Tough loss at FSU, but Tech again shows its potential

Haha my first first. UGA is still better until proven otherwise. Man the Jets just won’t go away.

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GT basketball is a joke. For a team to beat Duke and NC and yet lose twice to FSU is unacceptable. Fire Hewitt.

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Tech needs a leader in it’s basketball program. Hewitt cannot lead effectively until he shoulders responsibility for the program’s failures. Why does he call early timeouts? He expends timeouts so that he will not shoulder a burden at the game’s end. It is a weak mentality that shows up in his teams in close games.

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Million dollar talent with a $2 brain.

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Hewitt and timeouts… second to the last with 8 mins to go.

LAST timeout called when Oliver nailed a three with 10 seconds to go.

ARGH!!!

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The talent may be there but the coaching isn’t. GT will have to depend on luck to get somewhere because Hewitt just is average, just like Cremins

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Mark – Too many turnovers, no run for points in the second half and Lawal was non-existent. This team is still very young and while they have talent, they have not shown they belong as a top 10 team. The guard play is very suspect.

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Hewitt can recruit (sort of), but he DEFINITELY coaches “down” the talent he does get!!!!

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If Tech doesn’t make a deep run in the NCAAs, GT HAS TO seriously think about replacing Hewitt. I think he’s pretty much topped out.

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Favors went from a sure-fire 1st round pick to most likely having to spend another year (or two) on the Flats.

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Potential = Lack of Accomplishment

Hewitt is a joke. No fundamentals, no structure, no discipline. Bad spacing, and consistently out of position. Tech has all the characteristics of a poorly coached team. Street ball will occasionally win, but not consistently.

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NIT here we come.

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Great timeout at the end of the game Paul! Defense is on the run and your man nails a 3 but wait you call a timeout! Way to blow another one. Wish I had Dan’s email! Close games have to be coached and we don’t have one!!!

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There are no moral victories at this point. This team has been together all thru preseason and thru 3 months of the season. While the talent is there, the up and down nature of this team reflects their coaching or lack thereof. Hewitt’s inability to beat teams like UGA and FSU is mystyfing but predictable.

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What are you smoking dayman? This ain’t football son. Tech has the series lead. That’s proven.

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You’ve gotta win the ones you’re SUPPOSED TO…NOT just the ones you’re not!!!!

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John Swofford! Please take FSU off our schedule in hoops!

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Mark, have you seen UNC play lately? They aren’t very good and they were missing one of their top players against Tech. Shumpert had the only good game of his career that day. Other than that, Hewitt has coached him down just like every other guard he has had. If Shump doesn’t improve, Hewitt may run him off to South Carolina. The Duke win was nice but that was Duke’s third game in 6 days. They will kill Tech in Durham if Hewitt coaches. Hewitt can’t teach his team to bring the ball in which costs him 3 time outs a game. He wastes the other time outs at the 12 and 8 minute marks right before a tv time out and then we run a dumb play and turn it over. Peacock had one good game shooting and now thinks he is a shooting guard and cost us the game with a bad 3 point shot at the end today. No other player has improved over time with Hewitt’s “coaching” staff which isn’t surprising if you saw Willie Reece and Darryl Labarrie play while at Tech. He likes to give his former players and buddies jobs just like Danny Hall. Hewitt is the king of excuses but just can’t get the job done. Like Cremins, he needs good assistants but refuses to hire them. Of course it doesn’t matter, since he still gets a bonus just for making the NIT and then can’t be fired so their is no reason to try.

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And that’s why we call him “Blewitt”

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Mark, To reach the Final Four one should be a well coached team. On paper Tech definitely COULD reach the Final Four. In reality I don’t think lightning can strike twice to overcome Hewitt’s lack of coaching ability.

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I know everybody says if a player is a lottery pick they probably go early but does anybody think Tim Duncan didn’t profit from staying in school and developing his game to the point that he dominated the league before he moved on?

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Talent can’t overcome pitiful coaching. Tech will be knocked out in the first round of NCAA’S. Mark my words.

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Well, as a big Tech fan since the mid-1950s, I would be thrilled if your prediction is correct, but the team has too many glaring weaknesses. Before today’s games, we were 219th out of 347 Division I teams in free throw percentage at 67.2 and today we shot 50% for the 2nd straight game. We are tied at 58th (out of 347 teams) for most turnovers per game at 15.9. Both of these statistics will get worse after the inclusion of today’s game statistics.

