Tech’s Hewitt says no to St. John’s — updated at 2:39 p.m.

Coach Blewitt, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

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Wow…miracles DO happen…

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Alan – the only program that is pathetic is the UGA Mens Basketball program…

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Nick, you are right. Do I need to remind you of the score of the Tech/UGA basketball game this year? Poor nerds.

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A good move for Hewitt and GT.

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Alan you’re an idoit

Jacket fans please ignore this filth

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Paul, Delta is ready when you are!..Even better, we can hire the 2 flyover guys to really speed you outta’ town!

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I posted this several hours ago.

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I’m sorry, but doesn’t pathetic UGA basketball beat Tech more often than not. Happened this season. Tech hasn’t won in Athens in what, 20 years? I’d call that pathetic, at least for a supposed basketball school.

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Insider, hoping you are correct. Again!

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One of the few times in life where it is a win all the way around. Paul goes home to an adoring fan base (at least for now). Tech gets out from under the most ludicrous contract ever without having to break the bank in this crazy economic environment. Man, I hope this happens for everyone involved.

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“Insider” does not know crap. Just trying to be cool and wants attention. Looks like Tech will be even worse the next few years. Awwww.

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Adios Paul. Take your lousy coaching to NY. One winning season in the acc! Way to go man!

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wonderful …. this gives me time to go buy some champagne for the celebration ….. This is a win-win situation between Tech and Blewey (for the first year, maybe two for Blewey until the boys in my hometown media start playing with his weak little mind)

However, for a St Johns fan it is a lose-lose situation which they will undoubtedly find out within the next couple of seasons

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Paul, Please stay!

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Hewitt to ST. JOHNS….. i have the inside info. It’s a done deal.

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like i said first

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Alan,

Are you on the computer again? I think the recess bell just rang. Need to go outside with the other Ag students..

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I am headed down to the airport to help him carry his bags. I will even tip the porter for him and buy him farewell drink.

Quick, someone change the locks so he cannot get back in the building. Then again, given his inability to draw up a plan to get the ball inbounds after a time out, why should I think he will have a successful plan to get in the building after this time out.

See ya’ coach BLEW-IT!!!

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Wow, could GT get any luckier?

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Always a Mark Price fan but there should be consideration given to Tony Ingle of Kennesaw State- he would be the ACCs worse nightmare

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Fingers crossed.

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If only a similar coup happens at UCLA. Please let Ben Howland come to us!!!

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I don’t like to criticize coaches but i do think that this could be the best thing for both parties. I have no doubt that Hewitt can coach and win big but it seems like it’s not a good fit at GT. I wish him the best of luck. Plus, GT gets away from the horrible rollover contract they were stuck with Hewitt.

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go gymdogs!

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TomB you are so right! I am very scared! I mean look at the MOST RECENT results for football and basketball, UGA/Tech. UGA football is on the way up, again, and you nerds are on the way down, again. Same goes with basketball. I think we know who is really scared here.

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The guy couldnt even coach his players to inbound the basketball or shoot free throws….how will he ever convince his wife to move???

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you may be right but didnt we beat your preseason no 1 football team at YOUR place after overcoming a 28 point deficit?

tell me when ugag has ever beat a gt team at our place that was preseason no 1. how about NEVER. i would say that is beyond pathetic wouldnt you?

more reasons why the dogs are pathetic….

- they cheat lie and steal
- they are on probation more often than not
- their graduation rates in all sports are less than gt’s
- they have a top 5 recruiting class EVERY year yet they underachieve every year
- university of florida
- they average around 10 + student athlete arrests each and every year
- they had to GIVE the answers to the pharmacy test to their grads so they could pass
- the jim harrick jr basketball final is legendary
- their fans routinely urinate in their library unfortunately not in the urinals or toilets
- their fans leave hundreds of tons of trash each year on their campus after games
- a recent nbc broadcast crew said that the fan behavior at ugag was the worst they had experienced in 50 years of doing broadcasts
- dozens of fans are arrested after ever game
- their baseball team turned the sprinklers on the gt baseball team after a loss at their place. counterpoint…. the gt team was helped to raise money for a uga player who was paralyzed.
- they had a coach an former ad named vince dooley

they lick their own nads

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Been a quasi-GT fan in bball since Mark Price. This is an AVERAGE ACC program at best. 2 winning ACC seasons in the last 20 years. Do the math. They need a Bruce Pearl type to come in and energize this fan base. Hewitt needs to go but it isn’t Hewitt’s fault this program is average. It was average before he got here.

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good luck in NYC, coach hewitt.

now, who is on the short list being considered for the soon-to-be-open coaching job here at tech??

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Do you think it is possible that we could lure Steve Donahue away from Cornell? He looks to be a great coach and has a lot of experience with recruiting.

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JW, Please go easy on Alan I don’t want my garbage pickup to be late.

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No way Iman is ready to go. If the NBA drafted for defense, Ismail Muhammad wouldn’t be stuck in europe right now. Hewitt is a nice guy but one winning conf record in ten years is not pretty. Add to that routinely losing to UGA. After losing to Georgia this year, his reaction was that conference games are more important. Well….7 and 9 in the conference says it all.

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Sands says he can’t do much worst than Norm Roberts they competed throughout the first half of games only to surrender the lead in the 2nd half

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If you people think Tech was so bad with Hewitt coaching wait until the next coach wins zero games in the ACC and is unable to recruit talent to compete in the ACC.

LOL!

