Coach Weber gets a new gig ...

Never had an issue with Weber and always felt he did things the right way and was a good human being. My brother ran into him in an elevator one time, probably at the Big 12 Tournament I think and he had no issues asking him for a selfie and even chatted with him for a few minutes as our mom is an Illinois grad and always liked Bruce when he coached there so he was tickled to talk about about too apparently.

As a head coach he has 1 NCAA Final Four and national championship runner up, an elite 8, 2 sweet 16, and 13 NCAA appearances, 6 regular season conference titles in 3 different conferences, 1 national coach of the year and coach of the year in 3 different conferences. A lot of guys would call that a pretty successful career probably. Last 3 years at KSU were rough but still finished with an overall winning record at all 3 schools he coached at and a 497-302 (.622) on his career.
 


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At least he's going to the Big 12 Network. Wait...we don't have one of those.
 
The fanbase was split down the middle on both Bruce and Frank. Love or hate. It was an odd time. After missing the tournament last year, most everyone thought it was time for a change though.

Tang has put all that angst to closure, thankfully.
We’ll see.
 
I've never seen a coach reach out the way he has to students and the fanbase. He's like the Roadrunner in that way, he's everywhere. But proof of his mettle will be on the court. We'll see. He was my first choice, for sure.


Oh dat dang Tang!
 
Bruce is 65 now. The stress of competing had clearly gotten to him with all the losing.

Quirky but always a gentleman who loathed cheaters. He never did anything wrong other than attack the court like he was coaching AAU.

I'm glad for him. Always admire his ethics. He won more championships at K-State than anyone dating back to Jack Hartman in the 80s. And he's a good dude.

Not sure how he'll do on TV though. Thought Knight would be great. He wasn't. Al was the best. Fran is very good.
I've never really had an opinion one way or another on Bruce Weber, other than I didn't dislike him. I also don't think I've ever heard him speak (can't remember anyway). Here is a clip of his resignation statement. It's pretty long. I just listened to the first 3-4 minutes.


I like him. Good luck to Bruce!
This is cool.
He's had some well-documented issues with his voice since childhood. I like when networks are brave enough to give work to people with valuable insights who sound (or look) a little different. It seems like there are a lot of bland, cookie-cutter announcers out there.
 
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He's got a great mind for analysis, but man I hope his voice gets better without being on the sideline. That sounds atrocious to listen to.
 
Thought maybe I would care....had to google him to make sure I knew who he was.....Nope don't care.
So much so that you came in thread AND posted about not caring.
 
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So much so that you came in thread AND posted about not caring.
Well I thought it was about ISU BBall so then I had to google him to see how the KSU coach was related to ISU baskeball. When I did, I see no relation, so this should not be in the ISU bball forum but maybe in the Big 12 forum.

Its just another @surly thread that they start for every tweet they read. Instead of adding it to a conversation already on the subject. Or maybe not even posting, on a Cyclone board but maybe a purple kansas board where people might care.

But apparently saying I dont care about what the former purple kitty basketball coach is doing with his time, with regard to the ISU bball forum, it made some people butt hurt enough to get a few dumbs and you saying that coming in and saying I dont care about what the Former KSU bball coach is doing means I do care apparently?
 
Well I thought it was about ISU BBall so then I had to google him to see how the KSU coach was related to ISU baskeball. When I did, I see no relation, so this should not be in the ISU bball forum but maybe in the Big 12 forum.

Its just another @surly thread that they start for every tweet they read. Instead of adding it to a conversation already on the subject. Or maybe not even posting, on a Cyclone board but maybe a purple kansas board where people might care.

But apparently saying I dont care about what the former purple kitty basketball coach is doing with his time, with regard to the ISU bball forum, it made some people butt hurt enough to get a few dumbs and you saying that coming in and saying I dont care about what the Former KSU bball coach is doing means I do care apparently?
You are three paragraphs into not caring.
 

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