Updates on Hewitt; updates on spring football
A New York paper yesterday quoted Georgia Tech athletics director Dan Radakovich as telling 790AM the Zone that basketball coach Paul Hewitt had a “golden contract.” It also paraphrased him saying that if Hewitt were to leave for St. John’s, Tech’s next coach would come from a mid-major college because of the Institute’s financial constraints.
The issue is Radakovich didn’t appear on 790AM, nor did he say those things.
Hewitt did meet with St. John’s athletic director Tuesday evening, a few hours after Radakovich gave the Storm permission to talk to Hewitt, but no details have been made available. Hewitt is not in his office at Georgia Tech and the voice mailbox on his cell phone is full. A spokesman for St. John’s declined to comment Wednesday morning.
The same New York paper reported earlier this week that Hewitt, Florida’s Billy Donovan and Virginia Tech’s Seth Greenberg were the Storm’s leading candidates. Donovan reportedly turned down an offer of $3 million a year.
Hewitt is from the New York area and is known as an outstanding recruiter who could tap into the wealth of talent in the five boroughs.
However, he has said that he and his family are happy in Atlanta and aren’t looking to leave.
Hewitt is 177-144 at Tech, including 67-93 in the ACC.
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Turning to football, Paul Johnson sat down with the media to preview the spring practices, which begin on Monday.
Hitting the highlights:
There is no depth chart right now because everything is still very fluid. Johnson said they hope to leave the spring, which ends with the T-Day game on April 24, with a two-deep.
Based upon experience, he said Anthony Egbuniwe, Albert Rocker and Osahon Tongo are penciled in at one outside linebacker, with A.T. Barnes, Malcolm Munroe and Chris Crenshaw at the OLB. Logan Walls and T.J. Barnes are at nose tackle (though he hinted that Barnes could be moved to offensive line), with Izaan Cross, Euclid Cummings, Jason Peters, Emmanuel Dieke and J.C. Lanier at defensive ends.
But Johnson said Lanier could move to nose tackle and that Steven Sylvester could move from inside linebacker to outside linebacker. He’s one of several players that could switch positions. A couple of defensive ends could move to outside linebacker and a couple of defensive linemen could move to the offensive line. Johnson said that DL-to-OL switch would be done for two reasons: one, to balance the scholarship numbers between offense and defense, and two: “I’ve challenged them on the conditioning and weight,” Johnson said. “I don’t want to lie to them. That’s [the OL] where they are headed.”
But he stressed that everything’s so fluid there’s not much point in trying to read too much into anything.
Johnson said he’s excited to see which players will be able to take what they are learning about the new 3-4 defense from the classroom to the field.
“It’s going to be important to see how fast they can learn the terminology,” Johnson said. “I don’t know how much the techniques are different. Everybody wants to make it rocket science. It’s not rocket science.”
Switching to offense, Johnson said that he’s been impressed by early enrollee Charles Perkins during morning drills. B.J. Bostic, another early enrollee, will start out at slot but may get time at quarterback.
Replacing three starters on the offensive line will be one of the more interesting areas to watch, Johnson said.
“Got some young guys who we’ve got a chance to get a really good look at,” Johnson said. “They may be an upgrade, but they’ve got to show us. How hard are they going to work, what are they gong to do?”
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john
March 24th, 2010
10:52 am
ferst!
Technophobia
March 24th, 2010
11:11 am
I’m looking forward to hearing how the implementation of the 3-4 is going.
Tom
March 24th, 2010
11:12 am
drive!
usmc53
March 24th, 2010
11:14 am
Wow, John. You were in such a rush that you misspelled the word “first.” First time being first?
DoakBoyGT
March 24th, 2010
11:14 am
BJ Bostic must be extremely athletic, seeing as how i’ve heard of him being a safety, A-back and now possibly getting time at QB. Can’t wait for T-Day!
RAMBLE ON!!!
March 24th, 2010
11:20 am
790 zone is a bunch of douche bags anyway.
How many scheduled broadcast do they have from V. Dooleys home this year?
No Depth Chart?
March 24th, 2010
11:20 am
How can a team who “won” an acc “championship” not have a depth chart???
It goes to show you that the recruiting pipeline sucks at GT!!!! GT doesn’t have any sophmores or juniors ready to step up??? Pathetic!
LOSERS!!!
Not Disappointed
March 24th, 2010
11:22 am
Thanks for the update Doug. College Football!……………………”Nothing like it!” Ramblin Wreck!
Fillin' up @ Juniors
March 24th, 2010
11:28 am
No Depth Chart its not “won” or “championship”…the quotes are not nessecary because it ACTUALLY happened.
GTJames
March 24th, 2010
11:33 am
lol at “no depth chart”…
StingerSplash
March 24th, 2010
11:35 am
No Depth Chart?,
Starting spots are granted like a mobile home in a will. They’re earned.
ACC Rules, not
March 24th, 2010
11:37 am
What time do the Lady Jackets tip off in Sweet 16 anyway since Yech is so superior to UGA in everything. Only Duke left, what a joke of a conference in every sport.
BobbyGodd
March 24th, 2010
11:38 am
No Depth Chart? …
The same way a team with yearly top 10 recruiting classes winds up in Shreveport!!!
GT3O
March 24th, 2010
11:47 am
LOL @ “No Depth Chart?”!
What a moron. I am quite sure Richt has one already and that’s probably why his players play half-assed.
When there is no depth chart, all the players know they are competing for a spot, therefore they work harder.
Lesson over. Go to bed.
Sick of UGAg on our stories
March 24th, 2010
11:50 am
Get a life bulldogs. Leave us alone and go back to your 650 SAT and 3 home econ. classes per sem. and get a life. Don’t you have anything better to do? IS this your life? Are you that pathetic that you have to make stupid comments on every story? Isn’t there a car that needs new brakes that is waiting on you???
