Kevin Willard & Buzz Williams Introduced at New Schools

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00:00All right, I wanted to play these two coaches.

00:02They were both introduced yesterday for their new jobs.

00:05Here's the great Kevin Willard, who jumped ship from Maryland

00:09over to Villanova.

00:11Here he is talking about why he wanted to go to Villanova.

00:15And at the end of the day, he doesn't

00:17want to talk about how things went at Maryland anymore.

00:19Obviously, I think some of my comments

00:21during the NCAA tournament probably

00:23could have been a little bit less abrasive.

00:26But unfortunately, sometimes when

00:29my passion for my program, my passion for my players

00:31come out, I get a little excited.

00:35The only thing I'm going to say is normal fans just

00:40don't understand what went on.

00:43I had such a great team.

00:44I was so focused on my team.

00:45I was so focused on my players.

00:48Winning those games, hitting a buzzer

00:50beer against Colorado State, beating out West

00:53with my team for 12 days was such a great experience for me.

00:58We had so much fun out there.

01:01The timeline, no one knows it.

01:02No one understands it.

01:04I can't change that, and I'm not worried about that.

01:06All I'm going to say is that Maryland just

01:09got a great coach and buzz, and I'm really happy for them.

01:11And I'm super excited to be at a great basketball conference

01:15here, and I just think it's time that everyone move on.

01:18OK, so let me move on to this then, coach.

01:21Thanks so much for all your advice.

01:23This guy has been the one sweet 16.

01:27He is the most overrated basketball coach

01:29I've ever seen in my life that keeps getting big jobs.

01:32I mean, honest to God.

01:34Like, let's just stop with all this nonsense.

01:38And it's pretty obvious he's a backstabber.

01:40I mean, like, what more do you need to know the way he

01:43handled the team in Maryland?

01:45Like, who didn't he throw under the bus at Maryland?

01:48And then, like, he lied through his teeth the whole time.

01:52Like, so we know who he really is now full on.

01:55So enjoy him while you got him in there,

01:59and watch your wallets and cell phones.

02:03Watch your wallets and cell phones, indeed.

02:05So Buzz Williams was introduced at Maryland.

02:07Did he hear all of the things that Kevin Willard was

02:11saying last week about the program

02:13and how there needs to be more that gets done, et cetera?

02:17Buzz apparently knew nothing about that

02:19when he took the Maryland job.

02:20Liar.

02:21I think that that's not to speak ill towards Coach

02:25Willard or the team.

02:27I didn't hear all of it, nor do I think all of it's important.

02:31But relative to what I thought was

02:33important on the commitment going forward,

02:36on what is needed to be successful at the highest

02:41level, there was never any question from them

02:45on the commitment for us, me, the staff, NIL, the players,

02:52the resources, the Gossett Center.

02:55I saw that this morning with a hard hat on.

02:57Like, I don't know how many of those

02:59will be available in August that's going

03:01to be the best in the country.

03:03So I'm not trying to be argumentative on anything,

03:07but I'm at peace with all of it.

03:10OK, well, one guy said they're cheap as F,

03:13and the other guy says it's the greatest situation I've ever

03:16seen in my life, and we got a new arena.

03:18I'll give him this.

03:19He's got a new arena.

03:21And I'll give him this.

03:23He can coach.

03:24I'll also give him this.

03:25This guy moves around like a United van lines.

03:29Like him in six years at College Park,

03:34he'll be gone in three years.

03:36Four years max, he'll be gone again.

03:38All he does is change jobs.

03:40This guy has changed jobs five times.

03:44I mean, honestly, he's from Texas, and he walked on them.

03:51And they got more money than God down there at College Station

03:54to go to Maryland.

03:56And I got to tell you, look, I think Maryland's

04:00pretty decent in basketball.

04:01I'll give him that.

04:02I think they are.

04:03I really do.

04:05But nothing else.

04:08I mean, it's not that attractive.

04:10Are you kidding me?

04:12I mean, I could talk about seven programs in the Big 10

04:16that are more attractive, at least.

04:18When I got 14 teams, half of the conference

04:21is better than Maryland in terms of, like,

04:23let's just get real here.

04:24Like, what, you're going to tell me Maryland's better

04:26than Michigan, coaching at Ann Arbor?

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