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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 938475" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>First, thank you to Pastner for taking this job. We were not in a good spot when he took over. Did Pastner leave the GT job better than he found it? That's up for the messageboards to debate. I do know there were more times of enjoyment during his tenure than the coach he took over for. I just read that GT has only finished above 0.500 in the ACC 3 times since 1997. Pastner owns two of those seasons. That also tells you what kind of hill the next guy is looking at.</p><p></p><p>I wish him well. Pastner is a good person, he just couldn't take us to the heights we all wanted. GT is not an easy job.</p><p></p><p>I heard a couple of months ago when the season was circling the toilet bowl that there were some background discussions amongst some donors and Batt about getting funds together to move on from Pastner. I kind of mentioned it several times. I was told if it was going to happen, it would happen within the first couple of weeks after the ACCT to give Batt maximum time to do due diligence on the next guy. Well, it happened two days after our season finished. </p><p></p><p>The money to fire Pastner was always there, it was just a matter of other things that would take to get this program back to sustained success that was the challenge. There are donors that LOVE the GTMBB program even more than the football program. Make no mistake, Pastner the person is beloved among donors and the administration...the on the court success just wasn't there. It's promising from the standpoint that this move would not have happened if the money for program infrastructure wasn't there. This move means the funds are there. To what extent we'll find out soon.</p><p></p><p>Now the next guy will have his turn with a bigger war chest to move this program forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 938475, member: 360"] First, thank you to Pastner for taking this job. We were not in a good spot when he took over. Did Pastner leave the GT job better than he found it? That's up for the messageboards to debate. I do know there were more times of enjoyment during his tenure than the coach he took over for. I just read that GT has only finished above 0.500 in the ACC 3 times since 1997. Pastner owns two of those seasons. That also tells you what kind of hill the next guy is looking at. I wish him well. Pastner is a good person, he just couldn't take us to the heights we all wanted. GT is not an easy job. I heard a couple of months ago when the season was circling the toilet bowl that there were some background discussions amongst some donors and Batt about getting funds together to move on from Pastner. I kind of mentioned it several times. I was told if it was going to happen, it would happen within the first couple of weeks after the ACCT to give Batt maximum time to do due diligence on the next guy. Well, it happened two days after our season finished. The money to fire Pastner was always there, it was just a matter of other things that would take to get this program back to sustained success that was the challenge. There are donors that LOVE the GTMBB program even more than the football program. Make no mistake, Pastner the person is beloved among donors and the administration...the on the court success just wasn't there. It's promising from the standpoint that this move would not have happened if the money for program infrastructure wasn't there. This move means the funds are there. To what extent we'll find out soon. Now the next guy will have his turn with a bigger war chest to move this program forward. [/QUOTE]
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