BREAKING NEWS!!!Cuonzo Martin removes name from Marquette search

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The writer who covers Marquette for the Milwaukee Journal was on the radio in Milwaukee and wrote a story about the process today. According to him, Martin had a bad interview with the school President, that's what he said on the radio. In his story, the President said the talks with Martin were a dead end. They had people meet Wojo on Saturday, loved him, the President flew him to Milwaukee on Sunday and he killed in the interview and they offered him the job.

May just be Marquette's spin on it.
 
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May very well be, because I find that hard to believe.

Reason being...the story when Martin was hired at UT was that he came to interview, absolutely blew it out of the water, and Hamilton went and stopped him at the airport before he could fly back to Missouri to seal the deal. Said he didn't want to let him out of Knoxville without taking the job.

That could also be UTs spin on it, but seems like 2 complete opposites there.
 
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Unimane said:
Believe what you want, but I'll trust my high school friend of 30 years who has been a college assistant in Wisconsin for over 10 years and recruits Milwaukee regularly, plus knows a myriad of Marquette people. He wasn't the guy.
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If there were factions as you say...isn't it possible Martin wasn't the choice of those your friend was in contact with?

Or he was their choice, he removed his name, and they're simply saving face?

I don't really care what the case really is, but its never cut and dry, man.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
The writer who covers Marquette for the Milwaukee Journal was on the radio in Milwaukee and wrote a story about the process today. According to him, Martin had a bad interview with the school President, that's what he said on the radio. In his story, the President said the talks with Martin were a dead end. They had people meet Wojo on Saturday, loved him, the President flew him to Milwaukee on Sunday and he killed in the interview and they offered him the job.

May just be Marquette's spin on it.
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link?



the only thing reason I could think this might be true is that Martin is not exactly Catholic. But they had to know that ahead of time.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
The writer who covers Marquette for the Milwaukee Journal was on the radio in Milwaukee and wrote a story about the process today. According to him, Martin had a bad interview with the school President, that's what he said on the radio. In his story, the President said the talks with Martin were a dead end. They had people meet Wojo on Saturday, loved him, the President flew him to Milwaukee on Sunday and he killed in the interview and they offered him the job.

May just be Marquette's spin on it.
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Here's a transcript of te interview at MU:

Something something tremendous. Something something successful.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
The writer who covers Marquette for the Milwaukee Journal was on the radio in Milwaukee and wrote a story about the process today. According to him, Martin had a bad interview with the school President, that's what he said on the radio. In his story, the President said the talks with Martin were a dead end. They had people meet Wojo on Saturday, loved him, the President flew him to Milwaukee on Sunday and he killed in the interview and they offered him the job.

May just be Marquette's spin on it.
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Wouldn't surprise me at all.

Cuonzo doesn't strike me as the type of guy who is comfortable discussing himself, or hyping what he has accomplished.

Also, I know post-game shows and half-time interviews aren't necessarily 'interviews'...but if you listen to CCM discuss a game, as compared to Wojo...you'd definitely be more impressed with Wojo. JMO, of course.
 
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WallyBalls said:
If there were factions as you say...isn't it possible Martin wasn't the choice of those your friend was in contact with?

Or he was their choice, he removed his name, and they're simply saving face?

I don't really care what the case really is, but its never cut and dry, man.
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The faction was led by people who have little pull, in the end. It's a mess, but the actual shot callers at Marquette never offered Martin. They wanted Coach Floor Slapper and that's who they got.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
The writer who covers Marquette for the Milwaukee Journal was on the radio in Milwaukee and wrote a story about the process today. According to him, Martin had a bad interview with the school President, that's what he said on the radio. In his story, the President said the talks with Martin were a dead end. They had people meet Wojo on Saturday, loved him, the President flew him to Milwaukee on Sunday and he killed in the interview and they offered him the job.

May just be Marquette's spin on it.
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here's the article. doesn't say anything about a bad interview.
"I had communications with Shaka," incoming Marquette President Mike Lovell said Tuesday. "I can tell you he seems to be a pretty good guy. He's going to stay at VCU for a while and I'm not sure what he's ultimately looking for, but I think he's got something very selective in his mind."

Lovell then talked to former UCLA coach Ben Howland, who was Lovell's colleague at the University of Pittsburgh.

"Ben Howland wanted the job," Lovell said. "I talked to my friend, the chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh who ultimately hired him. And I got to talk to Ben. We shared some good memories of some good teams he had there in the early 2000s when I was there."

Marquette put him on hold.

Then the three-man search committee — interim athletic director Bill Cords, interim president Father Robert Wild and Board of Trustees vice chairman John Ferraro — brought Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin to Lovell's attention. Those talks reached a dead end.
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bonus fact: the author's name is actually Mike Hunt.
 
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dal9 said:
here's the article. doesn't say anything about a bad interview.


bonus fact: the author's name is actually Mike Hunt.
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As I said, the writer said Martin had a bad interview on the 1250am in Milwaukee. There's a thread about it on the Marquette forums. The write said he tanked in the interview. Since the writer had just spoken to Marquette's president, that's apparently what he was told by the President.
 
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sport3500 said:
Any news on the contract situation yet?
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A raise and an extension are pretty much standard, at this point. Without one, you start damaging the coach's credibility and recruiting. I don't know exact details, though.
 
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Unimane said:
A raise and an extension are pretty much standard, at this point. Without one, you start damaging the coach's credibility and recruiting. I don't know exact details, though.
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What I have heard is a 3 yr extension and a raise to 2.3 per year
 
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