It's very very easy to rip Pastner: say what you want about the trouble off the court, but anyone with common sense knows he knew some of what has gone on with the stuff that's put us on probation. The first year was very good but been downhill since, it doesn't take very long to rebuild a bball program when it only takes a couple of really good players to get things going, i.e: auburn!! He has repeatedly made excuses about how if Okogie hadn't left we'd be in great shape,etc. Recruiting isn't good at all: I said earlier we had the 37th ranked class but it's actually 43rd, and GT shouldn't be excited about that. Crean hasn't set the woods on fire but he's recruited a player that we haven't seen the likes of here since Favors, he's got the fanbase excited and 10-4 would be nice for us right now. I don't think my 2 cents on this is really not a praise on Crean but more of an indictment on Pastner and the state of GT bball: it should be soooooo much better than this and some people think we should settle for it which is stupid..we have tradition here and are in a very very fertile recruiting area. And I think Collins may be proving that we can get good athletes even with academic restrictions.