Favors has a tendency to pick up fouls early in the game and the team commits too many fouls — 18.1 per game which makes us only slightly better than average (196th out of the 347 teams in most fouls per game). We have some defensive problems when Sheehan has to play because of foul problems since he is not as strong as Favors, Lawal, and Peacock.

Yes, Oliver’s shooting was wonderful today, but as Mike Gminski pointed out a few games ago, Tech needs more than one shooter.

Yes, most posters on the The Hive are not thrilled with the coaching and I know that because I am one of the regular posters. The deficiencies that Tech has could cause them to lose to a physically inferior team in the NCAAT and it’s certainly possible that Tech won’t even make the tournament, although I think they probably will.

Trouble inbounding the ball, having a shortage of timeouts at the end of some games, etc., just add to the problems that I have cited. I am the developer of the composite field goal percentage that Wes gives at halftime, as he did today, when the statistic adds insight. Numbers are my business (literally), and I wish I could be as confident as you but I simply see too many problems when I look at the statistics and combine that with what I see on the court. Put Tech up against a team in the first or second round of the NCAAT that plays sound, fundamental basketball (low turnovers, low fouls, high free throw percentage, good coaching, etc) and Tech could very easily have an early exit.

We’ll hope for the best but Tech simply has too many weaknesses.

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Well said, BS Patrol

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Car sought in woman’s killing – AJC

That must be a first. We was always afraid a headline writer would do something like that to us. That’s not the singing group Four Freshmen is it?

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You’re dreaming, Mark. Talk potential all you want but players with potential have to be coached up. And all this potential will underperform under the current coach. If this team goes deep into the NCAA’s it will be in spite of the coach not because of him. Now if we had Georgie’s coach I’d agree with you!!.

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Write it down…Mark Fox is a MUCH BETTER coach than Hewitt!!!!

…and, no, I’m not a UGA fan.

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Bigstack – I am still not sure we will get into the NCAAs. The selection committee is tough on Tech. Whereas most get in with 20 wins, we will need 22 or more and need to also make it far in the ACC tourney. I’m not sure we’re well-coached enough for that to happen.

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Same ole same ole!! Turnovers galore and 11 of 22 from the stripe. This team is not well-coached, bottom line!!

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The selection committee is tough on Tech.

Geez does the Tech whining know no boundaries?

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Mark,
Agreed. The fact that we were in POSITION to win the game on the road playing as lousy as we did at the line and in the turnover column says alot. We were propped up by a true frosh on the ROAD and were still in it. Given it all, I feel Tech still needs to STRING TOGETHER a couple of ROAD wins. That will certainly “help the medicine go down”……and the current ’scrip is Popcorn, Coke, and Valium. (smile)

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I predict 2nd round in NCAA tourney. This could change but right now we would be knocked out by a UNLV or something. Please stop losing to unranked teams.

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Fire Paul Hewitt! I’ve been saying this for three years. GT basketball will never ever excel under his leadership. Hell, his team can’t even get 50% of their free throws. They only shot 45% (FT%) in the Clemson game, but they got lucky that day and won. Just very poor execution…again. Too many turnovers, too few FTs successfully made. Typical Hewitt underachievers.

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My comment wasn’t PRO-Hewitt BTW.

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I love this team. But I do not trust the coach.

CPH is a great recruiter, but is a worse offensive coach than Mike Woodson.

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We have as much of a shot at the final four as I do of winning the lottery. Paul Hewitt will NEVER have this team playing consistently because he doesn’t coach fundamentals. The team sloppy and undisciplined. It’s sad that a team with this much talent won’t be able to achieve anything because they can’t get out of te way of their coach.

FIRE HEWITT!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hewitt lost this game. Especially the boneheaded time out call with the 3 point basket. He may be a great recruiter but he has no floor presence at all. I’ve seen games like this over and over with similar outcomes. Until we get someone that can inspire instead of throwing up his hands or crossing his arms we will never be a top 10 team. And we have all the talent in the world this time. Really disappointed.

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Crittenton and Young would be seniors this year if they had stayed. They both left the same year after one year of play.

If I’m not mistaken, Cremins had 1 “one and done” – Marbury
And one who left after 2 yrs – Kenny Anderson
And one who left after 3 yrs – Dennis Scott

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I’m not saying that Hewitt doesn’t have some deficiencies but I don’t think the negative effect of early departures on our program can be understated. It’s killing us and it looks like it will do so again next year regardless who’s coaching.

