Tech: Basketball search still going
Georgia Tech says it is still looking for its basketball coach.
Associate Athletic Director Wayne Hogan issued this statement Friday night, denying a report earlier in the day by the website sportsbybrooks that said Tech had offered the job to Dayton’s Brian Gregory:
The search for the next men’s basketball coach at Georgia Tech has
not concluded and is still ongoing, contrary to a number of published
internet reports on Friday. As is our policy, we do not comment on
ongoing searches. However, due to these erroneous reports we felt
compelled to clarify the status of the search process.
The website cited a source within Tech’s athletics department. Hogan’s statement is the first public communication Tech has had about the search in more than a week, other than a note that appeared on Thursday in Dan Radakovich’s blog, “The Good Word.”
Radakovich said that he hoped to have a coach hired by the Final Four, which begins April 2 in Houston. Tech’s former coach, Paul Hewitt, was let go two weeks ago after 11 seasons.
Because of his 172-94 record at Dayton, Gregory has frequently been mentioned as a candidate for jobs, including at Iowa, DePaul and Rutgers last year. At the time, Gregory said: “I’m not interested in leaving Dayton. … I’m concerned with helping this team and the incoming players have a great summer and continuing to recruit the guys who can help us in the future.”
Among the candidates that have reportedly interviewed are Tulsa’s Doug Wojcik, New Mexico assistant and Tech alum Craig Neal, and another alum, Mark Price.
– Doug Roberson, AJC
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Tech Forever
March 26th, 2011
5:01 pm
IL Jacket
as long as Calipari can get good FAST guards he’ll be successful. I wasn’t too surprised at the outcome as OSU is really slow. They won’t have that advantage against UNC because UNCA won’t be so preoccupied with the guards that UK’s big men will go off. UNC will defend the whole floor. It’ll be a really good game.
VCU actually runs the exact same offense as Florida and Louisville with one difference. It’s basically a cross-cutting motion offense working the ball left to right looking for an entry, cut, or open three. The difference in VCU is that they don’t have the size so they rely on one man going box to box off the screens instead of one box to box and one cutting to the box. In other words, whereas Florida will run Parsons in a cross cut from the three point line to the other side of the lane he has the freedom to stop on the box or continue through to the corner depending on who has him coming off the screens. VCU doesn’t have that kind of size so their guys go all the way through everytime to the corner. Where they’re having success is teams aren’t used to it so either they’re lagging too far behind off the 2nd screen or they’re not switching quick enough off the second screen. Then when they do make the adjustment it leaves the middle open to dribble penetration by Rodriguez. It’s a lethal offense for them….but remember, to get this far they have to be shooting extremely well….if VCU isn’t 40+% from behind the arch in every game there’s no way they make it as far as they have. Florida and Louisville don’t have to shoot that well from behind the arch because they have the size to stop on the box or at the intermediate range off their cross-cuts. I LOVE this offense!!!
5150 UOAD
March 26th, 2011
5:01 pm
Well that was a great win but damn lets do it in 9 innings tomorrow.
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
5:06 pm
I remember when Andre Miller had the team on his back at Utah playing Kentucky for the title. If he had more talent at 3 more spots, he would be wearing a ring. No matter what O you run, talent is the key. That is why recruiting is so vital in college ball. So, I’m rooting for this talented Buter team who also has heart.
Tech Forever
March 26th, 2011
5:06 pm
gomabman2
“Talent trumps any one particular system”. That is 100% false. If that were true Calipari would have won three, four, or even five national championships by now. Duke isn’t Duke because of their athletes. Duke is Duke because they run that motion offense regardless of who’s on the floor to such precision that every option is checked. On a yearly basis I garner Duke rarely if ever has the best athletes in the ACC….yet they’re always the team to beat.
Better athletes do not make an inferior offensive system work better anymore than bad athletes make a great system work less effective.
And with my injection of Michael Jordan I had the 1992 version in mind….not the 1984 version.
juvenal
March 26th, 2011
5:07 pm
9 run 10th-17 FR, most in bcs-maybe they will be young enough to forget to choke while watching the draft-mostly home-grown….met the GaSt U coach, nice guy(said he’d get me tix for Omaha if they went), but they were lucky to catch us early, hope to to see them at the Rusty C. in a regional(yes, i think i’m gonna catch a few, as boring as baseball is)….
