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I will believe it when I see it, a final four…go Jackets

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No final four with Hewitt on the bench.

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I have not seen the Jackets much besides the ‘nooga game. Since this is the first ACC game of the year it should be quite entertaining. I’ve got it on Direct 628. Looking forward to it because most all the games have been close.

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Should be a good game…glad to see Tech having success in both football and bball. (Nothing like ACC basketball–I remember from my college days how charged the atmosphere would get when UNC or Duke rolled in to play Tech at home–hard to beat it!).

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Mark, thanks for your consistent, perceptive coverage of Atlanta sports over the years. Do you think this is FINALLY a make-or-break season for Hewitt? Despite the huge buyout in his contract, if he doesn’t coach the team to a couple of wins in the NCAA can D-Rad really justify keeping him any longer? What’s your take?

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Crowd doesn’t look ’sold out’. Are there really tickets available for ACC games in Atlanta this year?

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good hustle. great to see Bell back.

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I was afraid you’d say that but I agree. Then again, I am afraid that EVERY season is make-or-break with CPH’s buyout: We MAKE him our coach again the next year or he BREAKS the bank…grins.

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Why do I CRINGE every time Peacock jacks up a 3? Has he EVER hit one?

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I am a bit surprised at FSU’s talent this year, but IMO this (and every ACC Home game) is virtually a must-win game for Tech, which still should be better than Noles.

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Nice strong move by Favors.

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Why does D’Andre Bell see so much playing time? Am I the only one that think he has no offensive skills!!!

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Crowd looks OK, but on t.v. here it sounds mighty quiet….is it?

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I agree Bell is offensively challenged, but in the past he’s been so tough on D.

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Hopefully we win today, and the students currently at GT realize how special this team could be! I see Final 4 type talent on this roster.

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((((((30-24))))))))!!!!!!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Spot on, we are playing Lenny’s game now

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NOW we’re moving…

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we need to play rice more!

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Still trying to learn these guys….. Names on the shirts would help!!!

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Mark at the speed of the game, you cant write 3 or 4 blogs.

Ramblin Wreck!

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Can we deduct a year of Hewitt’s contract for every turnover!!!!!!!! Talk about undisciplined – under coached!

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With Wes in New York, is Randy doing the play by play? If so, who’s the color man?

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as soon as we speed it up and get some quick baskets, FSU slows it all down again…I think our offense is making the Noles defense look good…

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Mark, I see your point. Peacock just hit his lone ‘3′ for the month of December

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Anyone notice the Cheerleaders standing and not cheering! LOL!

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Okay, going to be some hot cider. Hope the second have is better!

Ramblin WReck!

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A couple of thoughts after watching about 5 minutes of this game, before I turn it off and read the score later. Just cant take it. Anyway, 1 – How can we be so bad at offensive rebounding, as quick and big as we are? and 2 – Why is it that every drive we make is out of control? Watch FSU go the basket, and watch us go the basket. Our guys are either stagnant and slowly passing the ball around, or we are moving but are totally out of control. Is it that hard to drive to the basket and remain under control, so you are able to go to the rim, stop and shoot, or stop and pass? When we drive I am happy if we dont turn the ball over. So depressing to watch this…

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BC, Peacock was 29-93 coming into this season. Let the guards launch the 3’s!

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((((((30-24))))))))!!!!!!

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Disappointed thus far, as expected. We have the talent to be ranked but they are not mature enough to be ranked.

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Tech’s stint in the top 25 is finished after today. Like last year, this team lasts the ability to exploit mistakes and seize the initiative. FSU played poorly and GT played worse. That leaves me thinking “here we go again.”

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Dawg2009: If you are predicting the final score of this Basketball game you are probably pretty close. If you are still referring to the football season, then you really need to get that stuttering problem fixed. (Don’t panic, by “fixed” I don’t mean what they did to you at a young age.)

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FullMetalJacket: ((((((30-24))))))))!!!!!!

EAT IT, BABY!!! HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Dawg2009…can you bring me back some gumbo while you’re in Shreveport?

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Looking good then throws it away.