GTMike
March 24th, 2010
11:56 am
usmc53, I’m pretty sure that john’s spelling was intentional… or at least if he’s a Tech student/alum/fan. Ferst is the name of a street that runs through the center of campus.
Cherokee
March 24th, 2010
11:59 am
Sick of UGAg on our stories ……….There are as many if not more Techies on UGA blogs. Don’t forget to wear your bullet proof vest when you go to class today.
wesleywhatwhat
March 24th, 2010
12:00 pm
keep the updates coming.
Turkey Neck rides again
March 24th, 2010
12:01 pm
So the Ole Turkey Neck has a new goat this season? Al the Goat Groh. I can hear it now, “our defense looked pathetic today, are they that stupid? It’s not rocket science!”
followed by “this game does not mean anything, we’ve got bigger fish to fry.” Or is that bigger bowls to get smoked in? Engineers my foot. The ride is over nerds, hope it was fun while it lasted.
BigTimeTechFan
March 24th, 2010
12:03 pm
Does Tech have a spring game open to public?
Turkey Neck rides again
March 24th, 2010
12:03 pm
Go race a tricycle
wesleywhatwhat
March 24th, 2010
12:03 pm
sad that so many uga “fans” have nothing better to do than make asses of themselves on a georgia tech blog.
oh well, we’ll take it as a compliment. keep those page views coming. and why not buy some gt merch while you’re obsessing?
DawginLex
March 24th, 2010
12:27 pm
there are some serious Tubby to Tech rumors circulating.
jablonski
March 24th, 2010
12:43 pm
GT30:
30-24 Lesson Over. We sure “half-assed” you all over your home field.
RAMBLE ON!!!
Your jealousy is ripe!
Go Dawgs. See you NERDS in Athens.
Antidawg
March 24th, 2010
12:53 pm
Can we take up a collection for Hewitt to leave town.
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ACC Rules, not
March 24th, 2010
1:04 pm
I doubt Tubby will work for minimum wage. You and your conference are a joke. Too Funny.
devildawg
March 24th, 2010
1:10 pm
Seriously, I’m amazed at the Paul Hewitt situation. I am a UGA grad, but it is frustrating to see a coach at any school that has that much talent and potential throw it away with lack of attention to detail and poor coaching. Why can’t Hewitt see that his time in Atlanta is over? Is there no one close to him that can reason with him, tell him the brutal truth? He has an opportunity to start fresh, in New York, with a team that could be very good in a couple of years. If he stays and has another stinker of a year, I don’t think there will be people lining up to talk to him. I hope he’s not staying for the cash, that would be awfully selfish. Anyway, no talking smack, I just don’t get why he can’t see the writing on the wall?
SILLY UGAY FANS
March 24th, 2010
1:13 pm
Wow some UGaY fans sure love bragging about a win against the WORST defense GT has put on the field in years. Maybe you should worry about actually winning your division then maybe the SECCG instead of only having a win against us, you know since GT sucks and all I would think beating GT would not be such a big deal to you.
What about
March 24th, 2010
1:13 pm
Where will Ben Anderson start out…NT, DE, or OL?
test
March 24th, 2010
1:20 pm
No Depth Chart – go back to the Dawgs board – by the way you probably failed Coach Harrick’s basketball test – how many points are awarded for a 3 point shot- give me a break – LOSER!!!
RambleOn84
March 24th, 2010
1:23 pm
Tech fans who troll on UGA stories and UGA fans who troll on Tech stories are equally pathetic…worry about your own team.
On a relevant note, it will be interesting to see what happens with our O-line and D-line situations.
Lindsey SNOT
March 24th, 2010
1:26 pm
@ Cherokee; wear bullet proof vests to class? Why, are there some uga football players on the GT campus? I guess you’re right, they wouldn’t be able to handle a real education, so call up Campus PD! Idiot.
Hewitt packin' his bags?
March 24th, 2010
1:29 pm
devildawg: Thanks for a rational post from a rival fan. At least there is some civility left in the world. I have to agree with what you said. He’s losing the fan base faster than he lost ACC games, and he’s got to see the handwriting. He’ll be well taken care of by St. Johns, why not get out while the gettin’ is good.
MalibuGT
March 24th, 2010
1:31 pm
aw….DawginLex….please don’t get my hopes up like that! Tubby would be a great addition to anyone’s basketball program. I still think Hewitt will stay and we’ll need to make lemonade out of lemons
wreckfulance
March 24th, 2010
1:34 pm
Why is NERDS always the go-to insult for a Ugay fan?
What are you guys? All bullies from an 80s movies? I feel like I’m watching Porkies when reading through the Tech blog comments. . .
wreckfulance
March 24th, 2010
1:34 pm
i meant porky’s
SILLY UGAY FANS
March 24th, 2010
1:35 pm
Sad part is he got a bonus for making it past the first round. Hewitt should leave and tear up his contract since he has nobody but himself to blame for the horrible offense this talent rich team produced.
Side note,
The baseball team is playing great and no UGAy fans can boast about a win there.
Reggie
March 24th, 2010
1:35 pm
Devil Dog: Substitute CMR for Hewitt in your post.
CMS
March 24th, 2010
1:40 pm
Hopefully Hewitt will leave and find happiness in NY, but if we get that blessing, I don’t think we want Tubby. He inherited a KY program at the top of the sport and took it from a perennial top five team to a perennial top 25 team. And I haven’t seen Minnesota making runs at the Big Ten championship lately. Bring in Tubby, and we’ll have more of (perhaps even less of) what we have now.
But first, let’s hope Hewitt decides NY is his home.
ACC Rules, not
March 24th, 2010
1:47 pm
Because it is so much fun to watch you Nerds get your panties in a bunch when it is pointed out how pathetic you and your pitiful conference are in everything including what is supposed to be your flagship sport.
wreckfulance
March 24th, 2010
1:52 pm
…and can you tell me why UGA is not a pathetic and pitiful team?
What do UG and GT fans have in common?
