Tech

By Burdell's Brother

April 9, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

Wow, Missed the point there Matt. Most of us are amazed he would look at leaving due to his p**-poor performance over the last few years. The guys has a losing record in his own conference, losing record on the road, and has had a sub-.500 record 2 out of the last 3 years. The question is, why would LSU want him, when a good percentage of Tech fans do not want him either?

Seems to me if he is looking to leave, DRAD should expedite the process for him and lets get the rebuilding started.

By con1

April 9, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

sounds like a bbuzzoff post with all the challenges and name-calling.

By SanDiegoJacket

April 9, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this

Hey

Are you on drugs or what??? What kind of diatribe was that???

Too many dirty diapers, I suppose!!

By Bob Sacamano

April 9, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this

He’s tired of working for you Bug punks and wishes to return to more stable (and less delusional) environs of Bulldog Nation.

We’ll trade you Carter Strickland straight up for Matt Winklejohn.

What’dya say? We got a deal, Bugs?

By RAMBLE ON!

April 9, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this

Bob Sacamano, you can’t have Matt, but you can have Mike (he’s a fleabag at heart).

LSU if you’re that stupid to hire him, please take our loser coach. He’ll be fired next year if you don’t and then we have to buy out his contract.

That would be the best news in the world if he goes to LSU.

Matt, about 10% of the reason the ACC is not the best anymore is Paul Hewitt tanking our program.

By Geni

April 9, 2008 7:30 PM | Link to this

Matt - What is your deal? Bash and call people idiots? You sound like a bulldog. Who cares if Hewitt leaves, I don’t. Who cares if Felton’s Mustache leaves uga? (Clue:UGA fans don’t).

I don’t care about GT or UGA. But it’s obvious you got issues with the school you are covering. Why don’t you join the Home & Garden section? I know we at LSU would be sad to have you covering our team (even if you are praising us here).

I’m sure GT would trade for Carter after a article like that.

By CarolinaJacket

April 9, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this

That was, without a doubt, the strangest article I have ever read. So, exactly, what is your point? Paul may or may not be looking elsewhere for a job, but this article certainly did not clarify the issue.

By Charles

April 9, 2008 7:38 PM | Link to this

I’ve never liked Winklejohn and never will. We need a Tech man to cover the team.

By George Burdell

April 9, 2008 7:43 PM | Link to this

How in the heck is Matt our beat writer? Someone needs to get this joker off the blog, we need someone who is positive about Tech, not always whining like Matt is.

By flackJacket

April 9, 2008 7:46 PM | Link to this

Off the wall article for sure. I, for one, would not miss CPH. -fJ

By Jason

April 9, 2008 7:53 PM | Link to this

As a Tech fan, I have 100% NO problem with what Matt wrote. CPH would be dumb not to listen to any school or NBA team that wants to talk to him. He knows the pressure is on him at Tech, and another bad season could mean he’s gone.

With that said, Matt is correct. Tech fans on the Hive & elsewhere are whiners when anyone writes a controversial article that goes against Tech. Sorry folks, and if you don’t think it’s easier to win at LSU then it is at Tech, again like Matt said “Your an idiot.” The academics are no where near what Tech’s are, and they offer student athlete friendly degrees.

Some of you truly need to get over yourselves and realize that Tech basketball is the true definition of “mediocrity” right now. Just like the football program has been a consistent 7 win a year with a Bowl trip program for the past 12 years, which is nice, but how much more can some of you honestly expect? Until, the “Hill” gets over themselves and actually wants to excel in sports by adding some student athlete friendly degrees, then Tech will remain what it is in both sports.

Mid-tier with the occasional 9-10 season in football. And every other year they will make the NCAA Tourney in basketball.

If you don’t agree me with, do one of the following:

A. Prove me wrong. B. Stop b*** and whining about the media every day.

By T-Bone

April 9, 2008 7:53 PM | Link to this

Matt,

What wrong side of the bed did you wake up on? SanDiegoJacket used the word diatribe, and that’s what it sounded like. One of the bloggers make you mad?? Burdells’ Brother is correct. Most of us hope that he will go. We were better off under Cremins, at least for a while. ACC or not, Tech can do better than what Hewitt has done of late.