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
5:07 pm
UNC will lose…Kentucky has more talent. GT even got that butt!
IL Jacket
March 26th, 2011
5:10 pm
Yeah, for UK, it was really about the guard mismatches and the Kentucky guards beating their guy round the corner. At the end of the day, that game was really won on the defensive end I thought. That they could defend Sullinger without the doubleteam allowed them to defend Deblier and the arc.
Bill Engvall
March 26th, 2011
5:11 pm
Here’s an incredible sourse: 9 out of 10!
Tech Forever
March 26th, 2011
5:11 pm
gomabman2
I think you’re right. I don’t see Knight having two bad scoring games in a row and if he starts going off UNC’s young guards might start getting preoccupied and stop defending the passing lanes leaving the bigs on an island to fend for themselves. But I will admit I’d rather have Roy coaching my team then Calipari.
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
5:12 pm
Well, we have found an argument…just because Cal is there does not mean that he has the best talent year in and out. Nor does Duke…and occasionally, a team needs breaks to win. But generally speaking, talent prevails. Duke recruits the best athletes yearly, and as a result, they are in the dance more often than anyone.
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
5:14 pm
Roy Williams is another Phil Jax (ouch). I would love to see him at, hmm, Richmond…and see what happens…he only goes where he will win. I am surprised he does not run the triangle offense…lol
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2011
5:19 pm
I’m back now. Well, I am obviously out my league here. You guys know a helluva lot more about b’ball than I do. So I certainly can’t and won’t argue with you; the best I can do is nod my head or lift my eyebrows….LOL All I can say that I think we all agree on is that whether it’s Mooney or somebody else, I HOPE the coach can recruit and get the most out of his players on the floor. Hopefully too, no coach is so tied into one “system” that he can’t tweak it or change it to meet the needs and produce a winner.
IL Jacket
March 26th, 2011
5:19 pm
Gomabman2, I’m going to have to go with Tech Forever here. I am constantly amazed that Duke does as well as they do against UNC. UNC always seems to have the better athletes. This year they certainly did, yet Duke won 2 of 3. It really is the Duke system and the discipline the players have in executing it that is responsible for their success. They do get good players, but UNC has better ones.
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
5:19 pm
Oh, there is no inferior system in sports. Systems are developed because of the wide range of flexibility a coach has in a particular sport. But no matter if its ISO, Box and one, 2-3 zone, 1-2-2, wishbone (football), wing-t…if you dont have the athletes in the key positions you are dead in the water.
Tech Forever
March 26th, 2011
5:20 pm
gomabman2
3 to 5 years….new coach. That’s all I’ll say. I will however copy and paste this discussion to review in 2014.
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
5:23 pm
UNC did not have better athletes this year. So that would mean that GT had better athletes than UNC, or was PH’s system better? HMmmm. Carolina hasnt played anyone yet? Just as Sir Chas. said the other night, look at the big east. You take one player from their teams and they barely survive. UNC will meet their match against a talented team and coach 2-morrow…
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
5:24 pm
T-4ever…you are right if in fact they get Mooney. BUT…if he comes in an recruits the heck out of the southeast and east coast…watch out ACC!
Tech Forever
March 26th, 2011
5:30 pm
gomabman2
The problem with your argument is that it’s in a vacuum. You’re saying that all systems work better with better athletes and that sinply is not true. The double screen backdoor system relies on athleticism probably the least of any system there is…..that’s why nearly every Ivy League team runs it. Injecting better athletes into a strict prescribed offense does nothing…..it’s like putting nitro-fuel into a Honda, so what…..it’s still a Honda. so whereas an iso, inside-outside, and clearout offensive system relies heavily on the athleticism of the players running it Mooney’s does not.
And as far as athleticism goes I’d say Georgia Tech have every bit the athletes UNC had this year and both teams had better athletes than Duke…..thus proving better athletes aren’t always the answer.
Tech Forever
March 26th, 2011
5:33 pm
gomabman2
He could get the top 5 athletes in the SE and unless he changes to a motion offense it won’t matter. If he stays with what he knows and what he’s been doing on the offensive end we still won’t be successful. I’ll add that I fear he’s going to have a hard time getting the better players to come play in this system…..as if it weren’t hard enough to get them to come take calculus already.
