Do you feel betrayed Marquette? The leader of our beloved
basketball program is gone. And to all places Virginia Tech. Buzz Williams, the
guy who once could do no wrong (rumors had it that he once walked on water),
packed his bags and is out the door. Bye Buzz, we barely knew you. No
seriously, we never really knew the real Buzz Williams until the end.
When I stepped on Marquette’s campus as a freshman with my
hairline intact, I heard all the talk about how Buzz was the greatest
thing since sliced bread. Who couldn’t love the guy? He danced on the court
after a win at West Virginia, sang songs at Marquette Madness, and was
charismatic in every interview. The media ate that sh** up and so did all of Marquette
nation. At one point in time I contemplated naming my first born son Buzz, which
probably would have upset my dad now that I think about it. Anyways, Buzz was
riding on cloud nine. Scandal after scandal rocked the Marquette basketball
program, costing many people their jobs, except Buzz. He walked out of the wreckage hands held high. His on the
court success helped his cause. Buzz led Marquette to an Elite Eight and two
Sweet Sixteens. Nobody could touch the man. The administration gave him a hefty
$2 million dollar contract extension. Life was good for Benedict Arnol...I mean Buzz Williams, until this year.
I don’t want to relive this past season. It is over. Done. Marquette
sucked on the court and decided to reject a CBI invite like they were some
prestigious program like Duke. Buzz saw that the end to his glorious time at Marquette
was coming to an end. Instead of dealing with rebuilding a program, he was a
coward and exited stage right.
Do I have your blood boiling yet Marquette fans? We were
stood up. We were made to look like a bunch of fools. A bunch of articles will
come out in the next few days praising Buzz for his time here and saying that
we shouldn’t give him a hard time for leaving. That is some horse crap. Buzz left
us at the altar. He went from a hero to a complete fraud in a matter of a few minutes.
On The Sports ReKap on Wednesday, my co-host DJ Vogt (who was the first person this year to point out Buzz as a fraud) and I
were spit balling the idea of what would happen to the Marquette program if
Buzz left. Some playful banter to pass the time. What we came up with was close
to a nightmare.
Now that Buzz is gone, what happens to the recruits? What
happens to the players that should be on the roster next year? Do Deonte
Burton and JaJuan Johnson transfer? Will everyone transfer except Derrick
Wilson and Juan Anderson; which would be the worst nightmare of them all?
This program is in disarray. It’s like that game Jenga. You
stack the blocks and keep pulling others out until the whole tower comes
crashing down. Well the Marquette basketball tower has officially fallen. The
writing was on the wall that Buzz would leave this year; we just wished to
ignore it.
Agree with Kap or still love Buzz? Leave a comment below.
Nick Kapetan hosts The Sports ReKap sponsored by Sobelman's with DJ Vogt on MarquetteWire.org every Wednesday from 11:30 AM-1:00PM CT.
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