Radakovich’s letter to fans
Tech athletics director Dan Radakovich sent this letter to fans on Thursday in The Good Word, the weekly email that goes to Tech fans. It’s also published on ramblinwreck.com. Here is the link: http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/ot/geot-good-word.html
Here is the letter:
TO: Fans, Friends, and Supporters of Georgia Tech Athletics
FROM: Dan Radakovich, Georgia Tech Director of Athletics
This, Tech fans, is an important edition of The Good Word, so heads up!
You have all followed the story this week as Coach Hewitt was courted by a University in his home town, where he has had and continues to have many friends and close connections. It is a school that has solicited his services as head basketball coach before – it did in 2004 when Georgia Tech made a long-term commitment to Paul. As he did in 2004, Coach Hewitt today withdrew his name from consideration at that school. But this time the circumstances are much different, and I think some honest and thoughtful reflection on what has transpired needs to be done.
I am extremely happy that Paul, Dawnette and their girls have decided to stay here in Atlanta and continue to be a part of the Georgia Tech Family. For the moment, I ask you to put aside your emotions with Coach Hewitt and the program. Let’s consider where we are and where we are going. First, understand that no one person, be it a coach, an athletic director or even a president, is more important than the Institution known as Georgia Tech. Given that, doesn’t it make sense to keep Georgia Tech at the forefront of every conversation and every decision? That premise guides our lives here in the athletic program every day.
Six years ago, after being handed an appearance in the National Championship game by Coach Hewitt and his team, Georgia Tech made a commitment to arguably the hottest, brightest and most desirable head coach on the planet. Georgia Tech made that commitment. But at the same time, Paul Hewitt, who could have hand-picked many jobs along the way — including St. John’s — made the same commitment to our Institute. He absolutely wanted to be here at Tech and to make a commitment to the city of Atlanta.
For the last year or so I have read and heard all of the concerns and comments about our basketball program. All of them. Believe me. Some are valid, some are not. Drawing on my own experience and that of my administrative staff (Paul Griffin and Wayne Hogan alone bring more than 70 years in the business), and using the valid feedback that I receive from some of you on a daily basis, I periodically counsel Coach Hewitt as I do all of our 17 head coaches. My purpose in life is to do all I can to make Georgia Tech better in every area.
I am not oblivious that we now live in a world of instant gratification. The sports world has become all about “what have you done for me lately.” In a pro sports town like ours, it is not uncommon to read about multi-million dollar salaries, $100 million payrolls and coaches and athletes who come and go on a whim. When a program or team goes through trials and tribulations the first solution has become “fire the coach.” Certainly we work in a results-oriented business. However, in some cases the best course of action is to stay the course. Unfortunately, there is a feeling by some that change would solve everything. I say to that: Not always. Not now… and especially not in the light of Georgia Tech’s commitment to this man, his family and our basketball program.
In the case of Coach Hewitt and Georgia Tech basketball, we remain together because we are Georgia Tech. Coach Hewitt remains the same bright, desirable and coveted college basketball coach he was in 2004. If you have any doubt, just read the New York City newspapers from the past week. His credentials as a human being, a family man, a leader and builder of character are impeccable. The mission here is clear. We need to win more basketball games. We will continue to do everything within our power to do that — as an organization — with Paul Hewitt as our basketball coach. It is not a one-man mission. We are all committed to scour every inch of the program, suggest and effect the needed changes and to give the coach every ounce of support. This is what we do at Georgia Tech.
So now that we know the lay of the land, I am asking you as Georgia Tech alums, fans and supporters, to get with the program. My experience has been that when a Tech man finds himself in choppy waters, the Tech family rises to help. This is about Georgia Tech. It’s about commitment. And it’s about a part of the Tech heritage — our men’s basketball program. We must pull together and continue to support this program and Coach Hewitt. This is the Georgia Tech way!
Go Jackets!
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Here’s a story that published in today’s AJC and has been online for a while: http://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/tech-fans-might-be-404264.html
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Daniel Drummond, a freshman on Georgia Tech’s football team, has been ruled ineligible for at least the first 10 games of the 2010 season by the NCAA for violating eligibility rules.Tech declined to comment on the reason for the ruling.
A native of Flowery Branch, Drummond redshirted during the 2009 season. He is eligible to participate in practices but not games.
Drummond, 6-3, 253 pounds, was expected to compete for playing time at B-back. He rushed for 1,102 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior at Flowery Branch.
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238 comments Add your comment
Too Easy
March 26th, 2010
2:52 pm
Rally ’round the flagboys!
JacketMBA
March 26th, 2010
2:57 pm
second?
Paul in RDU
March 26th, 2010
2:58 pm
DRad is good at his job – excellent letter.
Too Easy – Nice pun – had me laughing
Nate
March 26th, 2010
3:01 pm
DRAD is right. Whether you like him or not, our fan base sucks still. At least give Hewitt your support and come support our student athletes.
Too Easy
March 26th, 2010
3:04 pm
Paul: You just gave away your age bracket.
Dan Radakovich
March 26th, 2010
3:04 pm
To all the GT fans, you are all pathetic!! How can you all complain about what I have been doing when you fans haven’t supported the team at all.
We have created a great 4 free hot dogs and cokes campaign and you fans do not even show up for our football games!!
Even though UGA is far superior than us, at least their fans support their teams even though they may be down. We won a pathetic ACC conference but still you fans didn’t support the team.
Therefore, your voices and opinions do not matter to me because of your lack of fan and financial support.
Now let me get back and study how a real athletic director, like Damon Evans, does his job.
Sincererly,
Dan
JaxRamblin'
March 26th, 2010
3:05 pm
OMG – Are you serious? How many more losing ACC seasons will we have to suffer through before GT will man up and pay the man his $7.1M to go away. I have never seen a university bow down to a coach like this. Hewitt does have a good thing here in Atlanta – a guareenteed contract with absolutely no risk. Bottom line – Hewitt can’t function in today’s one-and-done environment in college basketball. He’s pretty much admitted this through his multiple excuses to the press. Next year without Favors and Lawal we go sub .500 again in the conference and miss the Big Dance. That’s my prediction.
Deep South Dawg
March 26th, 2010
3:07 pm
LOL!LOL! Good luck with that! All I have to say, you noticed he did’nt write that same letter when he fired Chan Gailey! LOL! Oh, well….at least UGA will continue beating the BEE’s in B-ball. LOL, wow, how awful…at least it only took Mark Richt 4 years to find out that one of his coaches needed to be fired, not 6! oh and might I add and counting!!!….LOL
Phil
March 26th, 2010
3:10 pm
The notion that he would say, “We have a good thing going” at Tech is borderline bizarre. When was the last time that a coach’s decision to turn down an offer and remain at a school drove an AD to plead with fans to “put aside your emotions with Coach Hewitt and the program?” Please Coach, stop making excuses and start winning games.
italian_29
March 26th, 2010
3:11 pm
1st I am not a GT Fan, but I have to agree with DRad the fact that GT has been to the BIG dance 5 of the 10 years that CPH has been there is a testament to the type of coach you guys have. I do think that DRad should consider getting some hot up and coming asst. coachs to work with CPH on the offensive side of the ball. GT play hard nosed defensive BB, where the shortcomings show up is on the offensive side. JMHO.
GTISLAME
March 26th, 2010
3:13 pm
GT is LAME!
UGA 30 – GT 24!!!
UGA 73 – GT 66!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!!
WE RUN THIS STATE!!!
LOSERS!
North Campus underachiever
March 26th, 2010
3:17 pm
WE TRASH THIS STATE
Fire Hewitt Now !
March 26th, 2010
3:24 pm
I know you have to make these comments DRad but if the fans buy tickets and fill the stands then you will think we are happy with the product. 67-93 in ACC play over 10 years with only 1 season over .500 in conference play is not acceptable. Empty seats is the fastest way for fans to send a clear message. That is why I will not be attending games until Hewitt is gone or has 3 winning ACC seasons in a row, Which ever comes first.
GT86
March 26th, 2010
3:26 pm
What else is DRAD is going to say? The reality is CPH has a gun to the programs head. He has not delivered and had he not had the exit clause of $7.1 MM in place GT would be shopping for a new head coach. Going into this year, we all knew that it would be the year to see if CPH could win. This team had as much talent ( young I agree but ) as any team in recent years. DRAD was hoping that Saint Johns would do it for him, but at last we have him for another year and we are left with what to rally around? A coach that can not even draw up an inbounds play and has yet to run an offense with any sucess that can recurit.
beauvighn
March 26th, 2010
3:28 pm
If CPH did not have that golden parachute, D-Rad would be putting his NYCarcass on the street. What else can he do but make it look like he is glad he is staying. If D-Rad enjoys watching sub par basketball and seeing a lot of empty seats , he has made the right move. Maybe D-Rad needs to go as well.
chris o bomb
March 26th, 2010
3:29 pm
we are georgia tech, and THWG!
RambleOn84
March 26th, 2010
3:29 pm
Do UGA fans really have nothing better to do than wait for GT stories to post so they can come in and cyber-bully Tech fans? Pretty pathetic…
Relax guys...
March 26th, 2010
3:30 pm
Back in about 1967 – 68, UNC students and fans hung Dean Smith in effigy; they really wanted him gone, too. Worked out pretty well for them, so, hopefully, it will work out for GT, too.
Tim Tebow's Tears
March 26th, 2010
3:31 pm
DRad just dropped a bit in my mind. I know he’s handcuffed by his contract etc. and trying to rally the fanbase but sports is results driven. The results suck and so does Hewitt. I know he’s a good human being but I WANT A FREAKIN COACH. He’s consistantly outcoached in every facet of the game vs. the top coaches in the ACC and the country. It’s embarrasing what he’s done with all that talent.
RambleOn84
March 26th, 2010
3:35 pm
As a fan, though, I have to say that we’ll have to try and make lemonade out of this…get Hewitt to hire a good offensive-minded assistant coach and this could be a really good team next year. Hewitt has always had great defensive teams; if we get someone in here who can draw up some good offensive sets and develop talent at point guard (PLEASE!), we will be just fine.
RAMBLE ON!!!
March 26th, 2010
3:35 pm
Umm, Drad, a GT man doesn’t make excuses when he finds himself in choppy waters like Phewitt does.
That’s what UGA boys do.
dcp
March 26th, 2010
3:37 pm
I am disappointed with this letter. The AD should not be telling the fans how they should feel. Hewiit makes series after series of coaching mistakes – timeouts for no rhyme or reason right before media timeouts and after we make a basket, the poor free throw technicques the team uses, the inability to run an offense if we cannot get down the floor before the other team’s defense gets there – he just yells out “Motion, Motion”. Wow – great stuff – I don’t know any other coaches that can do what he does for us. I’m the same as others – I think it os time to choose to place my entertainment dollars elsewhere.
RambleOn84
March 26th, 2010
3:38 pm
As far as what Hewitt needs to do himself, I’d like to see a little humility from him.