IL Jacket
March 26th, 2011
5:35 pm
Gomabman2, we’ll have to agree to disagree. With Irving out most of the year, I don’t think it was that close. To call the UK-UNC matchup, you have to know how UNC will shoot the outside shot. If they shoot the way they shot in the first half of the Marquette game, UNC wins. If they shoot the way they did in the ACC Championship, UK wins. If they can provide Zeller room to operate they can win.
Tech Forever
March 26th, 2011
5:37 pm
Last post and I gotta git.
If we hire Mooney I have to believe Hewitt will be sitting in his living room and the though, “are you kidding me? I got canned for that?” will cross his mind. And to be honest, I can’t blame him.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2011
5:38 pm
Does anyone know for a fact that Mooney is absolutely tied into that system he runs at Richmond, or does he run it there because it works against the majority of his competition? Would he without question run the same system at a school where he was able to recruit different athletes and had to play against better overall competition? Another way of putting it is does he attempt to build his team around his ideas, or is he willing, and able, to adapt his coaching style to the team he has and the competition he faces?
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
5:41 pm
Wow…that’s why my nickname is Hoover…kidding…Duke had better players…they just became over confident, and got their you know what’s kicked. I cant stand the Dukies, but they got something for your butt every single “blasted” year. Where other teams have had bad years, this team keeps on keepin on. And this year they have presumably, Mr. Naismith winner. But everyone will see tomorrow how talent will kick NC out of the tourney. Heck, Duke beat em twice. Both Duke and GT whipped them by about 20 points. They are done. Nice easy ride for them…and Phil Jackson, I mean, Roy Will…LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2011
5:41 pm
Like I said, I’m out of my league here, so that may be a totally stupid question.
Tech Forever
March 26th, 2011
5:47 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
Great questions and points. I don’t know the answers obviously. I only know that historically speaking in college basketball the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and habits are hard to change. If that’s what he ran vs Kansas the other night I have no reason to believe he’s run anything other than that since he got the job at Air Force nor will run anything other than that in the future. But then again who knows. Calipari’s offense now is completely different than what he ran at UMASS….of course he brought it from his short stint in the NBA after UMASS…but again anything’s possible. Maybe Mooney will go to a clinic and have a epiphany or maybe Coach Carril will call and tell him not to run it.
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
5:50 pm
No question is stupid Sup…contrary to belief in his system, if he can get some quality athletes, his system will be fine. Basketball was not invented to be one dimensional. But of course, while having the good athletes, many intangibles will play into having a great team. Will the teams gel well, will players stay in school? Will they remain healthy? ETC.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2011
5:59 pm
Thanks for the vote of confidence, guys, LOL. Like I said earlier, whoever Tech gets, I just hope they can recruit and build whatever system they implement into a machine. I’ll be happy if we consistently play well and at least win the ones we SHOULD win. Do that, and we’ll always win a few that we shouldn’t either. Do that, and who knows what might happen.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2011
6:00 pm
Time to get some dinner here. I’ll check back later to see what’s going on. Certainly been nice to chat with a few guys who actually have intelligent comments to make rather than having to put up with those mutts who don’t know crap about anything (not all mutts, obviously, but most of them who pop in here). Later, guys
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
6:02 pm
Yeah, me too, Supersize. The funny thing is, think if PH had his players for 3 years all the time like Duke. Coach K and UNC would not stand a chance. But, if “IF was a Fifth”. LOL
Dadgum......
March 26th, 2011
6:06 pm
For someone who asked earlier, Hewitt is coaching USA Basketball in the FIBA World Tourney this year. Basically he is taking a sabbatical for the year from NCAA. Funny how making a 100 large per month changes the immediate need to coach, huh.
Still no word here in Richmond that Mooney has accepted the job. The offer has been extended though. I think we will see it crawling across the screen tonight. Tomorrow at the latest.
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
6:26 pm
That’s heart Butler! Brad Stevens for GT coach.