March 24th, 2010
2:04 pm
They both spend a little too much time at http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports
nickj0321
March 24th, 2010
2:04 pm
wreckfulance – you didnt know??? their backetball program is on the way up, they are AWESOME, didn’t you see their new coach win like 12 games total last year??? I mean thats incredible in SEC BB!!!! AND their football team played in shreveport…thats better than a BCS bowl!
Joe
March 24th, 2010
2:05 pm
Do UGA fans realize just how much they sound like Tech fans now with all the whining???
nickj0321
March 24th, 2010
2:05 pm
basketball*
ACC Rules, not
March 24th, 2010
2:06 pm
30 to 24 baby, 8 of 9, 60 and 39, win in both basketball games. Lady Dawgs only team in state still playing in what is supposed to be your flagship sport. You nerds are just so easy. CMR top three winning percentage in all of football, CMF gonna wear you out forever. Too too easy.
wreckfulance
March 24th, 2010
2:11 pm
women’s basketball is not the flagship sport at tech, my friend.
wreckfulance
March 24th, 2010
2:12 pm
…and CMR hasn’t accomplished anything special.
wreckfulance
March 24th, 2010
2:13 pm
save for maybe a COUPLE sec championships
nickj0321
March 24th, 2010
2:13 pm
ACC Rules – didn’t Uga finish last in the SEC East…how many games did they win again? so what exactly makes CMF so great???
I love Texas Instruments
March 24th, 2010
2:19 pm
Did anyone find my TI-85i along Ferst St.? I must have dropped it after I got mugged again yesterday afternoon on my way to Robots class.
LOL
March 24th, 2010
2:24 pm
and why is ‘UGAY’ the typical insult from the nerds? After all, it is your school that sits in the middle of the gay capital of Atlanta.
LOL
March 24th, 2010
2:26 pm
“Wow some UGaY fans sure love bragging about a win against the WORST defense GT has put on the field in years. Maybe you should worry about actually winning your division then maybe the SECCG instead of only having a win against us, you know since GT sucks and all I would think beating GT would not be such a big deal to you.”
Kind of like you bragging about beating us in 08 with our worst defense in years. Kind of like bragging constantly for beating us in 08 and then following it up with a statement about how awful our team is. You are just too easy moron.
wreckfulance
March 24th, 2010
2:27 pm
What does the gay capital of Atlanta mean? Atlanta is the capital of Georgia. What is the gay capital of Atlanta?
BigBrother
March 24th, 2010
2:28 pm
Little Brother, we can stay on your blog as long as we want. 30-24 All year. This really bothers you. DONT IT. OH yeah, 9 out of 10 also
RambleOn84
March 24th, 2010
2:28 pm
LOL,
For the same reason that UGA fans constantly talk about how dangerous Tech’s campus is…despite the fact that there are numerous housing projects right on the outskirts of Athens’ campus. And Athens doesn’t even have the excuse of being a big city.
BigBrother
March 24th, 2010
2:31 pm
Gay capital actually means AIDS capital
wreckfulance
March 24th, 2010
2:32 pm
oh…so now you are just making fun of Atlanta as a city? Or gay people in general?
BigBrother
March 24th, 2010
2:34 pm
You want the truth. You cant handle the truth. Gay means happy defined by webster
wreckfulance
March 24th, 2010
2:35 pm
Good one Big Brother.
AA
March 24th, 2010
2:37 pm
No depth chart-
How does a team that’s preseason ranked #1 and 3 deep in 5 star recruit parade all-Americans finish the season unranked? Don’t make another comment untill you learn something about college football.
THWG!!!!
wreckfulance
March 24th, 2010
2:37 pm
oh that was sarcasm by the way.
a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain defined by webster
LOL
March 24th, 2010
2:40 pm
“What does the gay capital of Atlanta mean? Atlanta is the capital of Georgia. What is the gay capital of Atlanta?”
Sorry, I should have said the gay capital of Georgia. But, since you asked, the gay capital of Atlanta would be Georgia Tech’s campus.
Jacket Fan
March 24th, 2010
2:40 pm
Hopefully, Drad is working behind the scenes to dump Hewitt to St Johns the patron saint of GTBB. There will be financial issues if Hewitt stays, because no one wants to watch him underachieve. Only reason some of us go is our support of GT.
wreckfulance
March 24th, 2010
2:44 pm
Forgive me LOL, I just like to understand things.
How is GA Tech’s campus the gay capitol of Atlanta? Wouldn’t Five Points or some place be better suited?
Alabama Jack
March 24th, 2010
2:48 pm
delusional dawg fans suck and are also irrelevant
UGA89
March 24th, 2010
2:58 pm
Tech = bright future
UGA = failed in 2008 and will never have that kind of talent again
It’s all over for the Bulldogs and deep down their fans know it. They also are probably aware of the fact that GT will win the ACC again before UGA ever sniffs ans SEC crown, and thus go to another BCS bowl before UGA.
Dawggie nation is upset because they know deep down that Tech is indeed on the rise and their program is on the decline. They hate Paul Johnson, the win over GT last year made their season –again, the win over GT last year made their season– that’s when you know things are bad over in Athens, when ‘the game that doesn’t matter as much as Florida, Auburn or Tennessee’ is the focal point of their season.
aztecs
March 24th, 2010
3:02 pm
im still rooting for noodles(craig neal) too take over
Doggie
March 24th, 2010
3:10 pm
Alabama Jack, maybe NCAA will also rule your comments be expunged from the Blog, keep cheating and showing your intellect with your juvenile dribble. Nice langauge genius.
Doggie
March 24th, 2010
3:14 pm
AA, don’t let the facts get in your way. UGA finished #10 in 2008. You know, ahead of any finish you have had in 20 years. Nice try though, as a Yech fan you can’t be expected to know anything about College Football.
Techster
March 24th, 2010
3:18 pm
You guys have got to quit acknowledging the morons!