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The Buzz on my Jackets …. Hewitt is quitting??? My friend you have this completely wrong, he is being run out of town

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Alan
Go clean up the trash on your campus.

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Sean : Get your facts straight. Cremins resigned from Tech and worked several years was as a TV analyst before coming out of retirement to take the Charleston job. Outside of that championship game you talk so much about, what else has Hewitt done at Tech. OH, I’ll be glad to tell you. He has never won an ACC championship in his ten years at Tech; the highest he ever finished was third and that was only one time. Hewitt’s only won 42% of his ACC games. Since the 2005 season, he’s only won 38% of his ACC games. And outside of the championship game you like to talk about, he’s never even reached a sweet sixteen in the NCAA tournament. Hewitt is the definition of mediocrity.

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Why do they never list his record for ACC road games? Does anyone know what it is? I think it must be unbelievably awful!!! Buh-Bye Paul!!!!

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Hewitt haters – be very careful; the grass is not always greener. Sure, perhaps Paul did not get all we wanted out of the the talent that he brought here – but he did get the talent here and the action was very exciting if not frustrating at times. It’s not certain that the talent will still come here. True students of the game already know this. I’m wishing Coach Hewitt and Tech well next year — they’ll both need it.

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Thanks JW. Alan seems like a web-footed, inbred, white trash redneck. AKA: “typical Bulldog fan”.

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ST. JOHNS needs Paul Hewitt. WELCOME HOME!!! GT, you BLEWITT!!!

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Paul H………. AND im taking shumpert with me bye bye nerds in the flat
Shumpert would not transfer b/c he would have to sit out a year.

People stop acting like a bunch of homers and ask yourself a question… If both UGA and GT were in search of a basketball coach. Which Job is more attractive? Answer GT! That is your answer to who has the better Basketball Program! Same question in Football. If both UF and UGA had a coaching vacancy which school is more attractive? Answer UF. UGA vs. GT answer UGA.

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alan(small case again) maed a typo, I know how to spell MOUTH, and you are one.

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GA Tech Fan: What is all this crap about Hewitt haters? So, if you state the facts about Hewitt’s record then you are a hater. I don’t personally dislike the man. I think he’s been a fine representative of the school, but you do have to perform up to the standards that you expect for your program. And, no one ever said the grass is always greener, but that doesn’t mean you don’t try to improve when you haven’t met expectations. Or, are you like Dave Braine who thought the football team would never win more than nine games a year consistently? I prefer my AD have higher expectations.

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Hewitt with lots of talent 9&7,8&8,8&8 and 7&9 in ACC!!! Hewitt without talent 2&14,3&13,5&11… He can’t coach with or without talent! Tech fans don’t celebrate to quickly, he still might not leave the GOLDEN CONTRACT he has here on the flats!!! AND HIS WIFE KNOWS IT!!!! SHE EVEN REALIZES HE CAN’T COACH!!! LOL

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TOM B and Coach Blewitt, how many ACC championships has GT won in the last 25 years. Yall act as if tech was winning games ACC champion ship games on a regular basis before coach Hewitt arrived. You were getting your asses kicked before he arrived. Cremins last few years were HORRIBLE. Hell, you’d have to go back to the 80’s to talk about a tech program that WAS able to compete with the likes of DUKE, NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. STATE, WAKE FOREST, and MARYLAND. So, you all get youre damn facts straight. LOSERS!

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It is hard to walk away from $7 million dollars. And if he doesn’t leave, he will probably get it after next year. I hope for his sake and his families that he goes to St. Johns. My father was a basketball coach and it really eats away at coaches when they put their heart and soul into a job and in return they get blasted by fans and the media. It is even harder on the family. Of course, 1.3 million every year makes it a little easier to take.

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for all you boneheads that keep talking about the talent on coach Hewitts teams, then name some player from those teams that turned out to be productive in the ACC, NCAA, or Professional Ball. You cant because they dont exist. its all good to love your team, but be fair in you judgements. and for all of you who keep saying Hewiit hasn’t done nothing in 10 years, tell me what was Bobby Cremins record over his last 10 years at tech. I’ll tell you, A LOSIN RECORD! LOSERS!

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Sean …. Cremins won the ACC Championship 3 times … Hewitt??? Squat ….. And to add to that when Cremins started at GT the program was worse then UGAy’s so it makes his stats doubly impressive

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Sean,

Cremins won 3 ACC championships, and lost 2 others by 1 point. Hewitt has never won an ACC championship. Also, Cremins last 4 years were no worse that Hewitt’s last 4 before this year. As recently as 1996, Tech won the ACC regular season at 13-3. Hewitt never won 10 games in a year.

So it is you who doesn’t have their facts straight.

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This has been another anouncement from the town idiot Paul H.

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Sean, bro, shut yo ho.

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How about Cliff Warren from Jacksonville U ? Former Tech assistant and strong recruiter, he has turned that program around.

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Now Paul, you’re a strong independent free black man and you’re not going to let these crackers down here boss you around and bully you out of town. You going to go in there and demand that Radakovich give you a raise and an automatic ten-year rollover on that contract. Don’t you listen to them fools down there at Tech, you getting these boys into the NBA. Yes, you’re a strong independent free black man and you’re going to do exactly what I tell you to do.

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You gonna stay put in Atlanta because I want to stay put in Atlanta.

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sean….Jarrett Jack, Chris Bosh, Thaddeus Young, Anthony Morrow are all starting in the NBA. Maybe you’ve heard of that? With that said….Paul needs to go…NOW

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Hello Sean again: I hate to bust your bubble, but here is the list of Tech players recruited by Hewitt who played in the NBA.