Most Tech fans/grads that I know realize that we are a relatively small school, with limited degree offerings. Tech is not a plum job. But you can win here. Cremins proved that.

Would anybody call Gonzaga or Butler or Xavier a great job? Probably not. But they regularly get to the Dance. Tech doesn’t, or at least hasn’t for a while.

If you’re saying that he can’t win, as well as influence young men and house and school his family while here at Tech (per your article), then I disagree. He can do all of that; he just hasn’t won. And that’s not Tech’s fault; that’s his.

And don’t give me the lots of money crap. There are too many small schools that regularly do well in the tournament that don’t even have Tech’s budget.

Besides, in the end, these (money, size, recruitability, etc.) are nothing but excuses, and we’re tired of them. We want results.

We’re not idiots. But we’re not complacent either.

By Jason

April 9, 2008 8:00 PM | Link to this

George Burdell & others,

How about doing this for a change. Instead of pointing fingers and calling Matt Winkeljohn a “whiner” why don’t you look in the mirror.

This fanbase, whines, b*** and moans every time someone makes a comment like the one above.

Get a clue and realize the following:

1. GT is not Southern Cal in football. Never will be! Stop thinking that every coach & recruit in America would love to be here.

2. GT is not Kansas in basketball. Tech doesn’t get the Top recruiting classes, and isn’t a perennial National Title contender.

Some of you honestly think GT is the “Holy grail” of college sports and it’s NOT!

Until some of you look yourselves in the mirror and stop blaming others for the medias attention, or lack thereof sometimes, do something about it! Go and fight the GT “Hill” and show them how much GT athletics means to you. They are the ONLY ones who can help the coaches take GT sports to the “Next Level.”

Until they do, just be thankful for what Tech has with the limitations in place.

By Hilarious

April 9, 2008 8:01 PM | Link to this

FINALLY!!! An AJC writer with the cajones to knock the Techies off their high horse. This is progress. Maybe Winklejohn simply got fed up with your constant whining and inflated sense of superiority. I have never seen a bigger group of stuck up holier than thou pinheads in my life than Tech fans. Seriously, get over yourselves. And for the love of god quit your damn crying and moaning about everything!!!

By cltgtfan

April 9, 2008 8:03 PM | Link to this

Matt,

I have always liked your reporting on here, because it often avoided the diatribe stuff that you just displayed.

Having had the sick kids on vacation blues myself, I am more than willing to give you a pass. That is stuff for a fan blog and not from a supposedly disenterested third party. My advice would be to calm down before sitting down to write the next one.

By 24dork

April 9, 2008 8:18 PM | Link to this

Nice blog…Idiot.

By Jay

April 9, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this

Matt reminds me of a little girl who doesn’t get her way…too bad all his GT sources have run dry it seems.

By Jason

April 9, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this

these comments, as you pointed out, were made on the hive. Why not man up and express your opinion over there? Jason, yes Tech fans can get too full of themselves but if we don’t no one else will. We have to create our own media just to get adequate coverage of our athletic teams. Tech fans are not born they are created. Most Tech fans have been personally touched by the school and I can’t say that about other schools where it is easy to be a fan. I know “some” of our fans make crazy statements about our program but what school doesn’t. The hive and places like it are for open debate. If you or some dumbarse writer has a problem with something someone says on that site call them out there. Last time I checked posting there is free.

By TeamBuzz

April 9, 2008 9:06 PM | Link to this

Wow, another brilliant blog from our Tech beat writers. Sorry your vacation is miserable, but you would think you wouldn’t have to use the Hive as a source. And to use the term “idiot” twice in one blog. I guess I’m an “idiot” even though I don’t see it on my Tech diploma. Brilliant journalism. I only read this crap because I’m out of town and it’s all I can get.