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Mark, we was glad to see you blogging again. If you get a chance to talk with Dr Sid let him know Stinky Wintes said his bones are lining up a lot better now and he gives all the credit to Dr Sid. We heard Stinky was out dancing and Dairy Queening last week.

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Our favorite basketball player was Spud Webb but that was a long time ago. Bob Rathbun is 9 years older than Spud Webb and but his hairpiece is the same age as Spud. That’s some trivia not a lot of people know.

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Hope Hewitt said something inspirational during that little break.

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I TOLD yall… Peacock can shoot!

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Only Paul Hewitt can take a team loaded with the talent he has and make them look like a Big Ten team. Oye.

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Feels like one of those games where at the end of it I realize I didn’t need those fingernails anyway…

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When we was first learning about basketball we was trying to dunk but Clusters can’t jump. We would just pass the ball to you-know-who. He’d take shots from anywhere and he never passed the ball. Coach said he was aggressive but Stinky Wintes said he was an (objectionable comment removed).

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eight point lead? FooSoo puts this one away.

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The patented Hewitt quick time out after basket with 6 minutes left, to set up a press that doesn’t work.

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The Jackets look far worse in this game than they did against Dayton. They also looked bad against Arkansas – Pine Bluff, but fortunately we were able to beat them just because of the difference in height and talent.

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Come on keep scrapin’

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Where is that NBA Guy #35? Fouls?

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Tech has had three different stretches where they went more than three minutes without scoring. I know basketball can be a streaky game, but if we continue to be this inconsistent, then it will be difficult to get into the NCAA tournament, much less the Final Four.

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I wonder if that’s Martinez in that suit with the yellow tie

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Maybe it’s 31 ? Lawal. Where is he? Fouls

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when you say Hewitt doing his thing are you saying he’s calling his agent and saying I can’t believe the deal you got me?

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Wish we had one more time out. Down by 2 now

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Mark, you know that Paul Johnson used to coach hoops, right? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws63X74avVs) Let the campaign begin!

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And he sits Favors. HaHaHaHa

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GT will be licky to make it out of the first round of the ACC, so how exactly do they make the final 4, of the NIT???

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Tied!

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Looks like the refs are determined to let the guys play it out. They certainly aren’t calling the fouls.

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Now there’s a defensive stop you wouldn’t have seen last year!

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Someone with basketball smarts please tell me why Paul Hewitt uses all his timouts to set up a press that never work? At least the last .7 seconds he could have set up a play. He is a terrible coach!

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MArk what make you think they should win? Fl. State is coached better!

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Lawal and Favours are non existent!

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that was a STUPID shot by peacock. ried forces the miss and then destroys us on in the inside on the other end. **** that guy.

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My guess is the scouts left at halftime? Overtime hasn’t produced 60 pts yet for either team, sure its just the great defense beig played on both sides? HAHAHA!

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Does the AD have the authority to prevent the time out behavior?

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My DVR ran out with ~1 min. left & Tech behind by 2 points. What happened?

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ALMOST TO 60..!!!!!!

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WHY ARE WE RANKED????????

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A zone defense is to Paul Hewitt as an equation is to a UGA fan.

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Seriously, MB? Why would ANYONE in their right mind think that this team could ever get to the F4? Seriously!

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Playing like a well coached team. No ball movement. 1 man basketball, another Hewitt staple.

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FIANL FOUR.. FINAL FOUR… FINAL FOUR..FINAL FOUR, MAYBE TECH PLAYS FSU FOR THE NATL TITLE!!!!!!

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Don’t worry, we will win some of these type games; 8-8 is still not out of the question.
Tech is fully able to become a NIT team, just like the Chris Bosh team.

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Hewitt, you gotta go.

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Feel free to erase your article when you back to the office, nice prediction.

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Seriously, at what point do they fire this guy? M.B., you are right – they team with the better players lost. But that team has a coach that has proven he can lose with any amount of talent. Way past time for him to go.

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“Tech’s lucky to be in overtime. But should win.”