Juan Carlos Diego Raul Sanchez
March 24th, 2010
3:33 pm
At this point I would take George Burdell – but Neal would be great – he always played with a such energy…bye, bye Hewitt
Concerned Old Techie
March 24th, 2010
3:49 pm
As one that roamed the campus wearing a little yellow beanie I am concerned. We won the ACC because several teams had down years a few even multiple (Miami, VT and FSU). Do you think any of them have no depth. We couldn’t even beat a miserable UGA team. We were humbled in our first big time bowl in decades. All the news out of Athens has the farm boys learning how to tackle which is bad news – we couldn’t beat them when the couldn’t tackle.
The definition of a "bright future"
March 24th, 2010
3:50 pm
Dumb and Dumber are the two FORMER Navyaviators now puming jet fuel in the desert.
THAT is the definition of a bright future.
Go Navy and Go Dogs.
Conyers Yellow Jacket
March 24th, 2010
3:54 pm
I think it would be nice if anyone (UGA or GT fans) who do not have anything of real substance or anything relating to the subject of the writer`s blog do not post their nonsense that means nothing.
Shiny McShine
March 24th, 2010
3:54 pm
We better think twice before we usher Hewitt out the door.
Paul Hewitt
March 24th, 2010
3:56 pm
STOP TALKING ABOUT ME!!
Varsity Meal Plan
March 24th, 2010
3:59 pm
Just got back from the doctor and my cholesterol is 258. He said I need to stop eating grease and get outside for some exercise!
Really
March 24th, 2010
4:00 pm
The inferiority complexes are growing like crazy this offseason. Never has one upset so defined a program that is taking on water. Go Jackets. Fear the Nerd.
A DEEP SECRET .... shhshshsshhhh !
March 24th, 2010
4:03 pm
CPJ and his staff are reading and listening to all the exciting things going on in Athens. Just the mere thought of playing every game in the SEC has them excited. All would admit ( incl CPJ ) that if an SEC job came open, they would jump at it. They know the SEC is superior to middle school ball. Duke, NC State, FSU and Miami, MD, Clemson, NC, VaTech and MD and UVA ………all bad boys.
The Tech staff have concluded that they will be fine in the ACC with UGA’s O line, UGA’s D line, linebackers, corners, punters, kickers and punt returners and kick return men. They also acknowledge( privately ) that the Triple Laugh Offense at tech is middle school caliber.
With this fact in mind. they are planning on begging the THREE UGA QBs, the THREE BIG TIME RUNNING BACKs and the tons and tons and tons and tons and tons of wide outs and tons and tons and tons of tight ends to come to tech. The UGA fullbacks? CPJ would rob banks for them. Of course, around tech, banks REALLY ARE being robbed.
The real deal is UGA’s O line. CPJ remembers all to well how the itty, bitty girl GT boys from down town Atlanta GOT BLOWN OFF THE LINE of scrimmage by UGA. It is just about manhood in the SEC and the ACC?? it is about how to dress and how to shop, etc.
Well, “problem solved at the Flats” said CPJ, this is all that we need to be good.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA 30-24 and soon to be 1 in 9 tries vs UGA and about 4 wins in 20 tries over 24 years. AAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHA
When do tech and UGA play basketball? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm??? You are STUCK WITH PH
Really
March 24th, 2010
4:05 pm
BTW Doggie, I think UGA finished 13th in the AP in 2008. Same spot stupid ol’ Yech finished in 2009.
Use facts little fella, facts.
juvenal
March 24th, 2010
4:17 pm
people make mistakes, but when shots are taken at ADM to make points about sports, maybe before long there won’t be anybody that will put on a uniform to protect the free speech of such disrespectful people-any of you talking about the error of a pilot that i am sure you are so able to understand actually been in?
HoopDreams
March 24th, 2010
4:22 pm
Report out of NY that Hewitt gets a contract extension to stay at GT. Surely not!
Too Easy
March 24th, 2010
4:28 pm
LOL: “You are just too easy moron.” Ouch! But I agree.
SILLY UGAY FANS
March 24th, 2010
4:32 pm
LOL,
Actually it’s not even close to the same. Most UGAy fans went on and on about how once again the mighty program from athens would rein supreme again in 08 with their preseason #1 team and fell to a GT team that was not even gonna win 3 games, and yes you lost to a crappy secondary but GTs D had a D-line then.
#1 GT FAN
March 24th, 2010
4:36 pm
I got a question for you UGA fans……………………………??????
If GT is so terrible then why are you bragging about beating them?
SILLY UGAY FANS
March 24th, 2010
5:09 pm
LOL,
I also don’t understand how the mighty UGA could have a bad anything. Again most of your fan base loves to tell us little nerds how great UGA is at recruiting and all the great athletes you put on the field, so I ask how could they have had a bad defense? Are you actually saying that UGA and coach Richt fauiled to deliver? Wait I forgot I’m a moron and could not possibley understand any great insight you may have.
NAF TG 1#
March 24th, 2010
5:11 pm
Bragging? No we just absolutely f*cking hate you and wish your school reactor would have a nice meltdown killing you all. Oh BTW 30-24, still hurts I guess?”
SNAF YAGU YLLIS
March 24th, 2010
5:14 pm
Hmmm fail Engrish? That unpossible! I do however agree with one conclusion, you are a moron.
Numesh
March 24th, 2010
5:22 pm
I am liking this story about our team. We will once again be Masters of the Atlantic Association in the approaching matches. Does anyone know where I can find a girl with ample child rearing hips?
'acc rules, not' is a loser sitting on his couch watching days of our lives...
March 24th, 2010
5:22 pm
Hey d’bag, since you seem to have so much of your day to bash Tech, it just proves how much you fear this team (in all sports)….if we and our conference are irrelevant, then why bother? LOSER.
JW
March 24th, 2010
5:40 pm
A DEEP SECRET …. shhshshsshhhh !
GT, Miami, and FSU all have more national titles than your pathetic football program
Word of advice….Jealousy is a female’s trait buddy, you’re making yourself look like an idiot
SOOHSO
March 24th, 2010
5:43 pm
93st or close. I’ll have to recount to be sure.