By Josh

April 9, 2008 10:16 PM | Link to this

Jason,

Your second point is incorrect. Over the past several years, Tech has had some of the best basketball recruiting classes in the nation.

By Tokyo Jacket

April 9, 2008 10:22 PM | Link to this

That is the second time this week I’ve seen the word “sagacious.” I like it. I had to look it up the first time though.

By the way, Matt, I appreciate your common sense style of blogging. I also like that you’re not affraid to call an idiot an idiot. Keep it up. Hopefully our play in both sports will be as progressive as the reporting that has been surrounding it the last two years (from you and Mike).

By the way, any word on Kerr? I saw that both AJC and scouts.com took down the articles that stated he had signed with Tech. Was this misreported?

By Tokyo Jacket

April 9, 2008 10:51 PM | Link to this

I know this isn’t a recruiting blog, but I had to share a reason why players might be interested in coming to Tech. It’s probably the most staggering statistic I’ve seen: 5 out of the top 7 96 NFL draft picks are not even in the league. That was the Manning/Leaf draft. When you compare that to the fact that a quarter of all Tech graduates are millionaires, it puts things in perspective.

By NOVA Jacket

April 9, 2008 10:54 PM | Link to this

Tokyo, It was an April Fools joke. The clue was in the recruit’s name - Joe Kerr.

By NOVA Jacket

April 9, 2008 10:59 PM | Link to this

Matt, Most of us are very much aware of why a coach, including Hewitt, would listen to LSU, and understand why Trent Johnson took the job. Please get over yourself.

By Johnny

April 9, 2008 11:53 PM | Link to this

WHAT ON EARTH IS WRONG WITH YOU???

WORST BLOG I’VE READ ON THE AJC… THIS IS A NEW BOTTOM FOR THE PAPER.

CAN YOU STOP HIRING UGA GRADS AND BRING A TRUE WRITER ON BOARD???

By addicted

April 9, 2008 11:59 PM | Link to this

I usually like your reporting, Matt, but this blog post seems off the wall! I dont know how long you have been on the internet, but its an established fact that its populated by the most extreme of people, and most people on it generally let out only the most extreme of their opinions.

Besides, this does seem like a response to comments on the Hive, and so should have appropriately been addressed there, rather than at the pulpit that you have been provided at AJC.com

Besides, I have hardly heard anyone say that conference affiliation is the main reason LSU is a “lesser” job. It is part of a bunch of reasons someone might make that claim (I dont), including the competition from football, and perceived (possibly not true) lack of interest in basketball at LSU.

By addicted

April 10, 2008 12:09 AM | Link to this

Also, your Johnson comments make no sense, when reading articles from columnists around the area. The consensus seems that he left not because he preferred the LSU job but because the new Stanford AD did not do anything to keep him there. With one year left on the contract, there was hardly any effort made to extend it.

While I am not claiming any of these jobs are better than the others, I am disputing your claim that Johnson’s move from Stanford to LSU shows that LSU is an equivalent program.

By gtNC

April 10, 2008 3:58 AM | Link to this

Seriously Matt. You come to your AJC blog and post this rant about what’s being posted on a fan blog?
That your facts are (mostly) right is a little beside the point. If you feel this way, post it on the Hive. When you’re posting at the AJC maybe you should want to act a little more professionally, blog or not. It’s not usually a place that a beat writer goes to call fans posting on their fan blog idiots.

By techwreck

April 10, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this

Why in the world would a professional journalist write an article (a blog entry on a major city’s newspaper’s website is still an article) about a fan chat forum? Has journalism really sunk this low, or is it just the AJC that has?

By WFC

April 10, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

I like Matt’s coverage of Tech. That being said, nobody can really understand the GT dynamic unless he attended the Institute (‘67 here). GT doesn’t have “gut majors” like “recreation management.” You have to be a real student to graduate from GT. We will get our share of “one and done’s” but our pool of students IS smaller than LSU’s. This isn’t whining, it’s simply the truth.