That was the kiss of death. lol

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I will not spend another dollar on GT Basketball until Hewitt hits the road…

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You can give Hewitt Michael Jordan, Lebron James, and Kareem Jabar and he still can’t coach them to a victory

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All those poor all stars who signed with Tech. Favors, Udofia, Rice and whoever else. They still have to be coached by PH. He just can’t coach. Nice guy and great recruiter though.

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Things dont seem to change
Hewitt is terrible
Richt coaches a classless team (ala FSU)
Lets get a new coach and because of techs history and location we will be fine with recruiting
THWG

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The absolute only reason PH is not fired is because of the number of digits in his buyout.

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Hewitt’s career ACC record just dropped to 60-85. OMG! How can he still be coaching at Ga. Tech? It’s not the color of skin, Decatur Tech Fan; it’s the lightning-in-a-bottle lucky run his team went on in 2004.

I wasn’t able to tune in until four minutes left in overtime and I never saw Favors on the floor. But it doesn’t look like he fouled out. Mark, do you know why Favors wasn’t on the floor at the end of the game?

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GT will not succeed with this coach on the sidelines. Have not missed a home game since ‘71 and have not seen anyone mismanage the game and the talent like this gent. He is in a league of his own… and I would like to see him go where that league might be.

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“Team with the better players lost”

Hello, Mark – meet this broken record.

Same story for the past decade with Tech hoops. Most overrated head coach in the history of collegiate athletics.

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one more time …you can go out and hire a high school coach and pay him 75,000 a year to coach these GT players and he will win more games this season possibly produce a top 1 or 2 team in the conference. grab anyone….who cares who it is

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Lawal didn’t play much in the second half because he was outclassed by FSU’s size. Favors was average against it.
We will have to get used to it. The ACC is big this year.

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MARK PRICE MARK PRICE MARK PRICE MARK PRICE MARK PRICE

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Georgia Tech is underachieving and UGA is overachieving. We lost a lot of close games last year and will do the same this year. We need a new coach. CPH is Tech’s Willie Martinez! Loads of talent and no results.

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Can someone tell me why Favors wasn’t on the floor at the end? What is going on?

What amazes me is how nothing has changed. Same ineffective offensive sets. Same pathetic shooting (33 pct. from the floor, 31 pct. on threes). What does this team do in practice? Do they even practice shooting? Still can’t shoot free throws. Meaningless presses.

Lots of empty seats from what I could tell, and, ultimately, that will be Hewitt’s undoing.

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Yesterday, I bought tix to see GT vs. Winston Salem State. Looks like I’ll be seeing a nailbiter!!

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Well, Tech keeps taking one up the Azz fro the ACC officials…We are effed!

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another bee loss. tears me up inside.

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mark, what’s the oxymoron for this game?

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Mark,

If Hewitt didnt have such a big buyout, do you think he would have been fired already?

I know he has a young team, but recently, all his teams seem to have similar issues. Poor offensive execution and bad turnovers.

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now THAT’S an oxymoron!!!

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i heard brown say muschamp makes 900k a year. i need to apply for that job when he comes to uga.

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Mark: If it is so tough to start three freshmen, why not start Peacock with Lawal and Favors? Plus, with Paul Hewitt as coach the freshmen will probably NOT be coached up. They will have to improve on their own.

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dont we need to get outta here and write the print story?

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Hewitt’s color, charisma, and social agenda helped him get the job, and may have bought him some slack the first year or two, but the only reason at this point that DRad and Tech tolerate his incompetence is the buyout. I just hope that some alum with more money than I have can dump a load of money on Tech with the express purpose of paying him off and saving the basketball program.

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Oxymoron: Coach Hewitt

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I think this season will end up being another top 25 for the Jackets. I hope we make it to the NCAA and expect we will, but with Hewitt, mediocrity is always possible. There is no reason we should not be a consistent Final Four team, and I expect that to change, but only if we change the leadership on the bench. Until then, this team will be blessed to make it to the dance.

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Let’s take up a collection so the Tech AD can pay off the deal Dave Brain made with the head basketball coach. What a misnomer – Brain!

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We are already losing the kind of games that eliminate you from NCAA consideration.