Thaddeus Young, Mario West, Luke Schenscher, Anthony Morrow,Jarrett Jack,Will Bynum,Javaris Crittenton and Chris Bosh.

No talent at all under Hewitt.

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DRad, man, just fund a satellite campus for St Johns down here in Atlanta if the Hewitt family doesnt want to move up there….you know it would be cheaper than paying out that contract year after year.

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CW … I know your inside sources over there in the HOUSING (WTF is that?) department over in Athens …. You are trusting people whose IQ is under 90??? Good luck

I do however want to thank you for beating Blewey this year, it might have had an inkling to do with him leaving

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I still got the job at GSU, but I will be happy to hire Paul as an assistant at, let’s say, 50K a year, no contract. That might pay his wife to get her nails done.

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Don’t know how the expectation for GT ever got so high; but GT is not a consistent top 25 team. Occasionally they have the talent to compete with NC, Duke and the others. I think PH did a pretty good job but it’s time to move on; the media started this and the fan base jumped in. PH did not do himself any favors (no pun intended) when the team under-performed both on the freethrow line and in-bounding the ball. most of the games were painful to watch. Good luck PH, hopefully you can turn SJ into a powerhouse once again.

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The instant St. John’s asked for permission to speak with Hewitt the game was up and the bird had already flown. I think it is still entirely possible (though not likely) that he will decide to stay, but I don’t think he will stay long now that everyone has their hopes up. He can’t stand up in the winds of high expectations and resentment that will blow through the cavernous, nearly empty Alexander Memorial Colesium. If he’s back, it will be for less than a year.

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Freedom 23 …. that is incorrect!! I have wanted him gone for 5 years and there is no freakin way anyone in the media was on board with this until last season @ the earliest.

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Alan, things slow in the Micky D’s drive-thru today?

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Radakovich is savvy, pragmatic, and professional. He most assuredly has been privately speaking with Hewitt about this situation for sometime but he has correctly kept it private. By keeping it private it has enabled other schools to approach Hewitt…schools Hewitt might actually consider like St. Johns. If DRad had put this bidness out on the street the only schools interested in Hewitt are schools that he wouldn’t stoop to work for….and Tech would be stuck with the golden albatross of a contract.

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Freedom23 while its true we aren’t Duke or UNC….its unfair to say we don’t consistently have the talent to do well in the ACC. GT has gotten more talent than all other ACC schools with the exception of UNC and Duke in the last ten years. GT is a top ten school in producing NBA talent but we are the only school in the top ten with out a National Title. Gary Williams gets comparable to below our average talent yet he never has 3-13 records in the ACC. GT will always get the top talent due to its location, conference, and history of putting players in the NBA…..we just need the right coach.

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If Hewitt passes up on this chance to exit gracefully, he is also passing up on ever criticizing the ATL or GTech again.

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Thanks Sean – apparently you’re the only objective person on this blog. If all these other people (incl TomB) would remember correctly, they couldn’t run Cremins out of here fast enough. But here’s the bottom line, sometimes things just run their course. I think Coach H. did his best — and sometimes, someone else just has to take the reins. If the appreciation for his hard work is not here, then so-be-it! Everyone cut their losses and go their separate ways and let the chips fall where they may. I’m all for reaching and having high expectations. But let’s not act like GA Tech basketball is in the gutter. If I’m not mistaken, a lot of other top programs are out of the big dance as well.

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posted by a blogger too scared to use his own screen name:
“you may be right but didnt we beat your preseason no 1 football team at YOUR place after overcoming a 28 point deficit?

tell me when ugag has ever beat a gt team at our place that was preseason no 1″

Hmmm….let me see….when has GT ever been ranked pre-season #1??

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Folks have suggested that the recruiting on this team will suffer as a result of CPH not leaving. Not true. This year’s class of highly touted freshmen (not including Oliver) are from Georgia. They were lured here due to staying in-state at an ACC high major school that has a long-standing tradition of sending kids to the pros. Gani is also from Georgia. As long as GA continues to produce bball talent, GaTech recruiting will be OK. Now I only wish CPH had convinced Travis Leslie to attend Tech.

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GA Tech Fan: you aren’t. Sean: you might be objective about some things but until you get off your knees I don’t think anyone could say that Hewitt was one of those things. Hewitt is not a bad man. No one seriously thinks he is. He is not a good coach either by ACC standards. And he is not a good leader by Ga. Tech standards. The basketball team is not in the gutter record-wise this year, but having one of the lowest graduation-rates in the country (discounting the early NBA departures even) is pretty much gutter territory otherwise.

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ESPN.com report has a different story: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5027590

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Hooray and Thank You!

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TX DAWG, I believe that blogger was referring to the ONE game Tech as one in a long time last year when Ga. started the season preseason ranked #1 but I don’t believe Tech was ever behind by 28 pts. Maybe 21 or 17 forgot. I would ignore stupid bloggers!!! I wish more Tech fans would eat some crow until we win a little bit more and especially against the MUTTS!!!!

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Lay off of Hewitt and his family, please. Most Tech fans want him to go but let’s not get into the gutter with the sewer dogs. Correction on the Cremins situation: after Cremins crawfished out of the USC job many thought it was time he left, but virtually everyone was respectful and cognizant of his contributions. People here recognize the good things Hewitt did, but they pale in comparison with Cremins (lone exception NC game appearance) and his building of Tech’s ACC program.