Cremin’s philosophy was to recruit 5vgreat players and let them play. The NBA destroyed this plan when they started drafting underclassmen. A guy lost to the NBA hurts GT much more than say UNC which can bring in a salew of Parade All-Americans each year. How would the Jackets have done this past season if Crit and Young had stayed? My guess? About 23-10 and Sweet Sixteen. Didn’t happen. I hope that Crit’s and Young’s moms enjoyed their new houses but don’t blame Matt. Paul Hewitt would have been an idiot not to have considered the LSU job.

By GT80

April 10, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

Matt, your sure put a stick in the nest and stirred up the swarm. You’ve got a lot of things right in here but you’re also wrong on some aspects.

Yes it’s easier to recruit at LSU and yes they can throw more money at a coach than Tech. Tech is a tough place to coach and the ACC is tough to win in. But to think that the ACC is not STILL the preeminate college bball conference is wrong. Coaching at ANY school in the ACC is still a step above just about any other school in the nation. Not the traditional powers like Kansas, UCLA, Indiana, Kentucky, Syracuse, to name a few, but certainly above a school like LSU (SEC) or say Minn (TEN), Kansas St (12), Wash St(PAC), Cincy(EAST) or any A-10, Conf USA or other mid-major conference school.

The ACC still gets the most cred of all the major conferences and if you want something to back that up, how about facts. I think we can agree that the Final 4 is the barometer of success in college bball. Getting to the Final 4 and winning the championship is what it’s all about, and if you can do those things you are at the pinnacle of success in the sport. So go look at the statistics. For the last 25 years the ACC has had far and away the most teams in the Final 4 and the most championships. I agree that the ACC was a bit down lately, missing a team in the Final 4 in ‘06 & ‘07, but in the last 5 years they still have more teams in the Final 4 than any other conference.

So if Paul Hewitt wants an easier job than coaching at a demanding academic school in the most demanding bball conference in the country, then he can look at jobs at LSU or similar schools. But if he wants to coach where winning big usually results in getting to the pinnacle of the sport then he needs to stay where he is.

Oh, and Matt, I would have to say that most GT fans are not idiots. Some get over-zealous and become deluded into thinking we are something we aren’t, but not idiots.

By Cv

April 10, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this

http://statsheet.com/mcb/conferences/compare?c1=acc&c2=big-12&c3=big-east&c4=big-ten&c5=sec&chart=final_four#chart

By Jason is a B!tch

April 10, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this

i want my 60 seconds of life back, that i wasted reading this poor excuse of a blog. Matt, if you don’t like your job then please put in your notice.

By ProudTechFan

April 10, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this

Please explain to me, someone, anyone, how good could Tech have been this season with the roster they had. It is a fact not an opinion but a fact that you can’t win in the ACC or any conference with an elite level point guard. i think Paul Hewitt has done a very good job of recruiting elite level point guards. two of which are in the NBA Jack and Crittenton. this year he was forced to play a journeyman in Causey and MoMiller a freshman. both had their moments but was no where near elite. If he recruits the Derrick Roses of the world you know a player like that is one and done, then the critics will say he should stay away from these All-Americans and recruit guys that want to stay in school more than a year or so. But if he doesnt Recruit the Chris Boshes and Thaddeus YOungs of the world then the critics will say he cant recruit the All-Americans. I knew when Crittenton and Young left we would struggle this year and i think he did too, but had no control over the NBA taking two of his best players. We have been to a Final Four, and a Championship in 04, the sweet sixteen the following season,05, struggled in 06 plagued with injuries, and made the tourney and got ousted in the first round in 07. this year wasnt very good, and i didnt expect it to be and if next year is similar then i feel he job should definetly be in jeopardy and would fully understand if he was fired. But he has another McDonald All-American point guard coming in, and more experienced Mo Miller who played exceptional down the stretch and a very agile and athletic Lawal and Aminu. we should make the tourney with the state the ACC has been in the last couple of years. some of us are so quick to judge we do open our eyes long enough to see the real picture..

GO JACKETS!!!