AlabamaRamblinwreck
March 24th, 2010
6:10 pm
Please let Hewitt go to St. Johns…this would be the greatest gift since Paul Johnson was hired!!!!!
Tony
March 24th, 2010
6:54 pm
I’d rather go to war with those two pilots than that chicken _hit sissy Lower Rear Admiral Richard O’Hanlon. I was at the game and there was nothing “near tragic” about the fly over. In fact the pilots that fly over at the Norte Dame game were closer than these two. He’s just old and lost his guts. I’ve tried to find his email address and like another gutless wonder, ACC Comissioner John Swafford, it’s not to be found. I’ve even emailed the writer Larry Hartstein and asked if he had it with no response. If your a public figure and afraid to post your email you should resign your position and get in private life. I hate to know we are depending on O’Hanlon for any part of our safety.
Mike T.
March 24th, 2010
6:58 pm
42-45 still a fluke!30-24 Georgia gets win number 60.
PlantationNBA
March 24th, 2010
7:41 pm
Tony, it may do no good but there is an email contact for O’Hanlon and the US Navy Air Force Atlantic command. Like the Institute and her alumni I support our military, especially the Navy, but the punishment did seem a bit excessive from my admittedly inexpert perspective. I was at the game, too, and the flyover was great. Here’s an email for those who wish to RESPECTFULLY express their support of Lt. Cmdrs Fryman and Condon. rachael.leslie@navy.mil
PlantationNBA
March 24th, 2010
7:42 pm
The preceding contact is listed on the U.S. Navy Air Force Atlantic command website.
LOL
March 24th, 2010
7:54 pm
“LOL,
Actually it’s not even close to the same. Most UGAy fans went on and on about how once again the mighty program from athens would rein supreme again in 08 with their preseason #1 team and fell to a GT team that was not even gonna win 3 games, and yes you lost to a crappy secondary but GTs D had a D-line then.”
Yeah, you are right, it is not the same. We were not ranked in the top 10 when you beat us. Your team was ranked in the top 10 when you lost to an unranked UGA last year. So again, you are right, it is not the same……your loss last year is much, much worse.
And as far as fans running their mouths go, did you hear Tech fans leading up to the game last year? According to your fanbase, UGA was never going to win another game against Tech because of your domination against us in 08 (only a Tech fan would think a 3 point win is domination). So please do not talk to me about fans running their mouths.
rainman
March 24th, 2010
7:59 pm
It would be stupid to have a 2-deep depth chart set in stone before spring practice has even started. Tech has plenty of depth, it’s a question of what their best position is with the move to the 3-4.
Reality
March 24th, 2010
8:03 pm
You guys are all retarded. That’s all there is to it.
UGA fans…..you’re UGA fans. That says it all. Idiots.
Tech fans…..you keep encouraging them and acknowledging them. I think if we just ignored them, they’d go away. Now THAT, my friends, is irrelevance.
Reality
March 24th, 2010
8:04 pm
Oh, and those of you talking about Tech’s loss to Ohio St in the second round of the NCAA tourney, I’m curious. How is it UGA did in their first round game of the NIT against……uhh……errr…..who exactly was it they played again? I mean, they weren’t THAT sad, to the point where they didn’t make the NIT, right?
Shut up.
superDawg
March 24th, 2010
8:09 pm
good luck you will need it.
George P Burdette
March 24th, 2010
8:28 pm
NY Daily news is reporting on their website that the Deal for Hewitt is done and just some minor details are being worked out. He may be announced tomorrow as the new coach. YEAH baby!!!!!
Doug Roberson
March 24th, 2010
8:40 pm
George: That’s not at all what the story says. Read it carefully.
WakeForest
March 24th, 2010
8:54 pm
Hewitt doesn’t have the guts to leave. He’s just milking the cow.
Wiggy
March 24th, 2010
8:59 pm
Hey UGA fans go urinate on the streets like you always do. I am 70 years old and took a pet to UGA vet. hospital. I might add a darn good facility. We went to eat in downtown Athens. Such a pig sty. You students need to get off your better then Tech attitude and clean up your streets. Is that so hard to understand? Is my team better than yours? We will see next year, looser to Florida, Tennessee, LS U and others. Without divine help, you humpers would have also lost against Tech. Four points is not exactly a blowout. Dream on dawgs. You will remain at the middle of the S.E.C division and I will tell you that Tech will win the national championship before you leg humpers do.
George P Burdette
March 24th, 2010
9:10 pm
HEY DOUG…HERE IT IS VERBATIM. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT SAYS??
All signs point to Paul Hewitt becoming the next St. John’s basketball coach, the Daily News has learned.
Before anything can become official, a number of loose ends must be tied up. Hewitt is believed to be talking through the idea of relocating with his wife and three daughters. There is also the matter of reaching an agreement with Georgia Tech to end his long-term contract.
If the process doesn’t hit a snag on any of those fronts, Hewitt should be announced as the Red Storm’s new coach in anywhere from a matter of hours to days.
Doug Roberson
March 24th, 2010
9:17 pm
George: there are no facts, no sources, no…nothing.
He’s believed to be talking
the matter of reaching.
if it doesn’t hit a snag….
basically, it says nothing.
PlantationNBA
March 24th, 2010
9:20 pm
Thanks for the update at 9:05. It’s good to hear something even if its just status quo. Are the reports that Hewitt may be leaving soon by NY press based on substance or just conjecture?. It’s no secret that his family likes Atlanta, so talking his wife into it isn’t really hard to imagine. And it would seem logical that the buyout is of considerable significance.
PlantationNBA
March 24th, 2010
9:21 pm
Sorry, Doug, you just answered that question. Looking forward to next update.
Doug Roberson
March 24th, 2010
9:25 pm
Also, to say this: Hewitt may decide to go to St. John’s, and if he does the stories everyone writes should be fairly strong.
