, other than the seemingly likely Buzz Williams to Oklahoma move."

 

[Mr.B!!!]

Twitter is banned at work. Can you post what he posted?

Buzz to OU seems likely is the gist of it.

 

[OUsky]

BUZZ :clap

 

[Sooner_In_MI]

:woot

 

[coolm]

Betty Ford seems to think Buzz to OU likely

at least you're getting the rehab vote

 

[StoopsBros]

Pat Forde also picked Notre Dame to win it all. This is a guess from him, not factual. It's doubtful that he's even researched Buzz' buyout.

 

[trueou]

Pat Forde also picked Notre Dame to win it all. This is a guess from him, not factual. It's doubtful that he's even researched Buzz' buyout.

Who has really researched Buzz's buyout? All I have heard are wild guesses by anonymous message board people. I would be extremely surprised if it is more than one year's salary. Every coach has a dream job. I don't know what Buzz's dream job is but I am pretty sure that it is not Marquette. One would know that by understanding how he got there.

He was the head coach at the University of New Orleans right after Katrina. The school would not even reimburse coaches for recruiting trips. So Buzz quits and becomes an assistant at Marquette just to escape. When Crean left for Indiana, Buzz stared to follow him but Marquette asked him to stay. So his being there is kind of accidental to start with.

New Orleans sued Buzz over his $300,000 buyout. Marquette stepped up and finally paid the buyout for him. This may create a sense of loyalty to Marquette because they have treated him good. But his buyout problem with New Orleans would lead me to think he would not want that to stand between him and his dream job so I doubt he would agree to a really high one. I think we are getting disinformation from someone.

The real issue with Buzz will be whether or not we are closer to his dream job than Marquette.

Below is the article that gives some of this background information:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigeast/2009-02-24-marquette-buzz-williams_N.htm

 

[OUBig12Champs]

Re: Betty Ford seems to think Buzz to OU likely

What about Betty White?

 

[sooners78]

that guy really knows nothing, he probably picked up the what was said in our local papers that Buzz was our top choice

 

[Jason]

that guy really knows nothing, he probably picked up the what was said in our local papers that Buzz was our top choice

My buddy is a producer at ESPN, and Buzz to OU is the discussion around the office. But, it's not based on anything substantial.

 

[CMSOONER]

My buddy is a producer at ESPN, and Buzz to OU is the discussion around the office. But, it's not based on anything substantial.

They're just creating a story. That's what they do.

 

[Jason]

They're just creating a story. That's what they do.

Agreed, except they seem to know something over there. Not sure it's total speculation.