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Looks like another dismal year for tech—good talent, but poor coaching. Look for Carolina and duke to dominate again. Tech may not even make the NIT.

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1. Hewitt has had only one winning season in the ACC (9-7).
2. Hewitt has one of the poorest graduation rates in the ACC.
3. Hewitt has perenially the fewest white players of any ACC team.
4. Hewitt has regularly recruited players who stay fewer than 3 years.
5. Hewitt has stated one of his primary aims is to give underprivileged kids a chance at an education through basketball scholarships.
6. Hewitt has the worst conference winning percentage for any coach with more than five years in the league.
7. Hewitt has no incentive for winning, having already banked his millions.
8. Hewitt has no intention of taking another coaching job when Tech finally fires him…and absolutely no intention of quitting.
9. Hewitt has very few former players who speak highly of him (cf. Cremins).
10. Hewitt has Tech over a barrel and is enjoying every minute of it.

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techies, dennis felton is looking for a job.

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Just left the game and saw Caleb King still running down techwood drive.

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I THINK WRECKHORN SAID IT ALL

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There once a man named Paul Hewitt
Who always just said “Go do it”
To players who asked
He never was tasked
In the games he always just blew it.

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Jesse it was dark and i dont see well after dark, so I’ll take your word for it…I thought it was Washuan!

Was that burnette chasing him or another tech asst. coach running away from another hit and run?

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Paul Hewitt was always a coach
Who lost without DRad’s reproach
From Jamaica he hails
(He’ll return when he bails)
And he’ll light up 10 mils worth of roach.

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I’ve never been a fan of “fire the coach,” but I’m starting to come around. At least UGA had the guts to realize last year their program wasn’t going anywhere until they did something about it. There is no light at the end of this long, dark tunnel. What happens when you keep getting “one-and-done” players who take two years to gel and develop chemistry? You get the Tech program.

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BBJ and Jesse: Sorry, guys, but I and about 5,000 other Tech fans just passed Caleb and Waushan running down 10th…of course we were fleeing the mess of a coach and his team we just watched so we had added motivation.

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UGA football fans who post on Tech basketball blogs saying that Tech fans need something to do for fun? Hmmm, seems like Jesse and Brokeback must be taking a break from their mutual admiration activities.

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I’m sorry Jesse, dear, I just can’t quit you!!!!

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It’s OK, BBJ ( I really love your last two initials). It’s so great to be UGAy fans. Don’t you just love it when Uga licks himself at halftime?

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BBJ, you really are a helluva barber. I love it when you take a little off the top.

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We need Bobby Knight!

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Paul Blewit strikes again. I have a timeout I better use it before it goes away. He knows that they don’t carry over to the next game so he is going to use them all. Seriously where is the logic Paul Blewit uses. He can’t coach and I am tired of watching him on the sidelines with that confused look on his face. I know D Rad didn’t hire him but he sure as hell can fire him. Paul Blewit could take the dream team and go sub 500 in the ACC.

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Hewatt out of timeouts again at the end of the FSU game. Gani should have been in the late in the second half instead of Favors.

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Who ever is using my brothers name, please stop. He has gone to the Marriott and heck he said Caleb was seen running down peachtree with a bunch of basketball fuzzies chasing him. Maybe if they catch him (no chance) they will hit him harder than the ACC Champions did.

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All of my neighbours in light and dark blue think we are completely irrelevant. Of course, they have people who can coach

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Tech has now lost its fourth straight ACC opener. Hewitt is now 60-85 all-time ACC record, and has only one winning season in the ACC. Fourth straight loss to FSU for crying out loud. No fans in the seats. How long is D-Rad going to let this go on?

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Any team Tech plays can watch film of our previous game and know exactly what we are going to do. Every game against a strong opponent we run(try to run) the same old offense. Try something different! We play preety good D but our offense stinks.

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or maybe throwing the ball out of bounds?

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i thought you were the king of the hewitt advocates.

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Willie – Is it true that Iowa has hired you for the month of December to help with their defense? If not they need to because you sure shut down that great offense of the Jackets.

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things seem to be askew on north avenue.

