Hewitt Canned...now the real search begins

[DJlaysitup]

Just an alert for any who may have missed it.

(excerpted from ajc):

There’s a point at which it’s easy to conclude, “It’s not going to work.” Georgia Tech had reached that point with Paul Hewitt.

Hewitt was fired as Tech’s basketball coach Saturday. Some of this is about bottom-line results. Hewitt had five winning records and four NCAA tournament berths in his first seven seasons; only one winning record and a tournament appearance in the next four. Even the greatest coaches can go through down periods and survive, but that requires creating a positive atmosphere and giving off signals that a turnaround was imminent.

Hewitt didn’t do that. He left little impression that he could do that. Positive energy hasn’t existed around Georgia Tech’s basketball program for the past few years. He would blame critics for that. Critics would blame him. Regardless of where the blame lied, perception was reality....

[dms269]

Can they afford to go out and try and find a high profile coach due to the cost of the buyout (or paying Hewitt the remainder of his contract)? Plus would a high profile coach really want to come to Tech anyway? Yes it is the ACC but still.

[coachx]

Can they afford to go out and try and find a high profile coach due to the cost of the buyout (or paying Hewitt the remainder of his contract)? Plus would a high profile coach really want to come to Tech anyway? Yes it is the ACC but still.

Atlanta is a hot bed for college basketball recruiting. Talent has never been a problem for Tech........just the coaching and discipline are.

Not to mention the ACC is really down right now. Duke is losing some serious talent next year too. Plus Tech is building a brand new basketball arena as we speak.

They have no reason not to get an excellent coach.

I'm a UGA fan and GSU alumni but wish Tech the best.

I hope GSU finds a good coach too. Calapari was commenting over the weekend on how he think GSU has serious potential. He compared them to UMass before he got there. The Colonial League got 3 teams in the NCAA Tourney this year. (ACC got 4 in for comparison).

I think Tech should look long and hard at Duke assistand and former Duke player Steve Wojciechowski.http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22725&SPID=1845&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=152860&Q_SEASON=2010

Edited March 14, 2011 by coachx