PlantationNBA
March 24th, 2010
9:26 pm
I don’t know Hewitt’s wife, but that might be a really big nasty insurmountable SNAG! He’s a coach and they are a coach’s family so hopefully they recognize that this may be his best opportunity to make coaching money. IF they love Atlanta so much, they may be staying here as he works for a consulting company soon.
PlantationNBA
March 24th, 2010
9:28 pm
If you pay him, he will come. Pay him, St. Johns, pay him!!!!
PlantationNBA
March 24th, 2010
9:28 pm
and buy his wife a box of really expensive chocolates and a shopping pass.
George P Burdette
March 24th, 2010
9:30 pm
DOUG AMD PLANTATION
Go to NY post sports page. Seems like a pretty good bet he’s leaning. D’Rad will gladly let him out of the 3.4 mil he would owe and I’m sure GT boosters will cover any relo costs that St. Johns wouldn’t pick up. Hewitt is no dummy, he knows he has at best a year left, plus he can’t even deal with Mark Bradley chiding him a bit. He is disliked more than Chan Gailey was. Connect the dots guys
George P Burdette
March 24th, 2010
9:59 pm
Hey Doug
Just saw your latest story about Hewitt getting close to leaving. Don’t thank me…you’re welcome. Guess the dots connected well enough for you.
Tony
March 24th, 2010
10:18 pm
PlantationNBA
Thanks for the email address. It seems he may be hiding behind a skirt. Can’t really tell. But it would be appropriate if he is. Thanks again.
ignition
March 24th, 2010
10:19 pm
If he leaves I hope GT has a replacement for him…
Say whatever but dude had the Institute in the Tourney 6 times with 2 ACC Title Appearances & a National Title Appeareance .. (Sounds like a good run to me)
a fan no matter what
March 24th, 2010
10:28 pm
I think we are going to regret loosing Coach Hewitt. I say this because no mid major coach is going to be as good, regardless of present records. And no major coach would take the job at Tech. Guys I am in broadcast news and lots of my collegues go to other stations in search of something better, I am here to tell you – the pay may be better – but the grass isn’t always greener.
a fan no matter what
March 24th, 2010
10:34 pm
By the way, I like Coach Hewitt, but what do I know. The only time I have seen St. John’s Basketball is in “COMING TO AMERICA”
Later
Oh God
March 24th, 2010
10:42 pm
looks like blewitt is off to jew york…hire mark price!!!!!
NoCoach Blewitt
March 24th, 2010
11:00 pm
Blewey go ahead and sign on the line next to the X, and make the rest of my week a completely BLISSFUL party you pompous donkey …… I am from a town about 30 min outside the city and can not wait until the media their sinks their teeth into him …. Oh that will be another glorious day …… The first year at least he will be OK as no one cares about St Johns basketball up there anymore but I am sure someone might say something that a normal person would not think is an attack, and Phew will start his own downfall at that point ……. Okay I obviously have been waiting for this day for 5 years, please just make it happen ….
NoCoach Blewitt
March 24th, 2010
11:02 pm
BTW Paul my neice’s 8 year old squad successfully inbounded the ball 90+ percent of the time. ….. you might want to make it out to take in a few pointers
NoCoach Blewitt
March 24th, 2010
11:05 pm
A Fan No Matter What …… speaking of that movie I think that Akeem or even King Jaffe Joffer would be a better coach than Blewey …. I am sure after 9+ years of making the exact same mistakes they would figure out that maybe, just maybe, they should address those areas
college football
March 24th, 2010
11:12 pm
i told you Mark Fox would cause Hewitt his job at the ga institute of integrity…just a matter of time
NoCoach Blewitt
March 24th, 2010
11:17 pm
I think Mark Fox should, and probably is, focused on hitting that ultimate pinnacle at UGA —- the elusive .500 season
RAMBLE ON!!!
March 24th, 2010
11:28 pm
Please, oh please!!!!
NoCoach Blewitt
March 24th, 2010
11:30 pm
If this is going to happen, We should make them guarantee to playing 5 seasons in a row here ….. it would almost be an automatic win vs a Big East team yearly ( I mean come on Blewey on the road??)
bigstack19
March 25th, 2010
12:40 am
Lets all hope if he leaves that he stays gone and doesn’t pull a Cremins and change his mind. As for replacements, let me be the first to throw out the name of Murray Bartow of E.T.S.U. He can coach and he almost led the Bucs to a first round upset of Pittsburgh as a 16 seed. His teams are always sound and tough to beat.
Jovan
March 25th, 2010
12:46 am
This deluded idiot was actually quoted as saying: “unless I am missing something, people like the athletes I am recruiting and how they represent Georgia Tech.” Is he out of his mind?! All he did was promote a personal agenda–black and ONLY black players. I know more than a few people who resented that.
superDawg
March 25th, 2010
4:24 am
This for #1gt fan.We brag about beating you because you really think you can beat the GEORGIA BULLDOGS. NUFF SAID! UGA OWNS YOUR BEEHINDS.
messin with sasquatch
March 25th, 2010
7:01 am
thank god for the geniusdoggs – when are you going to become relevant in your own conference, dudes?
reebok
March 25th, 2010
8:10 am
we are soooo close to getting rid of ‘Coach’ Hewitt…if he doens’t leave now, it’s going to be a tremendous letdown. please GO!
BobinBuford
March 25th, 2010
8:56 am
Jovan:
Yep – all those BLACK players. Like Brad Sheehan, Luke Schenser, Daniel Miller, etc.
Get your little bigoted head out of your rear end.
I would believe anything from the NY Daily News before the NY Post. Since the Post is owned by the same guy who owns Fox News, its’ reliability is suspect at best.
Gatorman
March 25th, 2010
9:04 am
BobinBuford: Don’t watch FOX, I guess the truth hurts too much. Why don’t you name some other bench warmers as white players too. Luke Schenser was a good player (especially the last), but let’s not forget he never got the ball until Tech was in their run. I’m afraid the pattern was set long ago, and if the pattern was in reverse, you would have been screaming the loudest and first.