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frank, not true. confidentially i am in negotiations with mack brown to takeover the texas defense.

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You okay DRC – Who do you and the other Jacket fans think they should hire?

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if the texas gig doesnt work out i’ll probably sit out a year.

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jj, have ya met me??

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i’d love to come to tech and take revenge on those athens people that fired me.

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After Georgia hires Mack Brown to be the new DC, and Nick Saban to be the water boy, then I am sure that my boy Will will hire me to help him out in Austin. Of course, I’ll have to see if Tech offers me a basketball contract first…they pay more than anybody and they don’t expect ANY results. Heck, I was making less than $400K a year to do nothing with great talent, and they’re paying a guaranteed $10M to do even less.

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Yes, things seem to be askew. And it’s the athletic director’s responsibility to fix the problem. I think we all knew this season was to be Hewitt’s last chance. He’s got the talent, young as it may be, to at least make a run and get in the tourney. This is a HORRIBLE loss, despite what Bradley says. Sure it was a tough opening ACC opponent for a young team, there’s time to recover, the season’s not lost, lots of games to play, blah, blah, blah. No, this game said all the same things about this program that we’ve come to expect over the last several years. Worst of all, it said that nothing seems to have changed.

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(( 66-59 ))
hahahahahahaha!!!

(( 30-24 ))
hahahahahahaha!!

Go hawkeyes!

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30 24

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PH is a JOKE! The size (and talent) with Favors, Lawal & Peacock yet the Jackets get only SEVEN, yes SEVEN free throw attempts in a game that went to OT?!!!? Are you kidding me PH?!!?

This guy is a waste of a coach … but heck he sure can recruit though. Who gives a $h*t! And we don’t have to wait unitl next season – he’s going to guied the Jackets to to bottom of the ACC this season – even with all this talent. SEVEN free throw attempts, and 23 of 70 from the field!! They lost this HOME game, and FSU shot horribly too!

This ain’t no TEAM …. it’s a bunch of guys running around like they are playing a pick-up game on a playground, i.e. 5 individuals with no direction or TEAM conscious. Only by a miracle will GT will NOT finish in the ACC basement.

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they tell me muschamp is great
his players never are late
but if to athens he does come
he’ll get beat like a drumb
and share my coaching fate

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I agree DRC – Even though I pull for the Dawgs, I alway admired Mark Price. He has winner written all over him. I would at least have him on the staff.

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Paul Hewitt was always a coach
Who lost without DRad’s reproach
From Jamaica he hails
(He’ll return when he bails)
And he’ll light up 10 mils worth of roach.

—-

This one had tremendous promise until the roach reference…

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Fire Paul DA Hewitt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DRC agree on Mark Price.

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As much as I respect Mark Price, and would love to have him on board to coach shooting and set a socially responsible tone for the players, I would like to see more evidence of his coaching and administrative abilities. I think CPH was hired without sufficient experience as a winner, and even though I believe MP would be an improvement, I would not want to get into the same potential situation of hiring a nice guy who can’t coach.

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These guys are being coached down, not up. So much talent should not lose at home to FSU. FSU has talent but the coaching is not solid. I just do not get it. Why do we seem so mediocre with such great talent. Hewitt can recruit, he just can’t seem to coach his players up to a higher level. I think if we play this way all season, we may win 4 games in the ACC and that would not get us in the Tournament. At that point Hewitt should be gone. Obviously, we have some young talent but the mix is solid. Lawal, Peacock and Bell are solid upper class leaders. This win cannot be attributed to young inexperienced players. Several times Lawal was double and triple teamed. This has got to be expected. He needs to be coached to get the ball kicked back out to the open man for a good look at a three. If any team chooses to double our big men, there are many options and they should pay dearly for it.

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I liked the roach line better.

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Coach Eddie Martin was there (Norcross/Greater Atlanta Christian). He’d be better than Hewitt. Probably do it for half a mil per too.

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Yea.. I like Mark Price but coaching in the acc is a lot more than being a great shooter. Look at glen jr.. His dad was lights out as a shooter but that’s not jr’s game. I like CPH as a person just not as a coach. This is a down year for the ACC but I don’t see us as a top 3 acc team. And when 60 percent of your starting lineup are burger boys (once shumpert is back) that’s a disgrace.