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I don’t see how Favors is ready for the pros.
I’m all for Dwyer, Morgan, Thomas and maybe Burnett to turn pro but it sure looks to me like Favors could use another year or two.
I can’t see why the pros would spend a first round pick on a guy not developed enough.
Like Smooth.
No college. Must have been hell to coach. A teenager with millions.

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I don’t know if anyone else said this, but Paul Hewitt is the Chan Gailey of basketball.

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The effect of underclassman leaving early falls on deaf ears considering Duke and UNC have been getting hammered by early departures for the past number of years and they seem to have no problem reloading and putting together contenders. I call that a Gaileyism.

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30 24 hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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oh yea- 73 66

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Hewitt = Cremens in one and dones.

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Favors isn’t ready for the NBA. But he knows there really is no reason to risk injury by staying in school (not to mention actually having to attend Tech classes for another half semester). NBA teams will draft him with the hope that he will be a big time player in 2 or 3 years. Staying in college will only hurt him because one, Hewitt is a bad coach anyway, and two, the NBA doesn’t play team ball like college does. Remember when Mike Dunleavy left Duke early? He said the toughest part was unlearning the team game.

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I hear ya, Observation1002…that is a lot of $$$ to rid yourself of a problem.

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Blewitt had a sorry NC game too so there is really no reason to use that game as a way to defend him. Plus, as I have stated before, that run was all Bynum and Jack. I also bet that FSU eliminates GT from the ACCT.

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I am sure DRad cringes every time Hewitt gets in front of the microphone to talk about the “one that got away”……..

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ND, didn’t BJ Elder sit out or was severely limited the NC game due to an ankle sprain? Didn’t we blow UConn out earlier that year when their star big man (name escapes me right now) was having back spasms?

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I agree with everyone about the contract. Total financial irresponsibility.

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ASHEVILLE DAWG, I think you’re onto something, in comparing Hewitt and Crimins. Bobby Crimins was an excellent recruiter, and really established Tech in the ACC. But he was so-oo deficient as a sidelines coach. I was glad when he left Tech (for the second time).

Hewitt can obviously recruit, but see the above posts to get an idea of his game coaching ability, or lack of it. The questions are: Does he teach them anything, and does he have any smarts once they’re out there on game day?

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Cremins was defintely a poor sidelines coach, and I was glad to see him go too, but I would rather have him than Blewitt. At least somehow or another, Cremins won a few ACC season and tournament championships and took Tech to the Final Four once with HIS talent and not that of his predecessor.

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FSU JUST BEAT YOU!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

UGA BEAT YOU!!!! UGA73 – gt 66!!!! HAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHA!!!

OH YEAH, THIS INCLUDES FOOTBALL UGA 30 – gt24!!!!!!

LOSERS!!!!!

WE RUN THIS STATE!!!!!!!!!!!

WE RUN THIS STATE!!!

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Artie

January 24th, 2010
6:28 pm
Hewitt has been betting his career on one-and-dones and it’s blowing up in his face!!!!

That’s what I’m saying in a nutshell. If he had done a great coaching job, we wouldn’t have had the bad years. If he couldn’t coach at all, 2004 would have never happened. It’s my “Unifying theory of Georgia Tech basketball” lol

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Hewitt’s contract is why he’s still here or at least not as much in the hot seat. I don’t buy that racial garbage.

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Techno-Beating a team in Nov has nothing to do with playing them in April. Elder played 28 minutes in that game a scored 14 points. They lost by 9. Wanna know how many FTS they missed? 9. What is it you want anyway, why do you continue to defend Blewitt?

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Anyone know a lawyer. I want to know if we can sue Braine for the contract he gave Hewitt. Probably not.

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Observation, that sounds good, but do you really think Blewitt could even be forced into signing a new contract. He may be dumb, but he’s not stupid.

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Agree with the basic assessment here, Mark Fox IS better than CPH.

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ND, Elder was totally hobbled in that game. Yeah he scored 14 but was only 4 for 15. That really doesn’t help.

Limited to just 15 minutes in Tech’s two games in the St. Louis Regional after spraining his right ankle just two minutes into the Nevada game … Played three minutes in that contest, and then started the next game against Kansas but managed just 12 minutes … Did not score in either game, but had an offensive rebound and an assist against the Jayhawks.

Recovered enough to play 19 minutes against Oklahoma State, but scored just two points (1-4 FG, 0-3 3 FG) … Scored 14 points (4-15 FG, 3-8 3FG) in 28 minutes in the national championship game against Connecticut.