Coach Keith
March 25th, 2010
9:06 am
Everyone is going to eat their words very soon as GT basketball will fall off a clif as soon as Hewitt leaves. Just like in any sport when two good teams meet, it’s not about the X’s and the O’s, it’s about the Jimmy’s and the Joe’s. One thing Hewitt will always be able to do is recruit. Name another coach who has put as many players in the NBA as he has……..I’m still waiting on your answer. That is what “talented” high school players want to hear. Student athletes want a good education and that’s why they go to Duke. Talented high school players just want to go to the NBA as soon as possible. If Hewitt leaves, I see a big black curtain going over the “Thriller Dome” because basketball will be in the pits and then everyone will be wishing we had Hewitt as our coach again.
GT Alum
March 25th, 2010
9:41 am
Coach Keith, since when do coaches get judged by how many players they put in the NBA? Its about what hewitt did(or actually didn’t do) with those players while they were on campus. This Georgia Tech fan doesn’t mind him recruiting one and doners, but you’ve got to be able to win with them while they’re on campus. Its not about putting big names on campus, its all about wins and losses. And he’s got way more L’s than he does W’s… Pull your head out, man, the facts don’t lie.
GT Alum
March 25th, 2010
9:44 am
Coach Keith, you act like Tech wasn’t a good basketball school before Hewitt arrived.. Like we were the Atlanta School of the Deaf and Blind. I guess its easy to forget the only team Hewitt had success with were all recruited by his predecessor. And his record with all of these stud recruits you reference is pitiful.
GA Tech Insider
March 25th, 2010
9:46 am
Doug; Paul has accepted the job and the announcement is forthcoming.
roll tide
March 25th, 2010
10:07 am
just advice to you tech fans, uga fans are like the drunk girl at the party if you ignore them sooner or later they will go away
roll tide
March 25th, 2010
10:09 am
hahah i do remember that St Johns was in “coming to america” such a classic movie
GT Alum
March 25th, 2010
10:14 am
GTI, thank the good lord. This GT fan has run out of Tums and Mylanta…
KeithB
March 25th, 2010
10:17 am
Based upon experience, he said Anthony Egbuniwe, Albert Rocker and Osahon Tongo are penciled in at one outside linebacker, with A.T. Barnes, Malcolm Munroe and Chris Crenshaw at the OLB.
You meant Barnes, Munroe and Crenshaw at the ILB, right? That is where they seem more suited. I am like some of these other folks, waiting to see how the O-line situation shakes out. Replacing 3 starters on the line to me is more galaring that replacing backs and receivers. It all starts up front.
Wiggy
March 25th, 2010
10:40 am
I am a bitter old man and am jealous of all those UGA students who can piss on their campus, all I can do is piss on myself.
George P Burdette
March 25th, 2010
10:44 am
Hey Dougie,
Read todays NYPOST. Hewitt is a goner! Look forward to your story tomorrow
brucemac
March 25th, 2010
10:45 am
Hea Messin, UGA won the conference tournament 2 years ago in BBall. When exactly did you guys win the ACC, I guess I missed it. One team in the Sweet Sixteen, your conference is simply pitiful and you still can’t compete.
PlantationNBA
March 25th, 2010
10:51 am
C’mon, St John’s. Announce that presser. As far as Hewitt crawfishing out of this (a la Cremins and USC) I think that door is gonna slam shut behind him and Radakovich is gonna change the locks. Not because of any animosity but just to get rid of that golden albatross of a contract. Of course, he might let Hewitt back in for a quarter of his current salary, no rollover, and a list of conditions about a mile long.
Pete
March 25th, 2010
10:54 am
Paul Hewitt is a good coach. Approx. 80% of all NCAA Div.I coaches are “good”.
It might be time for Tech to find a “GREAT” coach.
Problem : Where ??
Jesse Stone
March 25th, 2010
10:58 am
All this talk of Tech linebackers and no mention of Julian Burnett???
Jesse Stone
March 25th, 2010
11:00 am
Someone said it best earlier. Something along the lines of not caring as much if a coach gets his players to the NBA. We want the coach to get them to their sophomore year.
PlantationNBA
March 25th, 2010
11:02 am
Yeah, Jesse, and at least get them to class every once in a while.
PlantationNBA
March 25th, 2010
11:03 am
Being a feeder school for the NBA is nothing to brag about. At the home of Homer Rice’s “total person” program there should be more emphasis on well-rounded student-athletes.
QuickDrawCrittenton
March 25th, 2010
11:08 am
Lay off my man Hewitt or I bust a cap in yo’ azz. If it wasn’t for him I’d be preppin for finals in may senior year now…or maybe preppin for the next round of the NCAAs. Instead, I got me some big jack and a big azz 9mm, even if I ain’t got no job right now.
QuickDrawCrittenton
March 25th, 2010
11:12 am
Ever notice how the same folks who criticize football coaches and programs for exploiting athletes to further their own careers fully support basketball coaches like Hewitt who make huge salaries exploiting players who never get a real shot at the education guaranteed to them by their scholarships? Of course they need a coach to push them into the classroom until they appreciate it themselves, but some of Hewitt’s guys don’t stay here long enough to finish their second semester (see Favors).
ACC is a joke
March 25th, 2010
11:15 am
Tech has played two very average teams out of the SEC in UGA and LSU. 2 losses resulted in 3 tries. tech played Iowa, an average Big 10 team and we all know about the Big 10. Bigand real slow. Tech was humiliated. 39 total yds vs those slow, white farmer boys. Tech was the laughing stock of the entire 09 bowl season. What were the USA TV viewer ratings on the Orange Bowl??? Sad they were.
Tech did in 09 defeat SEC cellar dwellers in MSU and Vandy. Congrats. Frankly, nothing has changed at tech in 45 years. When Tech was in the SEC they were somewhat better than Vandy and MSU and Tulane and usually they prevailed in those three games.
