Are you stunned by Georgia Tech’s loss at Siena? Me, neither
This marks the third time in 11 seasons Georgia Tech has lost five non-conference games before Christmas under Paul Hewitt. This is significant because Tech under Hewitt has only once done better than 8-8 in ACC play.
Simple math: Five non-league losses plus eight conference losses plus another in the ACC tournament — the Jackets have never won that event under Hewitt — and you’ve got 14. Fourteen is too many to get a team into the NCAA field. (Yeah, I know the field has expanded this season — by three. Same difference.) And Hewitt has said he believes this team is good enough to be an NCAA team.
More history: The two other times Tech under Hewitt has lost five non-league games before Christmas, it hasn’t just missed the NCAA — it has finished with a losing record. (The Jackets were 15-16 in 2000-2001, 15-17 in 2007-2008.) Should Tech have a losing season in 2010-2011, that would make three in the past four tries. That would be enough under ordinary circumstances to find a new coach, but the circumstances at the Flats aren’t ordinary. Hewitt has that perpetual rollover and his $7 million buyout.
On Wednesday the Jackets lost at Siena, where Hewitt used to coach. The Associated Press used the word “stun” to describe what the Saints had done to Tech, but why should anybody be stunned? Tech’s first loss of the season was by 17 points at Kennesaw State, which has gone 0-9 since. Its third loss came by 21 points at Northwestern, which just lost to St. John’s, which was so desperate for a new coach it spoke with Hewitt in March. (Against Tech, Northwestern scored 55 points in the first 20 minutes.)
Now Siena. The Saints played a zone and dared Tech to shoot from the perimeter, something the Jackets had done well in a loss against Syracuse, which plays the nation’s best zone. Tech made eight second-half baskets against Siena, only three of them on jump shots. When you have a team laden with guards, you should be able to make jump shots. Not this night, alas.
Oh, and here’s the really depressing part: Siena’s second-leading scorer on the season didn’t play (bad ankle), and its leading scorer played sick. (Also hurt. Ryan Rossiter caught an elbow in the first half. Still scored 19 points.) And while there have been good Siena teams in years past — the Saints have reached the past three NCAA tournaments — this wouldn’t appear to be one. The victory improved the Saints’ record to 4-6.
As for Tech, it was Loss No. 5 against a schedule that hasn’t been terribly imposing. The Jackets have faced one ranked opponent. The aggregate record of the six teams they’ve beaten is 35-39. Only one ACC team has lost as many as five games already, and at least Wake Forest has the excuse of playing under a new coach. Tech, as we know, is working under the same coach.
By Mark Bradley
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253 comments Add your comment
P
December 23rd, 2010
12:41 pm
First!
Brian
December 23rd, 2010
12:42 pm
Fire Hewitt now!!!
Mark Bradley
December 23rd, 2010
12:42 pm
P plucks the kudos.
Rich T
December 23rd, 2010
12:43 pm
Nothing about the Hewitt-coached Jackets squad surprises me anymore.
Keeper
December 23rd, 2010
12:43 pm
I’m just stunned they beat my Spiders. Only thing I can figure is our guys got distracted by the Bahamas surroundings. At the end of the year, I’m fairly certain that Richmond’s going to look back and see that as one of its worst losses of the season.
LizellaJacket
December 23rd, 2010
12:45 pm
I don’t know how the man looks at himself in the mirror. Paul, Please leave.
EDawg71
December 23rd, 2010
12:45 pm
Let’s hear it Tecchies…you guys just can’t sign the talent that other teams can…right?
CT_Jacket
December 23rd, 2010
12:46 pm
No, I’m not stunned and this way beyond embarrassing. I went to Tech in the late 80s when national rankings and national following were common. Now, we can’t even get a recap on a game on ESPN.com because there is no interest. The program is in the worst shape since before Cremins took over.
"Chef" Tim Dix
December 23rd, 2010
12:47 pm
It hurts GA RPI!
As far as college basketball goes, he has to wear a name tag to be relevant.
Newtonite
December 23rd, 2010
12:47 pm
Same old story. Apparently not many people want to comment this time. It’s all been said already. The good news for Hewitt is that no one wants to vent about him any more. He can continue to lose, and nobody really cares. He can’t win, and he can’t be fired. Ho hum.
Buzz
December 23rd, 2010
12:48 pm
WOW!!!! Tech losing!!! FIRE CPH NOW!!!!!!! DRAD you have no NUGGETS!!!!!
E.O. Wheeler
December 23rd, 2010
12:50 pm
The sad part is that I don’t think anyone cares anymore.
Shane
December 23rd, 2010
12:51 pm
Paul Hewitt
You are a joke of a coach. You’re a disgrace. You know this contract should be changed. It was made by a moron at a time when economic times were different. But will you step down. No. Would you negotiate a fairer deal. How about the same payout freidgen is getting. 2 million and just go away. We deserve better than a loser like you.
Paul Hewitt
December 23rd, 2010
12:52 pm
What do you people expect? I’m a glorified AAU coach who thinks Xs and Os are for tic-tac-toe!
Ol' Yellow Pants
December 23rd, 2010
12:53 pm
Typical of the Jackets fall from grace……they’re just another average basketball program. They would be better suited to the Sunbelt Conference…..might even be conference champs.
Now they’re just chumps.
Paul Hewitt
December 23rd, 2010
12:54 pm
Aren’t you glad I didn’t go to St Johns?
Paul Hewitt
December 23rd, 2010
12:55 pm
I bet we could beat the UConn women!
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Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
12:57 pm
Mark,
If DRad decided a change was needed, would it better to fire him now or wait til after the season is over?
UGADawg83
December 23rd, 2010
12:57 pm
Paul Hewitt = Dwayne Morrison
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
12:58 pm
The Jackets are below average.
P
December 23rd, 2010
1:00 pm
We know that the guys on the tech team are athletes, but the shooting must improve for them to be relevant. Spend a practice just shooting, shooting tired afterw wind sprints, and shooting with pressure (have Nate Hicks / Daniel Miller take turns rushing a shooter). Don’t leave the gym until you hit 10/15 from 18 ft. With just a few more shots falling, they win. Also, what was up with the FT disparity last night (Sienna 27 to Tech 5)? Was the fouling really that lopsided?
bruce mac
December 23rd, 2010
1:01 pm
I hope Tech loses every game but why in the world would the AD not invoke whatever clause needs to be invoked to start the clock on a seperation at a reasonable price? Surely to goodness it is not a contract for life. How many under acheiving years does the man deserve? With this attitude CMR could milk another five years out of his deal.
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:02 pm
would it “be” better to fire
wxwax
December 23rd, 2010
1:02 pm
Think Radakovich can take up a secret collection to buy out Hewitt?
ps What do you think of the WaPo movie critic’s ranking of Cohen Bros. movies?
http://wapo.st/hMJkn8
It's Time
December 23rd, 2010
1:02 pm
Sure, it will cost $7 million to get rid of the guy, but D-Rad’s gotta think about how much revenue he’s losing from all of the empty seats — $450 per season ticket plus Tech Fund contributions, concessions, parking, etc… That’s gotta add up. Heck, there’s so much apathy, they had a couple thousand empty seats for the UGA game.
wxwax
December 23rd, 2010
1:02 pm
Shoot.
I meant Coen.
Drat.
The Grinch
December 23rd, 2010
1:03 pm
I’m a UGA fan and am usually delighted when Tech loses in any sport. But honestly, this is just sad. It’s no fun to gloat when you guys don’t even try. This may sound like a sarcastic question but I swear it really isn’t: Is your AD retarded? Honestly. That’s the only possible reason I can imagine signing ANYONE to a contract that cannot be gotten out of, especially if he’s a complete and utter loser. I respect Tech’s academic standards, but they obviously didn’t apply them to the AD position. Did he actually graduate from Tech, or was a GED good enough?
t
December 23rd, 2010
1:04 pm
MERRY CHRISTMAS! http://www.upglad.com
Mark Bradley
December 23rd, 2010
1:04 pm
I have always considered “Fargo” overrated, wxwax. I much prefer “Blood Simple.” (And, of course, “Raising Arizona.”)
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:05 pm
I want Hewitt fired but I don’t think he will settle for less then the $7mil his contract stipulates. In fact he would have to be an idiot to do that. He’s not an idiot, he just a really really bad basketball coach.