By wes

April 10, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

As an idiot, what should I do now?

By truthteller

April 10, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this

Who or what the hell is a Matt Winklejohn?? Sounds like some sort of new European public toilet. For someone who purports to be a “journalist” you sure throw that “idiot” word around a lot. After reading your garbage, I think a lot of us know who the real idiot is here. So you think that SEC basketball is superior to the ACC, and all of the ACC coaches should be aspiring to coach at one of the ag/cow colleges? Do you ever watch games? Which SEC team were you impressed with? I didn’t see any that were of high caliber…wasn’t this born out by the pitiful performance of the few SEC teams that even made the tournament.

I think Hewitt is looking around because he put a poor product on the floor for the past 2 or 3 years, has done a lousy recruiting job and is facing another poor year next year, and is job shopping because he feels the Tech job won’t last much longer.

But, of course, you are the expert, along with your fellow hacks at the ajc.

By SAR

April 10, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this

Matt, you’re technically right, but you say it all like such a confrontational A*.HOLE, it gets lost.

By Matt is biased

April 10, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

Matt - yet again more bush league work from you. I’m sure this is the first time I’ve read something written by a “journalist” from a “reputable” paper and thought that it must have been written by an 18 year old. Learn to control yourself and report without letting your bias get in the way. Someone probably bullied you at a practice recently and now you feel like you can get back at all of the Tech fans by calling them idiots. Surely these blogs aren’t covered by the editors or they should be ashamed too.

By techer head

April 10, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

matt, u said look at the rpi to see that the acc is not all that, but the acc was the number 1 rpi conference last year. if you believe that you can recruit from a larger pool for BASKETBALL at LSU you my friend are the idiot. how many AA’s (basketball)have gone to lsu in the past five years? your argument sucks, you talk about hewit wanting to live in a desirable metropolitan area which most def does not describe baton rouge. ever been there? no wonder why the ajc is a joke, with you and terrance writing for the same paper and the same section of the paper at that. by the way matt is not technically right hes technically retarted

By Joseph

April 10, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

I would be happy if Paul took the LSU job. If you haven’t noticed he hasn’t been winning that much lately. There was of course the one year he had a very talented team and that same team the next year underachieved. Ever since then he’s had a couple of McDonald’s All American’s and has done nothin with them so of course they leave early. He’s not a good coach. He’s had more talented players then what LSU gets and has done nothin with them. Paul please leave

By bmlloomer

April 10, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

Hmmmm, who were the two we passed over to (#2 and #3) to hire CPH: Self and Calipari

By Please STOP!

April 10, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this

This comment is to the folks who get on here and say Tech fans are the worst whiners. That’s BS, every school has b!tchy fans. Whatever you’re a fan of, don’t tell me your favorite program doesn’t have descent. I’m just calling you out for what it’s worth, you are full of SH!T. Worry about your own program, losers.

By Matt fan

April 10, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this

So, Matt makes his children vomit. Odd thing to confess in a public forum.

By Nervous wreck From GT

April 10, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this

To all of you who stepped up and shared the facts - THANK YOU

TO ALL OF YOU YA WHOS - You are the reason most coaches will think about jobs other than this one. You are ignorant enough to think that any coach will be able to consistently recruit a TOP 10 class, Be in the TOP 3 in the ACC and be in the TOP 25 in the country year in and year out. WAKE UP!!!!!!! Get some ritelin!!!! you remind me of the soccer moms and dads that attack refs.

Help us keep good coaches at TECH. SHUT UP or POST your comments on the DAWGS page where the other ignorant people are.

By GT Athletic Supporter

April 10, 2008 9:11 PM | Link to this

Matt, don’t appreciate your condescending way of making a point. Is calling GT folks idiots rewarding to you? Lost a lot of respect for you with this article - don’t take issue with your points, just your delivery.

By srschirm

April 10, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this

I normally think everyone in the AJC sports section does a decent job, but this is a p**-poor blog. I’ve never seen something so condescending from a newspaper blogger.