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Mark,

You should say the have more up side potential than Tech under CPH.

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College Bball is just sloppy. Guess I’ve been watching too much hawks ball.

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Biff: In our section of season ticket holders at Bobby Dodd, there were even noticeable booing of Hewitt at the game this year.

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Come on MB, admit that we just got out-coached big time. Hewitt never figured out how to beat FSU’s zone. We will see this over and over this year. Two of the best big men in college Bball and they are completely neutralized.
1. Why was Lawal and/or Favors on the bench during the last 8 minutes of the game?
2. Why are we out of time outs with 3 minutes left?
3. Why is Bell jacking a 3 at the end of the game?

Answer to all of those Q’s, poor coaching.

I was a big Hewitt fan when he first got to Tech, and he did great things up until the year after the Final 4 season. I can’t tell you why, but he has lost his ability to be an affective coach.

And for those wondering, this is definitely a make or break season for Hewitt. If he doesn’t produce (meaning at least finishing 4th in the conference and getting to the sweet 16 of the NCAA) then he is gone, no matter the buyout amount. The loss of revenue due to poor ticket sales is a bigger issue than the buyout. There is no reason that a team in the ACC in the Atlanta market shouldn’t be sold out for every game.

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Oh, and I have 6 season tickets and if not for the stellar recruiting class we would not have renewed.

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Winston Churchill on CPH:
Never in the field of human conflict has so little been accomplished, by a man making so much.

William Shakespeare on CPH:
Now is yet another winter of our discontent.

Chaucer on CPH:
And e’en the basest, carbuncled, corrupted lecher did pity Tech’s fans.

Dante on CPH:
Abandon all hope ye who enter the Thrillerdome, for there is a special circle of Hades reserved for inept coaches, wherein they spend every hour of every day in mediocrity only to lose in the final minutes before midnight.

WreckHorn on CPH:
Now, Hewitt, he really blows!

Kenmore on CPH:
Actually, he really sucks!

Hemingway on CPH:
The bull entered the ring. Then a sharply dressed matador entered the ring. As the matador neared, the bull saw it was CPH. The bull began trembling…with laughter. He sat back on his haunches and laughed even harder. Finally, he died laughing, as the matador fumbled for his sword. The matador finally won one.

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i dont mean to say mark everything is always about me.

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Well Coach Felton, I dont like to lie.

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I never liked the CPH hire because I believed it was a political hire, not an informed athletic decision. I supported him and was encouraged by the early success. But after the big contract re-negotiation, CPH has become increasingly involved in off-campus causes and activities. No one would accuse him of being a hard worker or task master on campus. If he was graduating players and representing the university better with just a few more wins and few less excuses, then I could understand a reluctance to fire him. But you can’t represent a program when you are always losing, and losing in the worst ways. The upper echelon of the ACC looks at their schedule and knows they have an automatic “W” when they play Tech, whether in AMC or their own place. The rest of the teams know they have a good shot at a “W” regardless of how bad they are themselves. Just keep it close and wait for CPH to shoot his own team in the foot in the end.

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Mr. Bradley, I do recall several of your columns praising me and my coaching at UGA.

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I did praise you in print coach. And now those columns are in my “Greatest Whiffs” collection.

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Coach Felton, I think you are the lowest kind of coach.

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Willie, shut up and get out of here.

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Hey both you guys get lost. No room for losers on this blog.

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you tell me first

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well coach, i think you got snookered with only 2 seasons of tickets.

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huh?

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i mean i went to the first few basketball games. pitiful.

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and surely nobody really thought that was you. although some of the sarcasm fooled me at first,

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The real comments are highlighted and coherent.

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stream

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Getting too literary in here for me.