Navigator
December 23rd, 2010
1:06 pm
I get the feeling the team senses the inability of the coach to build a cohesive team. It’s too bad the program has degenerated to where it is (remember they once played for the National Championship). Hewitt won’t leave under his own accord because of the millions of dollars he would lose, and the probability he won’t get a major school head coaching job again.
acowa
December 23rd, 2010
1:06 pm
Way to pile on Bark. How shocking!
acowa
December 23rd, 2010
1:08 pm
It’s crowds like these that will ultimately force the issue.
link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgNIULxolI8
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:09 pm
“Intolerable Cruelty” was total stinker and that guy has it above “No Country for Old Men”
DJacket
December 23rd, 2010
1:09 pm
bruce mac, there IS no ‘reasonable price’. The price is $7,000,000. Period. When we tell CPH he’s not coming back, we owe him $7 Mil.
Thank you, Dave “Learn to Live with Medocrity” Brane….
Mark Bradley
December 23rd, 2010
1:10 pm
I liked “No Country for Old Men.” But I didn’t love it.
West Coast Bias
December 23rd, 2010
1:13 pm
I used to be able to quote Raising Arizona lines like nobody’s business but I’ve killed a lot of brain since then. Also, Miller’s Crossing- very underrated.
West Coast Bias
December 23rd, 2010
1:14 pm
brain cells… see what I mean?
GTBob
December 23rd, 2010
1:14 pm
@The Grinch, our current AD didn’t give Hewitt his contract, our idiot former AD did. Now our AD is faced with the prospect of having to fire a coach and eat 7 million dollars for the buyout. It’s not an easy situation to deal with but hopefully he finally pulls the trigger after this season.
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:14 pm
We owe him $7 Mil if he stays too. So just hire somebody who will work for a lot less. It would be impossible to hire a worse coach.
Mark Richt
December 23rd, 2010
1:15 pm
Welcome to my world
Mark Bradley
December 23rd, 2010
1:15 pm
I like “Miller’s Crossing.” Rewards repeat viewing, as critics say.
Greg
December 23rd, 2010
1:15 pm
Mark…everyone…I’d just like to know: what exactly would it take for Tech to swallow the money it would lose getting rid of Hewitt, and get a decent coach? What would it take?
DJacket
December 23rd, 2010
1:16 pm
The Grinch, you are correct with regards to our AD. At the time, it was Dave Brane, who defended Chan Gailey by telling the fan base “Georgia Tech can win nine or 10 games. They will never do that consistently. That’s my feeling … because of the type of program this is.”
Thankfully, DB is gone and Dan Radakovich is the new AD. The problem is, he left behind Paul Hewitt’s $7 Million contract. We simply don’t have $7,000,000 to give a basketball coach who cannot coach. This will require a magician, I believe.
Eastside Jacket
December 23rd, 2010
1:16 pm
It wasn’t the current AD who signed Blewitt to this atrocious contract. It was the previous AD, Dave Braineless. Nonetheless, it’s way passed time for the current AD to do something. He should have fired him after the 2008-09 season.
Mark Bradley
December 23rd, 2010
1:16 pm
I really can’t say, Greg. The money’s not there.
JB
December 23rd, 2010
1:18 pm
You guys could hire the guy at Augusta State….Went to title game last year, lost most of team and is 9-0 this year. The guy can coach. He’d come for 400K.
GT65
December 23rd, 2010
1:19 pm
“which just lost to St. John’s, which was so desperate for a new coach it spoke with Hewitt in April”
…classic! …lol
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:20 pm
Hey Techies,
We can make you Nerds a deal. You need $7M to buy out the Wizard of Techwood’s lifetime contract correct? Just so happens, we make about that in a SINGLE home football game.
So if you sign on the dotted line, and agree to bring your JV football team to Athens to play Clean Old Fashioned Hate for the next 5 years, we will give you the $7M you need, while we keep the other $28M.
This will not only bennefit our pockets (which are deeper than yours will EVER be already), it will also protect our players and fans from having to travel to that ghetto you call a “campus” and avoid these types of people that surround it…. http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/armed-robbers-bypass-georgia-785815.html
In addition, you will not get any ticket allotment for these games. I am sure the 200-300 fans(sic) of yours that would attend wil be disappointed, but thats’s just business.
So please, sign here ______________________________________
-UGA Athletic Department
Herschel Talker
December 23rd, 2010
1:21 pm
MB:
Mark Fox > Paul Hewitt.
Please discuss.
HT
Ric Flair
December 23rd, 2010
1:21 pm
This is really disappointing They need to fire Hewitt.
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:22 pm
Mark – Does GT have to pay that $7 mil in one lump sum? Or do the have perhaps 5 or 6 yrs to pay it?
GTman
December 23rd, 2010
1:22 pm
I know Braine-less is gone, but anyone else associated with approving that contract should be fired now. DRAD just needs to bite the bullet and make the change. Hewitt is not an idiot. He is not going anywhere. He is just going to half-A it until DRAD finally knocks on his door with the termination package. There is absolutely no evidence of coaching going on with GT basketball – no player development, no offensive structure, no defensive strategy or hustle, and no inspired play.
Time to make the change.
The Grinch
December 23rd, 2010
1:22 pm
Ah…I THOUGHT that seemed a little strange since they obviously seem to at least be trying with football. So that was also the same guy who hired Chan Gailey? Yikes! The next round’s on me.
JB
December 23rd, 2010
1:23 pm
The contract won’t even allow him to resign. Who walks on 7 MIL ?
GT Alum
December 23rd, 2010
1:23 pm
You had basically said earlier that getting on Hewitt again would basically be beating a dead horse, but I had a feeling there would be another article after this loss. Losing to the school he came from was significant, and it definitely doesn’t bode well for us contending for anything this year. This team doesn’t appear to be making significant progress, and the competition is about to get a lot tougher. I doubt we’ll even be a NIT contender this year.
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:24 pm
Mark Fox > Paul Hewitt – no discussion necessary on that… its blatantly obvious.
JB
December 23rd, 2010
1:24 pm
You guys always have baseball !
Game Time
December 23rd, 2010
1:24 pm
Really, who cares anymore? Hewitt is doing the best he can — and that’s the sad and pathetic part.
IndyGT
December 23rd, 2010
1:25 pm
I recall reading a story in USA Today about how Fresno State’s football coach took a reduction in salary, with a more incentive based contract. Given how badly state budgets are doing, tuition rates going up.. I hope DRad is at least thinking about having a similar conversation with CPH. I don’t expect CPH to “do the right thing” and give up all that money.. would you? But, I hope DRad is thinking along those lines. I’m not watching a single ACC game this year.
SOUTH GA DAWG FAN
December 23rd, 2010
1:25 pm
I am a little surprised I expected tech to be better before the conference schedule started anyway. I am not a tech basher by the way I do enjoy good tech basketball and i would like to see both basketball teams in the ncaa
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:27 pm
We JUST signed a $7M Check to plant flowers around Stegeman Colisium.
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:27 pm
Its amazing that the ACC has only 1 team in the top 25!
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:28 pm
Oh, lookey there.
Just received ANOTHER annonymous check for $7M from one of our successful Alumni.
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:28 pm
Was the game on TV?
Paul in RDU
December 23rd, 2010
1:28 pm
If you guys think it is tough living in ATL and being GT b’ball fans, try living in RDU.
I wasn’t surprised that GT lost to Siena – I was shocked that they beat Richmond. What is really depressing is reading the quotes from Hewitt after a loss – “I just thought we had looks and couldn’t make them,” Hewitt said. “It’s just one of those things.”
With that attitude Hewitt is never going to turn things around.
The Truth
December 23rd, 2010
1:29 pm
Did anyone even think this team would be good this year???? They don’t have any post threats or any big guys that are good
82Dawg
December 23rd, 2010
1:29 pm
Seems like POAD, Old Gold, GT4Ever, and the rest of the Techies that are always bragging on how much their degree from Tech makes them would come up with the money and buy him out.
jfreak13713
December 23rd, 2010
1:29 pm
Hewitt will not be fired, yet? Got to get past the political correctness first. Money is an issue for sure but so is the polictical correctness behind hiring and firing a black coach.
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:29 pm
Just signed another $7M check to sponsor a pee wee football team next fall.
82Dawg
December 23rd, 2010
1:30 pm
Enter your comments here
IndyGT
December 23rd, 2010
1:30 pm
I used to think CPH was the CMR of college basketball.. pull in these amazing recruits and do nothing with them. But, then I realized CMR has actually won some hardware. Its clear the brains of the Final Four operation was that asst. coach that went to Jax – Warren, I think? Hire him!