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And now you have it that Ga Tech Insider is a fraud, he only post what he reads elsewhere.

Hewitt didn’t tell DRad he was leaving yet.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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And Go Hewitt! To NYC!

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I TOLD you he would never leave this GOLDEN CONTRACT!!!! He would be a fool too!!!! He’s just used the family card!!!! lol.. More years of INSANITY watching Tech basketball.

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Hewitt is the gift that keeps on giving. I really dislike this man to a level that is probably not healthy.

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TECH has an basketball program???? I just thought that they showed up 1 out of every 10 years and played and few games and talked about how good Marc Price was!!!!!

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I’m soooooo upset I forgot how to spell or write!!!!!!!! GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUNNNNNNDDDDDDDD HHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGGG DDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!

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I’m not partial to Tech or UGA, but I think it’s hilarious how the Dawg fans quote the Tech vs. UGA record “since 2001″, as if UGA didn’t exist before Mark Richt. You guys wanted to get rid of Goff and Donnan just as bad as Tech wanted to get rid of Gailey. Looks as though both schools now have the coaches they want and they are 1-1 against each other. So why don’t you both just shutup and wait 10 years and see who has the best record then. (My bet will be with Tech.)

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why why why do you do this to me …. How much are the seats behind the bench again?

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looks like another year of mediocrity and under achieving by GaTech,,,,whatta shame

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What part of “WE DON”T WANT YOU” don’t you understand?

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It could be worse…we could be losing Favors and Lawal to the NBA…..wait a second….THEY’RE LEAVING?!?! Get the tar and feathers, very hot sticky tar.

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Oh, I get it. Now he’s going to show us all that fine class and character he has and he’s going to resign for us. That’s nice of him.

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Isn’t this the part where we’re supposed to look into the camera and say “We’ve been PUNKED!”

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Coach Hewitt St. John’s would be lucky to have you but I’m very glad you are staying on North Avenue. Hope you start recruiting more “Duke-like” players that need 2-3 years to develop. These NBDL Yellow Jacket guys have been coming that leave after 6 mths in classes are terrible. Don’t think Kenny Anderson even went to class when I was at GT.

Continued success and blessings to you, your family and GT Basketball!!!!

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Alan,

Why don’t you and the rest of the UGAY fans go get owned by Kentucky in everything. Maybe UGAY’s GAY football team will get past the Tennessee 34 yl this year? UGAY < Pathetic. Go on your own board, LOSER!

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About Paul Hewitt:

(credit goes to various sources for some of these points)

1) In the last 5 years (including this year), he is 76-74. With all of the McDonalds All Americans and future NBA players, he is two games over .500 in all games, which include 8 or so each year against the likes of Arkansas Pine-Bluff

and Winston Salem State.

2) In his entire 10 years, he is 26 games under .500 in regular season ACC games, and has only one season over .500 (9-7 in 2004).

3) In his entire 10 years, he has a winning record against 3 ACC schools and a losing record against the other 8.

4) He also has a losing record against mostly poor UGA teams.

5) “This seventh-seeded Tech team cannot dribble, cannot pass, cannot hit free throws, cannot exploit a massive size and talent advantage when it has one, cannot inbound the ball to save its life” – Pat Forde ESPN article that sums up

our coach brillianty

6) TV commentators talking during the tourney saying things like, “This has to be one of the most talented teams in the country…they look like world beaters…this has to be the most sloppy and undisciplined basketball team we’ve seen

this year…this team has to be very frustrating to watch for the Tech fans…”

7) Tech set a record for # of turnovers and missed free throws in the 57th ACC tourney, plus the announcers used the ineptness of simply getting the ball in bounds as a running joke on TV, embarrassing.

Every trip to the free throw line should not cause a collective panic. For those thinking that free throw shooting is something that cannot be improved upon, consider this from Mark Fox and Co. just up the road in Athens: UGA’s FT

Shooting % in 2008-2009 under Dennis Felton was 63.8%. This year under Mark Fox? 71.8%. The Dawgs even lost their best FT shooter in Terrance Woodbury (83.9%) but still managed to improve 8 percentage points (for those of you interested,

that is a statistically significant improvement). Consider these improved numbers: Travis Leslie went from 57.5% to 73.5%, Dustin Ware from 68.4% to 82.2%, Jeremy Price from 52.2% to 69.4%, Chris Barnes from 43.7% to 56.1%, etc. In fact,

EVERYONE who played on last year’s team improved their free throw shooting percentage this year. Coincidence? Let’s also not forget that Mark Fox’s previous teams at Nevada also shot the ball well from the charity stripe: over 70% during

his tenure there.

It’s truely unfortunate that the admin have let it get to this point. They clearly are aware that blind loyalty turned to mass appathy turned to vocal majority long ago. They are telling us that we didn’t scream it enough yet. I love my

Jackets, have NEVER spoke out against a coach, but this coach has to go, like 8 years ago….

**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**

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If we don’t make the dance next season, paul hewitt should get fired.

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I’m glad that Coach Paul/Chan Gaily Hewitt is staying. Let mediocrity continue!! Go Dawgs!!

