Press Conference at 3:30pm ET

[kg01]

I agree, but that doesn't mean it's acceptable.

Agreed.

 

[brian22]

I like him. I like the style of play he's describing. Most of all, I like that he's going to take his time and hire assistants with Bobinski.

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

Cool that Gregory would even be willing to talk with his replacement. Shows again what a classy guy he was. If only he had been able to recruit and coach.

 

[travgt01]

Cool that Gregory would even be willing to talk with his replacement. Shows again what a classy guy he was. If only he had been able to recruit and coach.

Sounds like he'd make a good assistant....

 

[SwarmArmy]

Did we hire Josh Pastner or Marco Rubio?

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

Did we hire Josh Pastner or Marco Rubio?

LMAO

 

[forensicbuzz]

uh, oh. He's out of water. PC over soon.

 

[ChasonBaller]

Sounds like he'd make a good assistant....

lol talk about an awkward situation

 

[ATL1]

Hewitt kept GT relevant with putting players in the league and getting to the tourney.
I'd talk with him too..
I'll say this about Josh, he's well connected when it comes to the coaching tree. Very polished.

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

Interesting post just made on the AJC blogs ---

"GT fans- If you value integrity at all, you should applaud this hire. As a Memphis fan, I feel relief in that Josh is getting a chance at a fresh start. He got much more criticism than he deserved. I think he will ultimately by successful. Too bad it won't be at Memphis. Needless to say, my view is in the minority. Go Tigers! Best of luck Josh! Your true fans will still be rooting for you!"

 

[Supersizethatorder-mutt]

Hewitt kept GT relevant with putting players in the league and getting to the tourney.
I'd talk with him too..
I'll say this about Josh, he's well connected when it comes to the coaching tree. Very polished.

He said earlier in the PC that he had talked to Hewitt.

 

[jeffgt14]

That’s just bad reporting. He clearly said he thinks Georgia Tech is a Gold Mind and not a Gold Mine.

 

[DvilleJacket]

I really liked what I heard. We have to sell the city to the players, football and basketball. If we can keep just a few of the elite players in state we should be rolling.

 

[D-man44]

That’s just bad reporting. He clearly said he thinks Georgia Tech is a Gold Mind and not a Gold Mine.

Uh is that a joke???

 

[jeffgt14]

Uh is that a joke???

No it legitimately sounded like he said mind.

 

[MWBATL]

Uh is that a joke???

No. A joke would be funny.

(Sorry about that!)

 

[okiemon]

They should always use that photo of him pointing and scowling. Otherwise he looks like Fred Savage in "The Wonder Years".

 

[GTRX7]

Didn't necessarily win me with the press conference, but generally had a good attitude, good energy, and said most of the right things. Definitely tried hard to set initial expectations low by saying "it will take time" and "this is a building process" about 10 times each. (As he probably should be the way.)

 

[RamblinRed]

My initial thoughts (and everyone already knows how I feel about this hire in general)

Came in very well prepared and ready.
He had his talking points and came back to them again and again.
The comments about Atlanta, the community and the grassroots basketball will play very well.
Very positive, said only nice things about anyone.

interesting that they said they first talked in Houston at the Final Four. I suspect this was the 'big fish' MBob was talking about earlier this week. (I suspect this is accurate, both mentioned it, and MBob even mentioned that Josh was one of the first people to express interest in the job - that doesn't surprise me).

I think he did as well as he possibly could for an introductory press conference. The questions were pretty softball and he handled them easily.

I'll be shocked if he doesn't have at least 1 asst this weekend, but I suspect the whole staff might take a week or two.

Definately level setting by both MBob and Josh on it going to take some time, but they did a good job of doing that without throwing Gregory under the bus.

in the end the proof will be in the pudding. Can he hire the right assts. Where are we in 3 yrs?
I'm still somewhat worried about this hire, but I will certainly support the new coach and his staff and will be their opening night.

 

[AE 87]

My initial thoughts (and everyone already knows how I feel about this hire in general)

Came in very well prepared and ready.
He had his talking points and came back to them again and again.
The comments about Atlanta, the community and the grassroots basketball will play very well.
Very positive, said only nice things about anyone.

interesting that they said they first talked in Houston at the Final Four. I suspect this was the 'big fish' MBob was talking about earlier this week. (I suspect this is accurate, both mentioned it, and MBob even mentioned that Josh was one of the first people to express interest in the job - that doesn't surprise me).

I think he did as well as he possibly could for an introductory press conference. The questions were pretty softball and he handled them easily.

I'll be shocked if he doesn't have at least 1 asst this weekend, but I suspect the whole staff might take a week or two.

Definately level setting by both MBob and Josh on it going to take some time, but they did a good job of doing that without throwing Gregory under the bus.

in the end the proof will be in the pudding. Can he hire the right assts. Where are we in 3 yrs?
I'm still somewhat worried about this hire, but I will certainly support the new coach and his staff and will be their opening night.

Pretty good look, but I think Butler's Holtmann was the "Big Fish." I got the feeling that Pastner was pursuing the conversation both before and at Houston.