GTBob
December 23rd, 2010
1:30 pm
I just wonder how much damage to the basketball program DRad is going to put up with before firing him. Attendance numbers are significantly down. Public appeal is down. And the fans are beyond restless at this point. We are opening a nice newly renovated arena in a couple of years. Is DRad really going to let it open with average attendance in the 5k range or worse? He is close to letting it get to the point where even hardcore GT basketball fans are struggling to care about our team.
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:30 pm
Oh, nice.
Just checked the spendable funds. $7M is about 1/300th of what’s available at the moment.
acowa
December 23rd, 2010
1:30 pm
It was on PPV. Mark, did you even watch the game? Be honest.
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:32 pm
Just signed another $7M to expand the Athens dog park.
Ted Striker
December 23rd, 2010
1:34 pm
It’s a good thing Tech doesn’t have Walton, Marist, or Lassiter on the schedule. Because anything could happen and then the natives surely would be restless.
GT Alum
December 23rd, 2010
1:34 pm
It’s Time, acowa -
That’s been my question. I understand it’s hard to justify spending $7M to tell a coach to go away, especially in this economy, but I can’t believe Hewitt’s going to be here until he retires, so putting it off is just delaying the inevitable. In the meantime, team support and revenue are going down the toilet. A savvy hiring to replace Hewitt would bring a number of fans back to the Thrillerdome, and a successful season or two under a new coach would pack the place.
I can’t believe DRad would risk opening the new stadium with a bunch of empty seats. Right now, there’s enough fans who care about Tech basketball to raise a call for Hewitt’s head. If Radakovich keeps putting this off, the new coach might have to build a fan base basically from scratch.
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:34 pm
Just signed another $7M check to supply free beer for this Spring’s Ath Fest.
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:35 pm
YAWN……
Just opened 3 letters from donors, coming to right around $7M.
GTBob
December 23rd, 2010
1:35 pm
@UGA Athletic Department, I probably shouldn’t answer the trolling but you don’t even spend 7 mil on basketball in an entire season. If you have so much money maybe you should.
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:36 pm
What did you say, secretary? The city of Athens wants to plant some trees in remeberence of the once great GT Basketball prgram??
Go on ahead. Cut me a check for $7M and I’ll sign it.
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:37 pm
PPV – holy cow, I wonder how many buys they got. 14 maybe?
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:38 pm
Basketball needs tospend more money? Sure. Cut them a $7M check as well. We will call it an “experiment”.
Because if we lose the money, we won’t even notice.
Brock
December 23rd, 2010
1:38 pm
Tom Izzo quotes after a loss……….. to Syracuse none the less:
“We’ve turned into a pretty-boy, jump-shooting team instead of a blue-collar, fist-fighting team,” he said “That was as about as disappointing a performance as we’ve had in a long time.”
Izzo said he told his team their performance was embarrassing.
Then he took the blame in front of the media.
“That should solely go on me because if a team doesn’t play hard enough or tough enough, that is the coach’s fault,” he said.
Paul Hewitt quotes after a loss……… to Sienna? Really?:
“We just missed some shots in the second half,” said Hewitt, who coached for Siena from 1997-2000. “I thought we got some good looks and didn’t knock them down.”
“I just thought we had looks and couldn’t make them,” Hewitt said. “It’s just one of those things.”
Enough said!!! DRAD grow some nads and fire this idiot!!! Today!!!
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:39 pm
And, just signed another $7M check to donate school supplies and books to Clarke County Elementary Schools.
GT Alum
December 23rd, 2010
1:40 pm
Paul in RDU -
That’s the really disappointing thing and the reason I don’t really expect things to get better under Hewitt. When our football team struggled this season, CPJ said he was disappointed and basically called out his team, at least specific units, saying they weren’t playing as well as they should. Seems like all we ever get from Hewitt is excuses. He apparently has far lower standards for the Tech basketball program than most of the fans do, and that’s a situation that’s just not going to work for Tech.
Tony Ingle
December 23rd, 2010
1:40 pm
Hey, can we play Tech again? I gotta get another win to keep my job.
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:40 pm
I’m feeling festive. Let’s cut another $7M check to put a wreath on every sidewalk lamp on the beautiful campus.
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:40 pm
Great comparison Brock!
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:42 pm
Another day, another $7M donation……. ho hum……
B
December 23rd, 2010
1:42 pm
Mark, maybe you could shed some light on this question, as it is confusing me: Tech is spending $45 million to renovate Alexander Memorial Coliseum. How is it that the money is “not there” to buy out Coach Hewitt’s contract? At this point, I suspect that spending $7 million on the latter would do more to help the cause of GT men’s basketball than spending $45 million on the former.
Pago Pago DAWG
December 23rd, 2010
1:43 pm
So….it looks like UGA isn’t the school having troubles with some football players…cna you say the great Ohio State. Pretty funny…
acowa
December 23rd, 2010
1:43 pm
A 7MM bill for red panties…what’s this? priceless
UGA Athletic Department
December 23rd, 2010
1:43 pm
uh oh…. just received our cut of the SEC ESPN TV deal…… I won’t say what it is, but $7M is just a drop in that bucket.
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:44 pm
Does anyone know if the $7mil buyout is one lump sum up front at the time of termination? Or is it spread out over time?
acowa
December 23rd, 2010
1:45 pm
You’re probably right GT Alum. Until that time actually comes, I am going to support the guys we have.
acowa
December 23rd, 2010
1:46 pm
Ted M. It’s over time. His salary amounts to 1/2 the ticket revenues for our ACC games.
acowa
December 23rd, 2010
1:48 pm
UGA Athletic department is right. They pay 7MM in bail for their athletes and legal fees. It’s a drop in the bucket.
wow weeza
December 23rd, 2010
1:48 pm
I’d rather watch my cat poop in her litter box than watch GT basketball and this is coming from a long time season ticket holder.
GTBob
December 23rd, 2010
1:48 pm
B, it comes down to where the funding comes from. A lot of the money for the new coliseum was donated, and earmarked for that particular project. Paul Hewitt’s salary comes straight from the budget of the Athletic Department.
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
1:49 pm
Thx acowa – that should make it a lot easier to fire him.
DRad just do it and get it over with!
realist
December 23rd, 2010
1:50 pm
As I understand it, the 7mm is spread out as if we continued paying his salary each year.
I’ve also heard rumors that the money *is* there, but a couple of things change the timing. First, I believe the CG buyout ends after next year so that money is freed up. Second, we may want to bring a new guy in with the new building changes so that would be after next year as well.
However, if the dome end up empty most of the year (which is almost guaranteed) something might have to be done sooner rather than later.
T3
December 23rd, 2010
1:50 pm
BRadley:
few things:
First:
Next time you talk with Hewitt, you should ask him more bluntly:
“Coach, are DELIBERATELY trying to get yourslef fired?”
Second:
Bradley, try putting your imagination to work on figuring out how GT can either:
A) Make Hewitt WANT to leave; or
B) Develop a way to generate the needed $7 Million to buy Hewitt out.
IMHO, the longer Hewitt stays under the current “dubious” circumstancs,
the WORSE his professional reputation in collegiate sports will get.
All I'm Saying Is...
December 23rd, 2010
1:51 pm
“Were you stunned by Georgia Tech’s loss at Siena? Me, either” should be “…Me, neither.” If you are going to make a big show of Hewitt’s latest underachieving team’s latest underwhelming performance (last one I recall was loss to Kennesaw State), at least get your grammar right.
acowa
December 23rd, 2010
1:51 pm
Mark,
Do you guys proof this stuff before you post? “Me, either?” It’s sad when engineers have better grammar than sportswriters.
Harry from da Burn
December 23rd, 2010
1:52 pm
The only good thing coming from this loss is….Paul Hewitt is DEFINITELY gone. I have supported him strong, but after this dissapointing season, he must go. HIRE LARRY BROWN
bjohndawg
December 23rd, 2010
1:55 pm
Maybe Tech’s AD needs to be replaced if he can move to get Hewitt out of there.
Maybe he is sitting around watching “Cinema Paradiso”
NOW THERE IS A MOVIE!
O'Brien
December 23rd, 2010
1:56 pm
Mark,
I am shocked a GT AD Would give anyone not named coach K a buyout/rollover contract worth $7 mil knowing full well Tech does not have that kind of money if things go wrong.