Come out and and thank Tech fans for being supportive; admit that the results are FAR from satisfactory; commit to doing whatever necessary to improve the offense and cut down on turnovers, whether that means recruiting a different type of player or bringing on new (better) assistants.
pws
March 26th, 2010
3:38 pm
How about having Paul Hewitt pay for the upcharge on our season tickets next year since he just got a huge raise, and the rest of the economy is in the tank. I’m not sure how DRAD can expect us to continue to pay such prices for seats for a mediocre product. I am a GT alumnus and it’s no fun to watch this program anymore.
Tubby
March 26th, 2010
3:38 pm
@Dan-4 free hotdogs and cokes…I would’ve been a fan a long time ago had I known. Bring on the free snacks
Gordon
March 26th, 2010
3:41 pm
So now we are paying our coaches based on their “credentials as a human being”? No wonder the GTAA is broke.
We have now reached the absurd position of having the coach we do only because his wife doesn’t want to move and his employer can’t afford to buy him out. At last night’s press conference, Paul Hewitt sounded very serious when he said how this is a fresh start, but everyone knows the truth: Hewitt would rather be at St. John’s and everyone at Tech would rather he be anywhere but here.
For me, excitement from years gone by has given way to disappointment, then anger, and now apathy. Until this sad situation is brought to a merciful end, I have attended my last Tech basketball game, contributed my last dollar, and written my last blog entry. I love Georgia Tech basketball, and will miss it very much, but my patience has run out.
I’ll see you guys at Bobby Dodd, and maybe one day again at AMC.
RambleOn84
March 26th, 2010
3:43 pm
And to Tech fans:
Radakovich is saying what he needs to say, but know this: YOU DON’T OWE A DAMN THING TO ANYONE, much less the Tech basketball program. The fastest way to make a change is to stop funding the program. If Hewitt continues to underachieve with his team, DO NOT GO TO THE GAMES. Make him EARN your dollars…you are the consumer and you have a CHOICE. If the product is no good, save your money.
I want for Hewitt and Tech to succeed, but I cannot do as Radakovich does and demand support (least of all monetary) for a sub-par product.
SHOW SOME CLASS TECH "FANS"
March 26th, 2010
3:47 pm
hear, hear
SHOW SOME CLASS TECH "FANS"
March 26th, 2010
3:48 pm
sounds like most of you care more about winning than your association with tech. that’s pretty shallow.
GT86
March 26th, 2010
3:54 pm
Sounds to me like we are not willing to support the product that DRAD has decided and continues to allow …………. if that is shallow then so be it ………. you probably still think firing Chan was a poor move……….
RambleOn84
March 26th, 2010
3:54 pm
I could only guess as to who you root for, but you’re telling me you would continue to pay good money to support that team if they constantly under-performed? If so, you’ve got too much money or not enough sense.
Being a “fan” of a team does not mean that you owe anything to the organization. If said organization does not make the effort to keep its fanbase happy, they do not deserve the continued support of the fanbase.
DRC
March 26th, 2010
3:55 pm
Sounds just like ugay and the willie episode to me. All you read was to fire willie. Just change the coaches names and you have the same scenerio.
dcp
March 26th, 2010
3:56 pm
RambleOn 84 – good commentary.
Show Some Class – no one is dissing the school – everyone is proud to be associated with Tech – we have a right to not be happy with the direction of a program. 6 and 34 on the road in the ACC for 5 years is terrible, and this was done with at least 6 professional ballplayers – Favors, Lawal, Morrow, Crittenton, West, Young, and who knows if Shumpert because of his size/athleticism could do with some discpline.
T3
March 26th, 2010
3:57 pm
Well, I’ve been happy with every decision D-Rad has made so far.
As a GT alum, I think some years form now, we’ll look back
and the GTAA will owe a monumental debt of gratitude to D-Rad.
So……lets get working on fixin this thing.
wiley
March 26th, 2010
4:00 pm
We have all the pieces to win….other programs in fact do more with less as we watch the same thing every season. If GT could have better utilized talent over these last ten years…there is no telling how many banners could be hanging in the AMC. Watching teams like VT, FSU, and Wake do more with little talent is very disheartening. THe program needs to start winning and there is no excuse as to why it cant be done. Develop the guards with new assistants and let Hewitt coach defense.
DRC
March 26th, 2010
4:00 pm
T3-I would like to have some of what you are smoking.
Tech Fan Since 1950
March 26th, 2010
4:00 pm
Georgia Tech is fortunate to have an excellent athletic director and great coaches. They are good people and represent the Institute well. There are many excellent academic universities that also have strong athletic programs and the state of Georgia is fortunate to have several, including the one in Athens as well as at Tech. As a long time observer, Tech though is unique when you mix athletics and academics. Student-athletes at Tech require an extra discipline and mental toughness if they are to be successful champions on and off the playing court or field. This is not an excuse, for it is a fact at Tech. The mental part of the “game” has to be just as tough as it is in the classroom. I encourage all Tech coaches to step it up a notch in the coming year. The expectation levels should be raised in all sports.
INBOUNDPLAY?
March 26th, 2010
4:01 pm
Dan,
I’ll return to the games once Hewitt can string together at least 5 consecutive games with less than say 12 turnovers and no turnovers and/or wasted timeouts on inbound plays…
Deal?
rainman
March 26th, 2010
4:05 pm
There is something to the tradition of Georgia Tech alumni, faculty, and administration taking a more measured approach when a crisis arises and conducting themselves as gentlemen (and women) throughout. The ‘family’ and the institution are far more important than allowing a few fringe ’so-called’ fans to turn a simple sports arguement into a personel vendetta.
As sports fans, we have the right to question the way a program is being run, and we can even lobby for a change from time to time, but to attack a good man personally is out of line.
I think coach Hewitt knows there are things the team needs to improve on, and I hope he is able effect this improvement.
Now, DRad, since you consult frequently with CPH — why don’t y’all see about getting a top assistant that can reduce turnovers, teach some in-bounds plays, increase the free-throw percentage, improve the scoring.
btgt69
March 26th, 2010
4:10 pm
OK, let’s see if this is right, don’t go to games, don’t buy T shirts, don’t make contributions,,,, yes, that is a great way to increase revenue to buy out a coach’s contract. Look, the decision is made, whether we like it or not , the quickest way to destroy GT is no fan support. What ya’ll are asking for is a downward death spiral.
btgt69
March 26th, 2010
4:12 pm
Rainman, you are right. Let’s see what changes will be made,,, after all we are dealing witha bunch of 18-21 year olds,, did not all of us make many mistakes as a teenager ?
GT86
March 26th, 2010
4:16 pm
The talent is fine it is the coach we have issues with……….. and the coach is not twenty years old
BeauRayme
March 26th, 2010
4:19 pm
Tech basketball is dead to me. This letter just says we are stuck with him and please come to games
THE GOOD WORD
March 26th, 2010
4:19 pm
Georgia Tech Facts
1. Top 5 Engineering Programs
2. Top 20 MBA Program
3. ACC Football Champs
4. NCAA Second Round
5. Top 5 Baseball
UGA CAN NOT COMPETE, GET WITH THE FACTS, UGA SUCKS
AND THATS THE GOOD WORD
What about Bob?
March 26th, 2010
4:21 pm
Drad’s letter to the pathetic Tech fans is so full poop. Way to stick it everybodys face Hewitt! I think CPH is just sticking around to tick all the haters off.
the real Old Gold
March 26th, 2010
4:27 pm
DRad would have LOVED if Hewitt had left.. but what is he supposed to say?
Goldtimer
March 26th, 2010
4:28 pm
I wish St John’s would have offered CPH the moon. Time for new blood in the program. No other D-1 coach has wasted as much talent as Hewitt. I for one will pass on renewing my tickets until a change is made. Hopefully that will be the end of next year.
Drexel Gal
March 26th, 2010
4:31 pm
Apparantly, Dan Rada-moron didn’t get the memo — from 1952 — that the Tech community also consists of WOMEN. So, when a Tech MAN finds himself in choppy waters, rise to help him. When a Tech WOMAN finds herself in choppy waters, throw her an anchor.
jack
March 26th, 2010
4:32 pm
Here’s the deal…given the location in a major urban area, the local and regional high school talent available, playing in the ACC and the continued commitment and support given to this basketball program, there is simply no good reason GT should not be competing at the highest levels both within the conference and nationally. Coach Hewitt has a track record at GT that cannot be ignored or dismissed. It is what it is – underwhelming. GT fans have lost confidence in Coach Hewitt’s ability to raise this program above where it’s been 9 out of the last 10 years. The fact he is a good family man and ambassador to the Institute is all well and good, but, honestly, those are qualities that are expected for a position at this level and at his compensation. Lots of lousy to average coaches are good family men and representatives for their schools. Most people gave Chan Gailey high marks in integrity, principles and ethics. Coach Hewitt is a great recruiter but there hasn’t been much bang for the buck. GT fans can thank Dave Braine and Wayne Clough for this predicament. Braine, in particular, all but wrecked the GT athletic department. DRad has done a great job cleaning up the mess he inherited. He’s showing admirable leadership in trying to rally the GT family to support this coach, but, there’s still that 10 year track record that won’t go away…good luck with that.
Loyal Jacket
March 26th, 2010
4:33 pm
Serious, true story:
I have a friend who is an assistant coach on Clemson’s Men’s Basketball staff. I visited with him before the Tech game here in Atlanta and asked him a few questions. One question I asked him was, “Coach, what is Georgia Tech trying to do on offense?” After watching the tech team for the first half of this year and being a student of the game, I was curious to know if I was missing something becuase I sincerely couldn’t figure it out. The coach responded by saying, “We don’t know.” I said, “seriously, what are they trying to do.” Again, he repeated, “We don’t know. We’ve asked around the league (ACC) and other coaches have expressed the same thing. Apparently, it’s become somewhat of a laughing point among the other coaches.”
Friends, we are fooling ourselves if we think this guy is going to turn the program around. He is a nice guy, represents the university well, but he cannot coach. Unfortunately, for him and us, that is his job. He doesn’t get paid to represent the university per se, he doesn’t get paid to be a nice guy per se. He was hired to coach basketball!!!
We are in one of the greatest prep basketball cities in the nation, for God’s sake, and Coach Hewitt said he would like for us to make the tournament 3 or 4 years out of 5. Paul, are you serious?!!?!! Wake up, Paul, get a clue!! And get on the next bus to NYC!!! PLEASE!!!
4 jacks
March 26th, 2010
4:36 pm
Instant gratification? What the hell? DRAD is the best thing that has happened to GT in years, and his hiring of CPJ, but sorry, you lost me on the instant gratification bs. The guy has had 10 full years. All but maybe 3 he has underachieved. Oh, but I am too impatient, I want instant gratification. Sounds like something someone would say talking down to their children. Hewitt is a loser in the ACC ,check the record. Worst record of any ACC team the past 5 years, and would be for the 10 years except due to expansion. But I want instant gratification. DRAD hasn’t been here 10 years, so maybe it just does not register with him, but I really think that statement was offensive. Now I realize that he is hamstrung to this braineless contract, but Hewitt is a loser with an attitude that this was “a great year”. Wish my employeer thought like this, of course my employeer would never give out a contact like Hewitt holds over GT. I love GT, but like a poster said above, I will not spend my hard earned money on this product until it changes. Either Hewitt starts producing or he is gone. It is sorry to have to do this, because the SA really do deserve our support, but that is the only way to send a message I quess.