My point? It’s posted at 7 pm. Gotta watch the NFC game now. I’ll check back later.

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Buzzed, again that sounds nice, but there’s no way to “restructure” the contract; it is as it is until cancelled. And Blewitt’s not stupid; he won’t let it be cancelled without getting 7 million out of it.

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It is ok, we are Ga Tech, we are supposed to suck.

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Pretty funny that Blewitt did it again……You need to fire that loser of a coach. Will the Knicks still take this bum?

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You tekkies are unbelievable. Over the course of two weeks, you beat Duke, UNC, and Clemson… with 4 freshmen. And now it’s time to fire the coach? The frustration of losing to UGA aside, time to check yourselves. If you think things are bad now, just wait until Mark Fox gets a couple of recruiting classes in Athens.

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Techno-He was so hobbled he played 28 minutes and took 15 shots. And I don’t recall totally, but he probably only played 28 min b/c of foul trouble. Anyway, sounds like you are ok with 7-9 every year. I am not. Tired of beating this horse, I’m done until we start it over again after the WFU game. Blewitt sucks.

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Our big men play volleyball on the offensive boards. Rebound and go up strong. I am beginning to buy into poor coaching/teaching.

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Butts Wagner hit the nail on the head

I rule.

Some other thoughts. When Hewitt first came to Tech, his teams were heart&hustle type teams, playing tenacious d and an up tempo style of offense predicated on wearing the other team down. Even through the champ game appearance, that was kind of the style with high flying wings like Ish and deadly shooters like Marvin Lewis. It seems like as the big men recruits have gotten better, the offense has gotten worse. Really, Dickey and Jeremis Smith were a very good tandem, and now there’s Lawal and Favors, and through all of these years, GT should be wearing teams down by pounding the ball inside. But it’s as if the team has no concept of how to do this. At best, it’s as if GT will figure it out and do it for 10 minutes, taking a sizeable lead, but then lose concentration and start jacking unnecessary 3s and next thing you know, the opponent has the lead and GT is scrambling to stay in a game they were completely dominating. All good teams have a defined offensive game plan. I don’t know what GT’s game plan is on offense. I haven’t known for a long time.

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ND, Elder hobbling around the court was WHY he was 4 for 15. To answer your queston, NO I’M NOT OK WITH 7-9 in conference every year. But be aware, we are already a little cash strapped due to paying off Gailey. If we can Hewitt and take on that cost it may affect the rest of our athletic programs. Better make sure we have a better candidate who we can afford or we’re just screwing ourselves worse.

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Anybody know any good inbounds plays? We had 5 turnovers off them today so maybe I should actually teach the team some.

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Paul, how about you don’t call needless timeouts and you won’t have some of those inbounds plays to worry about. lol

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From HAHAHAHAHA: WE RUN THIS STATE!!!!!!!!!!!

WE RUN THIS STATE!!!

And you wondered why we have such a budget hole and why our education system is still ranked at the bottom… there’s your answer.
They run this state! Right into the ground!

Back to our original question — Tech has talent. It has very little coaching. This season will include a first-round ACC tournament loss and maybe an at-large bid into the NCAA, where Tech will lose by double digits to some mid-level mid-major team. Why? Because there is no coaching.

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@Mark Bradley
Are we still paying Gailey? He has been employed for most of the time after Tech so we didn’t have to pay him all that we could have (worst case). Mark, it would cool if you could find out how much the AA paid Gailey after he was fired.
Also, did we get Groh for free?

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24 turnovers to be exact Bradley. And anytime this team loses when it’s two best players only take 13 of 54 SHOTS it’s a failure……period. Once again a Paul Hewitt team goes on the road and plays the hosts game instead of dictating tempo. I’m sick of it.

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I think the only place this team is going is down the drains with all the other teams since 2004. I hope I am wrong, for the players’ sakes, but if it would drive a nail in Blewitt’s coffin to fail AGAIN, then I for one wouldn’t be that disappointed. And believe me, I HATE feeling that way.

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Mark, your 100% right and most of these people on this board dont know wtf their talking about. GT CAN reach the Final 4 this year because they certainly have the talent. Peacock is a good shooter and i trust his shot selection, and Favors is (at worst) a top 10 pick.
Ive been saying for years that 2010 would be a big year, i just wish Hewitt would swallow his pride and bring in a big name assistant coach to help him on the bench.