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I dont understand, in what language would you like us to tell you “We do not want you here, get a plane ticket and get the F out of Atlanta” ….. can not wait until he realizes what a terrible decision this has been …. on a side note we now know our head BB coach has NO BALLS

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I have been one to criticize the performance of the Jackets this season and wondered if Coach Hewitt was the reason for the Jackets’s demise. Maybe. But giving coach credit, the Jackets could be in a worse predicament without him. The blue-chippers that he is capable of recruiting to Tech is understated. Atlanta is a great recruiting tool to have, and yet we have only been able to acquire bits and pieces for a championship caliber team…this year lacking a point guard. Let’s give him a little credit here. I would like to see the University make more of an effort to make Tech as attractive as a school to play for as does Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Memphis, UNC (which is in the NIT), and even Michigan St. If he goes Tech will have its work cut out and would have to have another great recruiter and motivator in place. Look at the dynamics of basketball now. No great player hardly stays in a program long enough for a team to develop. Recommendation if goes: Mike Anderson. If Coach Hewitt goes, thanks for the memories…wow, the players! Go Jackets!

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HAHAHAHAHA, he is staying, thanks GT

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Iam not a huge Hewitt fan.But he is our coach so we should support him.Some of you guys make me ashamed to be a tech fan.

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Hewitt might get rich from getting fired, but he will NOT be an attractive candidate for another high profile school with the way he’ll be vilified for another year. This is going to do serious damage to our program. Appathy turned to serious dislike a long time ago…we held our breath…and….nothing…lets turn the heat up…get ugly folks!!!

If we have to ‘fire’ him and he gets paid the full payout of his contract, I will officially wish him the worst karma I can wish for his basketball dreams, because he is wishing the worst for GT’s. A wish returned, that’s Karma.

**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**
**GO JACKETS…but…FIRE PAUL HEWITT!!!**

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Its official we now have a EUNUCH as our basketball coach !!!!!! Wonder if he will be allowed in the locker room … hopefully not, I think that will help our chances of winning a few games

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I can only pray that DRad knows enough about a fan base to realize it’s going to be VERY ugly the next year. Appathy was last year. This year is going to be really bad. It will make the situation much worse over all. Have to let the man go before the fan base revolts more than we have. The only people who are supporting him for a long time on these blogs are 1) uga trolls 2) fans who aren’t aware of the full history 3) people who have an agenda unrelated to basketball (just a theory)

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Alan,
The same can be said for UGA if I am not mistaken. And I am NOT!!! What an idiot.

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Well if this report is true, then I’m canceling my season tickets. DRad, for the love of god l, get this knuckle head out of here. Make him an offer he cannot refuse.

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You Georgia fans are a riot!! Especially you ALAN. You base the success of your season on the fact that you beat Tech? You guys didn’t even make the freakin TOURNAMENT. When you finally make it to the big dance, then you have some ground to talk. Georgia Tech basketball will be just fine.

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As a Minnesota and Tubby Smith fan, I say “thank you!”

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I’m glad he is staying. I can continue to support the program – which I’m not sure I could do with some of the “mentioned replacements”. {But, I think he’ll be gone after next year; not being hand picked by AD Radakovich, I don’t think they’re relationship will improve.)

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Fast Freddy …. If the mission was completely tank the GT program and seep every dollar out of the athletic department … You are right

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Kadosh you are a 100% idiot.

Since ACC expansion, we are in the cellar!!!

MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODED!!!!!!!!!

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Hewitt blewitt once again and missed a golden opportunity to get away before he is fired next year. He will look back and think…. if only…

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Sad news for GT fans. It doesn’t matter who Hewitt brings in, he can’t coach them. Would have been better if he had left. Sad, Sad.

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I was hoping he left because these rednecks down here don’t appreciate him.

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To Ramble on,

You are an idiot for saying your head is going to (Exploded). Past tense ( you are revealing your level of education). Come back with another one.

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Why are we so lucky?

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Kadosh: RAMBLE’s right your are an idiot.

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Duke doesn’t recruit ” ONE AND DONES.” They’re bad for any program. They should be allowed to go straight to NBA from high school.

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It is painfully obvious that Hewitt is staying only for the “golden contract.” He knows this situation will never work out now.

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Awhhhhhh!!!!Lemmon wants some attention. Ok so what you are saying that if you had all of Hewitt Recruits to stay 4 years GT wouldn’t be in contention for the ACC with the Dukes and Carolinas of the world. If the ACC is all you want your thinking is limited. You can’t coach what you don’t have…

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30-24

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You guys have beaten us ONCE legally since 1990. 20 years!!!

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Legally???

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Yes, legally beat us ONCE since 1990. You quickly forget of all the inelgible players you had from 1998-2000? Call Joe Hamilton, he’ll remind you.

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What a bunch of crap. Thanks for getting our hopes up, Hewitt.

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Kadosh ,,.,,, can yoiu please form correct sentences, which will then become a paragraph. Your gibberish is impossible to understand. Guess that Housing degree from the junior college down in Athens was not worth the money.

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Well, that was close. I hope he turns things around. You have to wonder why a guy would turn down a new job to stay at a job where he is on the hot seat though.

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My Housing Degree from the the junior college down in Athens versus your underwater basket weaving degree doesn’t change the fact that you still can’t name another coach that can come into GT and do a better job than Hewitt.

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Mark, will you be at the press conference tonight?

If so, could you ask him if 1.3 million deserves better than last place in the ACC since league expansion?

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Oh well, in another 5 or 6 years he might know how to teach his players to inbound the ball.

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Tom, I doubt that.

They will still be shooting 55% from the f/t line in 5 or 6 years too.

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Good Coach Great Man We are Fortunate to have him

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AND THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING

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Hey Coach, WHY are you out of town on a recruiting trip, you should be in the metro area locking up all the D-1 talent in the area. Please stop letting all this talent in the ATL get away.