To: Loyal Jacket
March 26th, 2010
4:41 pm
Mark Fox knew what tech was trying to do.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHA
STUCK with him y’all are. Where is Whack Hyder when we need him? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA
Hey Good Word
March 26th, 2010
4:43 pm
You left two accolades out:
TWO NAVY FLYERS BUSTED and DEMOTED. DUMB and DUMBER
collegeballfan
March 26th, 2010
4:43 pm
If you are a season ticket holder and are unhappy you know what to do.
If you are not a season ticket holder your opinion does not matter.
Road Scholar
March 26th, 2010
4:48 pm
“I’ll return to the games once Hewitt can string together at least 5 consecutive games with less than say 12 turnovers and no turnovers and/or wasted timeouts on inbound plays…”
Just a note;Hewitt doesn’t play, he coaches!
I agree that changes are in order. Give him time to address the asst coaches, and to get tougher on the players who do not perform. If you didn’t notice this year, Hewitt benched a player after he had a “stupid” moment. The unfortunate thing was that the replacement complemented the problem and had a “stupid” moment soon thereafter!
I also noticed when a player came off the floor, they, except for Lawal, never looked Hewitt in his eyes, a sign of a lack of respect? The colecting the cell phones before the ACC Tourney and the results should also provide a clue to another problem at Tech- lack of cohesion between players. Did you hear that- I think it was Cornell- that all the players lived in a house with the team managers….to get to know and COMMUNICATE with each other. Imagine that!
The proof is in the results form his “tweeking” his coaching and getting some new assistants that aren’t “yes men”;time will tell. I just hope that there are still fans in their seats.
Road Scholar
March 26th, 2010
4:49 pm
PS Also get the players to check their egos at the door!
Kev
March 26th, 2010
4:54 pm
Recruit a decent point guard X’s & O’s guy on the bench.. Hewittt is the man in recruiting so do what you do best and then delegate.
To DRad
March 26th, 2010
4:57 pm
i agree with 4jacks on taking offense to the instant gratification comment, however I don’t feel that we need to call Hewitt names for doing his job. As a previous season ticket holder for 5 years I decided not to renew this year. I also do not regret the decision. Hewitt has produced the exact same team for the past 3+ years. A team that turns the ball over, can’t in-bound the ball, but plays defense. His players leave early and he uses it as an excuse rather than blaming himself for recruiting the wrong type of players. His ability to adapt and improve is missing and that is why fans are upset. Why should fans continue to support this team when the adminsistration is quite content at letting him underperform? I will stick with football where CPJ is not sugar coating and making excuses for his team.
VegasGT
March 26th, 2010
5:07 pm
Nice letter, but…….
It is exactly what I would expect from him given his circumstances.
The part I have a bit of a problem with is looking at his record over time. Hewitt has been abysmal since getting his Golden Contract. I say, keep Hewitt, but get him to sign a reasonable contract with reasonable measurables, one that he can earn. Right now, the only pressure on Hewitt to perform is from himself and that just isn’t good enough. If he doesn’t perform, there are no real consequences, no remedies for GT.
So, I will continue to support the school and the student athletes by buying tix to games I want to go to, but no donations as I have a fundamental, ethical problem with Hewitt’s contract.
As for all those who say to give Hewitt time, why? He has had enough time. He is the CEO of this team, makes all the decisions and should, therefore feel all of the pressure for a lack of performance.
I just wish he would quit making excuses and bear some of the blame/responsibility.
KSEE
March 26th, 2010
5:16 pm
“The mission here is clear. We need to win more basketball games. ” – Dan Radakovich
If it’s that clear … make it happen! please
Ozzy
March 26th, 2010
5:23 pm
I’m a season ticket holder and I’d like to continue to support the school and the players, but the truth is this type of basketball is no fun to watch. Who wants to watch 25 turnovers, pitiful free throw shooting, inability to inbound the ball (the last five minutes of the NC State game was some of the worst basketball I’ve ever seen), seemingly random substitutions, and inexplicable time outs? Frankly, it’s embarrassing at times.
I’m going to consider buying tickets again out of a sense of duty to the school, but I really don’t know if I can bring myself to write that check again.
Hewitt does seem like a good guy, (a little pompous for no apparent reason), but represents the school pretty well I guess. Why can’t he see and fix the problems that are so apparent to everyone that’s watched and supported Tech basketball for the last five years?
Bottom line Paul, shut-up and win more games.
Jovan
March 26th, 2010
5:32 pm
Just curious…what is it that makes him such a fine human being? His players low graduation rate? HIs refusal to recruit outside his own race? Those childish sideline antics? I wish I knew what ANYONE saw in this guy–especially the A.D.
Go Jackets
March 26th, 2010
5:36 pm
Hewitt cannot win more games without serious changes in the assistant ranks. I think it will happen. Even without Favors and/or Lawal, I think Tech will be quite good next year.
Go Jackets!
Note from Damon Evans:
March 26th, 2010
5:41 pm
Greetings Dawg Family,
I am happy to announce that UGA plans on playing men’s basketball at the Division I level in 2010-2011. We are excited about having a new sport at UGA. With your support this team can one day have a winning season…it may be decades from now, but we will get there. Still no word yet who our coach will be. It will probably be no worse than our fourth choice, we promise. Continue supporting mediocrity, Go Dawgs!
Damon Evans
Bad day on the Flats
March 26th, 2010
5:43 pm
This letter was not honest, although I am sure it was thoughtfully considered for maximum effect. Radakovich is doing his job of making the best of a bad situation but I am rather insulted that he thinks so little of the Tech “family” that he does not level with us. The biggest lie here, and there are several, is characterizing Hewitt as a builder of character. The man doesn’t graduate players, doesn’t recruit true student-athletes, and displays an obvious bias that everyone sees but no one is willing to talk about. I don’t expect Radakovich to be openly critical of a man he is essentially chained to, but I don’t appreciate being lied to and pandered to in the name of keeping the “family” together. Shame on you, Radakovich, for neglecting the student-athletes in Hewitt’s program and for treating Tech fans like they were UGA fans. We will treat Hewitt with civility, but don’t expect us to embrace him just because you are willing to.
Dawghater
March 26th, 2010
5:46 pm
What does anyone expect D Rad to say. He has no choice but to try to make the best out of a situation he thought was going to take care of itself. I heard a guy on the radio yesterday say D Rad should make Hewitt’s new parking spot over at the Kroger on 10th Avenue. D Rad may not be able to fire Hewitt but he could make his life miserable. Hey Hewitt, the least you could do after putting Tech through all this for your personal pleasure is go to D Rad and restructure you contract and be a man. Your holding Tech hostage and you don’t even have to perform to keep you job. Put up or shut up. Tech alum don’t want you fired we just want you to perform! Either coach these kids up and so us improvement or pack your bags and go somewhere your wife agree to. Hey Hewitt, do you know where your wife hide both of them?
Tech Forever
March 26th, 2010
6:00 pm
Paul Hewitt has become the Government Health Care Option; he’s way too expensive, he ain’t goin nowhere, the quality is substandard at best, and he doesn’t have to show a profit.
Paul “G.O.” Hewitt…..I like the sound of that.
NoCoach Blewitt
March 26th, 2010
6:31 pm
If by everyone saying he represents the school well they mean the lowest graduation rates in NCAA, then yes I concur completely.
If by saying he represents the school well they mean that his coaching is so terrible that non-biased TV announcers are basically mocking him and the school during the game …. then yes I agree.
We will soon see if the ship will change course, but to this point that wish has panned out maybe 3 out of 10 years (that is being generous), so I am not banking on it. I am having the sensation of deja vu. Is it February 2????
Tony
March 26th, 2010
6:33 pm
The person we need to be upset with is Dave Braine. He got us on probation for the only time in history,extended Chan Gailey’s contract and gave Coach Hewitt this contract. He was an assistant coach at one time at Tech and I think these were done to get even for being fired when that coaching staff was let go. Suposeedly he resigned due to health reasons. It’s too bad he didn’t die before he could do this to GA. Tech. When he finally does the right thing and dies I hope nobody in the Tech Community will say anything good about him because there is really nothing to to say about him.
AlabamaRamblinwreck
March 26th, 2010
6:34 pm
Why I hate that Hewitt is staying:
His brand of basketball is difficult & painful to watch
We almost never win games we shouldn’t have the talent to win
We lose many games that the other team should not have the talent to win
We turn the ball over like a high school varsity girls team
The team never seems to consistently improve as the season progresses
In-bounding the ball should not cause me terror
Our offense is best described as a “clogged toilet”.
He wastes timeouts, and uses substitutions in a pattern without any thought for the flow or momentum of the game
He loses to UGAG waaaaaay too much
He has consistently been in the bottom half of the ACC, usually with a losing record in conf.
I could go on and on, but I will stop now.
691dawghater
March 26th, 2010
6:35 pm
DRad, if you want people to continue to support the basketball program, you should force CPH to make some changes. It is clear to anyone watching that he is a very good defensive coach, but he does not develop the players offensively. I don’t know if he needs to change some of his coaching personnel or what, but routine tasks such as free throw shooting and inbounds plays should not be an adventure like they are now. We do not run very many set plays or feed the ball to the post like most good teams do, and that is a result of poor coaching. Man up and force him to make changes and you will see an increase in fan support and hear a lot less negativity.
4 jacks
March 26th, 2010
6:36 pm
To DRad, you are correct sir. I did not mean to call Hewitt names. The point I was trying to make is that his attitude of this being “a great season”, is a losers mentality. It sounds like Braineless saying that we cannot expect to contend for conference championships. It is a mentality that has permeated this fine Institution because of Braine. DRAD, and his attitude and the hiring of Coach Paul Jonhnson and his attitude are turning the tables on this loser mentality that we have faced over the past decade. Coach Johnson has already put to rest that we cannot compete for conference championships in just 2 years in a sport that should take alot more time in building than basketball. Mr Hewitt, tells us we just had a great year, thinking we will buy it, and when questioned or pushed he just makes excuses. This to me is a losers mentality. I am sorry that I did not make that clear. However, I firmly beleive that the GT basketball SA’s, the fans and this fine Institution deseves better than what Mr. Hewitt has provided, and I like alot of other GT fans, are just tired and disgusted with Mr. Hewitt’s attitude that he has shown us over the past couple of months with his tweets and comments. If I had his losing record I would try to show a little humility and try to teach my players how to inbound the ball.
GT GRAD
March 26th, 2010
6:44 pm
I agree with DRAD. I have said it before & I will say it again: we all need to support Coach Hewitt and the entire GT Basketball team!