I wonder how Taz feels about basketball. The football program had lost its fans under Chan Bailey, and he wasn’t producing on the field. Same thing with Hewitt and the basketball program.
He needs to go.
James
December 23rd, 2010
1:57 pm
Drug test him and be done with him.
Big Al
December 23rd, 2010
2:03 pm
The comment “It’s just one of those things” says a lot. Its time for a new coach. Nothing personal “It’s just one of those things.”
Oh well, at least we should play Wake close.
BTW, I continue to support our current team.
dap01
December 23rd, 2010
2:05 pm
Who gave Hewitt that contract? Either that was plain stupid or there is corruption in the athletics department.
What a nightmare! Tech’s basketball program is dropping like a rock and very soon there will be no big time recruits going here at all. Hewitt has had talent. He has simply not utilized it.
He is a horrible coash. Please make a change so that we can atleast hope that we can get another player or two.
UGA 89
December 23rd, 2010
2:06 pm
I think the basketball and football programs are just fine at Tech. I wouldn’t change a thing if I was a Tech man.
IndyGT
December 23rd, 2010
2:09 pm
so, who could we bring in to replace Hewitt? Brad Stevens (Butler HC), Cliff Warren (Final4 asst, just beat UF in Gainsville), anyone else?
aubrey
December 23rd, 2010
2:10 pm
Hewitt is quoted as saying, “I thought we had looks and couldn’t make them. It’s just one of those things.” This sounds like he has given up and doesn’t really expect to win. His current approach to Tech basketball is to recruit a badly imbalanced team, to fail to “coach it up”, and then say that a loss to what should be a clearly inferior program is “Just one of those things.” This situation has gone from aggrevain, to embarassing, to just plain sad. I is bad enough that the man cannot coach, it is worse that he continues to take money he doesn’ earn on he merits of his coaching, and it is inexcusable that he holds the program as a hostage for the totally unrealistic buy out included in his contract by the misguided David Braine. Mr. Hewitt, do the honorable thing and take a reasonable payoff and get out of town.
Harry from da Burn
December 23rd, 2010
2:12 pm
I do find it funny how UGA fans and rednecks are talking about how stupid our AD is.
FullMetalJacket
December 23rd, 2010
2:13 pm
Yet another sad characteristic of Paul Hewitt’s tenure at Georgia Tech is that we’re never surprised when we lose to anybody. When your teams are fundamentally unsound and undisciplined you can lose to anybody at anytime. So, we’re not only not surprised, we’re actually used to it, and that is very sad indeed for a once-proud program. Are you listening, DRad? I didn’t think so….
GT Alum
December 23rd, 2010
2:13 pm
realist,
I thought about the new coach coming with the new building, but there’s a good chance changing coaches will mess with recruiting, and it will likely take a little bit of time for the new guy to get the program in a new direction. Why open the new stadium at the beginning of that transition? Why not start that transition at least at the end of the season and give the new guy a year to build his team so the first year in the new arena has a better chance of being a successful one?
Big Al
December 23rd, 2010
2:20 pm
All I’m Saying Is … wrote–Me, either” should be “…Me, neither.” If you are going to make a big show of Hewitt’s latest underachieving team’s latest underwhelming performance (last one I recall was loss to Kennesaw State), at least get your grammar right.
Shouldn’t it be “Neither was I”?
LAST
December 23rd, 2010
2:21 pm
Tech basketball just plain sucks!!!! GA rules you GEEKS in the major sports!!!
Harry from da Burn
December 23rd, 2010
2:25 pm
UGA fans acting like they’ve always been good in basketball. It wasn’t too long ago where y’all would finish last in the SEC (like last season). You guys haven’t even made it past the second round in over a decade.
FullMetalJacket
December 23rd, 2010
2:26 pm
Mark, Wonder what the official attendance and season ticket sales for basketball look like this year? I did not renew my season tickets for the second year in a row (and will not until Hewitt is gone) and from the brief highlights I’ve seen on t.v. the stands look pretty empty. My nephew in the student section says the students have been chanting anti-Hewitt cheers, which begs the question: Is there any faction at Tech now that Hewitt has NOT alienated? Time to bite the bullet, fire the man, pay him off, and start over.
Jacket Backer
December 23rd, 2010
2:31 pm
Uh , suprised???…..no
Hal
December 23rd, 2010
2:31 pm
CPH will be here till he croaks. Dave Braine isn’t in an insane asylum somewhere,….maybe we can have the contract nullified. Thank you Dave Braine and a Merry Christmas to you! CPH is fat dumb and happy and life is good. He ain’t hungry anymore
acowa
December 23rd, 2010
2:32 pm
I have season tickets and sit next to the students…and I have not heard any anti CPH chants
Paul Hewitt
December 23rd, 2010
2:32 pm
I’m a baskbetball coach!
JoeFan
December 23rd, 2010
2:33 pm
CPH want be fired in mid-season but without considerable improvement DRad has no choice but to cut ties at the end of this season. There should be money available with Gailey’s buyout over and it would be appropriate to get the new coach in place a year before the new arena opens its doors. This charade should have ended 2 years ago but everyone take a deep breath and realize that GT should be looking for a new coach by mid March.
Dawg Tired
December 23rd, 2010
2:38 pm
I live in Raleigh, NC area. Folks up here would probably trade even up: Hewitt for Sidney Lowe.
Cpup
December 23rd, 2010
2:43 pm
Worse than shocked- I don’t care. When total apathy sets in with once rabid fan (and alum) your program is in trouble.
Rich T
December 23rd, 2010
2:44 pm
Aubrey said: “Hewitt is quoted as saying, “I thought we had looks and couldn’t make them. It’s just one of those things.” This sounds like he has given up and doesn’t really expect to win.”
I think he’s basically run out of things to say.
Joshua Barlowe
December 23rd, 2010
2:55 pm
OK, here’s my plan. We pay Damon Evans $1 million to become friends with Hewitt, and then get Damon to take him out on the town, get him nice and drunk, get a lady friend in the car with him and then get him a DUI, and maybe even plant some meth or crack on him to up it to a felony.
Evans is the expert at this, and then we can fire him for free for being arrested.
MAKE IT HAPPEN!!
GT FAN
December 23rd, 2010
2:58 pm
FIRE HIM!!!
GT Alum
December 23rd, 2010
3:02 pm
It’s 2 days before Christmas, and Tech fans are gathering to roast Hewitt’s chestnuts over an open fire.
Ben
December 23rd, 2010
3:04 pm
I would have been stunned if somehow Tech had played well and won. Tech playing badly and losing isn’t stunning at all, it’s typical.
Mark Bradley had the best quote, something like: “If Hewitt isn’t the worst coach in America, it’s only because it’s a really big country.”
If he had any integrity, Hewitt would quit and refuse the buyout. He’s certainly not doing the job he was hired to do, which was to groom these young men into good basketball players. They all seem to get worse while at Tech.
Vick=Dog killing Thug
December 23rd, 2010
3:06 pm
Merry Christmas everyone ! Go Dawgs
juice sourcer
December 23rd, 2010
3:10 pm
Tech is an embarassment to the reputation of ACC basketball. Please drop out and join the Big South conference..please.
GT man
December 23rd, 2010
3:13 pm
Should be last season to suffer under Blewitt. Doubt after all the ragging and complaining that Rad will bring him back. Whatever buyout is possible will still be a plus for GT, now PJ better start sweating. Dont look to see GT stop Air Force.
SUCKER
December 23rd, 2010
3:13 pm
Damn those UGA lawyers.
Thishurtsbad
December 23rd, 2010
3:15 pm
This hurts bad. I remember when a Tech basketball ticket was like gold, but come on guys, do you really expect Hewitt just to walk away. The contract has been signed. My biggest concern, and a legitimate question is, before a contract is delivered, isn’t three some sort of a committee that approves the deal. If not there should be.
Mark Bradley`s Booster
December 23rd, 2010
3:16 pm
Maybe the bad will bottom out soon. Cannot get too much worse. I think about the best we can expect is 12 wins and 18 losses at the rate we are going now. Any other predictions? Maybe I am being too optimistic.
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
3:21 pm
Mark,
Would Hewitt grant you an interview if you asked?
Old Gold
December 23rd, 2010
3:21 pm
Paul Hewitt forever!!