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In today’s game, the Jackets had better FG% and WAAAAY better 3-pt FG%. Their opponent only shot 59% from the FT line, and GT still managed to LOSE!?!?!?

This team has some serious deficiencies on its coaching staff, it’s really just that simple. Heck, the only reason they beat Duke was b/c they somehow shot dam# near 90% FTs. And beating UNC is rapidly proving to be no big prize, even if it was on the road, b/c UNC kinda stinks this season! And the Jackets lost a 20 point lead in that game to boot.

Unless the coaches & players are “sand-bagging” and trying to fly under the radar only to shock the NCAA world come March Madness, you’d be a fool to think this team can do any damage in the tourney, IF they even make it. I still believe there’s an 8 of 10 or 11 of 14 losing streak coming before it’s all said and done.

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Let me be clear, IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT TECH PLAYED BETTER TODAY. This is not the 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th year of Hewitt’s tenure, so to look at this one season in a vacuum and use it as a barometer is disingenuous at best. It has been 9 YEARS of the same thing save 2004 when amazing personal performances and two fearless guards carried Hewitt to San Antonio in spite of him. That was Hewitt’s most experiences and veteran team by far and a 9-7 conference record was still all that could be mustered. That team had timeout problems, didn’t shoot free throws well, and committed a TON of turnovers……just like all the other Hewitt teams.

I thought Hewitt had some promise after that season too, but then ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, and ‘08 all looked just like ‘03 and ‘02. There is only ONE common denominator…..PAUL HEWITT.

There is no other excuse, reasoning, or rationale that can be proposed that holds ANY water whatsoever…..none. All of it falls back on Hewitt…..YES, INCLUDING GUYS LEAVING EARLY (which I think is comical people still use that as a crutch without being willing to admit that it’s Hewitt who recruits guys who come and go so quickly).

I mean serious question here. If 9 isn’t enough for you guys to realize Paul Hewitt teams have no offensive identity at all, commit way too many turnovers, are aweful from the charity stripe, have wretched inbounding issues, and are poor at clock management then I ask how many will it take?

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I get sick of hearing that Hewitt “can really recruit”. If he could then Tech would be good year after year despite his obvious coaching and leadership issues. How many freshmen point guards have we had in the past several years? Is anyone excited about our front line next year? That thought scares me to death. So we will assume that Tech makes the NCAA this year. How will we follow that up next year? I’m guessing that next year looks like sub .500 ACC campaign and a UGA loss. But with 2 wins against UNC and Duke, Hewitt bought himself 2 – 3 more years at Tech. Don’t forget that UNC and Duke are both worse this year than in many years. I have said for many years that Tech went to the final four with Cremins in spite of their coach not because of him. I believe that the same can be said of Hewitt. Pay the man and bring in a coach with some fire and desire.

Go Jackets!

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Technophobia….I repeat….IT’S BEEN 9 YEARS. “Yes but this is a new season,” is what you’re thinking. No…..it’s not a new season. It’s a repeat of 2003, which was the prequel to 2005.

I don’t think people are giving up on Tech basketball this year so much as everyone, save you, has seen this movie before and we already know how it ends. If it’s new to you then just let me know and I won’t spoil it for you. Again, if this were season 2 or 3 under Hewitt I’d agree with you 100%….but it’s year 9!!! “But this is the most talented team Hewitt’s ever had.” Doesn’t matter. They showed today they don’t know how to utilize that talent nor is there anyone on the staff that can teach them or demand it of them. If they did then the two best players on the team wouldn’t have taken only 13 shots.

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One more point to those others who are down on Hewitt. Please stop using Duke and UNC as the measuring stick….even in down years. When a Hewitt team shows it can beat FSU, UVA, and the rest of the middle and lower tier ACC teams on a consistent basis THEN you should use Duke and UNC as the measuring stick.

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Mark, this was a TERRIBLE loss. Give me a break. Tech scored exactly 1 point in the final 3:05 of the game. ONE freaking point in three minutes does not win a game.

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I know this quote is about football but I think it applies to BB as well.

“Football is one of our great American games. It is the duty and responsibility of each of us to see that it is kept in its proper perspective, and that it is protected. We should see that it is used to attain the objectives that mean so much to our way of life.

We feel that the spectator can be most influential and instrumental in helping to achieve these objectives, if he will develop the right attitudes. May we suggest a few?

