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<blockquote data-quote="Steverc" data-source="post: 887188" data-attributes="member: 5546"><p>Gregory's top guys his last year were Georges-Hunt, Smith, Jacobs, Mitchell, and Stephens. He left Pastner a top five of Okogie, Lammers, Jackson, Stephens, and Heath. I would say he left Pastner with a group that was a little better than his last group which went 21-15 with a third round loss in the NIT. Pastner went 21-16 and lost in the NIT final. Who is to say that Gregory would not have had the same marginal success with the Okogie group. Pastner's two wins in the ACC tournament in the COVID year were good, but not great. In any event, both coaches inherited difficult situations. Hewitt left an APR nightmare that nearly left us ineligible for post season play and Gregory had to recruit while playing all home games at Gwinnett Arena without students. He did not advance the program much, but he did clean it up. I don't think he left the dumster fire that some argue. You always hear candidates for President say, "Are you better off now than 4 years ago?" I ask, is our basketball team better off now than 6 years ago? I believe we are no worse, but definitely no better. The one thing Pastner has done well is consistently set expectation levels low. How many times did we have to hear him say, "This is a major, major rebuild." His own players also heard it and so did recruits. I got to hand it to him, his self-preservations skills are unmatched.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steverc, post: 887188, member: 5546"] Gregory's top guys his last year were Georges-Hunt, Smith, Jacobs, Mitchell, and Stephens. He left Pastner a top five of Okogie, Lammers, Jackson, Stephens, and Heath. I would say he left Pastner with a group that was a little better than his last group which went 21-15 with a third round loss in the NIT. Pastner went 21-16 and lost in the NIT final. Who is to say that Gregory would not have had the same marginal success with the Okogie group. Pastner's two wins in the ACC tournament in the COVID year were good, but not great. In any event, both coaches inherited difficult situations. Hewitt left an APR nightmare that nearly left us ineligible for post season play and Gregory had to recruit while playing all home games at Gwinnett Arena without students. He did not advance the program much, but he did clean it up. I don't think he left the dumster fire that some argue. You always hear candidates for President say, "Are you better off now than 4 years ago?" I ask, is our basketball team better off now than 6 years ago? I believe we are no worse, but definitely no better. The one thing Pastner has done well is consistently set expectation levels low. How many times did we have to hear him say, "This is a major, major rebuild." His own players also heard it and so did recruits. I got to hand it to him, his self-preservations skills are unmatched. [/QUOTE]
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