I am discouraged by the Daniel news…………..I expected he would be a very solid player for GT this season at B-Back.
superDawg
March 26th, 2010
6:48 pm
HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS!
Paul Hewitt
March 26th, 2010
6:49 pm
When I be ready to retire You be paying me 7.1 million dollars. SEVEN POINT ONE MILLION! My momma didn’t raise no fool!
Jack G.
March 26th, 2010
6:51 pm
If you folks cant see through this letter, You are as dumb as Braine.
What a crock of —–bull
superDawg
March 26th, 2010
7:03 pm
THE GOOD WORD IS UGA OWNS YOUR BEEHINDS I WOULD SAY gt CAN NOT COMPETE WITH THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS.!
superDawg
March 26th, 2010
7:04 pm
NUFF SAID.BWAHAAHAAHAAHAA.
Hewitt Fan
March 26th, 2010
7:04 pm
Only 2 coaches have winning ACC records in the last 6 years…..Coach K, Roy Williams….
Duke shot more free throws than any other team in the acc and usually NC is second, and its crazy because they are a jump shot shooting team…in the ACC championship Singular shot more free throws than the whole GT team…..
Duke and NC are the only 2 teams to win an ACC regular season title since Maryland won their championship….
can anyone tell me who was the last big man to dominate the ACC?
Hewitt Fan
March 26th, 2010
7:05 pm
Duke and NC are the only 2 teams to win an ACC regular season title since Maryland won their championship….
I will answer it for u….No one…
The ACC refs do not allow big men to dominate..they call bad fouls on put them on the bench (Favors,Bosh) and u idiots say Hewitt cant coach offense..but how can Favors score when he is on the bench..
To make a long story short..CPH should have took the st johns job…He could have went to a conference where its about the players not the coaches…
GTville
March 26th, 2010
7:10 pm
Joe Paterno has only won 2 NC’s in all his years of coaching. Penn State should have fired his butt long ago.
Bobby Bowden only won 2 NC’s in all his years of coaching. FSU should have fired his butt long ago.
Steve Spurrier has not won an SEC championship in many years at So. Carolina, what a lousy coach he must be.
If you stick by a good coach, you will get good results every few years. College BB is tough to stay consistant with all the 1 and dones….Both Cremins and Hewitt have experienced this. With the 1 and out tournament, you don’t always win when you think you should ….Is Kansas firing their coach this year????
Hewitt knows where to go….he is filling the team with solid long term players and will bring in an all star to deliver the knock out punch. Depth is key and we have it now. If you bitch too much you will turn off the recruits, so now that CPH and DRad have decided, go with it….they know what to do if the results don’t show up soon.
Paul Hewitt
March 26th, 2010
7:11 pm
Sorry, St. John’s wouldn’t give me a rollover with a 7.1 million buyout.
BeeLover
March 26th, 2010
7:14 pm
I don’t have any problems with him staying……what I have a problem with is the superior athletes we recruit who stay for one or two years and leave for the pros……this is really hurting our basketball program……change is needed in this area.
Sandyspringsjacket
March 26th, 2010
7:40 pm
Hey superpooperdawg, get off the GT blog. Yes we lost to your pathetic FB and BB teams, but it had absolutely no impoact on us, we still won a conferance championship,played in a BCS bowl and made it to the BIG Dance in BB. I could not find the score of your NCAA tournment game, oh that’s right, UGAy missed it AGAIN! You guys are irrelevant. You may own the state but but you have absolutely no impact on the GT growing jaggernut. Go back to the trailer park and watch yur black and white TV.
By the that’s not how you spell HA HA you idiot.
GTPhenom
March 26th, 2010
7:44 pm
For now, I will read into this letter and say that he is essentially asking us to be patient. Tough, but I believe that DRad knows what is best for the program. However, I think another thing you can possibly say is that DRad understands the anxiety of the fans, and that this may be Hewitt’s last shot. Miss the Big Dance this year, and I think DRad pulls the trigger on Hewitt and his contract, regardless of the ramnifications. Now, the only bone I have to pick is with GTville. What is the one constant with all the coaches you named? They are all College FOOTBALL coaches. First, that is like comparing apples to oranges. Second, how many winning seasons in conference did those coaches have? More than one in ten years, I assure you that. Spurrier is a horrid example anyways. I think USC should have canned him a long time ago.
east cobb jacket
March 26th, 2010
7:48 pm
let’s see…he’s considered by most to be a good guy, but not fan-friendly, struggles to develop players, runs a lousy offense, inexplicable use of time-outs…but enough about chan gailey, paul hewitt is, sad to say, in over his head at this level.
Old Fashioned
March 26th, 2010
8:09 pm
A Suggestion for All Friends, Fans,and Alums of Georgia Tech (From a lifelong Yellowjacket,Class of 1954):
Please continue to support our beloved school by using your money saved by not buying basketball tickets to buy more football tickets and to contribute an equal amount to the wonderful,deserving academic programs.
Small Johnson
March 26th, 2010
8:13 pm
I tried to tell you idiot Tech nerds all day yesterday on Bradley’s blog
Hewitt has a good thing and the AJC even prints it
Tech82
March 26th, 2010
8:24 pm
The evaluation of this situation should be simple. If a potential coach were sitting before you and said that if you paid him $1.3 million per year with an automatic rollover clause in his contract, he would produce one winning season in conference play over the course of the next ten seasons, would you hire him?
The obvious answer is no.
If we wouldn’t hire him now with that promise for the next ten seasons, why are we continuing to employ him with that production over the past ten seasons?
We know what we have. We know it doesn’t work. The solution is to replace the coach, not tell the fan base that they should support a proven loser because he is part of the family. I have had season tickets since 1988 but I will not renew them next year.
superDawg
March 26th, 2010
8:41 pm
sandysprings jackit son you are in bulldog country how does it feel to be irrelevant.
GT Fan
March 26th, 2010
8:42 pm
DRads letter is BS ! I had alot of respect for Rads till this BS letter. I’ve been a fan since 1971 and you can take it and stick it as long as Paul Hewitt is Coach. Make all the excuses you wish to keep the _ _ _ but to he!! with the Basketball team till he’s gone. The lady Basketball team, Football and Baseball Ok but Hewitt’s team hell no !!!!!
Fire Hewitt and Rads……….
Bill
March 26th, 2010
8:47 pm
Paul Hewitt is not part of my family and will never be. No thanks Drad. Take your program and you know what to do with it.
jojatek
March 26th, 2010
8:57 pm
Where do you start with this letter…?!! Nobody is suggesting that Paul Hewitt is a bad person or someone who can’t coach D1 basketball. He just has not gotten the job done for us at Georgia Tech (”instant gratification” is not how I would describe our patience over the past 6 or so years…). That’s life, and Paul Hewitt knows it. Bottom line: It was a tough management decision for an AD who inherited a bad contract and thought, for a moment, that the problem just might take care of itself. That didn’t happen. Eventually, he will have to face this situation head-on and make the tough decision that we alumni are paying him to make…
DRad is young… he will learn in a couple of years that he should have pulled the trigger this year (”Management 101″, frankly… don’t ignore a bad situation and let it fester… take care of it and move on…). In the meantime, we’ll keep watching… and waiting… and hoping… because, as DRad points out in his letter, “… this is what we do at Georgia Tech… it is the Georgia Tech way!”
Go Jackets!
v8 cat
March 26th, 2010
8:57 pm
We have one of the best ADs in the country. I’m going to do what he asks and support the team with my money. I am a life-long GT fan; not a UGA type of fan. The basketball program is going through a tough time, and it does not help to go through all of this carping about Hewitt now. So you don’t buy tickets/go to games/contribute to the Tech fund, that shows me you really don’t give a damn about the school. These are bad times – man-up and quit being spoiled UGA type of brats.. You are going to afffect facilities, recruiting, etc. and leave us without things we need to be competitive – that really speaks well of a yellow jacket fan to try and take down a program to get rid of a coach.
Hunker down
March 26th, 2010
10:01 pm
At heart I am a huge Dawg Fan in Football. Come fall my alliance changes and I pull for my Bee’s. Depending on the the time of the year in determines which set of my friends speak to me. My school I attended, KSU, has no football team and is not in the pwer house ACC in round ball. So with that background I speak of what I hear and see. The Tech Alumn and Fan base are not behind CPH. He underperformed in most everyone’s eyes with the likes of Lawal and Morris this season with expectations not delivered. That brings us to next year. If these tow go pro where will the program be under the leadership of CPH. He had a chance to go to St. John’s, welcomed and a new direction. A new direction to both St John’s and Tech. He choose to stay. The AjC did a survey and well over 50% when I inspected wished CPH had taken the St. Joh’s job. If your fans don’t support your coach how do you expect the players. Sorry, but I think it is a bunch of malarky about family and friendships in Atlanta. The people have spoken and you have defied them CPH. You made your bed now sleep in it.
The Good Word
March 26th, 2010
10:30 pm
Superdawg, please,
no leistes que escribi hotdog, esa es la que hay, papo son los facts y esa es la realidad, UGA es una mierda, los que saben estudian en Tech y los brutos van pa UGA, aceptalo y seras feliz
SlimG
March 26th, 2010
10:31 pm
All I keep hearing from pathetic tech haters is what has hewitt done with all this talent. What talent? A freshman who still needs at least a year to be upper tier. That’ it….Lawal can’t make a three foot uncontested layup with consistency. Where is all this talent I keep hearing about? Chris Bosh? It took him how many years in the pros to finally make an impact. He’s no Kobe or MJ or Magic. Just a good role player.
messin with sasquatch
March 26th, 2010
11:01 pm
always great to hear from the doggs, who have always had superior gymnastics.
put a few football goals together for 2010-2011:
1. Beat Florida
2. Beat Kentucky
3. Beat Tennessee
4. Win the SEC East
5. Learn to use trash bags and trash cans
6. All players pass their drivers exam
7. Ride scooters the correct direction on one way streets.
8. Take away Zack’s drivers license and keys
9. Require all basketball players involved in traffic accidents to remain at the scene.
10. Educate players that they should not fondle pregnant students esp. when they are drunk.
Hayseed Dixie
March 26th, 2010
11:18 pm
Ok, DRad. Got it.
Just to make a suggestion: I’d love to see the Georgia Tech-caliber version of Cornell at our school.
Seniors, veterans- playing selfless, flowing, amazing basketball. Honestly, nobody minds the W/Ls so much when a team plays up to its expectations.
I hate one and dones. Junior year, fine. But Bosh, Marbury, Crittendons, Young- these guys are like fast food. A quick fix, but ultimately bad for you.
Please steer the program away from them.
You’re doing a great job, Drad- we love you here.
UGAisyesterdaysnews
March 26th, 2010
11:24 pm
Anyone that buys a ticket to a GT basketball game next year is just plain stupid.
bigstack19
March 26th, 2010
11:54 pm
Bull plop!