First, and foremost among these attitudes that must be developed, is the realization that in football there must be a winner and a loser (excepting the occasional tie). The fan who recognizes this principle gets a great deal more enjoyment from the game than one who becomes irritated, aggravated, and rambunctious when “his” team loses. We would never minimize the importance of winning, but it is very unfair to the coach, the player, and the school when the fan forgets it is impossible to “repudiate the law of mathematics”–i.e., there must be a winner and a loser.

It is important that each of us develop the art of appreciating great plays made by the opposition. We should always give our opponents credit, rather than criticize our team when the opposition makes a great play. We believe perfection in the execution of a great play in football is to be admired and appreciated, just as we appreciate and admire the work of a great artist in any field.

The spectator should remember the football players are just human beings. They perform at times under great pressure, and they, as all other earthly inhabitants, are likely to make mistakes. It behooves all of us to remember, “To err is human, to forgive, divine.”

Finally, we should always keep uppermost in mind that football, with all its glamour, glitter, thrills and chills, plus everything that makes it great, has one thing more important than all of these combined–that is, the boy who plays it.”

Robert L. “Bobby” Dodd
Head Coach and Athletic Director
Georgia Institute of Technology
1954

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Everyone knows there is a short tenure left for Hewitt at Tech.

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Technofobia,

That is all well and good. We all understand Paul Hewitt is a human being and is doing the best he can. We know the players well being is more important than winning, and that representing the Institute is also more important than winning. But at some point, a coach must be held accountable for how his teams perform. Tech has underperformed for nearly 5 years now. Hewitt is paid over $100,000 a month to do the things described above, but also to win. He isn’t winning enough games. If he can turn it around, great. But if he doesn’t this year, it is time for him to go. Even the great Bobby Dodd wouldn’t have coached as long as he did if he didn’t win enough games over the long run.

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They might become a pretty good teams if they could learn to HIT Free Throws. If I were Coach they would spend the ENTIRE practice tomorrow on Free Throws.

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Tech ’s loss today was a blown opportunity. Could have gone either way, but have this feeling this will haunt Tech. Tech has to go to Duke, Wake, Maryland and Clemson. They could lose all four. Even if they beat Miami down there, they have to find a way to win at least 2 of those four to have a top 4 ACC finish. The goal is at least 10-6 and a top 4 finish in ACC.THe FSU and Va losses were very winnable games and I can’t dismiss this like Mr Bradley is doing. You have to give Hewitt credit for Clemson since UNC killed Tech in the 2nd half with drive and mid ramge jumpers in the lane. Purnell tried the same, but Tech was prepared.However,though the kids didn’t make the plays late, Hewitt didn’t do the team any favors with that timeout call… First, the ball was placed AWAY from the bench meaning the TO was NOT before the Bell kick out to Oliver. You don’t call a timeout with a weak side rebound and 10 seconds left….. Second, credit Rice for getting that ball in under extreme pressure. It’s unfortunate Oliver actually blocked Shumpert’s easy lay-up, but that is a hustle play….. Third, Lawal was not fouled on that last shot.He had Oliver open if he would have looked for a layup, but that is just a star trying to make a play. ( Lawal has never played particularly well against big bodies who are physical, so I hope he gets better). If there was a foul,Bell was grabbed and pulled on the Peacock FT miss. Rice’s foul was a really, really bad blown call…last, the reality is Tech has tremendous upside. They won 3 similar games vs Top 25 teams in a row before today. But they are 3-3 with a MUST WIN game vs Wake coming up before going to Duke. 8-8 will get them an NCAA bid with the big wins they have had, but a 7-10 seed. The goal is toget to 10-6 or so and have a 3-4 seed. That would put Tech is decent pole position for the NCAA”s. But losing winnable road games like this makes Tech a 8-8 ACC team. We have seen this so many times the last few years, we know how that will end. 4-2 instead of 3-3 would have been huge. Tech blew another golden opportunity and they have to win vs Wake.Otherwise, 3-5 beckons.

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Thanks, Mark Bradley, for picking against the Deacs! Thank you, thank you, thank you…

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Paul Blewitt; that’s funny D.C. Jacket.

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FIRE COACH HEWITT AFTER THIS SEASON!

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Ugay just beat #8 UT. UVA has 1 ACC loss. FSU matches up with us better than anyone. The TO was called way before the pass and the shot. The CPH antagonists made up their minds before the season and pop up after a loss. CPH antagonists can be found on the Hive. The other ignorant site is home to some of the most racists ignorant posts I have ever read.

