Buzz and Al

[MUMac]

Totally agree. Though, I'm pretty sure at one point in the second half last night I saw him scream "Shut the f*** up and play" to one of our guys on the floor

Yes and I did not mean to imply he does not use the negative or get on the players/officials.  He does, but not in a more subtle way.  We just don't see the outbursts, the tirades ... We would never see a dance out of Huggy, for example, but we might see him look like his head will explode.  Haven't see that from Buzz, that I recall.

[dgies9156]

On the contare, Al gathered his team at the Clock Steakhouse on a Friday, in early December prior to a Saturday night game vs. Minnesota to inform them that the 76-77 season be his last. The Warriors then laid a turd and promptly lost to the Gophers. Remember it today like it was yesterday.

Baloney.

Al took them to the "Voom Voom Room."

To quote Al at the time, "It was the only place where all of them knew where it was."

And the egg we laid was versus Louisville. It was the Saturday after final exams and we NEVER won that game. That's the game we should have scheduled St. Norberts or something.

For those of you who don't know what the Voom Voom room was, use your imagination!!!

[muwarrior97]

After watching the clips of Buzz and Huggins talkin hoops with all of those good ole boys, I had the impression that Buzz genuinely admires Huggins as a coach.

Many of us see Huggins as the guy who graduated no one in a decade at Cinci. Buzz sees a tough guy from nothing who's won 700 games by preaching and teaching toughness. Beyond that professional admiration Buzz has stated several times that Huggins was kind to hi
when he was a nobody coaching juco.

All of this is to say that Buzz, in my opinion, would not want to show up Huggins or his school.

I believe Buzz was euphoric after winning a huge road game in which he also got to teach his team once again that they have to be accountable to each other and the team rules.

Beyond the team win Buzz was elated for Jae. Jae and Buzz have a special bond. Jae us the kind of tough kid Buzz loves. He just saw that kid CARRY his team with 40 minutes of absolute grit. And he did it with the spotlight of ESPN's national audience tuning in to see West Virginia's BE POY front runner. Buzz and Jae were in a long, drippingly sweaty hug as everyone else drifted off the court.

At the moment his red neck ears hear "Country Road." and he responded naturally, honestly, earnestly, joyfully. It was as honest as honest gets.

That said, I think the apology was sincere and justified. Buzz did something that many would consider a taunt. And he did it on the floor of a Hall of Fame coach he respects. In Buzz's coach-centric world, that's an infraction of the code.

To top it off, he did it while representing a university who's mission he discusses at length publicly and immediately after publicly holding his players accountable for breaking a team rule.

I'm not embarrassed by what Buzz did but, knowing who he is, I'm not surprised that he is.

Amen brother!!! RIP AL, roll-on warriors and keep the buzzsanity goin'

[Knight Commission]

If we weren't winning Buzz's eccentric personality would not be as well received.  Dukiet had a similiar personality but we forget it because of his lack of success. Also, Buzz is reminding me a lot of that Texas Tech football coach who got away with an eccentric personality because of the team's success. 

[JoBo2756]

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[4everwarriors]

Are you kiddin' me? Dukiet, on his best day, had the personality of a piano playin' monk.