Lil' Barry Bailout
March 27th, 2010
12:36 am
Wow, that’s some case of man-love. Are there any circumstances under which Radakovich would consider replacing Hewitt?
Hewitt Can't Coach
March 27th, 2010
12:49 am
The funny thing is Hewitt seems to be “oblivious” to the fact that MOST Tech Fans want him G-O-N-E!! He always says something like, “I got 40 messages on my Blackberry today saying they’re glad I’m staying at GT.” What he DOESN’T say is those are from fans & alums of UGAy, UNC, DUKE, etc!
Seriously, how can he NOT know so many people wish he would just leave? And just how much accountability can be demanded from a coach that has a never-ending contract? DanRad did the right thing when he sucked it up and paid off Gailey to just go off campus and never look back.
Clearly the $7+ Mill Braine-less buyout has his hands sufficiently tied on this one. Tech just can’t afford to fire Hewitt…Period. DanRad is doing all he can do by faxing Hewitt’s resume to every school with a BB program…..But is it really justified to “instruct” GT Fans & Alums to “get with the program” when they know it’s going nowhere fast?
And Hewitt “wants to stay because all of his familty is happy in Atlanta”…Yeah, right. It’s more like he wants to stay because nobody can force him to leave. If Hewitt had an ounce of self-repect, he’d just resign. 10 years of pathetic results speak for themselves. GT’s athletic standards have been lowered and DanRad wants us to congratulate him and Hewitt. You don’t see me smiling.
BC-GT92
March 27th, 2010
1:26 am
I read the comments from time to time on these articles, and I love how UGA fans call GT fans nerds, yet the same UGA fans apparently have nothing better to do than to sit in front of their computer for 7 hours posting trash talk.
Irony FTW.
Tokyo jacket
March 27th, 2010
3:10 am
D-Rad is the man. By the time I got done with that, I actually wasn’t nearly as frustrated with CPH. I would expect that D-Rad would drive at least a little accountability in CPH next year.
I found one thing VERY INTERESTING though. D-Rad had this to say of Hewitt “His credentials as a human being, a family man, a leader and builder of character.” Did anyone notice that there was this exact same line in Bradley’s blog earlier this week? I mean, WORD for WORD. Is D-Rad trolling Tech blogs? If so, he’s way connected with what we think.
Andy
March 27th, 2010
7:51 am
Here’s what a true letter would have stated:
1.) Despite having the most talent in the ACC, Tech finished in 7th place
2.) Tech finally pulled something together and made the ACC finals despite shattering the tournament turnover record
3.) Hewitt is a good recruiter and horrible coach
4.) Hewitt knows he’s a mediocre coach and didn’t want to get canned at St John’s after the same kind of performance
5.) Like it or not, we are stuck with this guy so let’s make the best of it.
Buzzboy
March 27th, 2010
8:17 am
At this point,I am not a firm believer in Coach Hewitt but I am DRad. There is not an AD in the country that I have more respect for. Therefore the basketball program as well as all our athletic programs have this Tech fans full support.
eBuzz
March 27th, 2010
8:19 am
Well crafted letter, but fails to address the actual situation, which is the need for a coaching change.
Robert
March 27th, 2010
8:56 am
Either good PR or we need a new AD.
Coach Hewitt..
March 27th, 2010
9:04 am
Come on guys,”We’ve got a pretty good thing” even though we’ll never be UNC or Duke. I’m 177-144 at Tech, including 67-93 in the ACC in 10 seasons, what more do you want from me.
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Give me $7.1 million or STFU…I Run This School……LMMFAO…Paul.
79
March 27th, 2010
9:05 am
Y’all enjoy your “alone time” at AMC in ‘10-11……
Hewitt said, after Tech was unable to inbound the ball against (somebody…Hell, I can’t remember who…it happened in EVERY game);
“I’ve been teaching coaching them on my inbound plays for ten years….”
To which someone here in the AJC Comments wrote,
“Ten years ago these guys were 9…”
Raised a Yellow Jacket
March 27th, 2010
9:11 am
Great letter DRAD. Although I am sick that Hewitt has only succeeded in having one winning ACC season out of ten years, he otherwise is a great representative for the Institute. His ONLY problem is that he needs to win more games, and CPH needs to understand that excuses are just that. Excuses. Win more games, and every disgruntled fan will shut the hell up, and fight like hell to defend him. For many of us, GT basketball is our favorite and sometimes ONLY escape from an increasingly tough world. We want to be proud of the coach and the team. But our ACC record and other forms of underachieving are depressing. And it’s even more maddening because we KNOW CPH can win more by CONSTRUCTIVELY criticizing himself, his assistants, the team, and then making the necessary improvements in tactics, strategy, accountability, and personnel. Here’s to a winning ACC record in 2010-2011. Let’s make it happen. No excuses. Respectfully, Raised a Yellow Jacket
AlabamaRamblinwreck
March 27th, 2010
9:24 am
Can Hewitt not know that he has lost the support of approximately 75% of the alum/fan base? I think he knows. They just don’t have the number for his blackberry.
Doug Roberson
March 27th, 2010
9:40 am
I’m not sure how many of you read the other story I linked to in the blog, but I went back and researched the past 10 years in the ACC. There’s Duke, Maryland and North Carolina, and then there’s everybody else. Tech’s winning percentage in the ACC is actually better than most.
I’m not sure how anyone can say Tech has had the most talent. The big three have had a lot of All-Americans, as has Wake Forest. FSU has two NBA big men on its roster, and it struggled this year.
This was only written to introduce some more facts into your conversation, not as opinion.
savannahdawg
March 27th, 2010
9:41 am
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah……………..see ya next year for another Dawg victory over the Jr. NASA boys!!!!
The contract and buzzzzzzzzzzzzing
March 27th, 2010
9:43 am
The CPH contract is a chain around tech’s neck and it is so hillarious. I mean, I thought “Tech men were bidness men, too intelligent” to sign some dumb a– contract like his. Funny. Sloppy too.
Also, your 2 Navy flyers that buzzed Grant Field, were schocked according to the flight recorder, with the 12,000 fans in the stadium when they did their DUMB thing. BUSTED and DEMOTED and GROUNDED they are. Tech men. Geeks. Waffle House grill men they all are.
Is this a pattern?
Brent
March 27th, 2010
9:53 am
Non-change we can believe in. DRAD should run for president.
BobinBuford
March 27th, 2010
10:26 am
The contract:
“Schocked”?? Talk about sloppy. They can’t do those flyovers at UGA – there are no UGA grads with enough brains to fly a Navy jet, and all the fans at Sanford would think that we were being attacked!!
UGA grads are Waffle House grillmen – GT grads OWN Waffle House.
Jack G.
March 27th, 2010
10:29 am
It is my opinion that CPH wanted to take the St. Johns job, but Mrs. CPH said NO.
Apparently she dosent read these blogs, or she would have said lets go back to NY.
OR she said wait till we can get the Golden Parachute and the go back to NY.
Larry
March 27th, 2010
10:30 am
Paraphrased:
“I handcuffed this great institution to a mediocre basketball coach with the most absurd contract imaginable so now I have become a Polly Anna cheerleader to circumvent the negative attention I so deserve for doing such. I can’t change the contract, so I’m hoping I can change your attitude about the contract. Indeed, what are my options?”
Barack Radakavich
March 27th, 2010
10:41 am
YOU WILL LIKE WHAT I HAVE DONE FOR YOU ,MY SUBJECTS!!!
DRAD Real
March 27th, 2010
11:35 am
Drad needs to make a move on Hewitt next year, or he can hit the road too. Hewitt is sucking all the life out of the program. I’m not renewing season tickets until hewitt’s gone. Hopefully next year some other school hires hewitt and Ga tech can get out of that $7 mil buyout.
Mark Fox
March 27th, 2010
12:11 pm
Hey D-Rad, thanks for keeping my buddy Paul…I was worried you would get a real coach in there and make my job harder….Thanks to you me and my rag tag bunch of cast offs will still run this state in basketball….GoooooooooDawgs….sic ‘em….woof woof woof…
Bad day on the Flats
March 27th, 2010
12:17 pm
DRad, you can sure write a letter. Then again, that’s about like saying a used car salesman sure knows how to talk. The way you handle this situation will probably impact your next job considerably, when you do leave us here at Tech. If Hewitt performs well and the fans come back, then it might help you get the job at Michigan or Florida or Ohio State or wherever else you want to work. If it doesn’t work out, I guess it might help you get a job at East Dakota State or Montana Vocational Technical College.
Bad day on the Flats
March 27th, 2010
12:19 pm
Something tells me we won’t be seeing much of you either way, so I’ll take this opportunity to thank you (sincerely) for the considerable good you have done for Georgia Tech, including straightening out the GTAA after Braine let and hiring some fine coaches. You big mistake is going to be not firing a coach who may be a good man but who does not have the support and affection of the Tech faithful.
GT Fan
March 27th, 2010
12:21 pm
Been a GT fan all my life and will continue to support all sports except anything PAUL HEWITT has to do with. The last 3 years I have missed GT basketball but I will not support Hewitt. (The Lady Jackets have been good and getting better)
Rads has let the fans down and I have lost alot of respect I had for him. I pray Hewitt will leave are be fired.
HelluvaDisappointment
March 27th, 2010
12:23 pm
I am disappointed in both Dan Radakovich and Paul Hewitt for recruiting players who are not academically committed, in other words, for serving as an AAU affiliate and NBA farm team. Georgia Tech is much better than that. Any NCAA school should be better than that.
GetwhatUpayfor
March 27th, 2010
12:25 pm
AGREE WITH “Bad Day On The Flats”
HelluvaDisappointment
March 27th, 2010
12:25 pm
GT FAn, I am with you man. Well said. We can still be Tech fans and not finance Hewitt. As DRad just reminded us, Tech is bigger than any one person.
GetwhatUpayfor
March 27th, 2010
12:27 pm
You got that right @ 12:23
HelluvaDisappointment
March 27th, 2010
12:29 pm
Tech may be bigger than any one man, but it is not really big enough for TWO 800-lb gorillas that no one wants to talk about. The first is Hewitt’s abyssmal record with graduating players and even keeping them in school. The second is Hewitt’s refusal to recruit white and hispanic (and for that matter any non-black) players. These two gorillas are related, and both seem to be invisible to DRad and the Tech administration.
HelluvaDisappointment
March 27th, 2010
12:33 pm
It will take a major media scandal before everyone (including the AJC) to address these issues of academics and unbiased recruiting, and then Tech will suffer because of it. The writing is on the wall, with the NCAA considering the 40% grad rate rule and the changing social climate. How embarrassing for the state school which presumably holds itself to a higher standard.