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Just wondering, but how many ACC schools would still hang on to a basketball coach with a record that Hewitt has compiled since the Final Four. Damn, you can only ride that for so long! Was Braine totally out of his mind when he signed on to that totally outrageous buyout! Has any coach— football or basketball ever, ever had that big of a buyout??? Do a little research Mark. And while I am at it: after 10 games I frankly think Favors is overrated. I saw him play in person against Sienna and asked someone if he was sick or just lazy. Freshman or not, if he was anywhere near as good as his press clippings, he would be totally dominating games. Hell, we can lose to FSU or any of the other 10+ ACC games we will lose just as well without Favors. If any NBA team is stupid enough to make him a high draft pick, then AMF!

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Oh, my. It is almost 11:30. I feel bad about losing another ACC opener at home, with the same worn out script, but I do take just a wee bit of pleasure in knowing I did not renew season tickets this year, and there is still time to get rid of the several single-game tickets I bought. They are all spoken for by friends who are alums at other schools, except for the NCState game… I think my bro-in-law from Raleigh may come down for that one….there, that’s settled. Now I will sleep soundly. I will lose no more sleep over CPH or the Tech hoops team.

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MSG TO MARK: if you have been watching PH coached Tech teams for so long and make a statement like “how many times I have I seen a game like this” AFTER the game then how in the world can you predict that Tech will go to the Final Four BEFORE the game tonight. I am mystified why you would make a totally unfathomable prediction like that full well knowing how mediocre of a coach Hewitt and how he has coached down all the talent he has had the last several years. In other words, how can you predict that Tech will go to the Final Four and then 3 hours later say in effect that you were not surprised that Tech lost. Please tell us how you can make two incongruous statements like that. I just don’t understand.

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MSG TO MARK BRADLEY: Please enlighten us how you can make a totally off-the-wall prediction BEFORE the game that Tech will go to the Final Four and then say in effect AFTER the game that you are not surprised that Tech lost. I am referring to your comment of “How many times have I seen this game? Ten? Twenty?” What made you think that this season would be any different? Did you think the talent was so great that even CPH would not be able to screw it up. I mean really, the Final Freakin’ Four. I thought you had lost you mind BEFORE the game.

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With Hewitt at the helm the Jackets will be NO 1 … NO 1 laughing stock of the ACC!

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Year after year, season after season, we hope CPH will show some progress, perhaps even just get lucky in a few early games and build some momentum…but alas, he’s burned us again. Don’t wait for the season to end to start looking, DRad. Face the inevitable. WE can’t afford to KEEP Hewitt! For every step forward Coach Johnson makes in Football, Hewitt takes us two steps back in Basketball….and last time I looked, we are in a BASKETBALL Conference. With renewed local, regional, and national attention and interest in Tech because of success in many of the other sports, don’t you think we should be packing AMC for every game, not to mention every ACC game? Wait until after the season to fire Hewitt, but start looking now. No need to play games with the media. Everyone else in the world already knows he’s history.

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Correcto mundo, MB. Team is Talented and should make at least 16 or 8, and maybe F4. I am not surprised they lost, and really not surprised at the manner in which they lost. Just so disappointed… IF a coach can’t learn from five years of mistakes, how can we expect him to teach his players anything? Can anyone think of a single player under CPH who has matured and consistently improved during his time here. Granted, many of them never stayed more than a couple of years. The game experience helps, but players deserve to be taught and to be coached up at this level.

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Al said: Toe Meets Leather!!!
Wes should say: Toe Meets the seat of Hewitt’s pants as we kick him out the door.
…but I guess that would be too long to start each game.

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Tech loses again. Does anyone wonder if Coach Hewitt even loses sleep any more after losing games the same way, time after time? I guess he could put himself to sleep by counting benjamins each night. An honorable man would acknowledge his limitations, offer to serve the university in another capacity (since he obviously couldn’t coach anywhere else in Div. I), and let the school replace him. He could still collect his ridiculous salary–without the automatic rollover–because that was Tech’s fault, not his. But at least he wouldn’t drag Tech’s program down with him, and lose legions of fans. (How many of the students from the last five years will even consider buying tickets once they are alums? And how many alums have already sold off their season tickets?) Coach Hewitt, my father is an alum, Class of ‘51, who doesn’t have many more good years of attending games. Please don’t continue to disappoint him by dragging down the team and the school.