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Dont be a fool. With the talent Tech has always brought in there is many coaches that could win here.

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The reason why he decided to stay in Atlanta and at Georgia Tech is because he thought about the cost of living in New York compared to Atlanta.

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Is Hewitt going to live in Atlanta after he gets fired? Everyone would have won if he had a spine enough to tell his wife he’s going to St. John. Now everyone loses, GT, St. Johns, D.RAD, everyone.

I won’t be spending a dime on the Basketball program now!

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New predictions.

Next season in Tech’s opener….regardless of who Tech plays:

- The game will be within 10 points at the half as GT plays down to their competition….again.
- Tech will shoot 69% or worse from the FT line in the game
- Tech will have at least 15 turnovers with at least 5 occuring in the 1st 3 minutes of the 2nd half
- Tech will have no timeouts remaining with 2 minutes left in the game.

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Since Hewitt is staying he needs to fire his assistant coaches, recuit players that know how to play team basketball and spend some time teaching the fundamentals. We need players that’s going to make a commit to Tech and no more ONE and DONE players. Mr. Blanks can we borrow $7.1m?

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*bet

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He will …. the only thing that happened here is Paul Hewitt signed his career death certificate today ….. We we not going to be very good next year anyway so wait it out and we will have a new coach and we can all laugh at the downfall of Mr. Ego

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YESSSSS!!!! Glad you’re staying, Coach Hewitt. GO, JACKETS!!!

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I like Paul Hewitt. I think this is a mistake on his part. He is not an ACC coach. He would have flourished in the Big East. They play his style of basketball. I am upset that he did not take the opportunity and I hate that GT will miss out on the BRAD STEVENS SWEEPSTAKES at the end of this NCAA tourney. BRAD STEVENS IS THE BEST YOUNG COACH IN AMERICA, AND WE ARE GOING TO MISS OUT ON HIM. AIN’T THAT A SHAME!

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Three BIG NO s at tech from CPH:
1.) No thanks to St Johns.
2.) No thanks to winning ACC
3.) No thanks to ever defeating UGA in Athens.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAHAHA

Stuck with this clown because of that contract you morons signed with him. AAAAHHAHAHA

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Good one, GEORGIA TECH: “GEORGIA TECH March 25th, 2010 @ 11:42 am Hewitt to ST. JOHNS….. i have the inside info. It’s a done deal.”

Good for you, Paul. Now go recruit an offensive coach as an assistant, continue to get the recruits, and you’ll have done what Bobby Cremins did and is revered for.

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Hewitt staying—in one word–crap.

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I am glad the State of Georgia is have such terrible financial problems, maybe now they will get rid of that extended high school for suburban losers, the one known as UGAY, with an ugly mutt as a mascot. Close uga now, and forever.

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What a joke! We have to deal with this classless, bitter pathetic excuse for another year? DRad what in the world? Could you not make the deal sweeter? And Coach (and I use that term loosly) do you not know that the fan base thinks you are horrible? What a joke!!

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I really wish everyone would stop making such a big deal about the contract. Bradley, you have beat the contract thing to DEATH–enough.

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All I cna say is thank you. As Long as Ga Tech has Hewitt coaching, FSU isn’t teh worst basketball team in ACC

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Maybe St. John’s told him that they expected him to actually win more games than he losses in the Big East?

And, I doubt that they would be dumb enough to garrantee him 6 years.

Finally, DRad probably wanted the payback because, after all, a contract is a contract.

All in all, I hope Hewitt has learned that he is expected to produce results.

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THIS is what happens when you let liberals run your country. First they start taking individual rights away from the people(see Healthcare). Then they give rights to those who don’t deserve it(women’s lib). Because of Hewitt’s wife we have to continue to put up w/ this crap?!

I think when I get home i’m going to slap my wife!

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maybe we can loan those signs to the dawg fans you can change them to please mark fox don’t leave for a real basketball program

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Coach Blewitt, you were dead on with Kadosh, LOL…kidding. But I believe you are just as a devout GT fan as I am. I feel ya…Read my comment on page 2. Hewitt, to his credit has brought in some unbelievable talent. He has coached a team to the Final Four and a championship game. The problem again is getting enought talent into the program to last a few years. The college game has changed since Cremins days. I know. I watched it unfold. No one has mentioned the lack of aggressiveness by the university to bring in more than one player a year. Next year there is another stud coming, from the East Coast no doubt. Hmmm…we can only hope that along with coach, the university can assist with keeping one or two of our potential 1st-rounders to stay. Give coach a little bit of credit here. Go Jackets!

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Whew – for a moment I was afraid Hewitt was going to do the right thing.

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…does freedom of the press include dawgs fans(cant even spell dogs…lol) commenting on GT issues? Why? These are Jackets fans (in the closet). Listen to the comments closely…(wink)

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Mark Fox will not have crap. When have the Dogs done anything in the NCAA’s (basketball)? Dont be fooled or afraid. Unless you are talking about the Prop 48 superstars that may commit…oops

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It did take GA a bit of time to hire a DC – but it will take forever for the nerds to get a new basketball coach -

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Tony – “Which is a more difficult academic environment?”

I guess it depends on your major. Just how many tech basketball players are majoring in engineering?

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Tony – I guess Favors should stay at tech so he can get closer to his engineering degree. He IS an engineering major, right?