GT Alum
December 23rd, 2010
3:21 pm
Thishurtsbad -
While in the sober light of day this contract looks terrible, we were still in the giddy atmosphere of the time after our run to the championship game when this contract was signed. Hewitt looked like a golden boy, and we were afraid we might lose him. Unfortunately, he looks like the proverbial blind squirrel now, and we’re just seeing the negative side of the contract.
Chuck Sheen
December 23rd, 2010
3:22 pm
Patience everyone. This is only year 1 of the 3rd 5 year plan!
RAMBLINWRECK
December 23rd, 2010
3:22 pm
.Paul hewitt is the new BILL LEWIS! Please don’t forget that the GT AD claims that GT is “HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION” which ever direction that is to him? Stunning statement and the rumor is that GT has the buyout money for hewitt now! Why is this guy still on the payroll as we speak if GT has the buyout money that it is rumored to have??? I’m still waiting for a logical explanation from DRAD!?
Hewitt said after the loss last night…” We just couldn’t get the shots to fall”… Gee paul, your brilliant and we pay you how much for your pathetic coaching and genius wisdom following every embarrassing loss? RESIGN, YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO GT BASKETBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DRAD, FIRE THIS CLOWN OR YOU NEED TO BE FIRED! ENOUGH OF THIS WASTE OF SPERM KNOWN AS COACH BLEWITT!!!!! HEWITT, YOU SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://WWW.FIREHEWITT.COM
Jackets for Hewitt!!!!
December 23rd, 2010
3:24 pm
Paul Hewitt is the man!!!! Hewitt forever baby! Go Hewitt’s Jackets!
juvenal
December 23rd, 2010
3:24 pm
Mark, at least learned from fargo folks speak canadian there…where is RDU?…Mark, any chance we’re just waiting to finish paying chan?…could be worse, we could have the #3$ college program & go 6-6 in football…hope sanford (over)drive made it home safe…Merry Christmas to all!
Billyboy
December 23rd, 2010
3:25 pm
Hewitt is here for a few more years, and, so are the losses.
Remarkable
December 23rd, 2010
3:26 pm
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There are some good questions in here that I think lots of people would like to hear your answers on.
Big Ol Stinger
December 23rd, 2010
3:27 pm
I’ve followed GT b-ball since 1985, and had season tickets until this year. When they called to ask me why I wasn’t renewing, I told them I wouldn’t buy tickets again until Phew was gone. The guy said “yeah, but we made the tournament last year”. I thought, “big effin deal”, but I didn’t say it. I told him the last five minutes of last years NC State game did it for me. We couldn’t even in bound the basketball.
I’ve got two kids at Tech now, and they don’t even go to the basketball games. They tell me it’s become a campus wide joke.
Now or later, it’s still going to be $7mm. Just get it over with………..please.
Rednecks
December 23rd, 2010
3:29 pm
Obviously, we rednecks look down upon Georgia Tech Yellow Jackettes!!! GT is mostly noted for losing in sports and producing graduates that mostly work as municipal engineers that calibrate traffic lights. Add to that the fact that Techies are just wimpy in general and cry and whine all the time. So naturally, we rednecks have no respect for you!!!
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
3:30 pm
Fordham’s next for GT at home on the 27th. Are they worried?
Ted M
December 23rd, 2010
3:32 pm
Fordham just beat Kennesaw State by 17.
Big Ol Stinger
December 23rd, 2010
3:33 pm
If they play a basketball game and no one is there to see it, does it still count in the standings?
reality check
December 23rd, 2010
3:36 pm
Being in a distant land there is NO mention of Tech other than going online to the AJC. That Kennesaw loss is good???? Have they beaten anyone else????
Bad condition for the program for sure
Mountain Dawg
December 23rd, 2010
3:37 pm
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of slime bags.
NoCoach Blewitt
December 23rd, 2010
3:43 pm
As always I dropped some $$$ on Tech’s opponent. And as is the case 70% of the time i came away a winner. About the only redeeming quality of Blewitt.
I suggest all Tech fans get something from this bozo and start betting with me and against his hapless bunch of non-coached, there is an I in team, rejects.
Why pay Evans #1 mill when you can just give the worst run organization in the world, MARTA, a few thousands bucks to have a bus take him out. Merry XMAS Paul I hope your wife (you know the one with the nuts in your house) enjoys her new Porsche and expensive jewelry.
GT Alum
December 23rd, 2010
3:46 pm
juvenal-
RDU = Raleigh-Durham, which is the name of the airport in that area, and RDU is the airport code, so the area is known by both. Also known as RTP or Research Triangle Park, because the area around Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill is fertile ground for research companies. So, it’s the home of Duke, NC State and UNC, and not far from Winston-Salem.
So, Paul lives in the heart of Tobacco Road, in the part of the country that cares more about college basketball than anywhere else.
BobbyGodd
December 23rd, 2010
3:49 pm
Must have been an unusual slow sports day Mark! How is this news??? We all know that Hewitt should have been fired several years ago. Most felt he was surely gone last year but the nature of his “Golden Contract” simply will not allow Tech to part with him. Tech is not loaded with cash like UGA and simply can’t afford to pay the 5 million needed to buy him out. He will likely be the coach at Tech until he dies which obviously is long after the death of the Tech program.
Paul in RDU
December 23rd, 2010
3:51 pm
GT Alum – You got it!
SuperB
December 23rd, 2010
3:53 pm
Good recruiter — mediocre coach. I hope he NEVER gets fired! Mark Fox is passing Hewitt so fast it would make your head spin!
i think that we have the big men to compete
December 23rd, 2010
3:57 pm
we just dont have a coach who can coach them up nor provide the right x’s n o’s to put them in position to win.
our big guy from last year graduated after 3 years and he thought so little of phew he decided to play pro frisbee rather than play his senior season. this player prob averaged 2-3 points for 3 years and 2-3 rebounds if that.
keep in mind that this player chose gt over syracuse. the same syracuse that is a perennial top 10 program that is coached by boahiem sp? anybody that thinks that he would not have done better playing at syracuse than at gt if nuts.
i gurarantee that coach k would have these same jackets sitting at 10-0 right now especially when you consider the schedule.
we have the players to do well and have for years!
Techsucoffski
December 23rd, 2010
3:57 pm
Don’t worry Jacket Fans, you will forget about Hewitt for a couple of days once GT loses by 35 to Air Force on Monday. Not a good year to be a GT fan!
GT in CT
December 23rd, 2010
4:00 pm
It’s painful to look at the players individually and see one good player after another that have somehow been coached into making a poor team. It seems that with CPH, the whole is almost never greater than the sum of the parts.
Agreed with the comments on his post-game quotes. As usual, there’s no idea of what to do to fix things.
Road Scholar
December 23rd, 2010
4:01 pm
I used to have season tickets but now I even forget to turn on the game. I’m past getting upset! The team comes out and cannot maintain focus for 40 minutes. Shumpert had finally learned to maintain control of his game, but now others have taken up “it’s my turn to shoot…even if I’m covered…so I’ll throw sh@@ up anyhow!” game. Udofia should stay on the bench; all that energy without a clue on how to use it. The new guys need a leader and hewitt isn’t it. The clip of the UGA game says it all.
If you won’t fire Hewitt, let him coach an intermural team!
choices choices
December 23rd, 2010
4:01 pm
Either fire CPH or get more of this. Some choice?
link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgNIULxolI8
NC
December 23rd, 2010
4:05 pm
The only thing that surprises me about a Hewitt team is when they win
BravesFan79
December 23rd, 2010
4:06 pm
Before last season i supported Hewitt because i didnt want to mess up a chance to land the #1 player in tha nation in D. Favors. But i also said in additon to bringing in Favors he needed to bring in a TOP assistant coach like the experienced ones he had in 2004.
This did not happen, Hewitt has shown his stubborness year after year about bringing in coaching help. Think about it, in the NBA alot of the head coches would LOVE to have a ex head coach like a Don Nelson as a assistant. But not Hewiit. Hewitt has a “do it myself” approach! Which might work if he was coach K of Duke,but hes NOT!! He must go, because of his stoborness to bringing in top help. Phil Jackson wouldnt hesitate to sign a top assistant, why cant Hewitt do the same and swallow his pride!??
tech lost to who?
