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DEL.ICIO.USFirst loss had Hewitt hiding
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tech basketball coach Paul Hewitt did something Saturday he never does: He stayed home, all day.
Never saw the sunshine, never stepped foot out his front door. Sure, there was a pretty big football game going on at The Flats, but Hewitt caught only snippets of it in between brooding over the film from Tech’s loss to Illinois-Chicago.
The Yellow Jackets played only average defense and shot the ball poorly. Tech’s best players, Anthony Morrow and Jeremis Smith, sat sulking on the bench while in foul trouble. It wasn’t the type of demeanor the Jackets can take out on the road, particularly not to Michigan State, where it plays in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge tonight. Morrow said that his mental cave-in was not at all typical of his regular style of play, and it won’t be repeated.
Hewitt hopes not, or he may be hiding out even more often.
Do think Tech can or will eventually display the mental toughness Hewitt is looking for?
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By Ga_Tech_92
November 30, 2005 04:04 PM | Link to this
Yes they can. Yes they will. They are all very young and trying to fill huge shoes. Give these guys some time.
By sj
November 30, 2005 04:19 PM | Link to this
Question to Chan Gailey (2001): Can Tech ever be a consistently dominant college FB team?
Answer:
‘Yes they can. Yes they will. They are all very young and trying to fill huge shoes. Give these guys some time.’
By chris
November 30, 2005 04:56 PM | Link to this
The scary part of the loss to UIC, is that they lost to Georgia Southern by 20 the next game and had lost to St. Xavier, and NAIA team the game before. Ouch.
By Ramblin'Man
November 30, 2005 06:27 PM | Link to this
Are you kidding me? This expectation is unreal. 5 new starters ANYWHERE is tough to handle. UNC almost lost to a DIV III team earlier in November. Is doomsday upon them? NO. Give these kids some time to adjust to game situations and playing from behind. Don’t even compare Hewitt to Gailey!! What an ignorant fan!
By ALLENWINDFIELD
November 30, 2005 06:44 PM | Link to this
GA TECH BASKETBALL TEAM LOOKED GOOD IN SPURTS i wish mario west would look to score more also they need to run and pressure the ball 94 feet all game that will get you shape and help you down the road.
By ALLENWINDFIELD
November 30, 2005 06:51 PM | Link to this
some body give me a comment about what i said about tech
By Durka Durka
November 30, 2005 07:41 PM | Link to this
They’ll be fine. Everyone knew there’d be a dropoff, and the beauty of BBall is that losing early is not a totally bad thing. Although 20 pts to UIC…
By Bird Dawg
November 30, 2005 09:19 PM | Link to this
Looks like Hewitt will have plenty of opportunities to hide.
By GOTECH
November 30, 2005 10:08 PM | Link to this
Hey Bird S^*# I bet he will not have to hide after December 7.
By Dennis Felton
November 30, 2005 10:20 PM | Link to this
You tell ol Hewey he can stay at my place.
By wes
November 30, 2005 10:41 PM | Link to this
Georgia fans are running smack about basketball? What on this sweet earth would possess them to even have such thoughts?
OTOH, Tech played an outstanding Michigan State team tonight who has their entire Final 4 roster back from last season. They took em’ to the final posession. A win would have been nice, but with a team this young…one must be realistic.
2 things I noticed from the Jackets tonight: 1. silly turnovers/traveling will be eliminated after they get some more games under them. 2. Their low-post scoring was dynamic, but their low-powt defense should get better as well.
By Paul Hewitt
November 30, 2005 11:19 PM | Link to this
Wes, Thanks for the props, but realistically we suck.
By Paul Hewitt
November 30, 2005 11:21 PM | Link to this
Thanks Dennis, I’m on my way.
By Gordon Pfeiffer
December 1, 2005 08:42 AM | Link to this
Hewitt has already posted a season better than any in UGA history. I notice we also have 2 5-star and 2 3-star recruits for next year, while UGA has 1 3-star recruit. Just a couple of facts our Dawg posters have left out.
By HAHA
December 1, 2005 10:50 AM | Link to this
Who ever started putting stars on high school kids needs to get a life.
By Gordon Pfeiffer
December 1, 2005 01:34 PM | Link to this
HAHA, that’s what fans whose program has one 3-star recruit would say. That’s usually what we say in early February about our football recruits.
By Mr Breeze
December 1, 2005 01:38 PM | Link to this
Right on, Gordo!!