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I first want to say that Tech grads really are fantastic at using CAD to design buildings for me. Whether it is an EE or PE or Civil Engineer, I know a Tech guy is going to be able to handle that chore for me…. and that is nice. Just knowing that they will spend hour upon soul crushing hour punching numbers into their computers on friction loss and loads and other exciting stuff like that really is helpful when building. Paying them for that task really makes me happy. It seems none of the ones I pay played basketball or any ball at Tech, but that is to be expected. I was actually on the Tech campus recently to look at a jobsite and was able to see both good looking gals on campus and I was not robbed, so I feel like I am living right.

Speaking of smart, I am pretty sure that contract you smarty smarts gave to Hewitt was not very..uhhhhh…smart. At least he can recruit good players. Of course, if the Cheetah burned down with all hands on deck, they still would have less wasted talent in the charred remains than Techs hoop teams of late…

So, in summation:
Tech guys are great for tasks and work pretty cheap…
The area surrounding the Tech campus is unsafe…
We run this state….literally

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Tony – “…the overall environment”?

What kind of environment does the following engineering majors offer at tech:

History, Technology, & Society

International Affairs

Literature, Communication, & Culture

Modern Languages

Public Policy

Department of Music

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And the winner is…here is a link for you: http://www.gatech.edu/degrees...

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@#*%@#(%^)$^%$ – Hewitt stays? I thought we might have a chance at getting rid of this albatross hanging around our necks. Looks like we will be stuck with being mediocre except for an occasional year, continued signing of players that leave early, .500 or under in the ACC, early exit from the ACC tourney, and a trip to the NCAAs every few years. Now, we are stuck with a $7million+ buyout.
Dave Braine strikes again – that man may haunt us forever.
Why not stay? If they don’t like you, they will can you and pay you $7million+. Where can I get one of these deals?

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Braine played Beamer Ball with skinny Pauls’ multi-million contract !

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ITs funny UGA fans talking smack about our program. We were 11-11 in the ACC with the tourney run. I hoped we would win Ohio State. We were just too young to take advantage of the bad starte by them. But we were not blown out excpet for 1 game against Duke.

The teams compete and 4th best FG %age Defense in the Nation is not a small feat. just relax. We had some good wins. Next year they will be better than you think.

And the UGA fan who said FAvors would do better for his NBA prospects if he went to UGA? Are you kidding me? He made it to the ACC Championship. HE played in 2 NCAA tourney games. Tech has much more Basketball exposure than UGA. How many UGA alum are active in the NBA? –That was pretty funny.

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And the winner is…thanks…lol. But we both know the academic rankings of both schools overall, seriously. Tech fans are buying into the media hype. I have even pondered Hewitt’s job performance, just as I have Cremins, or any other coach at Tech. The issue is what no one seems to understand is that I have been a fan for years, and it is a more difficult a decision for players who want to play BBall at Tech given the school and playing time, etc. Even Favors considered that while looking at UNC and others.

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When will this douchebag, Hewitt, leave Tech? Please go.

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Tony …. if you honestly think that you are in the majority group of Tech fans by still liking Hewitt you have to be smoking the best strand with some paint chips

I would say about a week ago it was near 50-50 ….. now after this fiasco it is closer to 35-65 … you being in the minority

If Blewey continues to blab his gums off to the fans and media the number on the right will only continue to grow .. and lets not forget the most important person DOES NOT WANT HIM HERE, that being DRAD … So all Paul has managed to accomplish here is prolong the majority’s agony for one more year and will now seep every dollar out of the athletic fund (I believe THIS is the reason he is coming back just to stick it to us) Can not wait to enjoy watching your career go down the toilet Paul.

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My neice can also draw up a successful inbounds play and make a free throw. Can you believe it???

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…Johnson. He told me that sometimes it is these guys one time shot at providing for their families. So give Coach a little credit here.

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I was gonna say Paul must have big balls but since learning this afternoon that he is sans sack:

Blewey must have, http://failblog.org/2010/03/24/wheel-of-fortune-fail-2/ , to think he can just come waltzing back like nothing ever happened. Think he got a little scared of the thought of having to deal with a media that is ACTUALLY exactly like what he accuses MB of being like.

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Obviously, you dont care to look at the players Tech has lost to the NBA. This breaks down chemistry. You are left trying to piece together a team unless you are Duke or UNC, Kansas, or Kentucky. Everyone except the elite programs will experience such a stretch of mediocrity. Once in a while programs will get a break and retain decent players for 3 or 4 years, enough to make a run for the title. It is just how the game has evolved. Again, there is no mention of the dynamics of the game today. And I would be the first to say enough is enough. (I feel that way about the Braves; another story) But I had to stop and look at the dymamics of the game and those involved along with Hewitt. Just maybe he hasnt been getting the booster support he needs…hmmm. Let’s look at all angles and stop talking about a coach whose has to be the savior of a program that has never, never won an NCAA title in BBall.

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I’m sorry AR, but it is not about entertainment. Even though when we stuck it to UNC and Duke this year was quite entertaining to me. LOL. But again, it is easy for us to be couch coaches as I have been, but in sports sometimes some teams just have your number. This year, for example, in football, I dread playing Miami and Virginia. We just cant seem to beat them. So alot has to do with matchups. What would be an acceptable season to you?

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Honestly, I dont think that anyone would be saying the same thing if coach had the same players for more than 2 years…

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Tony … again are you drinking the punch??? Man you are gullible …. Who in the he!! do you think recruits these players??? Are you telling me that you think Blewitt is so dumb he didn’t realize that Thad Young, Bosh, and Favors were gone after their first year ……… you must think the world is full of candy canes and cotton candy too…. do you leave you door unlocked at night, let people borrow your ATM card???