Bad day on the Flats
March 27th, 2010
12:40 pm
Helluvadisappointed: I agree that A.) it is a problem and B.) that no one wants to talk about it. I’m not sure why unless it is just typical liberal academic bias (though Tech is historically not as afflicted with this as other schools) or they just don’t see any legal downside for maintaining the status quo. I would think to the contrary that with the recent successful lawsuits by athletes against UGA and other schools they might be concerned, since Hewitt et al are clearly not fulfilling the school’s contractual obligations of providing (which includes ENCOURAGING and SUPPORTING) the promised education as provided by scholarships. Perhaps when one of these NBA “bolters” gets injured early or flops in the league and decides to sue we will find out if they have a good case. Then it might be too late for Tech.
Bad day on the Flats
March 27th, 2010
12:41 pm
Then again, not even bloggers say anything about it so maybe we are in the minority and it’s not even an issue.
Techesquire
March 27th, 2010
12:49 pm
Then again, not even bloggers say anything about it so maybe we are in the minority and it’s not even an issue.
Lil' Barry Bailout
March 27th, 2010
12:51 pm
Doug Roberson: “Tech’s winning percentage in the ACC is actually better than most.
I’m not sure how anyone can say Tech has had the most talent.”
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Did we have more talent this year than Georgia? Georgia was pathetic this year and Hewitt didn’t get his team ready for them. Did we have more talent than Miami? Florida? Maryland? Virginia? Hewitt and his bunch managed to lose to all of them at least once this season.
Techesquire
March 27th, 2010
12:54 pm
Sports Law and Academic Law are not my fields, but since it appears to be systemic (repeated again and again under Hewitt’s and Radakovich’s watch), I think it is an area of liability (or at the least an area where Tech would be vulnerable for a claim of such impropriety). The courts are looking more favorably on athletes suing their alma maters for breach of contract in scholarships. Ma Tech’s and the GTAA’s legal counsel doubtless has it all under control, but even the claim or appearance of impropriety would be a public relations debacle for Tech.
Techesquire
March 27th, 2010
1:00 pm
NCAA Compliance has made it clear that schools have to go above and beyond to provide athletes with a (more than fair) chance to complete their degrees, even when the athletes initially lack compunction and motivation to do so on their own. So the graduation rates and targeting of unqualified students as athletes is a real area of concern for all schools, and it is about to get bigger with federal government involvement. ON the racially imbalanced recruiting issue, because of the political leanings of the NCAA and academic governing bodies in general, it is unlikely that any issue would be raised concerning that. (Unless, of course, other minorities, such as hispanic or asian entities, were to get involved.)
foreverandeveramen
March 27th, 2010
1:02 pm
Black people playing basketball? who would’ve ever thought.
foreverandeveramen
March 27th, 2010
1:03 pm
everyone knows that white kids and hispanic kids can’t play ball, and even yaoming knows that asians can’t play.
Tennessee and KY in Elite 8
March 27th, 2010
1:04 pm
What time does Maryland, GT, FSU, Wake Forest, and Clemson tip off? And can you believe some of the ACC idiots thought VPI should be in also. What a pathetic conference.
APReports2015
March 27th, 2010
1:09 pm
Georgia Tech’s new Athletic Director, Polly Anna, has just announced the renewal of Coach Paul Hewitt’s contract through the end of the 2050 season and added: “Everyone who loves Georgia Tech will continue to support our coach because they are bad people if they do not, and they are especially bad if they say he is bad. Now there are plenty of empty seats at the renovated Cremins-Hewitt Court in Alexander-Radakovich Memorial Colesium so we expect everyone to come see the team play. On a side note, our three freshman will be playing only the first five games of the season so that they can join their NBA teams for the start of their pro careers.”
APReports2015
March 27th, 2010
1:10 pm
Film at 11.
KYJelly & TennEars
March 27th, 2010
1:12 pm
boy, howdee. Kentucky and West Virgina playing in the NCAA. There will be more albino banjo players than teeth in attendance for that one.
KYJelly & TennEars
March 27th, 2010
1:13 pm
Of course the volvas will hold their own against their foe. Of course, they are always holding their own, since no one else will hold it for ‘em.
KYJelly & TennEars
March 27th, 2010
1:14 pm
itza good thing Ky football and Tn kiffinball suck or else there might be more people at spring practice than down at the five and dime watchin the games on tv.
Eliterthanyou, and a better dresser, too
March 27th, 2010
1:17 pm
Is it true that every single one of the players in the KY-WVU game is related? They all have the same sisters and mothers.
Eliterthanyou, and a better dresser, too
March 27th, 2010
1:19 pm
True story: The University of Tennessee officially changed the school song to “Rocky Top” from “On Top of Ol’ Smokey” because the school mascot (a hound dog named Smokey) was getting too tired and the coeds were getting jealous.
D-Rad is not rad
March 27th, 2010
1:24 pm
Dan Radakovich may have gone too far in casting his lot with Paul Hewitt this time. I sure wouldn’t want to base my career on the performance of a man who has performed mediocre at best in his job and whose popularity rating is sinking by the day. It seems that maybe D-Rad and Hewitt have the same “20-30″ blackberry friends telling them how good they are.
D-Rad is not rad
March 27th, 2010
1:29 pm
I can not believe that Radakovich has an accurate take on the degree and validity of dissension aimed at Hewitt’s program. If he had indeed read ALL of the adverse opinions then he could never have written such drivel and polly annish tripe. I once admired him for his competency, integrity, and candidness. I guess competency will have to be good enough from here on out.
D-Rad is not rad
March 27th, 2010
1:33 pm
We don’t hate Paul Hewitt, much less his family. We just hate what he has done to Georgia Tech basketball and to the public image and perception of our school. How embarrassing was it to be named among the schools in the NCAA tournament with the lowest graduation rates? And while academically rigorous schools like Cornell and Duke go deeper in the tournament than we do, we can only brag that several of our players will make it to the NBA. We have gone from Point Guard U to Tatted-Up Gangsta U. That is what we hate.
F-18s Trump the B-52s
March 27th, 2010
1:38 pm
D-RAD: How dare you lecture us on being true to our alma mater and supporting our programs? We always have, always will. We are not obligated, and nor will we be “shamed”, into saying Hewitt is doing a good job and keep paying him for it. D-Rad, you’ve been good to Tech so far, but just because Hewitt has a golden contract doesn’t mean you do.
F-18s Trump the B-52s
March 27th, 2010
1:41 pm
Sell it to the dogs, D-RAD. Georgia Tech alumni have generally been held to a high standard of excellence in their chosen professions from the time we were at Ma Tech through our present careers. Do NOT tell us to accept mediocrity from a man just because he has a nice family and a fat wallet. We are better than that, D-RAD, and you should know it.
F-18s Trump the B-52s
March 27th, 2010
1:44 pm
D-Rad, there is a point where having a teflon personality and being a smooth talker just becomes slimy. You’re getting there.
Doreen Macafferty
March 27th, 2010
1:47 pm
Gee, it seems like my fellow Tech fans like Hewitt better than I thought. They’re not even complaining about him anymore. BTW, does anyone have Hewitt’s blackberry number? I’d like to send him some more love notes.
DDawg10
March 27th, 2010
2:26 pm
Dan, several years back, the Atlanta Hawks had a first round pick that they overpaid and receive below average production from. When it was time to resign Jon Koncak and other teams showed some interest, the Hawks greatly overpaid him again to save face. It took them over 5 years to turn around from this mistake that every fan knew was a mistake. You have just made you Jon Koncak mistake by rolling over PH contract and continuing to keep a average to poor coach. Gailey had his Reggie Ball and you have Paul. I hope if does not cost you your job also.
DDawg10
March 27th, 2010
2:28 pm
Enter your comments here
DDawg10
March 27th, 2010
2:31 pm
D-RAD – Maybe PH can schedule Norcross HS for one of his “Quality” out of conference opponents next year. He has definitely taken the “Thriller” out of the Thriller Dome.
Jacket Fan
March 27th, 2010
3:30 pm
Dear DRad,
Just because we don’t boo our team,doesn’t mean we are happy and approve of keeping Hewitt. Do we have to be obnoxious to get the point across to you. We don’t like the BB program and Hewitt is to blame. Sure Hewitt is a nice guy and knows a lot about BB. He just loses and blames everything else, most recently, he blames us the fans. You blew a perfect chance to make a change. Now, it is same as if you signed the contract with Hewitt. Don’t send me anymore pep talks about YOUR problem. Short of winning a national Championship (which is impossible for Hewitt) there is nothing he can do to gain my support!
acowa
March 27th, 2010
3:54 pm
Jacketfan,
Did you get your Masters (of the obvious) from Georgia Tech? Hewitt’s contract will cost us the total gate receipts for half of our ACC games next season (regardless of whether he’s here or not).
Do you propose that we take resources from football and cripple that successful program? Otherwise, where do you propose to get the money?
Maybe DRAD can do a pay per gripe? At $1/per stupid post, we can raise the money in no time.
Doreen Macafferty
March 27th, 2010
5:35 pm
After you open “acowa” on yourself, then maybe you’ll be in a better frame of mind to comment on things you don’t know about. The money is indeed an issue, but not the only one. You are making the mistake of many Hewitt lovers in thinking that you can justify his staying here because he’s “too expensive” to fire. You sure can’t justify his record or public statements. Keeping Hewitt for another five years is going to cost a helluva lot more than firing him because of the continuing decline in revenues. Don’t think Hewitt or DRad can ride CPJ’s coat tails by suggesting it will hurt the football program if we fire Hewitt. DRad may have hired CPJ, but as he said himself, the Institute is a lot bigger and more important than any one man, including AD’s and coaches.
Doreen Macafferty
March 27th, 2010
5:38 pm
I’m getting sick of DRad telling TEch fans how they should feel or react to a given situation. It’s OK to go “Rah! Rah! Support the Jackets!” It is absolutely dishonest and disingenuous for him to whine about the Tech family and how much we really love Hewitt (only we just don’t realize it) and to imply that we’re bad people if we don’t suck up to Hewitt as much as DRad does.
Doreen Macafferty
March 27th, 2010
5:41 pm
Sorry, Dan, but I don’t generally respond to cries for help and desperate pleas for support from mercenaries, which you clearly are. You have Tech’s interest in mind only as far as it furthers your career, and that is OK. Tech chose to hire you instead of one of the Tech family because of your financial expertise, and that is a good thing so far. But before you hitch your wagon to the Hewitt horse you better be prepared to follow him to his next job because after missing this opportunity to fire him, when he goes, you go.
superDawg
March 27th, 2010
7:00 pm
OK,OK,OK !!! I finally admit that I am a GT wannabee. I am ashamed of my dawgs and worship the Jacket Nation. Long live King Paul.
Lil' Barry Bailout
March 27th, 2010
7:02 pm
DDawg10: D-RAD – Maybe PH can schedule Norcross HS for one of his “Quality” out of conference opponents next year.
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The boys team or the girls?
