What is Muss thinking after that spectacle tonight?

Not even 5K several times in PAC play last year. He went for location, and we upgraded.

I’m forever grateful for the attitude and energy that Muss brought back to the program and I’m also grateful that he left once he knew that the ride was over.

I have no idea what makes the man tick though. People say he wants to go home but I don’t buy that long term. The guy has lived out of a suitcase since he was a kid. I think he runs too hot and cold to ever get too comfortable. He burns himself out and has to move on.

I’m not sure how he’s going to handle the high school sized crowds and casual environment. Bet he’ll miss BWA more than anything. He seemed the most in his zone when he was working 20k fans into a frenzy. That simply doesn’t exist in LA.

There’s a poster named northbruin claiming he would shed some light on why Muss left.

Very few posts over several years, most of them about Muss

Arkansas was his first real college basketball job that brought real pressure.

This isn't Nevada and had no excuse of not making the tournament this year. It certainly didn't help that he went 8-10 in the SEC the season before and didn't make the final four with the highest recruiting class ever.

I don't believe that was the whole problem but his relationships with boosters did him in. So to me he ran off to California with his tail between his legs.

It doesn't help that he slowly started losing control of his teams and his emotions on the court. I can see why boosters were tired of it, we had a lot of success under Eric and I am forever grateful, but he had a lot more negative towards the end of his tenure. I hope he does well at USC and brings their program to new heights just like I hope Cal coming here continues to build what we have and further cement that respect that we should have on a national stage.

Muss is only kept from being a great coach by his inability to control his emotions. Cal is a cool customer and seldom gets rattled without purpose.

Muss shows a lot of petulant immaturity and always has. Shirt off, sleeping in the pool house because he’s so worked up, assistants holding him back from refs…all embarrassing examples of that emotional immaturity.

His passion alone was good for the program, but it was time to move on.

One thing that really stuck out to me over the last 2 seasons was Muss' engagement levels. Remember how we'd see all the creative stuff he'd do in the locker room to remind the team what the goal was and what they had been working on? You didn't see much if any of that the last couple of years. I think Muss is one of those guys whose schtick works for a few years, then he needs to move on before the act gets old. We were at that point.

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It does seem like Sam is sour from this thing too

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Based on…?

Don't know why we can't just leave it at that and move on. I'm thankful for what Muss did to elevate our program back to relevance. It's been said since the day he was hired how much of a west coast guy he is. There doesn't have to be anything more to it than that. No doubt there were other factors at play. But there's no reason to get hung up on it. Be thankful and move on.

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Don't know why we can't just leave it at that and move on. I'm thankful for what Muss did to elevate our program back to relevance.

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I'm with you brother. Muss brought the first real excitement back to our program since Pelphrey. Prl had emotion and was exciting. It looked like it was going to erupt, but then it fizzled.

Muss delivered results in postseason play and put us back on the radar. He didn't trash our state or our program when he left. None of us know why he left, but the simplest answer is usually the most accurate answer so he probably was looking to get back toward thw West Coast.

I hope he dominates the B1G and I hope Cal wins a natty here.