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
6:37 pm
Donovan is a chicken! He conceded by takin out his star only because he has 4 fouls.
geez
March 26th, 2011
6:49 pm
hey great reporting there by Jacketsonline, more like Jacketsondrugs, after the GT hiring committee gets through talking with Mooney, they are going to meet with Brad Stevens between the first and 2nd OT’s. Then fly over to where SHaka is and have it all wrapped up by Sunday night, hahahahahahahahaha
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
6:54 pm
Geez, they better call Brad Stevens’ agent like right now before they win this game! Offer him the kitchen sink, the aeronautical engineering bldg. LOL
geez
March 26th, 2011
6:54 pm
you bloggers are liars, dadgum especially
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2011
7:00 pm
YAY !!!!!!! Go Butler !!!!!
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
7:03 pm
Heart trumps talent! Brad Stevens coach of the year!
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2011
7:04 pm
No doubt about it, gomab……and by the way, what the heck does your name mean? lol
IL Jacket
March 26th, 2011
7:04 pm
Is Billy Donovan stupid or are his players just undisciplined? Three chances to win the game and they settle for 35 foot jump shots.
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2011
7:09 pm
Don’t knock it, IL. I’m sure you’re glad Butler won, aren’t you?
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
7:10 pm
Fraternal name. And yes, Billy D is stupid. He took out his star, scared he was going to foul out in case there was overtime. Chicken move. Win with star, lose with star. Now they can watch the Final Four with me! Suckers. He had one road map in his career. Noah, Horford, and company. He sucks! LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2011
7:10 pm
Of course, this means that we won’t have coach till after next weekend now. LOL
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
7:15 pm
If they are smart, they will at least see what Stephens would say, unless they have already talked to him. Interested in seeing how well UConn will play. Rooting for the talented Arizona personally.
IL Jacket
March 26th, 2011
7:15 pm
Supersize, one bracket was still looking pretty good, but I certainly didn’t have Butler. Actually missed them from the start. Still it is good for college basketball.
collegeballfan
March 26th, 2011
8:00 pm
Can Brad Stevens at Butler recruit? Does Brad Stevens need to recruit?
Here is his last 5 recruiting classes per Scout.com’s star rating system:
2007 – 1 three star & 1 two star
2008 – 5 two stars
2009 – 1 three star
2010 – 2 three stars & 1 two star
2011 – 2 three stars, 1 two star and 1 N/R
And the guy has his team in the Final 4 for the second straight year.
The second straight damn year!
With 2 and 3 star players!
Two straight years in the Final 4!!!
If Tech does not make an offer to this guy they are ……….. well I can’t think of an appropriate word.
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
8:09 pm
True collegeballfan
Dadgum......
March 26th, 2011
8:13 pm
Geez…..really? Mooney is mulling over an offer. Has had the Parameters of the job a week before the ACC tourney. It’s his job to give up but trust me that comes from bigger liars (oops,boosters)than me. Peace out!
GTBasketbal Fan
March 26th, 2011
8:14 pm
Have you done your research on Doug Wojick. This guy is a great choice! 1st…. look at his background as an assistant. When Roy won his first National Championship at UNC that was Doug’s recruiting class. 2nd…. he leaves UNC and goes to Michigan State and works with Tom Izzo who knows how to run a program and develop coaches. He recruits for Tom and wins a National Championship there. 3rd…. He gets hired for his first college coaching job at Tulsa and inherits a program that fell apart after all those great coaches left for big schools. 4th point… Before he got there Tulsa gave it to an old assistant who didn’t recruit after the GREAT run Tulsa had. The program fell apart and he came in to clean it up. He comes in there and has them at the top of the league and competiting for championships against Memphis (Calipari) and Houston. 5th… He gets the C-USA tournament out of Memphis and into Tulsa. 6th… He graduated from Navy and played with David Robinson. He is a hard nose coach and knows what it takes at an Academic School. Tulsa is considered the Harvard of the Mid-West. Doug is a GREAT CHOICE!! He gets it and is familiar with the ACC and winning National Championships!
gomabman2
March 26th, 2011
8:19 pm
Wojick…? Surely, we deserve the best money can buy! I am about to puke!
Supersize that order, mutt
March 26th, 2011
8:25 pm
Power outage here for the past hour. Did I miss anything? lol