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Brad Stevens could have been here in a week interviewing for a job, now he is busy beating #1 seeds in the tourney ….. and this day started so so so so promising

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Gullible? I think it says a lot just to get the blue chippers to come to Tech. And how in the world do you know how long a player is going to be in school? And do you know how that effects the next year’s recruiting class when they see a guy in their position? You seem to know better, so how would you do any better? Again, I follow these blue chip players and many times their minds hinge upon one or two things: 1) they already want to play for a certain team or coach, 2) playing time. This is same situation that Nolan faced at Arkansas. Fans and media calling for the coach to be fired and such. And Arkansas will never compete again for a title. Be careful what you ask for. And the notion of not supporting the Jackets is a rather harsh action against not only the players who have nothing to do with this, but the great spirit of GaTech.

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You didn’t know Bosh, Favors and Young were one in done …. if you follow recruiting you were the only person left in the dark

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Your point? Obviously, you think that basketball games are coached by waving a magic wand. I do know that Coach would have had this year Crittendon (forgot him, huh?) and Young, Lawal and Favors had they stayed. Imagine that! But give him some credit. He is left between a rock and a hard place. He has high school players and coaches respect and either he recruits these blue chips or settle for mediocre players. The thing about it is he can only recruit and coach, he definitely cant play also. What do you really expect? Give some feedback on that. What would you do different and who would you recruit? Besides that, who would come to play for you? Again, before the Razorbacks threw in the towel on the coach the took them to 2 championship games, he had a committment from a guy named…hmmm…Emeka Okafor! Oh yeah, he then led UConn to a title against who? GT

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Here is what I would do differently …. If my team continued to make the same mistakes and played the same sloppy mess he declares basketball, I might address those issues. Anyone in the country can figure out how to run a successful inbounds play…. well almost everyone. Anyone that has been around basketball for a few months at least can figure out how to beat a press …. well almost everyone.

As far as recruiting if you want to go after the one and dones then lets try to use them while they are here. I think Bosh averaged something like 8 shots a game and Favors 7 ….. that is horrible. Of course both are inside players which brings up another issue. I have never seen a coach neglect his inside men more in my life. Anyway I probably could write a book, but you see things your way and I see them mine ( and my way leans a lot closer to the majority now than yours)

Just one more point. When it hits rock bottom that is when EVERYONE starts to see your ineptitude …. I would imagine you could not disagree with that …. which is why it was funny to listen to non biased commentators this year completely run Hewitt through the ringer all year … During the Maryland tournament game I think the commentators must have gone off for at least 5 straight minutes on how disorganized and horribly uncoached we looked. Pat Forde all but mocked Hewitt on one of his ESPN articles …. these people get paid for their opinions so if you think I am way off based then I guess you think all these people are nuts

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Wow… that’s sounds like a perfect coach. Only thing is, there is basketball to be played and there are other teams that figure to beat your inbounds play as well as everything else you try to do. That is why you havent seen any unbeatens and why you’ve seen many upsets. If you dont get blue chippers then someone else will get them and beat the heck out of you. Why in the heck do you think that players come to Tech? Guess what? Coach Hewitt. I dont care about the majority because it is all negative nonsense from supposedly GT fans…Again, I note the Arkansas situation when Nolan said that players come there because of him…could not have been more true. Because Arkansas has not been in contention for anything since. Great example of an understanding of the dynamics of the game and where the game has been going for years. You may disagree but if you dont understand that, you are just as lost as Bo Peep!

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I am glad that you understand the reality of things Pete. Some of these critics act as though Tech has been championship contenders for 100 years. Do you hear the same cries from FSU, Clemson, Miami, VTech, etc? NO

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Well Well Well

buLLDawg or whatever the little homo calls himself today has showed back up.

Got your tickets to Shreveport for this year? How was the NIT? Oh, nevermind, my bad.

Oh and Calipari is a scum bag. How long before Kentucky is on probation with victories forfeited? Not long. He leaves a slime trail like a slug. And nobody cares about womens basketball, good Lord. It’s UConn and everybody else in the country. How’s your baseball team doing?

I love Georgia fans who have to hang their hat on the conference. Were you at the SEC Championship game waving a SEC flag around for Game Day?

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Really disappointing article by Doug about Tech fans should be glad Hewitt stayed. What’s frustrating is that he proposed the idea that Tech fans expect to be UNC and Duke. Granted, there are some that expect that, but I don’t think that’s the issue. Also, he quoted someone as saying we may just be getting the “10 year itch”, or something.
As a writer who is familiar with the team and situation, he knows that’s bogus. Fans are frustrated with the way the team plays, the losing record in the conference, and the inability to win on the road among other things. The fact CPH has been here for 10 years and has not changed or addressed areas of struggle just frustrates fans. Either Doug isn’t paying attention or is just ignoring what is really bothering fans not to address the real issues that are bothering fans.

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It seems as though there are some couch coaches that do not have a clue about basketball. Again, I can understand the frustration, but a lot of Tech’s problems are a result of more parity in college basketball. Negative comments and non-support for the Jackets will not help anything. Never mind the GA fans. I can’t help but think of what happened to Nolan Richardson in Arkansas. This is the mirror image, except for the fact that this time, the AD and President haven’t fallen for the negativity…yet.

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DAMN !!

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