December 23rd, 2010
4:08 pm
since you tech grads make so much money with your degree why dont you just come together and buyout his contract? Oh yea you guys really dont make that much money huh! Man you lost to siena! Tech should just drop down to d-1AA
Ken
December 23rd, 2010
4:10 pm
@UGA Athletic Department: You do realize the AD is an independent entity from the University? Of course you don’t, you’re a knuckle dragging neanderthal that doesn’t realize GT has over $1 billion (that’s 1000 million) of operating funds in its endowment, as where lowly UGA has less than $500 million. GT also maintains an investment fund of over $10 billion for new construction, recruitment of staff, etc., and poor (literally) UGA’s investment fund in under $200 million. By any metric you can find, the pocket books are not comparable. Our AD chooses not to spend the $7 million because it’s a waste. That’s the kind of financial sense that garners great GT a war chest that UGA couldn’t build even with a 100 year head start.
BravesFan79
December 23rd, 2010
4:10 pm
Is anyone else tired of seeing these “athletes” that pretend there guards!?? They cant shoot, cant pass, but hey…they can Dunk and jump really high! Apparently, thats all it takes to play for Hewitt.
Big Ol Stinger
December 23rd, 2010
4:10 pm
Because he’s not going to let “mighty whitey” tell him what to do BravesFan79. That’s not how the president of the BCCA rolls. He’s going to continue to recruit kids who have no business at Tech, continue to watch them not graduate, continue to play pitiful basketball, and continue to lose. And they will lose………..a lot.
its time to do the george o'leary shuffle...
December 23rd, 2010
4:11 pm
when bill lewis was sinking our ship in the 90’s our brilliant ad homer rice put george oleary on the staff. we all know how that worked out.
wjhy not put a former jacket like mark price on our team as coach. we are guard laden so he couldnt hurt. he is a shooting guru. he could gain some experience,,,which many claim is his resume’s achilles heal.
than we have a coach in waiting/training on the staff just like oleary was.
maybe ol paul could put his f’m hugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggge egp aside and learn something from an nba allstar/ shooting legend who has been coached by the best in the world. ya think he knows a few things?
mwh6767
December 23rd, 2010
4:12 pm
Its to the point where we Tech fans just don’t care anymore. Thats the sad part, as much as I love football, as a tech fan basketball has always been just as important. That is def. not the case anymore. What is D-rad gonna do in two years when the new arena opens up? Gonna have a nice new arena with 2000 people in it if Hewitt is the coach. The uga fans come on here and try to make fun of techs basketball team but it just doesn’t effect us because we KNOW the program under hewitt is a joke. Gotta get rid of this guy. Oh and uga fans let your team finish a season with its first winning record since D. Wilkens before you get too full of yourselves.
Nerds Unite
December 23rd, 2010
4:15 pm
To The Grinch: Your comments were thoughtful, but you got the wrong AD. Our former AD, referred to as “Braine-less”, made this dumb deal.
mwh6767
December 23rd, 2010
4:20 pm
The Tech coaching job is an above average job in college basketball. New arena coming online, in one of the top b-ball conferences, really good recruiting base with the atlanta area alone. If tech will just get rid of Hewitt tech will get a good coach. I’m not saying petino, or R. Williams is gonna leave their job to come here but a young, energetic up and coming coach will gladly come here. I bet Mark Fox would have his stuff packed and at tech tonight if it was offered to him!
juvenal
December 23rd, 2010
4:21 pm
thought we were the only folks tagged ourselves like the bags…”ATL”…folks with $ usually practical, don’t give ridiculous proportions to entertainment……..nice area, Paul, thanks GT Alum…
juvenal
December 23rd, 2010
4:23 pm
thought we were only folks tagged selves like bags(ATL)…….
juvenal
December 23rd, 2010
4:24 pm
weird echo(weird is itself a weird word, ON)……
GTZ
December 23rd, 2010
4:24 pm
Seems to me the whole team should be coached by Jarret Jack.
Not a knock against CPJ, but I think he has lost the confidence in himself to get through to his players and the expression, “the bench is a great learning tool” needs to be enforced.
Kindness doesn’t win basketball games…
jay
December 23rd, 2010
4:26 pm
This is so pathetic its not even funny. I don’t even see why talent of any relevance would even play for this Bozo. There is absolutely no excitement in watching this product. When a win is a surprise against non tournament teams how can they expect even to go 500 in the conference. His “athelete” style of ball doesn’t work. No point guard to take over a game when needed, no big man forcing a collapse from the perimeter defense. Just a bunch of 6′4 to 6′8 guys running around fast taking bad shots. Hooey
BravesFan79
December 23rd, 2010
4:26 pm
I gotta idea on how to make GT instatly better, and have for years!
Bring in a TOP ex head coach. Bringing in a Don Nelson, or a Lefty Drisel, or a Bob Knight as a “Special Assistant” under contract for 1 or 2 years, and see how much things change!! Surely that would be a cheaper option than the 7 million to fire Hewitt. But since this was not done years ago, i wont be holding my breath for this to happen. But THAT is the only way to keep Hewitt, and save the program.
GT Alum
December 23rd, 2010
4:26 pm
juvenal -
Well, I give RDU a bit of a pass because it’s used to refer to a region, rather than just a single city. Typing Raleigh-Durham all the time would be a bit cumbersome.
GTZ
December 23rd, 2010
4:32 pm
“running around fast taking bad shots”
I am positive CPJ doesnt coach this way, but the players do it anyway. So what does CPJ do, defends them by saying “we just didn’t knock’em down”
I saw jason morris only played 12 minutes last night and was shooting above 50 %… now tell me why he isn’t playing more.
GT is a team of “shooters” if we aren’t knocking down jumpers we aren’t gonna win. So, my coaching would be play the ones hitting the shots, not play the guy with a memorable last name or upperclassmen.
Coach K, would win with these players… that’s all I am saying!
BravesFan79
December 23rd, 2010
4:34 pm
4 of 22 from the from 3 pt land.. really? Wow, i dont feel so bad that i couldnt dunk anymore, or even touch the rim for that matter. The “athletes” on this team remind me of choosing a team of average white guys that can shoot and play smart, and blowing out a group of football players that think they can ball. I can imagine real teams are lickng their chops thinking about playing a team heavy on guards, but still cant shoot! sad, just sad.
Gordon
December 23rd, 2010
4:38 pm
The picture of Hewitt above must have been taken in the first half. We’ve all seen the picture of Hewitt with his face in his hands near the end of the game. Different arena, different Armani suit, but the same pose.
Associated Press
December 23rd, 2010
4:40 pm
Breaking News! This just in! Ga. Tech loses to Dalton State!
choices choices
December 23rd, 2010
4:41 pm
Here’s what happens with Hewitt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgNIULxolI8
Bob Knight
December 23rd, 2010
4:41 pm
How do you like me now Mark?
BobbyDodd21/20
December 23rd, 2010
4:41 pm
When I saw the headline, I thot fb first,.. and BB has been disappointing for years…anyway, re: fb, this season was no surprise, the Iowa game showed we had no passing game…and once Josh got hurt, turn off the lights…
Turnovers
December 23rd, 2010
4:42 pm
Jayson Morris had a key turnover in a situation at the end of the game when GT was going to tie it up.
Bobby Cremins
December 23rd, 2010
4:44 pm
What about me Mark?
danny
December 23rd, 2010
4:46 pm
UGA’s football team did not stun you Mark.
howard
December 23rd, 2010
4:47 pm
Hewitt continues to drag the Tech basketball program down and Tech continues to drag their feet on getting rid of him. Every year Tech waits to act means they are three years from results. It will now be AT LEAST 2012 before they compete at the top levels…wait another year and 2013. Any wonder why I don’t go to Tech games anymore??
Techmun
December 23rd, 2010
4:54 pm
You guys forget Hewitt is at a disadvantage trying to recruit at Tech. Do you realize how hard it is to find chemical engineers that are also good basketball players?
Seriously, the players he signs must be more interested in hitting on the hot chicks around the Atlanta Universities, than winning basketball games. Why else would they sign with Tech?
JimO
December 23rd, 2010
4:55 pm
1) Fire DRad. He did not hire Hewitt or do his contract, but he hasn’t fired him yet.
2) Do like Dan Synder (Redskin’s owner) did to Jim Zorn – take away his power. That is, give an assistant coach the ability to make the starting lineup and subsitute players and don’t let Hewitt do it. Make it so embarassing to him that maybe GT and PH can come to an agreement over the buyout.
3) Bring back Wack Hyder, but please not Dwane Morrison.
