You may have heard that Colorado Buffaloes head coach Jeff Bzdelik (once the coach of the NBA Denver Nuggets), had a "casual talk" with the General Manager of the Minnesota Timberwolves while taking in an NBA summer league game.
This blog thought it was curious that the Athletic Director of the University of Colorado put out a statement about the "casual talk".
Turns out that, according to the Denver Post, the statement seems to be an effort to put the information out there and crush any rumor-milling that may come of the "unexpected", "casual talk". On the face of it, it's good to make sure that, for recruiting efforts and team morale, it is very important to let the Buffalo players know that their coach isn't going anywhere.
In fact, this bit of "news" helps reinforce Bzdelik's bonafides - the NBA people hold him in high regard, despite the severe outclassing that Bzdelik's Colorado tenure has been. After all, one shouldn't lose toget blown out by Vermont and Texas Christian as a major conference team in a coach's second year. Eyebrows, fully raised.
All of this may be blown up/ over-communicated on the web over essentially nothing. Jeff Bzdelik might be completely committed to the Buffalo basketball program. But this also might be a coach who would be happy to land on his feet after last year's 9-22 record; or an AD who might look at his team, the unknown recruits and lack of size or competitive athleticism and think... well, if he left, would that be the worst thing?
The Buffs were simply awful last year, an uncompetitive 1-win skidmark on the Big XII schedule in basketball. They have a long way to go to make a turnaround, and their terrible rebounding highlights the struggles of a short team with one excellent talent in Cory Higgins and non-rebounding, distance shooting big men.
Faced with long odds, when does a "casual talk" become serious interest for Bzdelik?