Lil' Barry Bailout
March 27th, 2010
7:10 pm
Mr. Radakovich, you’ve done a nice job at Tech. The fact that you’ve so publicly hitched your wagon to Paul Hewitt tells me that you don’t plan on staying much longer, however. Best of luck to you and to Georgia Tech athletics. Those of us who love Georgia Tech will continue to support Georgia Tech athletics regardless of who’s running the show.
northbeach Scott
March 27th, 2010
7:28 pm
DRad, we love and respect you, however most of us reject your decision to retain Coach Hewitt. I will just say ‘no’ to season tickets at the tit. Hope you survive this decision, but I doubt it.
Admiral Ackbar
March 27th, 2010
7:33 pm
Radakovich, it’s a trap! Hewitt is a d-bag and will taint you.
No Rad
March 27th, 2010
7:51 pm
D Rad blew it with hewitt, now he’s telling fans how to react to his mistake??? Drad—you made a big mistake here. You probably know it by now.
killerJ
March 27th, 2010
10:49 pm
They just don,t have the money to buy out his contract plain and simple and to the dog fans who find it funny,I get to watch your school go down the shi$%er without a paddle not having the tax payers to support you, so whens your house going to be on the chopping block?Have a good day!
Doreen Macafferty
March 27th, 2010
10:49 pm
DRad was hired for his financial prowess and his record of building and renovating facilities. He made the great hire of CPJ for which we will be grateful, and thus far he has helped straighten out some of the financial and personnel problems left by Braine. However, he is letting his ambition of renovating AMC affect his financial decision to keep Hewitt around a little longer. It may enable him to pay for the 30-45 million dollar renovation, but who is going to come watch basketball there? You put the jackass before the cart, DRad, by letting Hewitt stay. Sure, they might call it Cremins-Hewitt Court at Alexander-Radakovich Memorial Colesium, but no one much will be coming to Georgia Tech basketball games by then.
Doreen Macafferty
March 27th, 2010
10:52 pm
Paul Hewitt does not represent Georgia Tech and his teams do not reflect the best of the Institute. Radakovich, if you really knew Tech and cared for it you would know this. You are a liar when you say Hewitt and his teams represent Tech well, and as such, I assume you are lying when you say you care about Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech is bigger than you, so get the hell out of the way. Maybe LSU, USC, or even the U will take you back in some capacity. That seems to be your element.
TYPO
March 27th, 2010
10:52 pm
DOUG,
……………..unfortunately Georgia Tech was 11-3 in football last season,
…………………………..NOT 11-2
On a Stick
March 27th, 2010
10:55 pm
Hey, Danny boy. Have you no shame in trying to “guilt” Tech folks into treating your buddy Hewitt like he was OUR buddy? Get this, neither you or Hewitt are a part of the Tech family when you hurt the Institute. Don’t feed us crap and tell us it’s chocolate.
COLLEGE of CHARLESTON
March 27th, 2010
10:58 pm
We like Bobby
On a Stick
March 27th, 2010
11:00 pm
Radakovich, I used to think you were a good man who just had to do a difficult and at times unpopular job. I see now that you are a slick used-car-salesman trying to sell a real clunker –not as a daily driver or a winter beater, but– as a Ferrari. You insult us, offend us, and then flash that chiclets smile at us as if everything is great? Do the right thing, and we may forgive you….Hewitt can not be forgiven at this point.
,,,,,
March 27th, 2010
11:02 pm
Hewitt is a strange person,
………………….not a people person,
………………………..paid millions to be a smart ass loser
On a Stick
March 27th, 2010
11:03 pm
Hewitt, DRad has stood by you in public. I imagine, because he is an intelligent man, that he has tried to tell you how hopeless your situation is at Georgia Tech. The word is he even encouraged you to seek other opportunities. You have not taken his advice and he has not had the cajones to terminate your employment. He or his successor will fire you, you will get your money, but DRad has irreparably harmed his standing with the university.
SAINT JOHNNY
March 27th, 2010
11:05 pm
HEWITT is a joke
fire him…..
25wattbulb
March 27th, 2010
11:09 pm
Coach Hewitt has chosen to stay where he is clearly not wanted to continue pushing a program and agenda Georgia Tech alums and fans clearly do not approve of. Teflon Dan has made his choice, too, as he gets ready for his next job. If Hewitt makes it another year or two (and DRad doesn’t fire him) the $30 million renovation and expansion of AMC will be complete and Drad can stick another feather in his cap. He’ll list CPJ and the facilities improvement on his resume, and ignore the basketball attendance and tremendous good will he squandered among the Tech “family.” IF the alums and fans do get their way and Hewitt is removed after he falls flat on his ego again, then DRad may not get a “better” job. So, now, where is the motivation to fire Hewitt?
25wattbulb
March 27th, 2010
11:10 pm
I may not be bright but I can recognize an opportunist when I see one. I see you, Radakovich. I see you.
25wattbulb
March 27th, 2010
11:16 pm
It’s true, Hewitt will never leave on his own. He won’t renegotiate his contract. I don’t blame him for either one. I don’t even blame Braine and Clough for approving the contract that is so chafing now. When that contract was approved it was a bad deal for Tech, but at least the AD and President then assumed (as anyone would) that if Hewitt failed to produce the current AD would man up, bite the bullet, and fire him, despite the tremendous costs, because keeping someone who is harming the school costs even more. That is where they were wrong. D=RAD beat out two Tech men for the AD position, and while he is a good businessman, he is quickly becoming anathema to Tech fans everywhere.
AVeryBadContract
March 27th, 2010
11:21 pm
It’s true that Hewitt’s contract was ill-conceived and inexcusably approved by men who should have known better. But now I see another contract as even worse…hiring Radakovich. A Tech man may not have been a good AD, but he sure would not have tolerated Hewitt’s petulant attitude to academics, the Institute, the media, and the fans. Radakovich isn’t one of us. Many have adopted him since the CPJ hire, and there is no denying that was a good hire. But it is clear that while DRAD may have been the best thing ever to happen to Paul Hewitt, Paul Hewitt is the worst thing to happen to Tech (much worse than CCG) and the worst thing to happen to DRAD’s career.
AVeryBadContract
March 27th, 2010
11:25 pm
I don’t even give DRAD credit for writing a good letter, as many folks here do. He could have stayed positive without being dishonest. He could just level with Tech and say, “I know you don’t like Hewitt but we can’t afford to fire him right now.” You say he couldn’t? No, if he is more worried about DRAD than about Ga. Tech he couldn’t, but again, he is dishonest in saying Tech is his priority. Painting this Hewitt fiasco with a broad, soft brush may preserve his career and his ability to get a better job, but it is driving the bb program right into the ground.
AVeryBadContract
March 27th, 2010
11:27 pm
Why renovate basketball facilities and colesium for tens of millions when you can’t even afford to fire a man who is guaranteeing that those venues will be less full than ever? How are we going to pay for renovations with a crumbling program and a coach who will still making $1.5M a year for mediocrity?
25wattbulb
March 27th, 2010
11:28 pm
Bite the bullet, fire Hewitt.
25wattbulb
March 27th, 2010
11:34 pm
Grow some, fire Hewitt.
Wet Rats
March 27th, 2010
11:39 pm
If I have a nice, full galley and a rat shows up I can ask him to leave, but he won’t go. I can hope he goes to another ship, where the galley is also nice, but he won’t go. The only thing I can do is get rid of him myself. It’s a little more complicated with people, but the principle is the same. If we wait for this rat to abandon ship it will be because he has already sunk it.
Wet Rats
March 27th, 2010
11:45 pm
It seems to me Mr. Radakovich that you are the closest thing to a Skipper we have on board. If you don’t rid the ship of the rat, and you even tell the crew to take care of this rat and embrace him, then you are either planning to go down with the ship or, more likely, you’re planning to hop onboard another ship at an opportune moment. Which will it be, Skipper?
nycstateofmind
March 27th, 2010
11:48 pm
They grow some pretty big rats in NYC, and they bite, so you Tech fans better back off. He’ll not only take your money but he’ll take the life out of your program before he does. Don’t think for a moment that my man is going to leave quietly or gracefully when he decides to leave.
nycstateofmind
March 27th, 2010
11:51 pm
the only real rats around here are the racist Tech fans who won’t see the good that Coach Hewitt is doing here. he said when u hired him that he was going to recruit kids who ordinarily wouldn’t or couldn’t go to Tech, meaning black kids from the city mostly. they took u to a final four and now u don’t like their tattoo or attitudes. that’s your problem. Hewitt is helping black kids, so you are the racists, not him.
nycstateofmind
March 27th, 2010
11:53 pm
Calling a brother a rat won’t make him go, it’ll make him stay longer.
Wet Rats
March 27th, 2010
11:57 pm
I was using something called an analogy, and you were far more specific in saying the rat was from NYC than I was.
nycstateofmind
March 27th, 2010
11:58 pm
This ain’t poetry, it’s bloggin’, so keep your anallogy.
Wet Rats
March 28th, 2010
12:02 am
Oh, I’d agree there is nothing poetic about you. I am not sure what an “anallogy” is, but I was using an “analogy.” If we break down the word “anallogy” it probably means something like “the study of the anal” which would seem to be more in your line. As you study Hewitt and support him, I would only ASSume …. oh, well, you get the picture.
Beavis & Butthead, UGA Class of '92
March 28th, 2010
12:07 am
hehehehe, he said “anal”. hehe, like cornholio….heheh yeah, hehe, he also said “Hewitt.” hehehehe, that rhymes with “blew it.” hehe hehehehe his wife’s name is “Dawnette.” hehe hehehehe hehe that’s funny.
Beavis & Butthead, UGA Class of '92
March 28th, 2010
12:12 am
hehehe Tech thought they’d got rid of Hewitt hehe hehhe but he came back hehehehehe hehe and he sucks. hehe yeah, man he sucks like a straw hehehe like an anteater hehehe he’s a loser hehe and he stays at Tech hehehehe hehe hehe so now their losers too
Beavis & Butthead, UGA Class of '92
March 28th, 2010
12:14 am
hehehehe they wer always losers hehe
Wet Rats
March 28th, 2010
12:18 am
Welcome back from Spring Break Tech students. Nothing much has changed, but boy was it an interesting week. Thanks to Coach Hewitt, you are guaranteed of missing at least one more season of unexciting, mediocre basketball next year, but that’s OK. You need to study instead of go to games anyway. With the money he’s making we’ll be needing your alumni checks more than ever.
Wet Rats
March 28th, 2010
12:18 am
B&B, it’s amazing what your UGA education did for you.
Wet Rats
March 28th, 2010
12:23 am
We’ve read the letter. We’re disappointed by the letter. We don’t need to see the letter anymore. We can find DRad’s letters on the Tech website. It’s time for a new article/blog, Doug.
blackprix
March 28th, 2010
12:23 am
With all due respect to our much liked AD, your letter will not change the opinions of a lot of fans. Paul Hewitt IS a nice guy, but, he is not a good coach …end of story.
50 Ways to Leave Your Hewitt
March 28th, 2010
12:25 am
1. Pack up the North Ave. Trade School and move it so that he’ can’t find it. (True, it is not on wheels like UGA is, but it may be cheaper than paying him.)