JacketBacker01
December 23rd, 2010
5:01 pm
Money is not the issue here UGA Athletic Department, if it was Tech wouldn’t be spending over $52MM to upgrade athletic facilities including a new indoor football facility. You’re obviously ignorant to endowment funds of the two schools. If UGA should write one of those $7MM checks to build their own indoor football facility, oh yeah, they’ve been trying to raise monies for that the last decade.
GT
December 23rd, 2010
5:02 pm
Hewitt can’t beat the team he came from,Siena. He probably can’t beat the team of the coach he replaced after Cremins was fired, College of Charleston, and Hewitt is playing on the Bobby Cremins floor at Tech, which may be in competition pretty soon with a floor in Charleston. Cremin’s team may very well go to the NCAA this year as the odds on favorite to win the Southern Conference at the moment, not to add, wins in the last year against UNC, Maryland and South Carolina. If so he won’t use up one of the three new positions, since there was always a position for the Southern Conference team, and Hewitt can’t even get one of those. Plus Charleston loves Bobby, they have face mask all through the stands, of the happy Irishman, the crowd is going crazy. We got the second wife that turned out to get fat and have a drinking problem, Charleston is the nerd in high school that ended up with your old wife the homecoming queen, moving in next door to rub it in. Merry Christmas.
Ross
December 23rd, 2010
5:11 pm
Some of this is on Hewitt, but most of it results from the implosion of basketball caused by the early-to-NBA farce that turns colleges into farm teams for the NBA – a place where they do not play defense and the product is so abysmally boring that I can’t get through an entire game. Corporate interests basically ruin everything they touch – the NCAA and NASCAR have a lot of blood on their hands. (Make no mistake, the NCAA is a corporation, in action if not in fact.) Lately I find myself thinking the same way about NCAA football – that’s got a lot of life in it yet but the signs of decline are already clear.
If you had told me 20 years ago that I’d go an entire year, much less a decade, without watching a single Indy or NASCAR race, I’d have asked for some of your stash. I haven’t seen a NASCAR race since the BD era (Before Dale). Restrictor plates destroyed it. I haven’t seen a single NCAA basketball game this year – haven’t read a stat, haven’t given a fig, and as Tech grad, find it hard to believe that I do not care at all what becomes of the basketball team. I’m having more and more trouble caring about the football team as well – and football is my religion. I’m just plain sick of the spoiled kids who play these sports, and I’m sick of the way they play the games. It’s just a massive yawn.
col foot
December 23rd, 2010
5:13 pm
me thinks it’s hilarious, they better be glad their not playing that power house Kennesaw St. again.
What a joke the blowflys are HaHa Ha!
indigo
December 23rd, 2010
5:20 pm
Cliff Warren, former assistant to Hewitt, just beat Florida with his Jacksonville team.
What was the Tech record while Warren was still at tech?
What has the record been since he left?
Was Warren also at Siena with Hewitt, where hewitt had success?
As others have said in earlier comments, it seems that Warren was the difference maker.
jay
December 23rd, 2010
5:21 pm
It wont necessarily take 3 years to re-build the program. Ucf brought in a new coach this year that was an assistant to Billy Donovan. He took a big man on a transfer and his first recruiting class and already has them in the top 25 with wins over Florida and Miami. He was able to coach up the existing talent. Gt is still an attractive coaching job, but its losing its shine on recruiting.
Paul in RDU
December 23rd, 2010
5:26 pm
indigo – Cliff Warren was an assistant under Paul Hewitt at Siena and came with him to GT
GT Alum
December 23rd, 2010
5:29 pm
Ross, the problem with blaming this on kids going to the NBA early is there’s still plenty of quality college basketball programs in the country. It has changed the landscape of college basketball, though, and I’m not sure if Hewitt just hasn’t been able to adjust or if he just wasn’t that good to begin with.
Hurts so Good
December 23rd, 2010
5:33 pm
Let me guess…….Siena had many more 4 and 5 star atheletes and the nerds could not compete because of their academic standards…..you nerds are hilarious.
Turnovers
December 23rd, 2010
5:35 pm
This is what the program has been reduced to
link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgNIULxolI8
rxdawg79
December 23rd, 2010
5:38 pm
I’m hoping that one of the hard core GT fans can confirm something for me. I THINK (really emphasize it) that I remember reading a quote attributed to Hewitt to the effect that his job wasn’t to win basketball games at Tech, but to provide an avenue for black players to get to the NBA. (If accurate that might help to explain why white BB players need not apply.)
If that is essentially correct, then surely his contract with GT would not include this requirement, but would in fact call for him to win basketball games.
So…true recollection or are my advanced years finally starting to play tricks with my memory? TIA.
Gordon
December 23rd, 2010
5:40 pm
Here is the $7 million question:
In Radakovich’s mind, would it be worse to bring in a new coach next year when we would be playing a limited home schedule at Phillips and/or Gwinnett arena, or to stick with Hewitt one more year after this and open our new arena with a new coach? The answer is based on money and who will be available at those times. Either way, my hope is that when Radakovich makes the move, it will be to bring in someone he thinks is special and not just to get rid of Hewitt. This will be a signature hire for him, and I think he will take the longer term view and get it right.
WHAT? Sienna!!!!
December 23rd, 2010
5:43 pm
You mean to tell me that Georgia Tech got whipped by a Toyota mini-van in basketball!!!!
That’s hilarious!!!!
Gordon
December 23rd, 2010
5:44 pm
rxdawg79,
I am quite sure he never said his job wasn’t to win games at Tech. I vaguely remember him saying the thing about black kids (his is the president of the Black Coaches Association), but I have never been able to find the quote.
Get Real
December 23rd, 2010
5:45 pm
When is the last time GA Tech put a real scholar on the basketball court? It has to be decades ago!
Cosmo
December 23rd, 2010
5:47 pm
Could we pay another school $3.5 mm to “hire” him away?
Of course it's the contract
December 23rd, 2010
5:48 pm
If coach huit was arrested for being a college coach, there would be insufficient evidence to convict him.
Pay him now or pay him later. Same thing.
UGA 89
December 23rd, 2010
5:50 pm
As a UGA man, I think Tech’s football and basketball programs are in great shape, don’t change a thing!
Please don’t bring George O’Leary back or Cremins.
Reggie Ball
December 23rd, 2010
5:51 pm
Don’t worry, we haven’t entered into conference play yet. Everything will be just fine.
Trust me,
Reggie
Reggie Ball
December 23rd, 2010
5:55 pm
How many downs do you have in basketball to get a first down? I know in football you have 5 downs to get a first down. I sure am glad I picked GT as my school to get a great education so I would never throw the ball out of bounds on 4th down. Nobody would be that stupid.
Reggie
What I'm I missing here
December 23rd, 2010
6:02 pm
I don’t understand something which ( I believe) has not been brought up in the K’s of comments made here. Could somebody please explain to me why we are “stuck” with Hewitt forever since we can’t afford the $7M payout. Why don’t we simply continue to pay his salary (whatever that is) and make him irrelevant as far as coaching the BB program is concerned. Why not bring in an “assistant” coach who would actually coach the team and let Hewitt recruit or hand out towels during timeouts. If coaching the team is taken away from him, he becomes the laughing stock of the NCAA BB program and (if he has any shame at all) would soon make arrangements to a compromise cancellation of his contract.
I’ve seen this method applied in business circles and it works.
rxdawg79
December 23rd, 2010
6:03 pm
@Ken: I won’t dispute your numbers, as it looks like you know what you’re writing of. However, your statement that the AD won’t spend the $7M because “it’s a waste” bears another look, IMO (and the opinion of several GT fans on this blog). After all, as one GT poster said: You’re going to pay him the $7M one way or the other: Coaching or not coaching. There are those who think that paying him to coach is the real waste.
Since I’m a UGA grad I’d just as soon see CPH stay forever, so it matters not to me. But if you’re happy with CPH it would seem that you’re in the minority right now.
rxdawg79
December 23rd, 2010
6:10 pm
@Gordon: Thanks for your post. Makes me feel somewhat better in that only half my memory is gone! Like you, I couldn’t find a source for the remark.
Does bring up another question though: Is he allowing his position in the BCA to take precedence over his position at GT?
gtbuzz
December 23rd, 2010
6:11 pm
This is getting ridiculous. Kennesaw State, Siena, UGA….are you kidding me? GT tradition in basketball has fallen off a cliff. Worst part is Hewitt is ignorant and thinks that the team will be playing in the NCAA tournament.