By JustMe

April 10, 2008 9:36 PM | Link to this

So Matt, would you use this same logic to SEC football? Wonder what the SEC fans would say about that!

By Techie Tedly

April 10, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this

For once, I have to agree with the majority of the knee-jerk responses to one of these blog posts. This is a stupid, idiotic article. It sounds like your sour mood from a bad vacation is coloring your writing. Real professional, Matt.

By Jamada

April 10, 2008 10:05 PM | Link to this

Matt

The only valid reason you gave for Hewitt to be looking at the LSU job is more $$$. Everthing else he has here in the Atlanta area and with the ACC. If anything I would expect him to look homeward, to the NYC area. BTW, I didn’t read any posts on the Hive that expressed “shock” that Hewitt might be looking for another job. Sorry your vomiting kids, crappy weather, and overspending has spoiled your vacation - it also spoiled your credibility as a sports writer. If anyone is swayed by your convoluted arguments, they are an idiot! You, sir, should get real!!! I’m sure the ajc has better writers waiting in the wings for an opportunity to build their own reputations. Perhaps you should look for a job elsewhere - of course, I don’t think you could get more $$$, so I guess we are stuck with you.

By TJ

April 10, 2008 10:19 PM | Link to this

Matt, whatever his reasons are (and there are not too many that would be sad to see him go, the only thing your column proves is you are

A WORTHLESS PIECE OF S$%^ . Please do yourself a favor and take some ice water with you to Hell as that is where you will obviously spend the rest of your life.

By BigGTMike

April 10, 2008 10:39 PM | Link to this

Terrible. Just plain terrible. You should probably just resign and go write for some small town paper about high school sports.

By john

April 10, 2008 10:54 PM | Link to this

I wish LSU would have hired him. He stinks and our program is floundering and will only get worse. His style of play and the ‘type’ of players he likes do not work well today. Look at the Sweet 16 teams and some of the Elite 8. Probably 40-50% were white players. the ones that learn the fundamentals of the game as young children as opposed to just going to the playground and playing street ball. Why is it GT boasts about being such a diverse school yet looks the other way when it comes to our basketball team?

By Gee Tech

April 10, 2008 11:15 PM | Link to this

Wilklejohn- what crawled up your b-tt?? Who cares if Hewitt talked to LSU. And has the majority of Tech nation been shocked? NO! And most of us are not idiots. But you are on your high horse about the state of the ACC. Still a very sound conference w/ lots of tradition. Seems to me that we place at least one team in the Final Four each year.

Tech is in its situation soley due to the decision of PH and no one else. So if he’s unhappy, its not b/c of the ACC. He’s recruited w/ the best of them but that’s his problem. If you can’t get 5 blue chips to offset one or two “one and dones” then don’t try it. Its time to recruit solid 3 or 4 year players or maybe its time to move on. I’m a fan either way. No skin off my back. But apparently, its made your corn flakes taste like dawg p-ss.

By Bravesfan79

April 11, 2008 1:41 AM | Link to this

Why is everyone on here acting like GT has suddenly turned into UGA in Basketball??

GT gets some of the TOP talent, and gets recruits OVER UNC and DUKE!
If thats not the mark of a big time program i dunno what is!
The problem is that talent recently leaves after 1 year.

Im telling everyone on here…. Hewitt is a good coach, and a GREAT recruiter!!

the 09 class will be special (will never happen tho if you idiots got your wish about getting rid of Hewitt)

In the 09/10 season we will have a sophmore guard in Shumpert, Juniors Lawal and a junior Pt Guard in Miller. AND the #1 recruit in the nation…..D Favors!! from south Atlanta!

We will be pretty good next year, i predict upper middle of the ACC, but the year after we will be ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY!!

OR you fairweather fans could get your wish and get a new coach, who might be a GREAT x’s and o’s coach, but CANT RECRUIT FOR CRAP!

Then who would we be?
The answer is a program like Washington State/Texas Tech.

A good program that will get to the NCAA tourney because there a good sound team, but overall dont have the talent to play with the top teams in country…therefor never making it past the sweet 16.

