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Pastner has coached six complete seasons, 3 good (Years 1, 4 & 5) and 3 not good (Years 2, 3 & 6). That split has the fan base in two camps, optimists and pessimists. The optimists look at the three good years and tend to justify the bad ones. The pessimists look at the three bad years and...

That is just awesome. All of those quotes were awesome. A lot of coaches don't celebrate GT the way Pastner does. This is one reason why I like Pastner. Many coaches see the limitations and lament. Pastner is honored.

Pastner mentioned Martynov in his in his interviews yesterday. Said his skill set really fits our system. I don't think that Howard is a 40 mpg type of player so, either Martynov plays or we go small sometimes.

Whether or not a person responds to a situation with patience depends on the person, not the situation. You can be stuck in traffic and whether or not you are patient will not change the flow of traffic. Patience, skepticism, optimism or pessimist: all of that goes out the window as soon as...

I Actually like this better. Leave it like this!

Can we at least wait to see what the team looks like before we launch the squadron of vultures over Pastner?

We could be good, we could be bad. Should be a really fun journey. For me, a big question is that we have a balanced roster without a really huge differential between the top option and the tenth. Pastner says he likes a short rotation. How will that work when the tenth guy isn't that much...

I went back to last season's stats to look at our players' minutes played per shot attempt in the ACC. The way to think about the number is the average minutes elapsed on the game clock between shots taken in conference games. If you wanna score, you gotta shoot. (I'll add the players' field...

Correction. The '93 team got an automatic bid.

I for one look forward to seeing some basketball so the results can replace all the debate. Pastner's teams have shown the ability to play really well and then others have played not so well. Some fans point at the bad results and say he not any good. Other fans look at the good teams and say...

The roster is quite balanced, both in terms of positions and class of eligibility (3-3-3-4 Frosh to Senior). While the roster has little in the way of proven productivity at any position at the ACC level (which is worrisome), we have lots of guys that have flashed. It will be a really...

If Memory serves: Terry 6'2" 200 (+20lbs) Sturdivant 6'3" 196 (gained an inch) Deebo 6'6" 218lbs (did this change?) Ja'von Franklin 6'7" 214 (+14lbs) Deivon 6'1" 176 (same) Martynov 7'0" 229 (+1 inch, minus 1 lb) Maxwell 6'3" 205 (+1 inch, minus 4 lbs) Freds & Pauls 6'8" 175 Miles 6'6" 175...

The GTAA website has had some practice photos-up from this Summer. Based on those photos, it doesn't look to me like Coleman has slimmed-down at all. He may have decreased his body fat, but he looks like a Middle Linebacker with a really thick chest. He looks like a Big 10 player. Let's see...

Whiling-away the off season topic #2: How many players on this season's roster will average in double figures in points scored? If we have a dominant scorer this year, it will be unexpected. So, if we are going to be a decent scoring team it might well be via balanced scoring. Which...

Just to idle away the off-season, who will be the team's leading scorer this season? What we have returning makes this an interesting question! I guess that Deebo will get some if not the most votes. I have a dark horse pick. I am picking Tristan Maxwell.

Six is a good sample size, as I have said. Two of the last three seasons have been good, so, in my mind, the trend line is okay. But it doesn't matter because we are going to get a 7th data point.

1.) Our pre-torunament ACC record that year was 11-6 (.647). You have to go back to 1996 (Marbury year) to find a higher winning percentage in the ACC. And Cremins only had two regular season ACC teams that had a winning percentage above .647 (1996 and 1986) in 19 years. Hewitt never got above...

No, that is not what I am driving at. My argument is that because Pastner is doing the things that need to be done to be successful, that we will see more seasons like 20 and 21 than we will see seasons like last year. Also, if there are exogenous factors that are holding the program back...

I haven't seen anyone argue that Bobinski was the sharpest tool in the shed. Of course wins matter! We all want to win. EVERY game. But competition is a zero sum game. For every two contestants, there can only be one winner. Commitment to excellence and dedication to winning is occurring...

You are correct. 6 years is enough to evaluate a coach. My evaluation is that Pastner has demonstrated clearly that he is able to get his teams to play good team basketball, he has demonstrated that he can develop players and get the team to perform at a level above their recruiting rankings...