OT James Johnson fired at VT

[p8triotfan4life]

after 2 years. Yet we are stuck with the clown they call Paul Blewitt.

 

[gmujim92]

Not to mention, JJ took over a team with very little ACC-level talent (besides Erick Green) after Finney-Smith left for Florida and Montrezl Harrell transferred to Louisville.

We've already been over what Bozo inherited, so no need to re-hash all that stuff.

I guess Tech's new AD wasn't interested in waiting to see what JJ could do with the young guys he's recruited.

Please God, for the love of all that is holy, give us a new AD with the same philosophy.

 

[gmutom]

Pretty funny:

Brian Hamilton ‏@BrianHamiltonSI 14m
Virginia Tech fires James Johnson after two seasons. School in a hurry to find replacement, so it can announce his firing too.

 

[KAOriginal]

Wonder if we get him as an asst and heir apparent since TOC likes fired ACC coaches?

 

[Cool Disco Dan]

If you need a laugh, go read the names VT's basketball 'fans' are throwing out as a potential replacement: Buzz Williams (Marquette), Shaka, Greg Marshall...I mean, why would you stay with #2 team in the country when you could head to the mecca of college basketball that is VT?

 

[dr. gunnie]

I would love JJ to come back - he already has shown he can beat Hewitt head to head in the recruiting department (Devin Wilson) and he has some good SG's signed for this year that maybe he could bring along.

 

[GSII]

I would love JJ to come back - he already has shown he can beat Hewitt head to head in the recruiting department (Devin Wilson) and he has some good SG's signed for this year that maybe he could bring along.

I doubt any OCM's "best friend" is getting a look here.

 

[mason2k1]

So next year tech's going to be paying out 3 head coaching salaries and 2 AD salaries...

 

[gmutom]

So next year tech's going to be paying out 3 head coaching salaries and 2 AD salaries...

Pretty nice when your football program can pay off your basketball program's debts.

 

[Five Two]

Tech's new AD wanted to go after Shaka, but that's been taken off the table. Look for them to go after Archie Miller of Dayton. But Dayton is a better job, IMO.

 

[EXpatriot13]

Things get even better for VT. An embezzlement investigation into their Athletic Department:

http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports...cle_87b4ae04-af77-11e3-80cf-0017a43b2370.html

 

[mason2k1]

Upside of losing is we won't have to worry about the BCS poaching Hewitt
GW's going to have to start saving up so they can keep Lonergan.

 

[gmutom]

GW's going to have to start saving up so they can keep Lonergan.

As Five Two can attest, many GW fans were calling for him to be fired a year ago. Amazing what a 5th-year senior, a transfer and several good recruits can do to turn around a program. We need to follow their lead.

 

[EXpatriot13]

As Five Two can attest, many GW fans were calling for him to be fired a year ago. Amazing what a 5th-year senior, a transfer and several good recruits can do to turn around a program. We need to follow their lead.

He's still a MUCH better coach than Hewitt is, and I know you agree with that. That GW team this season played so well together. Great chemistry for a team with some new parts.

 

[mkaufman1]

As Five Two can attest, many GW fans were calling for him to be fired a year ago. Amazing what a 5th-year senior, a transfer and several good recruits can do to turn around a program. We need to follow their lead.

Agreed. Oddly enough he had maybe 2 leftovers from Hobbs at the most...he had two guys leave and it seems like it was addition by subtraction.

 

[Five Two]

Agreed. Oddly enough he had maybe 2 leftovers from Hobbs at the most...he had two guys leave and it seems like it was addition by subtraction.

And as I pointed out in a different thread, those two guys who left weren't bad players. Pellam plays a ton for Memphis and will get to face his old team on Friday and Kromah is on the court in many end-of-game situations for UConn.

So not only do they lose two players who are good enough to transfer and contribute for top 20 teams, they also lost an assistant to Georgetown last spring and another assistant in September.

Rumors I heard was that in his first two years, Lonergan was very difficult to play and work for, thus the transfers and coaching changes. Amazing how winning cures all.

 

[mkaufman1]

And as I pointed out in a different thread, those two guys who left weren't bad players. Pellam plays a ton for Memphis and will get to face his old team on Friday and Kromah is on the court in many end-of-game situations for UConn.

So not only do they lose two players who are good enough to transfer and contribute for top 20 teams, they also lost an assistant to Georgetown last spring and another assistant in September.

Rumors I heard was that in his first two years, Lonergan was very difficult to play and work for, thus the transfers and coaching changes. Amazing how winning cures all.

Yeah I don't think by any stretch they are bad players. They just may have been "bad fits" for whatever reason. Thus the "addition by subtraction" comment.