Rab blogs

Here's the latest from Coach Rab. A lesson in teamwork, baby!

Paid by the word?

Coach Rab's blog kinda hides in the bowels of GoMarquette.com. He needs his own RSS feed, so we don't miss his missives.

He has another fine installment, with a kind hat tip to Cracked Sidewalks at the end.

I sure hope they're not paying him by the word.

Rab blogs!

very cool.......Coach Rab is back in the mix at MU and has kicked off his own blog. This is terrific - - an insider's view of the program.

Bookmark it right here.

Rosiak tid-bits

Todd Rosiak has a great blog entry today.

Highlights:

• Cubillan is starting for Venezuela .. but the team is 0-6 so far.
• Marquette will be playing 4 games over two days Sept 1-2 in Vancouver.
• MU gets 10 practices before leaving for Canada. (That's huge.)
• Trend Blackledge is doing fine in school.
• MU tried to get a Home & Home on the schedule with Alabama, fell through. Texas and Maryland wanted H&Hs, but MU turned them down as it appears the series would have started on the road, and with Maui and @UW, MU's road slate is "full."
• Gonzaga wanted a game in Chicago and return game in Seattle, no thanks.
• Jason Rabedeaux has returned from his absence and is now the Director of Basketball Ops.

Lots of other news bits. Read the whole blog entry here.

UPDATED: Buzz Williams new MU Assistant + Staff Changes

According to Fox Sports, Buzz Williams, 34, former New Orleans coach, will become one of Tom Crean's assistants.

Sources indicated that Williams was frustrated because of financial limitations and other obstacles at the program in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Williams informed his team of the decision on Friday afternoon.

Williams brought in an impressive recruiting class this season, and also fielded interest from Kentucky head coach Billy Gillespie to be an assistant there before deciding on Marquette.

The timing of the move was rare as it happened on the first day of the July recruiting period.

UPDATE:
Other coaching changes have now been revealed to the public:

• Former A&M Consolidated star and MU player Brian Barone has returned to the Warriors as the "coordinator of basketball operations" and "video coordinator".
  
  
• Coach Rabedeaux has taken an indeterminate leave of absence this summer. When he returns, he will take the Director of Basketball Operations that Todd Townsend vacated. Double T went to Northeastern in Boston.
  
  
• Tim Buckley will slide into Rabedeaux's spot as Assistant Coach.

It's interesting to note that with Rabedeaux, Buckley, and Williams, Marquette now has 3 former head coaches working as assistants for Crean. That's a ton of experience. Barone is no slouch, either, spending the past 6 years coaching, primarily at Illinois State U.

Rosiak has the entire story.

Coach Rab cracks the top 25

Congratulations are in order for Marquette assistant basketball coach Jason Rabedeaux, who was named one of Rivals.com's Top 25 assistant coaches.

A well-deserved honor for Coach Rab. Congrats!