Tech’s Rice suspended
Georgia Tech guard Glen Rice, Jr. has been suspended indefinitely by coach Brian Gregory. Rice, who was also suspended for the first three games of the season, was not at practice Friday and will not travel with the team for its game Saturday against Virginia Tech.
Gregory did not give a reason for the suspension or offer further comment.
Rice leads the Yellow Jackets in scoring and rebounding. With Rice suspended and backup center Nate Hicks out with mononucleosis, Tech will play the Hokies with eight scholarship players, not counting two former walk-ons put on scholarship this season.
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Just Saying..
February 17th, 2012
8:31 pm
Proud to support a GT coach who treats players based on their behavior, rather than their name or Po-tential.
Hewitt Fan
February 17th, 2012
8:31 pm
George Mason is playing great!..Dayton is on their way back to the NCAAS..CBG, has failed..and will continue to fail at GT…Im pulling for the guy, but when a school hires a coach that was about to be fired from his old team, this what you get!
@Mac.
No need argue with these clowns, Gt will be bad for the next 5 years and it has nothing to do with Hewitt!
2HLLWGA
February 17th, 2012
8:38 pm
@Jermaine P. – I thought as you for a long time. The players we had had attitude problems, not lstening to the coaches, not doing the workouts, not doing what was asked during games. The rebellion was huge, much like UNC had with Daugherty. I blamed the payers – it was obvious the team was not doing what Hewitt asked.
But, I was at the hotel after that last horrible loss in the ACC tournament, I realized that even if it was the players, Hewitt did not clean house, therefore, the blame then falls to Hewitt. He was able to recruit the really good players, but not control them. He might ahve gained one more year if he had gotten rid of Rice and Oliver – they were very devisive. I think I might ahve liked to see that team under Hewitt.
ACC Football
February 17th, 2012
8:42 pm
The acorn does not fall far from the tree. Just like his father!!!!!!
K
February 17th, 2012
8:44 pm
Seems like anything we hear about Tech is always bad news.
About time things change!!!!
I’m ready for some GOOD news!!!!
BartBuzz
February 17th, 2012
8:50 pm
Glenn Rice Jr. has been a bad influence on the team. It’s time GT cut him loose.
Burma Shave
February 17th, 2012
8:52 pm
When it comes to misdeeds
UGA thugs are the worst
If one of them could read
He would be the first
BURMA SHAVE
Outside Observer
February 17th, 2012
9:05 pm
It is interesting, Gregory is struggling with some of the players because they are inherently lazy. They are used to everything working out for them because they are basketball players, and no matter what happens, they will be ok. Gregory is changing all of that, and I support him in his quest to clean up the program.
@Mac and Hewitt Fan, there is no doubt that Hewitt did a poor job of developing players. When you look at the incredible amount of talent that has played at Tech, it is shocking that there was ONE winning season in the ACC during his tenure. Using one-and-done’s isn’t even an excuse. Look at programs like Ohio State. They have done quite well with more one-and-done’s than Tech. He was a nice person, and I hope the best for him at George Mason, but he crippled this program.
Milledgeville Dawg
February 17th, 2012
9:25 pm
Looks like to me that the high almighty Tech has its own problems and needs to leave the Harvard of the South alone. Funny how they tell the reason why.
billyBobjacket
February 17th, 2012
9:28 pm
Supersize…do you ALWAYS have to stoop to the level of the haters? You are so predictable, it just make us all look bad. Can’t you just every now and then NOT take the bait? We take our shots when the kids over in Athens screw up, so we have to take our lumps when one of ours does.
Milledgeville Dawg
February 17th, 2012
9:29 pm
Excuse me, I meant to say how they DON”T tell the reason why. AJC loves the boys on the flats.
Starting over
February 17th, 2012
9:35 pm
It’s going to take time to get the right players. If the kid doesn’t want the opportunity, let him go elsewhere and be a problem somewhere else. It will take decades to rebuild this team after the tone set by Hewitt.
glen mad
February 17th, 2012
9:37 pm
glen be mad about this disrespect! he the main man on that team and want the ball! get him back on the team or he may drop out and go to the nba right now!
for Milledgeville dawg
February 17th, 2012
9:38 pm
We have the same problems as the your excuse for higher education does. UGA just has them in multiples of 10. At least he hasn’t been arrested (yet). Kudos to you though….I’m impressed that you could spell Harvard correctly.
GssiT
February 17th, 2012
9:39 pm
TG “a lot of talent being wasted” You’ve got this kid confused w/someone else. He plays like the proverbial “bull in a china shop.” I can’t believe CG continued to put him out there. The irony of all this is after GT/WF, I wondered how much longer he would be a yellow jacket? Cut the kid loose! Go, Jackets!
phil
February 17th, 2012
9:44 pm
Typical actions of a jacket….lol
phil
February 17th, 2012
9:47 pm
The bum’s dad played for Michigan….
We’re talking thugs on the order of a Cincinnatti, Kentucky or UNLV.
Surely none of you are surprised.