50 Ways to Leave Your Hewitt
March 28th, 2010
12:26 am
2. Revoke his wife’s GT Credit Card.
50 Ways to Leave Your Hewitt
March 28th, 2010
12:29 am
3. Get the Geico pile of money with the googly eyes to seduce him and change the locks while he’s distracted.
blackprix
March 28th, 2010
12:30 am
Unfortunately Dan, the current economy and stressful situation would demand a program that actually lifts fans up. The current state of the program is very despressing and who needs more depression these days!!
Anyone, any coach making the kind of money Paul Hewitt is should be a hell of a lot better than what he is. With so many good folks (who actually do a good job) out of work … there’s no reason why Paul Hewitt should still have his.
Sorry, but you letter was ALL FLUFF!
50 Ways to Leave Your Hewitt
March 28th, 2010
12:30 am
5. Ask the Most Interesting in the World to eliminate the Most Mediocre Coach on the Flats.
50 Ways to Leave Your Hewitt
March 28th, 2010
12:30 am
to be continued
50 Ways to Leave Your Hewitt
March 28th, 2010
12:31 am
yes blackprix, ditto, ditto, ditto
50 Ways to Leave Your Hewitt
March 28th, 2010
12:32 am
Most Interesting Man in the World
50 Ways to Leave Your Hewitt
March 28th, 2010
12:32 am
4. Write a nasty letter to Chuck Norris and sign it: Love, Paul Hewitt.
GT65
March 28th, 2010
8:50 am
I was here before Rads and I’m all GT. I don’t need Rads telling me what to think and do.
DRads is not a GT man per se. and Paul Hewitt sure is not. Rads needs to shut up and Hewitt needs to be gone.
I will not support CPH , got it DRADS?
GT For You And Me
March 28th, 2010
10:27 am
ST’Johns wouldn’t offer Hewitt $7,000,000 year in year out. That’s why Hewitt stays. It’s not the program it’s the money for Hewitt.
Brunswick Tech
March 28th, 2010
11:41 am
The Golden Parachute makes the float down easy …..fluffy landing. I think hanging around and collecting fat cash and waiting on that for sure 7MILL…. Who would leave? Tech would have gave him a little discount on that bail out cash. He was not offered the 7 MILL clause and thats why he’s still here. He’ll try to make it look good and talk the talk… if you don’t like it … cough up the 7 and tell him to suck it. Other wise like D-rad said “get with the program”
GTalum78
March 28th, 2010
11:48 am
Drad must secretly be “braineless”.It was painful to can chan but well worth it! Another “lost decade” for GT basketball is un-acc-eptable…Should we start giving our season tickets to dawg fans or just not buy them? seems there’s no hope for GTbb at this point…
Gray
March 28th, 2010
11:56 am
I agree wholeheartedly with the letter written to all of us. I agree we could win more games but that is not what should be the main focus of what is desired. How often have you read about a TECH player being locked up for some kind of law violation. I may have a short memory but I have never heard of one of Hewitt’s players being locked up or dismissed from the team for rules violations. Paul recruits fine young men to the program which should be the main focus of any program. Not just to win and get guys to the NBA. Tech remains a fine school that requires a player to be a student as well as a player. Tech’s programs all of them require this of their players. I can remember hasn’t been that long ago that TECH about dropping football and just being a basketball school. I am so glad that they didn’t. Tech competes well in all sports now even with the emphasis on Academics.
I am sorry to say that I was one that thought maybe it would be better if Paul Hewitt left also. I now am glad he didn’t and I will get behind him as much as possible. GOOOOOOO JACKETS
TS
March 28th, 2010
12:44 pm
D-Rad is doing the same thing as Hewitt, turning this into a character issue. Nobody is questioning Hewitt’s character or commitment. What we (the fans) are questioning is the quality of the coaching. Turnovers, free throw shooting, ball movement … these are the coachable parts of basketball in which Tech is deficient every year. They are painful to watch. The primary reason for the 2004 run was that they had 2 NBA caliber point guards (Jack and Bynum) to mask those deficiencies.
The Truth
March 28th, 2010
12:50 pm
…”Get with the program”…really, Dave? Really?
We’ve been with the program, Dave. Here’s a suggestion…how about giving us, the GT loyalists, a letter with more substance? We all know the situation as we’ve lived it and accepted it – donating our dollars for our athletic scholarships the whole way.
Instead of drafting more letters telling us to “get with the program,” why not give us some visibility to YOUR plan to change things? Give us just a few bullet points for some hope for the future. We don’t need more feel-good posturing; we need visibility to just a few key points to YOUR tactical plan, Dave.
WTH are you going to do to begin to fix the situation, Dave? We now look to you and your leadership to right the ship. You now own it, Dave. Give us something – not more BS public letters through the media!
Not Disappointed
March 28th, 2010
2:40 pm
interesting read! Ramblin Wreck!
Stumpknocker
March 28th, 2010
3:14 pm
“The Good Word”, read your blog on the 26th PM. Agree with you. Superdawg needs to change his name to Pooperdawg, the old Son of a Gun.
BartBuzz
March 28th, 2010
5:47 pm
As a GT alum I don’t have much choice except to hope DRad is right and that Coach Hewitt can get Tech basketball back on track. But the past 5 years of underachieving makes it a hard sell. I’ll be interested to see if the Coach makes any changes between now and next season. He probably won’t have as much talent in the paint which means the players will have to improve their fundamentals…fewer turnovers, better foul shooting and more patience on offense. Isn’t that what good coaching is all about?
superDawg
March 28th, 2010
7:31 pm
No habla nerd.
Need a new coach
March 28th, 2010
8:51 pm
I will just be a Duke fan during basketball season. I’m fed up with Hewitt just like I was Gailey. I quit buying season tickets until Gailey was fired and I will do the same until Hewitt is gone.
Stinger
March 28th, 2010
8:51 pm
How many SEC teams are in the final four? I didn’t think so.
Go Jackets
March 28th, 2010
9:06 pm
“Empty seats is the fastest way for fans to send a clear message. That is why I will not be attending games until Hewitt is gone or has 3 winning ACC seasons in a row, Which ever comes first.”
“Anyone that buys a ticket to a GT basketball game next year is just plain stupid.”
You people should hand your Georgia Tech degrees in if you have them. It is not all about winning and losing. I support Georgia Tech win or lose. It is my alma mater and will always be my second home. This is not the NBA or NFL – this is family.
Go Jackets
March 28th, 2010
9:08 pm
I love “The Truth.” Given that he thinks the athletic director’s name is “Dave” it shows you how much his opinion counts about anything.
Unless, like me, you pony up the big boy money for season tickets, I am not even sure you have a right to complain about GT basketball.
Sarcasticus.
March 28th, 2010
10:26 pm
Support is freely given for only so long. If CPH wants our support, then he should offer to re-negotiate his no-risk contract. Stick your neck out Paul. If you are as good as you think you are then you should be able to earn your salary on merit, not what you did years ago. Face it you are overpaid for what you produce.
jojo sunshine
March 28th, 2010
10:34 pm
BRAD STEVENS AND BUTLER ARE IN THE FINAL FOUR! NUF SAID!
Lil' Barry Bailout
March 29th, 2010
2:01 am
Duke’s in the Final Four again. Georgia Tech is so much more “athletic” and can’t make it out of the first weekend of the tournament.
How does that happen?
wesleywhatwhat
March 29th, 2010
8:44 am
the GT athletic association is failing us.
BigTimeTechFan
March 29th, 2010
9:04 am
Take note of West VA, no point gard on the floor, no problem with Kentucky’s press, no timeouts needed, they knew what to do.
I’m ok with Hewitt staying, good move.
WNCGTMAN
March 29th, 2010
10:25 am
Who can fire DRAD? He fired Chan Gailey who had winning records every year at GT, but could not beat UGA (where players do not even know how to spell calculus, much less pass it) and was not popular in ATL. If I remember right, he had a big contract that had to be bought out, but it was done. I think Paul Johnson is a great coach, and I like his style of play, but he only beat UGA once.
Now we have a basketball coach who has only one winning season in the ACC, poor showings in the NCAA when the coach has to run the offense (Jarrad Jack ran it in 2004), poor retention of players, poor record against UGA (who really cares) and very low popularity in ATL and anywhere that alumni care about basketball and GT. DRAD’s defense of Paul Hewitt is inexcusable! I liked Hewitt when he came to GT, but he’s not up to competing in the ACC. He’s proven that over 10 years. His only winning season was 9-7. If DRAD does not have the intelligence to see that Hewitt is not a good representative for GT, let’s get rid of them both.
Tech Fan
March 29th, 2010
10:53 am
Bloggers are pointless to argue with, but it’s intellectually dishonest to say that the GT fans have not supported the basketball team. We supported when they were loosing, winning, then when we became disgusted, we supported with mild vocal displeasure, then it turned to apathy, then it’s now finally turned to out right betrayal and disgust. We are doing everything we can to get through to the admin that we do not like nor support this coach anymore. You cannot be intellectually honest about the entire process and say we haven’t been supportive. It’s been ten years, and at least 4 too long. We won’t continue to support a product we are infuriated by indefinitely. This has been a gradual process that now is ugly. You can’t look at ‘today’ and judge the entire ten years on it. Today is a new day and an ugly one at that.
Kleenex
March 29th, 2010
4:25 pm
I got a kleenex for you pathetic GT fans if you need it.
Stop you crying and accept the fact that your athletic program sucks! We certainly know your football team sucks but stop trying to hang on to basketball. I know you think GT is a “national” program but in reality, you’re a nobody. Nobody is talking GT basketball except you losers!
You’re not even relevant in the ACC!! You’re a 10th rated team in the conference at best. Accept it.
Buzz Sawya
March 31st, 2010
1:28 pm
I really wonder how many of you making these negative comments fail to realize that early NBA defections have really hurt this BB program. Paul Hewitt is the same coach that nearly won it all in 2004, so think hard before making these idiotic posts about firing the man. I have one question, what you’re gonna say next year when this team fares very well all year long without the hoopla about who’s leaving early fot the NBA ?
GTalum78
April 1st, 2010
9:15 pm
Hewitt must go. Another “lost decade” of GT basketball is un-acc-eptable. Bags over the head (Aint’s! make it fun til he just leaves) should be the new way to go to the games … but don’t waste your money on season tickets until we hire a new coach ….
Lil' Barry Bailout
April 11th, 2010
8:21 am
“The mission here is clear. We need to win more basketball games. We will continue to do everything within our power to do that — as an organization — with Paul Hewitt as our basketball coach. It is not a one-man mission. We are all committed to scour every inch of the program, suggest and effect the needed changes and to give the coach every ounce of support.”
Glad to hear it. We anxiously await that winning ACC record next year.
Lil' Barry Bailout
April 11th, 2010
8:26 am
I’d love to hear Radakovich’s explanation for why we aren’t winning more games. Can’t attract top athletes? Poor coaching? Weak fan support? Subpar facilities? I think he could pretty easily eliminate three of those four as possible reasons.