GTfanfrom1951
December 23rd, 2010
6:11 pm
I can’t believe he still has a job after KSU and now this. Something has to happen for me to watch GT basketball again!
OldTimer
December 23rd, 2010
6:17 pm
It’s all on the AD. Tech should excel at basketball. It’s the AD’s fault.
Eddie
December 23rd, 2010
6:20 pm
Unbelievable. I remember the day when I looked forward to Tech basketball as much as football. My wife and I watched Tech play in the 1st round of the NCAA back in 93 when she had just delivered our 1st child less than 24 hrs. earlier. When we went to the Final 4, Hewitt had atheletes that did not need coaching. Since then what have we done. Why watch or care?
HenryCountyGT
December 23rd, 2010
6:24 pm
I said it before and I’ll say it again.
I lost all respect for Hewitt when he said that black players should only play for black coaches.
I now know *nine* (9) *former* season ticket-holders. Fans of Tech basketball are rapidly disappearing.
I guess when Buzz and the cheerleaders are the only ones that show up to view the games, DRAD will finally get the hint.
shucks
December 23rd, 2010
6:26 pm
CPH be a man and walk away.
Yellow Britches
December 23rd, 2010
6:39 pm
Paul Hewitt is not the future. The questions are not if, but when and for how much. The fact that this guy is holding the GT basketball program hostage to an absurd contract negotiated by an inept egomaniac is undeniable but sad. What do you do when you don’t have the money to pay a doctor to purge you of a parasite? I care but not enough to buy tickets anymore. Like I said, I am on strike until we get a coach.
stinger
December 23rd, 2010
6:43 pm
Lets just do away with b ball and put it all on f ball.Nobody cares anymore.
Go Tech
December 23rd, 2010
6:44 pm
1. does Bradley ever have a point?
2. Hey dog fans unless the topic is NCAA infractions, player arrests or party school rankings keep the comments to yourself
3. Tech (half the size of uga) has twice the endowment, three times the research dollars and double the donors. You can brag all you want about the athletic dept, but you guys are small potatoes in every other category. Not bragging about Damon Evans are you?
Reggie Ball
December 23rd, 2010
6:46 pm
Go Tech:
Marbury and me agree 100% with your comments.
i don't care
December 23rd, 2010
6:50 pm
I don’t care how bad they are.
It is sad to see such ineptitude.
Hey students, hey people, stop coming to games.
Rich
December 23rd, 2010
6:54 pm
I’d like to say we suck but we would have to get a lot better for that. CPH, how do you sleep at night??? You are paid for results, not effort or time put in. You are taking the money and not providing the goods you knew you were being paid for. Please make a deal and leave.
The Debate is Over
December 23rd, 2010
6:59 pm
Folks, DRad I am sure knows what he has to do. The firing of Hewitt is not going to cost Tech $7 million. It’s going to coast $14 million plus. We are going to have to get rid of Hewitt, then hire another coach to replace him. We are going to have to find a young up and coming assistant and then let him grow into the job. Or, we are going to have to find some blue hair, who would work for less than market value.
The Bottom Line: We, meaning Tech fans are going to have to come out of our pockets with the duckets to make this work. So instead of complaining to DRad, pledge to DRAD that you will do this.
I think DRad is hoping Hewitt can turn this around. But if he can’t, he is a goner.
But I admit, at this writing, Hewitt is stealing money from Tech.
Rich
December 23rd, 2010
7:03 pm
I’d like to say we stink but we would first have to get a lot better. The deal was big bucks for a winning team. I don’t think all parties are living up to their end of the bargain. I sure wish I could get paid the big bucks just for attitude and hard work but that only happens in fantasy land… and at GT. CPH, please make a deal and leave.
Reality Bites
December 23rd, 2010
7:14 pm
“The horror….the horror….”
Ryan
December 23rd, 2010
7:16 pm
Hire Lon Kruger! or Josh Pastner or Mike Anderson!!!!!!!!!!!
jdawg
December 23rd, 2010
7:18 pm
Tech stinks, and so do all of you idiots who pull for Tech. It amazes me how you can actually offer up comments that you actually think about concerning Georgia Tech Basketball. It reminds me of when I’m riding through South Carolina during October, and I tune in to their Sports Talk Radio and listen to discusion of Clemson, and SC football. Get a freakin life, all of you losers.
Reality Bites
December 23rd, 2010
7:21 pm
jdawg, your smoke break is over. They need you for the pep rally at the front of the store…….
aubrey
December 23rd, 2010
7:31 pm
When Hewitt first came to Tech and quickly reached the final 4 Braine chose to tie him up long term rather than let him move on to a more prestigous program. Unfortunately the trip to the final 4 was more a reflection of the players onthat team rather than Hewitt’s coaching. Since then the body of evidence strongly suggests that Hewitt is overmatched in the ACC as a coach, is losing his ability as a recruiter and has the team on a rapidly acceperating downward spiral. There is absolutely no reason to believe that Hewitt can turn the program around and I would challenge any reader of this blog to offer such reason. DRad must realize this and hopefully is just biding his time before cutting Hewitt loose, biting the buy out bullet, and starting a search for a real coach, capable of rebuilding the Tech basketball program to respectability instead of remaining the laughing stock that it has become.
Seriously?
December 23rd, 2010
8:14 pm
You lost to Siena? How is that even possible? Isn’t that just a paint color at Home Depot?
julian royal
December 23rd, 2010
10:37 pm
i really wish i would have signed with georgia
wreckmaniac
December 23rd, 2010
11:45 pm
This team will not win an ACC conference game this year.
wreckmaniac
December 23rd, 2010
11:47 pm
Is DRAD awake ?
Ron Hyatt
December 24th, 2010
2:21 am
UGA Athletic Dept, Careful with all that money you’re spending. You’ll need it for your peener enlargement.
jay
December 24th, 2010
12:01 pm
Really jdawg, 6 and 6 in football? Hell i bet you were just a few plays away from a national championship. Its only been thirty years since your program has been sec relevant!
Butts Wagner
December 24th, 2010
12:13 pm
I’m just stunned they beat my Spiders. Only thing I can figure is our guys got distracted by the Bahamas surroundings. At the end of the year, I’m fairly certain that Richmond’s going to look back and see that as one of its worst losses of the season.
This isn’t surprising at all either. With their talent, Tech manages to win 1 or 2 games each year that they have no business winning based on who they are losing to. It’s clear that Hewitt should have been fired after last year. It was clear before last year too, but he needed to prove his ineptness with an NBA front line.
dtanner
December 24th, 2010
6:50 pm
here’s what i think,hewitt is trying to get fired, he can take his 7mil, kick back on the beach, play a little golf,would be like hitting the lottery, how many of you would care if you got fired and payed 7million?
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December 25th, 2010
4:52 pm
[...] Are you stunned by Georgia Tech’s loss at Siena? Me, neither – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Tech’s first loss of the season was by 17 points at Kennesaw State, which has gone 0-9 since. Its third loss came by 21 points at Northwestern, which just lost to St. John’s, which was so desperate for a new coach it spoke with Hewitt in March. [...]
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December 25th, 2010
9:37 pm
[...] Are you stunned by Georgia Tech’s loss at Siena? Me, neither – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Tech’s first loss of the season was by 17 points at Kennesaw State, which has gone 0-9 since. Its third loss came by 21 points at Northwestern, which just lost to St. John’s, which was so desperate for a new coach it spoke with Hewitt in March. [...]
J Hender
December 27th, 2010
3:31 am
Man, I can’t believe that Hewitt is still there. It might be better to pay out the $7 million over time. He has a couple of MD All Americans on the team, but still can’t win. They should fire him soon so that a new coach can start recruiting next year.
BB Tech
December 27th, 2010
7:05 am
Hewitt’s contract just got extended again! Give him $7 million more!!!!
gtjet
December 28th, 2010
8:28 am
Mark, Am i Surprised? I am a GT grad in upstate NY who had an offer for free tix to the game and I declined. I knew they would lose and I would just be booing Spew-itt. He is a disgraceful man with no pride. The core of Tech’s fanbase has just moved on. I used to live and breath Tech hoops, and now….who cares? Fire him, pay him and hire some young up and comer who would work for next to nothing to earn the $ down the road.
Bobby Knight
December 28th, 2010
12:06 pm
Georgia Tech: Hire me. First, I need more wins cause Coach K is getting close to my all time wins record. Second, I’ll take the Yellow Jackets back to the promise land.