Supersize that order, mutt
February 17th, 2012
10:10 pm
billybobjacket, I don’t have a clue what you’re talking about. The only negative post I have made on this blog was directed to some jerk in Smryna. Everything else I have posted has been completely objective and fair. Smryna made one inane comment and deserved, in my opinion, a comeback. Glen Rice obviously screwed up AGAIN, and he deserves whatever Gregory does to discipline him. And, as I said earlier, hid dad should come down on him too. How is that stooping to any level?
Supersize that order, mutt
February 17th, 2012
10:18 pm
@ for Milledgeville Dawg, isn’t it amazing that anybody from a school in the Secondary Education Conference could even jokingly refer to their school as Harvard of the South? Other, of course, than Vanderbilt.
OK, billybobjacket, I guess that was stooping, but so what? LOL
sports
February 17th, 2012
10:21 pm
Oh no! This can’t be true, a blowfly in trouble, there must be a mistake.
I thought the AJC only reported UGA kids.
Tech Guy
February 17th, 2012
10:27 pm
ADRad has taken Tech to new depths, and it will get deeper.
GIVE ME A BREAK
February 17th, 2012
10:38 pm
Who is Rick Fox?
Buzz 2011
February 17th, 2012
10:47 pm
Maybe we could play the Dawgs again.. We could beat them with only four players..
William Casey
February 17th, 2012
11:01 pm
IMHO (and last time I will mention him), Coach Hewitt was an up-and-coming young coach whose agenda changed after his team made the National Championship game. The “rollover” contract was toxic because it gave him the freedom to pursue it. He became a CEO type head coach without the assistants to pull it off. Coach Gregory is a hands-on, “lunch pail” type coach. This has been “culture shock” for the players. It’s all about the TEAM now. Sadly, Glen Rice Jr. doesn’t seem to get that. GT basketball will be OK. NIT next year. NCAA “bubble” the next.
Delbert D.
February 17th, 2012
11:08 pm
Who is Rick Fox? Rick Fox played for UNC several years ago.
GIVE ME A BREAK
February 17th, 2012
11:11 pm
Didn’t he marry Vanessa?
GSUStud
February 17th, 2012
11:26 pm
Rice has been nothing but trouble. Just cut the cord. He does not care about GT basketball.
Chris
February 17th, 2012
11:43 pm
tech has alot of players in the nba be cause of hewitt. maybe he didn’t win enough at tech but he has a eye for talent. hell where are we now worst than with hewitt atleast he is winning at george mason with someone else players whats gregory problem coach em up………….
Supersize that order, mutt
February 17th, 2012
11:44 pm
So now we have to fire not one but two coaches. I’m done with these clowns.
bobby
February 17th, 2012
11:51 pm
THIS IS A JOKE I MEAN GREGORY I’M PULLING FOR HIM BUT IT’S GOING TO BE HARD FOR HIM TO WIN ON A REGULAR BASIS AT TECH I MEAN CREMINS NOR HEWITT DID IT. I MEAN AS LONG AS COACH K IS AT DUKE, AND THE WAY THEY CALL GAMES IN ACC ESPECAILLY ON THE ROAD IT’S GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR GREGORY I DON’T CARE HOW MUCH TALENT HE BRINGS IN.
Hayseed Dixie
February 18th, 2012
12:07 am
All Paul Hewitt ever did was stay the hell out of Jarrett Jack’s way.
We’ll see if Gregory gets it done. Wish Rice could play, but you can’t break team rules.
If you’re a baller then nothing is more important than Bball. Simple as that.
GTBob
February 18th, 2012
12:10 am
Hewitt took guys like anthony Morrow, who by the way was only recruited by one other ACC school (NC State) and developed there skills to become successful players in the NBA and other professional leagues
If you actually believe this then you never really watched basketball during the Hewitt era.
GTBob
February 18th, 2012
12:12 am
CBG, has failed..and will continue to fail at GT…Im pulling for the guy
Another gem of a post from Hewitt Fan. Just admit that you hate GT with a passion and it has nothing to do with Hewitt.
Jimmy
February 18th, 2012
12:34 am
The question is which type of coach would you rather have leading your program??
A.) The Hewitt type – who attracts NBA level talent. If you can hire assistants who can actually teach the result is an NCAA Final Four appearance, which Hewitt has accomplished. If you don’t have these types of assistants, you get what Tech produced the last few years – highly talented individuals who don’t play as a team, making the fan base want to pull hair out of their head, strand by strand.
B.) The Gregory type – Doesn’t recruit very well, but supposedly teaches the fundamentals much better. A more hands on coach who preaches team. If he does it well you get a well oiled machine w/ less highly regarded recruiting classes. If he doesn’t teach well you get what you’re currently seeing – horrible basketball w/ no hope because their is no talent on the floor.
Me personally? I’d rather have option A (I’m not saying I’d rather have Hewitt himself as he seemed like an arrogant pompous jackwad). If you can get the talent, it’s much easier to get top notch assistant coaches. If you don’t recruit the talent, you can bring John Wooden here and it wouldn’t help.
Just my 2 cents.
Jimmy
February 18th, 2012
12:36 am
Having said what I did. Hewitt is gone and you have to give Gregory a few years to get his players in. Maybe he can be both options A & B??