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At least Tech’s program isn’t as lousy as the miserable Dawgs! We win one against Illinois and you would think that we joined the ACC or something.

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You guys saying Dennis Felton are stupid, HEwitt a way better coach than that. He would get crushed in the ACC. All you idiots talking trash, its a long season. I think they looked good. For Fla State to shut down the inside game and no fouls being called when it was such a hack fest, that’s good just to get to overtime.

Hewitt can coach, we down by 8 with a few minutes left (and thats where the timeouts went). At one point you got 4 freshemn on the floor with Lawal. Peacock was the one to keep us in the game. Sure other teams know it will be a tough game if they take away our big men. But other teams don’t ahve the talent or height to do so. This was a hard matchup for us. Teams that will beat Fla State are big perimeter game teams (like Duke). And Fla State was picked to be #3 in the ACC so you guys saying we beat a mediocre team are wrong. We were picked just behind them. Don’t worry, we will beat the Va Tech’s, Clemson, State, UVA. And we have another game against these guys in Fla.

HEwitt is a good coach, if you have followed the games these guys are young. This was the team’s 10th game together. Everyone who is a UGA fan talks trash about the SEC being premier in football. Well the ACC is the same in Hoops. Every game a battle and other teams would get crushed playing that schedule. Just watch. I watched some SEC teams go at it. NO off the ball movement on offense (except Kentucky now) Jsut watch. I saw Miss State paly some small team in green. They were just standing around on offense….waiting for a guy to hit a 3.

And someone said where is UGA Hoops compared to Tech, I’ll tell you. UGA’s only 3 star recruit is a hope scholarship walk on at Tech! He red shirted this year because we are stacked inside. Yeah we might lose to UNC (wonn national title) and Duke (beat mightly Gonzaga by 30+ Saturday) but HEwitt will compete with those teams and jsut watch the scores, not many teams will be able to say that at the end of the year. And we ahve both of them at home and may beat one if not both. Hey would you rather be Clemson….0-54 against UNC at UNC lifetime, never won in Chapel Hill.

So keep talking UGA fans, we lost a close one in football, you beat a down Big Ten team this weekend (congrats), but you will lose to this team of freshmen with the “bad coach” you guys are bashing. This team looks really good. See ho well Fla State does this year. They will be close to the top in the ACC, just like Tech. And Tech has the hardest ACC SChedule. Top 3 preseason conference pick plus clemson…we play those teams twice. Thats the toughest schedule in the ACC hands down.

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Hewitt has to go. I don’t think he calls offensive plays. The strategy is to dribble around the perimeter and launch a three. As you have said, we have two potential first round picks that are big men. We don’t run plays to get them the ball! Very ugly team to watch. Like watching a Jr High team run down the court and throw the ball out of bounds or dribble off their foot.

Biggest cheer of the night was for Coach Johnson.

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The following players were recruited by Hewitt and played in the NBA:
Bosh, Chris 2003-2007
Bynum, Will 2005-2005
Collier, Jason 2000-
Crittenton, Javaris 2007-2007
Jack, Jarrett 2005-2007
Jones, Alvin 2001-2001
Morrow, Anthony 2008-
Schenscher, Luke 2005-2006
West, Mario 2007-2007
Young, Thaddeus 2007-2007

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Why in the world are we starting three freshman in an ACC game? Those three Freshman could all be Michael Jordan re-born, they are still freshman. 2 of those guys will likely be playing in the NBA next year plus Lawal. By the time this team starts to gel, at least three will be millionairs. When does the bleeding stop? In his 10th year he is three games below .500 in the ACC. The best he has ever done is a tie for 3rd in the ACC. Mark, what is Coach Hewitt’s road record while at Tech? it has to be just horrible. Are we thinking like Dave Braine who told us about our football program(Tech should not expect to become competetive on the national scene)? Come on!

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[...] in December — it was the day Georgia Tech first played Florida State — that the Jackets “should have a splendid chance of reaching the Final Four.” On cue, Tech lost to the Seminoles, prompting one and all to question my eyesight and sanity. (And [...]

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