I know me…ill take my chances with some of the best talent in the country, and hope he swallows his pride and brings back that defensive coach that left after the title run of 2004.
GO GT!!

By Bravesfan79

April 11, 2008 2:12 AM | Link to this

Matt: If the ACC isnt all that anymore than why do we KILL the Big Ten every year in the challenge!??

The ACC and Big East are definitely the best confrences in the land. Yea maybe the ACC has slipped a little bit considering Duke seems to have good players but not the right mix, and Wake lost their coach.

Its amazing to me that your the beat writer. You talk about GT hoops like were talking about Sanford or something.

Please give your job to a real fan like me that would have the best interest of the program at heart! Do you not see that articles like this might undermine our ability to recruit? Do you not read scout.com and see that the nations #1 recruit is likely headed here in 09!??

You need to be writing about how special this team could become as Miller matures!

If you mean that being at LSU would allow him to choose from more recruits meaning some idiot kid that got most of his SAT score from putting his name on the test then i guess your right. But if you mean hed be able to draw better recruits your wrong!

GT is on ESPN all the time, they love GT because we always play close games, and usually have some of the top talent in the country!

Ive been to the trailor park capitol of the world called Baton Rouge before….and its nothing special.

WHY would a kid pick middle of nowhere louisiana over the hip hop capital of the world?? with respect to NYC of course.

GT is a great school, and im proud to be a fan. I mean seriously…what other coach could come into GT and bring in top 5 talent in the country year in and year out!?? Just who do you have in mind as a replacement for all you pple who want a change so bad?

By T

April 11, 2008 7:36 AM | Link to this

* Matt, this blog makes YOU sound like an idiot, I suggest you take a nap or lay off the crack pipe for awhile. You guys at the AJC could do better if you took a break from the Hive, etc., and actually did a little journalistic reporting, maybe we wouldnt have to read about the phantom football commits in the AJC.. LOL*

By 2D

April 11, 2008 8:11 AM | Link to this

I didn’t read all of the BLOG entries, but I hear a theme that it would be easier to win at LSU than at Tech.

If that’s the case, then one of two things are true… the ACC is a more difficult conference or being at LSU will some how improve Hewitt’s coaching ability. My hunch is the answer is the former, but I know it doesn’t have anything to do with getting higher quality players.

Coach Hewitt has repeatedly recruited top talent to Tech. For three strait years, Coach Hewitt has gotten a McDonald’s All-American to come to Tech (Shumpert for 2008, Lawal for 2007, and Young/Crittendon for 2006). He’s also gotten several state Mr Baasketball honorees to come to Tech and won battles against top programs for others.

When you include inherited players from Coach Cremins, he’s seen five first round draft picks (including two lottery picks) and a few others have made NBA rosters.

The only talent issue at Tech is in the head coach. Many programs win more with much less and quite frankly, I wouldn’t have minded if Coach Hewitt left for “greener” pastures. We’ve seen what Tech basketball can be for a long stretch and Coach Hewitt can’t seem to get it there.

BTW… Matt… If you think that living in Baton Rouge or New Orleans versus Atlanta would be a step up in Coach Hewitt’s quality of life (as you alluded to in your article) then I think we need to examine who the idiot really is.

By m

April 11, 2008 12:06 PM | Link to this

Chan Gailey would have been just as good a choice for the LSU basketball job as he was for the Tech football job. Which is to say he would have been just as unqualified. Thank God and Greyhound that he is gone….FOREVER!!! Hallleeeeeedamlooyah!!

By addicted

April 11, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this

Well said T. The word idiots is a bit rich coming from the newspaper that reported our new recruit “Joe Kerr” !!!

By poorbaby

April 11, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

You must have been the one that read the Hive for that April Fools recruiting story that ran. For that HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By Bravesfan79

April 13, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

Go GT…09 will be Great!

By Dukie

April 13, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

Tech is a joke in the ACC. We own you in basketball and we will soon be owning you in football as well.