I emailed Fooley when Billy quit the first time and said please hire Bennett who was than at Wash St. Billy returned so whatever. The feedback I got from people around the program was that Bennett played a style that would not be enjoyable to the fans so therefore he probably would not ever be a candidate. Sound fundamentals and consistent winning are apparently not what the fans are interested in according to the muckity mucks
This is much worse than whitey. Sure, white would have lost this game, but not by 29. Stricklin should definitely be on the clock. The new president can’t be happy and should be evaluating everything, starting with who the hell hired is this cowbell pansy to my elite institution?
Sounds like they were actually doing a pretty good job. There’s not much to say basketball wise about UWV vs our little sisters of the poor. We’re a complete joke at this point. Thank God for the nulls sucking even worse, taking a little bit of the heat off.
Tony Bennett is an incredible coach. He's getting ready to be another thorn in the side of every one in the ACC with a lot less talent than Duke and UNC. If you want an example of what good coaching can do with 2-3 star athletes you won't find a better example. Of course there are many on this board that want no part of him because they don't like his approach to the game, you know, playing great defense and doesn't pull up at half court and shoot 3's. His teams actually make an effort to run an offense first. You don't rebound and play defense...you don't play period and feel free to transfer. But I don't see him leaving UVA, I think he loves his position there.
Did you see the polls today. Yeah...UF fans could never except being 3rd in the country. And avg home attendance for them is 13,800. Whats ours? Half that.
Issue here like in football is a roster that had horrible players last year is half the roster this year and then all transfers basically. Need a roster overhaul and an influx of non Mike White players, 60% of the starters to begin the year were returners, 1 of which is being disciplined or basically quitting, 1 shouldn't be a starter on an SEC team, and the 3rd is Castleton who has been awesome or really bad. If you want to fault Golden it would be for taking on such a horrible roster but willing to retain anyone who wanted to stay. Jones and Lane should have been moved on from. Bennett or anyone else would have been in the same spot as Golden. Comes down to how we recruit, especially for the 2024 season. Coming into a dumpster fire that White left was always going to have an up and down first year. Louisville was in a similar situation and hired Kenny Payne after 10 years at UK and 2 with the Knicks... they are 0-7. We were never getting Bennett...period. He wasn't coming
He wanted some better coaching. He got it at Gonzaga. Now he's NBA. White squandered away so many talented players.He got an average of 33 minutes per game at Florida (2 years)
For Gonzaga got an average of 31 minutes per game (2 years)
Are you not aware that Nebbie played for the national championship in 2021? He left for better coaching and a better opportunity for a championship. At Gonzaga, he got both. Have you forgotten already how much White sucked?