Stan
February 18th, 2012
12:51 am
Rice was never suspended when Hewitt was there.What is Gregory trying to prove?He appears to be trying to make an example of Rice to empower himself.Coach K and Calipari are great coaches not because they suspend their players whenever they feel like it,but because their players respect and trust them.Perhaps the Little Gregory General should try the examples of the great coaches if he ever wants to be one.Maybe he is jealous because Rice’s dad banged Palin-who knows? He has a lot to prove himself or he won’t be at Tech long.I am not impressed with him and when he starts losing commitments he will be the reason.
GIVE ME A BREAK
February 18th, 2012
12:55 am
Ask the NBA coaches that first had Morrow if he was coached up. They didn’t think that he was. Let it go. lol
Alan
February 18th, 2012
12:57 am
Gregory has lost his mind!Why is he suspending Rice every other month?He is making himself look bad.Hewitt sent quite a few players to the NBA and is a much better coach than Gregory will ever be.i agree he sounds like a little general.Booo Gregory!!! I hope Rice transfers and the other players he signed go elsewhere.
gt40pinhd
February 18th, 2012
1:06 am
jimmy,
i watched whack hyder’s teams play. wow, that was a coach who could recruit but nothing else. nothing. we would beat #1 kentucky twice a year and only win 4 or 5 games a year.
then i watched cremins. he COULD recruit and people thought he could coach. but when his assistant left for tulane, his winning record went too.
hewitt: i thought he had potential but it never materialized.
gregory: wait and see…
Len
February 18th, 2012
1:07 am
Rice jr. Plays hard every game.The young man has much talent.Whats the reason for his suspension.Gregory is a sad replacement for Hewitt.Should have tried harder to get Shaka.Gregory needs his head examined.
J'boroJacket
February 18th, 2012
1:12 am
I believe Gregory will have the program where it needs to be in a couple of years. Programs such as Duke/UNC recruit stars that become team players. They pick each other up and with that comes success for the team and then for the player. Many kids look for their success first. I also think that Fox at UGA will get the talent he needs and will be fine given time. Hewitt was a fine person, but like others have said, he could not coach basketball. Sure Rice would score 15 points, which he certainly should have given the number of shots he took in a game. Half his shots were hurried and his drives were often out of control/did not have an idea what he was going to do. Can’t wait to be at Alexander next year. It will always be that, but thanks to the McCavish Family as well.
John
February 18th, 2012
1:15 am
This message is for Glen Jr. if he sees this. There are alot a people that care about you and want to see you do well. However all of that does not matter if you don’t care about yourself. You have people looking up to you depending on you but right now you are shouldering that responsibility well. Ask for help from wise counsel… this will help you transition from irresponsible and selfish to the Man you need to be.
Nubian Eyes are Watching
Dwight
February 18th, 2012
1:16 am
Wow! Gregory can’t control his star player.What kind of coach is he? One that his players will begin to dislike intensely which will in turn affect his ability to recruit good players and keep them.I give him three years at Tech and he will be thrown out the back door.
John
February 18th, 2012
1:16 am
Coach Gregory has the program going in the right direction … He just needs time.
Jacket93
February 18th, 2012
1:17 am
Guys this is a lot like Obama. Everyone wanted change, everyone thought things could not get worse than under Bush, and look at where we are today. Gregory has looked horrible coaching the team this year. Your hatred for Hewitt is blinding the poor coaching effort and the talent is not as bad as you want to believe. I do not think Gregory will ever get us back to NAT’l title game. That should be the measuring stick. Cremins got us to a final 4, Hewitt got us to title game, and now Gregory needs to elevate us to the final step. Just do not see any positive signs from his coaching. Our out of bounds plays were bad with Hewitt, it is embarrassing now.
Jules
February 18th, 2012
1:26 am
Glen Rice jr is one of my fav college players.The team isn’t good,but he is.I hope he looks in that mirror and sees what he is doing to himself.Gregory can’t hold him down.Only he can do that to himself.Get it together kid .Let us see your full potential.For those of you calling him a bum and every other negative name-this is a good kid-get a life!
Jimmy
February 18th, 2012
1:27 am
Jacket93, nice job for comparing this to politics.
Let’s do that shall we? Yes things under Obama are worse than they were under Bush, but only because of how bad dubya ran the country into the ground.
So now things look bleak under Gregory, but only because of how bad Hewitt’s program was run.
Now Obama will turn things around, just like Gregory will, but it takes time. It’s like the old saying, “..sometimes in order to take two steps forward you have to take three steps back.” Or something like that.
Sharon
February 18th, 2012
1:31 am
Little short men like Gregory are always on a power trip.He doesn’t care that it hurts the team.
Full Metal Jacket
February 18th, 2012
1:31 am
Whatever Rice’s problem is, I sincerely hope he gets it straightened out and eventually becomes a positive, productive member of the team. Until that time, Coach Gregory is demonstrating the kind of leadership and character for which he was hired. Thank you, Coach Gregory and AD Radakovich for making the moves to turn this program around.
Sharon
February 18th, 2012
1:35 am
Gregory isn’t good enough to make tech a championship team.It would take him 20 years.