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Techno’s quoting Bobby Dodd could not be more irrelevant. CPH is paid to do a job. He is not a “boy” just playing a game. He has performed very poorly by any measure–overall record, conference record, graduation rates, program status–and should have already been fired. As painfully expensive as it may be to fire him, we can not afford to keep him (and keep giving him another five years each year). I respect Dodd, but anyone can tell you that he would have shown CPH the door one or two seasons ago at the latest, if it were within his power. CPH has built nothing but dissent among Tech fans, apathy for a once prominent program, and a questionable recruiting record.

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Tech will lose Favors, Lawal and Peacock from the front line.Love what I see from Holsey, but this team better find a big post player or 8-8 may the best they can attain next year. This is the “eggs in one basket year” for Hewitt. He has to be better or I’m sorry to say this will be it for him. Just look at his ACC record since he took over. Tech has to put wins together NOW. We won’t have those 3 next year.

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I don’t hate CPH. Any OBJECTIVE evaluation of his performance as the HC of GT BB clearly indicates his failure. Those who are biased in favor of CPH, whether blinded by their own racism, their feelings about him personally, or some other motivation, are the disillusioned ones. IF you can’t read the stats, then you can hardly evaluate the performance. There is more to sports and leadership than winning all the time, but when you are losing MOST of the time (as is CPH in his ACC history) you have neither the credibility nor the ability to continue to lead effectively. Whether you choose for your performance metrics the obvious items such as wins, losses, records, etc., or secondary factors such as graduation rates and attendance, there is no justification for keeping CPH and continuing to renew the onerous contract each season. HE may be a good man; he is not a good coach.

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Mofon, Shump and Oliver. BO has started and I think will again very soon. Add Rice, Hosley and Morris next year. The team is looking to sign another big.

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Give me a break. I made up my mind before LAST SEASON. And last season proved me right.

Technophobia, I agree completely with Coach Dodd, however his letter has no bearing on this game, Tech team, or the entire Hewitt Era really.

To start with I as a fan do not wish for nor expect to win every game. I expect 3 things, both in football and basketball incidentally; 1) to be prepared to play, 2) to play hard for the duration, and 3) to show improvement as a squad throughout the season. All too often Hewitt teams fall FAR SHORT meeting all three criteria.

Secondly, I agree our players shouldn’t be unduly criticized when the other team should be praised. But what praise does FSU deserve for Tech missing 11 free throws? What priase does FSU deserve for Tech commiting 15 to 18 unforced turnovers? What praise does FSU deserve for Tech, even given those two horrendous stats, deserve for wretched clock management?

FSU played some good defense but give me a break…..if Tech goes 16 of 22 from the line (and 75% isn’t good enough IMHO) and has only 12 turnovers (which is still too many IMHO) we win by double digits. Like so many Hewitt games of the past this one was defined much more by a lack of GT preparedness much moreso than anything FSU did.

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Mark, maybe FSU will play deep into March (however, guard play generally rules the tournament, and FSU is NOT deep in guards), but the fact is that if you take Tech off the Seminoles schedule, then they’re 1-2 in ACC play. If they could play Tech all year long, P-Hew would make them the reg season champs.

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tiger woods is a cheater.

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Shouldn’t it be Cheetah Woods, lol.

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I am not impressed with this Tech team.

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Mark Fox is not impressed with Georgia Tech are their coach Paul Hewitt.

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I understand that everyone is down on CPH, but he has lost a good bit of talent to the NBA. We do not have a true point gaurd and that hurts us. Look at Carolina, last year they had great gaurd play and now, not so much. Trust me, I will yell at the TV more than most and yesterday was no exception. Tech made bone head plays and made stupid fouls and looked tired. Oliver had a great game and if everyone played has hard as he did we would not be bashing the Jackets. Udofia(sp) has to get a grip he plays out of control and it hurts the Jackets. The big men took a game off and it showed. When are gaurds and big men don’t score we will not win.

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GT fan, I do not care who we have in the NBA. In fact, it bothers me that our players are better in the NBA than they are in college.

And isn’t it the coach’s job to recruit/develop a “true point guard?” I don’t see how that can be an excuse. Again.

