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At least we are not on the hook for his buyout. Otherwise, I'm going over to Ron Hunter and the Panthers.If it is Pastner, the delay makes a whole bunch of sense. Negotiating that crazy buyout will take some time. I'm depressed.
RamblinRed posted a thread specifically asking people to contact the board and ask them not to approve any contract for Pastner. That CANNOT be good.
I had to laugh when reading your first paragraph, and you aren't the only person pulling for Tech, calling this a "nationally relevant" season. We were fighting the George Washington's for 70th place in what is now a M.E.T. There are usually a half-dozen automatic wins on an A C C schedule, with an proportional imbalance of home contests. We accept 8-10 as being winners. It is a mindset here. Making these jobs harder than they are.
after seeing that, I have little hope for this hire uniting the fanbase. A lot of comments about this being a joke and Memphis wanting to fire Pastner, sounds a lot like the Dayton talk. Lack of X's and O's and floor coaching??? Is it really true that 60% of Pastner's recruits left Memphis? Can't be... surely these are not comments from objective people...That's ridiculous.
You never know when you are going to strike gold. Tech never thought Bobby Cremins would achieve the levels he did when we signed him. Same for Hewitt for that matter. Duke certainly never thought they'd come anywhere near what they've gotten from K when they signed him. And this list can go on and on and on...
If Pastner - a nice Jewish kid from West Virginia and then Texas - does indeed become our HC, I'll get behind him and hopefully the Tech fanbase will as well. A change of scenery and perhaps recharging some batteries at a new program may be a great marriage between a success-starved fanbase and new coach.
Regardless of who is HC, it still stays the same as stated earlier in this thread...
1. Recruit a great staff.
2. Recruit the 3 signees to stick with Tech.
(2a. Hopefully get a grad transfer or two.)
(2b. Convince current roster to stay put.)
3. Immediately get on the radar of the bevy of 2017 talent in the local area and around the nation for that matter.
Also, regardless of who is HC, this will be "Bobinski's guy" - meaning, I imagine he will be far more involved from Day 1 in the program. Is that a good thing or bad thing? We'll see. His professional reputation and chances of going beyond his original 5-yr Plan as AD is completely riding on this I believe.
IMO GT's fanbase has proven that it will not do this beyond a year or two...I agree totally with this. We have no choice but to get behind the next coach. You never know when you will strike gold in these things. My (way too long) comment was merely to share my (admittedly limited) opinion why the top coaches don't line up to come to GA Tech to coach basketball. They never have, really, but today that is a much more difficult task than even in teh days of the SHW.
That is all.
IMO GT's fanbase has proven that it will not do this beyond a year or two...
Students are given some of the best seats in the house and rarely pack the section... I have only seen the student section beside the band full a few times.
hope this isn't headed back to the paper sack days... when the place was mostly empty except for visiting fans.
I agree totally with this. We have no choice but to get behind the next coach. You never know when you will strike gold in these things. My (way too long) comment was merely to share my (admittedly limited) opinion why the top coaches don't line up to come to GA Tech to coach basketball. They never have, really, but today that is a much more difficult task than even in teh days of the SHW.
That is all.
after seeing that, I have little hope for this hire uniting the fanbase. .
I found drinking helps.If it is Pastner, the delay makes a whole bunch of sense. Negotiating that crazy buyout will take some time. I'm depressed.