Tech would never play Ole Miss and they rarely played LSU. Tech was in their best SEC days a 6-4 team with a usual win over Duke or a Rice out of conference and back and forth with true rival Clemson.
Tech grads my age are quietly and will always be ……………ashamed to be in the ACC. They miss UT, Auburn, Alabama and Florida. THESE were their natural rivals and Bobby Dodd’s son played QB at U of Florida. See? Dodd played at UT. Tech gridiron men my age know the truth. They are humiliated for being in the ACC. Why do you think CURRY BAILED for Alabama??? See?
Tech is better sutied to be in the ACC with MD, NC State, mighty Wake and UVA and they will usually struggle with the Miamis or the FSU of the world. Last year??? Congrats. No big deal to attend a BIG BOY bowl for the second time in 42 years.
I viewed Tech’s LAST Orange bowl and it too was a LOSS with Bobby Dodd at the helm, vs you guessed it ……………an SEC team, U of F.
ACC is small ball and all know it.
QuickDrawCrittenton
March 25th, 2010
11:17 am
It’s not only the NBA’s fault for employing children, it’s the coaches, school presidents, AD’s for continuing to admit them with the full knowledge that they won’t attend classes, won’t stay more than a year or two, won’t contribute to the academic atmosphere of the university, and generally speaking, won’t represent the shcool well once they’ve bolted early for the NBA. On the one hand you have Mark Price and on the other extreme you have Marbury and Crittenton. Unfortunately, Mark Price graduated many years ago (Iknow I was his classmate.)
QuickDrawCrittenton
March 25th, 2010
11:19 am
ACCJoker: are you as irrelevant as your diatribe? I thought so.
Whadaya mean I am being demoted??
March 25th, 2010
11:20 am
Two Navy flyers are busted and pumping jet fuel in Bahrain and that is something to be proud of …….. that RECKLESS fly over of an urban area. Poor judgement.
Dumb and DUMBER they are. Howdaya like me now? they are screaming.
The two also know that when they flew over BD stadium, there were only 12,000 fans in there.
Coach Keith
March 25th, 2010
11:47 am
GT Alum,
If memory serves me correctly, NO we were not good before Hewitt came except if you count the early 90’s. We absolutely SUCKED. How many times did we play for the National Championship before Hewitt? How many times did we play for the ACC championship before Hewitt? Further more if you asked the top 10% of high school players what their aspirations are, 99% of those kids would say to play in the NBA. “The end justify the means.” I still say things are not looking good for my Jackets now.
SILLY UGAY FANS
March 25th, 2010
12:06 pm
LOL,
I grant you that UGA won a game that GT should have won, and did it by beating GT at it’s own game. You say GT fans claim domination on a game won by 3 points, but what about UGA fans claiming domination by 6. I myself don’t hate the UGA program, but what I do hate is UGA fans that talk all this crap about GT being nothing and never having a chance against mighty UGA. So many UGA fans loss their argument just by the simple fact that they spend so much time trying to poke holes in GT’s game they show that they worry each and every year about the loss to GT.
dawgfan
March 25th, 2010
1:21 pm
We don’t claim domination on a victory by 6 points. We claim domination by 8 victories out of the last 9. You win one game in 9 years and then call our wins a fluke. Tech fans are simply not bright people. Really, you’re just stupid. Its like a nail talking smack to a hammer. You have nothing to say to us. We own you. It doesn’t matter what we do against Florida, Tennessee, or any other team not called Georgia Tech. It is completely irrelevant. We own you. For the love of a vandrook what is so hard about this for you nimrods to understand? It is quite laughable how you pretentious pukes act like you are so much smarter than everyone else, but can’t even understand football records. I have simply never seen anything like the delusion on North Avenue. We own you.
And really what it all boils down to Tech fans is that we have no resprect for you whatsoever. You act like kings of the damn universe for a 9-4 season and 1st victory over Georgia in 8 years. You put the score on rings that it means so much to you. You trash UGA football for an entire year. The tide has turned. There’s a new sheriff in town. You win a bunch of games in ‘09 against ACC and SEC creampuffs. Schultz and Bradley blow smoke up your butts about how awesome you are. You turn out in record numbers for the ‘09 UGA game convinced that you are attending the coronation of the new king of college football in the state of Georgia. You leave said game looking like you have just attended a funeral instead. Then, instead of taking your lumps like men, you rationalize and spin the loss as one of no importance. Your “goals” are all of the sudden a very fluid situation dependent upon whether you are able to obtain them. I mean really Tech fans, it doesn’t get anymore cowardly than that.
Thanks.
Jesse Stone
March 25th, 2010
1:48 pm
Coach Keith,
Are you serious? How mant times did we play for the ACC Championship before Hewitt? How old are you? I know Cremins won the ACC Tournament 3 times. I’m not sure how many Championship appearances he had. Finding a “Paul Hewitt” is not like finding a needle in a haystack. Finding a Paul Hewitt is like finding a drunk kid on an Athens street.
where's St Simon
March 28th, 2010
3:29 pm
tech face the facts.
last year we made the sorry excuse that you only beat us cuz we had a crappy defense. we were sayin stuff like ‘well that was the worst defense CMR had put on the field.
guess what. this year’s was worse and we held you to over 100 yrds under your rushing average.
the offense was tricky at first but any team with actual talent eventually figures it out within one or two games.
our recruiting class is and will be twice as good as yours so throw out the whole ‘just wait till CPJ recruits some REAL players’ dream
your ranking was purely based on wins vs bc, uva, duke, nc state, unc, and other teams from the ACC (All Cupcake Conference)
you will never be better than your owners from Athens
and no navy gimmick will ever change that
GO DAWGS
see ya at Sanford nerds
GTRocks!
March 28th, 2010
11:00 pm
Butt Sniffers from U GA Y – Football AND Basketball ACC Champs! Go back to the F A R M and wipe with your toilet paper diplomas!