Quote Originally Posted by Phantom Warrior View Post
You people are kidding, right? Second Golden Age? Third Golden Age? What a bunch of hyperbolic foolishness. There has been one Golden Age of MU basketball - the McGuire Era.

In the 70s MU had either the second or third most successful program in the country behind UCLA and maybe North Carolina. We were a blue blood. MU played in two national championship games in four years, winning one NC. I don't think we were out of the Top 10 for seven straight years. We landed the 5-star recruits: Dean the Dream, Chones, Butch, Toone and a bunch more just a notch below in Luke, Tatum, Bo. We had an 81 (83?) game home winning streak.

What Buzz has accomplished is certainly impressive, but it pales in comparison to MU circa 70s. Buzz may get close to that level some day, but at this point, I think Buzz has MU in the early stages of the Silver Era. We are not presently a blue blood; we are not Kentucky or Kansas or Duke or UNC or Louisville for that matter. We do not land 5-star recruits.

If Al's era was the Golden Age and Buzz so far in on the cusp of entering the Silver Age, then Crean and O'Neill can both be viewed as ushering in a Bronze Age in MU hoops.

At the other end of the spectrum we have Dukiett as being the Cardboard Era.

Let's be honest. MU will never again achieve the level of success it saw under Al in the 70s. Buzz may get us pretty close, and I certainly respect and admire what he has accomplished so far, and I am optimistic about the future. But a second Golden Age? Please!
Crean is the Tan Age