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Was at a function before the at UCONN game where LW was speaking and some tool asked him about bringing football back. He stated he would if said tool would write him a check for $250 million. I turned and laughed at the guy(I don't discriminate in my mocking).
MUAlpha has always been an equal opportunity mocker.
Did you see those two high fiving in West Virgininia? No issues there in my estimation.
The thing that I found bizarre is they actually asked him or he commented on his own that he wants Buzz "back".
What? Really.....is this news?.....The guy is under a long term contract and has us ranked in the top 10, made the sweet 16 last year and this even needs to be commented on?
That comment really struck me too.
That is why I started this thread. It was an odd comment. I am curious if that was taken a bit out of context, whether it is poor wording by Larry or is there an issue.
The article made me wonder just how far this "review" of athletics could take us... I didn't feel comfortable with the tone
As for as the possible "hatchet job", I know Don Walker. He is not that way. Sure, he has written an article or two that did not make MU fans happy, but he is a straight shooter. Reports on the business of things - actually an MU fan.
Ok, here is one thing I don't like about JS Online. When we update stories here, it will say, "updated 3/5/2012 at 7:48 am. JS Online does not do that. The reason why I mention that, is it appears the comment has been adjusted. Now it says, "I expect Buzz back. Want him back," Williams said. "I think we started something good with him. . . . I'd be excited to help him grow as a coach."
Yesterday it did not say "want him back". I am not 100% positive, but I believe it said, "We hope to have him back".
Having worked at the Journal I know this happens often, at times when someone realizes a mistake, but often when the subject of the article takes issue with it. Can only guess why this one changed.
I did not read the article until sunday evening, after I read this thread. I took the comments differently than most here have (maybe due to an expectation driven by this thread). In the paper copy, it did say "Want him back". I took those specific comments to be in a response to a question about how Buzz is on the radar of other programs with coaching vacancies. Could be mistaken, but that is the way I read it.
As for the dancing comments, they seemed to flow into a larger statement that Williams was trying to make. From what I have heard, Buzz was embarassed (maybe too strong a word) by the incident and fall out. Larry seemed to poorly mesh his comments into being concerned about "burn out" with Buzz. I see where he was headed, but probably should have dusted off the dance comments a little better.