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A great coach emphasizes his strengths (recruiting) and admits and adjusts for his weaknesses (floor coaching and fundamentals). Paul has never done this! After the final 4 I asked him why they did not practice free throws more, and his answer was that the players were suppose to practice free throws on their own, and not during practice time! Also, he has surrounded himself with “Yes Men” and not good fundamental teachers of basketball skills (X’s and O’s)! He is missing a major rule of management! This team plays “street ball”, chasing the ball like a pack of dogs on defense, and having a freshman (Oliver) put it up constantly after only one or two touches on offense (bad shot selection that is not being corrected!). When cornered they constantly pull up their dribble, and NO one comes to the ball! This is why Tech fans have lost faith in PH! The same flaws that we have seen for 5 years!

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See the hive

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Mark – you suggest this team is capable of reaching the Final Four. Hell, I just hope we make the NCAA tournament as this point. It’s very possible this team could be 3-5 in the ACC after the game at Duke. The next game against Wake at home is a must win, b/c we’re not going to win at Cameron Indoor. The best we can hope for is 4-4 halfway through the ACC schedule.

At the mid point of the ACC schedule, the good news is we’ve already played Duke and FSU twice, we will have played UNC, Clemson, and Wake once. The bad news is we still have to play at Clemson, at Wake, at Maryland, and we have UNC again at home. We must win our remaining home games against mid/lower tier ACC teams like NC State, VT, and BC. We’re going to have to steal a couple on the road just to get to .500 in conference, which is why I’m concerned about whether we even make the NCAA tourney. Does an 8-8 ACC team with an overall record of 20-9 with no real signficant OOC wins qualify? If so, we’re no better than a 8, 9, or 10 seed. We’d be lucky to get out of the first round.

I’m very concerned with losing again to FSU, even if it was on the road. We knew exactly what they were going to do and we did not make any adjustments, especially on the offensive end. We knew they were going to double team our big men and make us beat them from the perimeter. No adjustments from Hewitt to even remotely get Lawal or Favors involved offensively. We still can’t run a play against a zone defense. That falls on our coaches. Thank goodness Oliver had a big game or we would have been blown out. When FSU went to the zone defense in the second half, we looked lost offensively. We still can’t shoot free throws and we still turn the ball over at crucial times in the game. That still concerns me!

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don’t worry tools. Baseball is just around the corner and soon you will be able to brag about yet another preseason top 5 team just to get hammered by UGA and finish out of the top rankings, as usual

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Another huge UGA win, another humiliating Yech loss. Classic!!

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a contract that had a perpetual five year continuation?

How could anyone issue a contract that has no end?

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the end result was D’Rad and CPJ…two of the best of the best. D’Rad is as big time as they come and CPJ…nuff said. Eventually we will say “BYE” to Hewitt

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First, we get UGA fans posting here, and now Nazi’s….what’s next? Hewitt himself?

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if you go back and watch the ending of the game – (I’m trying to remember how long was left, it was the last play so only seconds really) but under the FSU net and the ball goes out of bounds – the ref called that it was FSU ball. I ran it back and FSU definitely knocked the ball out of bounds. It should have been Tech ball under the FSU net with enough time to make a final shot. Granted on the home stretch we couldn’t finish that last possession we had so maybe it wouldn’t have made a difference, but leave it up to refs to find a bad call in a clutch situation

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So we fire the guy that got the talent here? I don’t think so. This is a very young team that needs to work together to find their roles. One problem is that many times teams with “superstars” (Lawal, maybe Favors soon) tend to wait for them to act — they stand around. I remember a team with a freshman superstar that underperformed — he was one and done, then this “poor coach” took what was left to the final game. I agree with “Barks Madly” (although he is trying to shuck the name) – this team has the talent to go deep, if it gels as the season progresses. Losses to FSU now are hard, but in them they learn to win in March. If not, what we have left next year will go deep again — just like the last time we signed the superstar.

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Price was an AC Bobby’s last year. The team shot FTs like an old lady throwing bricks.

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For all CPH supporters, how much longer are we going to blame losing for “young” team. We have had a young team every year since the final four run. He should change his recruiting if he cant win with one and done players. Last time Ive checked, winning programs had their share of one and done players but they dont use that as an excuse for losing consecutive years.

Lets face it. Tech has not progressed for several years. Thats enough said. I believe a good coach would win with the talent currently at Tech.

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Quote from DC Jacket: “For all CPH supporters, how much longer are we going to blame losing for “young” team?”

Good question. I heard Dickie V on the radio this morning talking about how Kentucky’s Coach Calipari is winning with “a very young team”. Maybe Tech’s young players are even younger than KY’s young players?

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