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No one said he did. He made it to the NCAAT with Cremins' remnants in his first year. The point is that most didn't expect that to be a tournament team. As Yljacket mentions most of the fans were excited to have someone new who seemed to have brought some energy back to the program. The next...

Millions of parrots are very disturbed by this comparison. Don't be surprised if something is dropped on your shoulder soon.

Gary Parrish ‏@GaryParrishCBS Duke assistant Jeff Capel has removed his name from consideration at Georgia Tech, a source told @CBSSports. Story coming.

Compared to the last staff Hewitt was certainly a much better recruiter. He got some real top talent (Bosh, Crittenton, Young, Shumpert, Favors) but had trouble filling out a roster with skilled players. If you rate recruiting ability 1-10, Cremins is probably a 9 and Hewitt a 7? Something like...

Exactly. After 2005 Hewitt didn't feel the need to have experienced assistants. He felt it was his obligation to hire young guys and give them the opportunity that was given to him. This is not my opinion, by the way, he said this many times in public. Unlike the other thread about the...

Hewitt's initial success (taking the underachieving Cremins leftovers to the NCAAT then the great recruiting class leading to the very good 2004 and 2005 teams) was followed up by a distinct change in his attitude toward the press and the public. He became intolerant of criticism and started...

That isn't the minimum. That's very close to Hewitt's record (NCAAT 5 out of 11 years). GT went to the NCAAT 10 out of 12 during the Cremins glory years, including 9 in a row. I'm not sure what a minimum potential is but unless Cremins is an unattainable level of coach I would set it there...

I would expect that anyone who mentions Marshall has no idea.

Amen to the retread comment. Why is Miller considered in a different category to Drew? They have both been head coaches for 5 years with Drew having better results in a worse conference. They don't seem like they are in different categories.

Quin Snyder is currently the coach for the Utah Jazz. His college head coaching experience was not the best.

Gary Parrish ‏@GaryParrishCBS Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech have initiated contact with Valpo’s Bryce Drew, a source told @CBSSports. He’s a top-shelf candidate for both.

GT was 1-27 in the ACC when Cremins was hired. I don't think anyone cared about that at that time. It is more accurate to say that Cremins was hired and no one noticed. Anyone who was there feel free to correct me. Because of Cremins the expectations are different now.

I wasn't around the program then but as I understand it everyone would have been elated someone would take it.

She is a nice person and follows recruiting closer than I do.

With April Fools jokes tomorrow look out for a lot of false alarms.

Does anyone have insight into the the other NIT Final coach, Mike Lonergan? I've seen his name casually mentioned but no real thoughts about him. He certainly has a good record everywhere he has been.

I understand your primary point and apologize for the semi-threadjack. However, I think GT fans sell the job short rather than the other way around. Cremins and Hewitt cover 31 years. No one was coming for the last guy. During the modern era of college basketball (from about '79) GT had a guy...

Cremins was one of the biggest names in coaching from '85 - '96. Other than the alma mater incident, which obviously had nothing to do with trying to get a better job, he wasn't looking to change. As far as leaving for the NBA or a college losing its mind and paying someone crazy money, that's...

When has a basketball coach ever used GT as a stepping stone?

He expects revenue to increase to some degree with the excitement from a coaching change, prior to any wins. How much bump GT gets from it is arguable Exactly.