Home
Articles
Photos
Interviews
Forums
New posts
Search forums
Georgia Tech Recruiting
Dashboard
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Chat
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Georgia Tech Athletics
Georgia Tech Basketball
When does Pastner feel heat
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="GTRX7" data-source="post: 887953" data-attributes="member: 1045"><p>Lots of strong opinions here. I have been watching GT bball for decades and here are some of my thoughts:</p><p></p><p>Pastner's ACC record has actually been pretty good. He has had a number of above .500 ACC records which, as others have pointed out, have been surprisingly uncommon over time at GT.</p><p></p><p>Pastner's non-conference record has been really bad. We start slow every year and have 1-3 baffling losses to terrible teams (many at home). This means that, even in years where we have had very good ACC records, the team's overall record has not been great (e.g. 11-9 in the ACC and 17-14 overall in '19/'20).</p><p></p><p>Pastner's teams are generally well-coached. They tend to improve as the season goes on, and they play extremely hard and are easy to root for. Pastner's defensive switching in particular has been very impressive and kept opponents off balance.</p><p></p><p>Pastner's recruiting has been very poor. Basketball is not football. It only takes 2-3 good players per year to have a successful program. GT is in a talent hotbed of Atlanta and, unlike in football, most of our closest regional schools are not regularly or historically great in basketball. UGA in particular has been pretty much hot garbage throughout Pastner's tenure. Over the last 40 years, it has been shown that GT can and should recruit much better.</p><p></p><p>I think it is reasonable to expect GT to make the NCAA tournament close to 50% of the time and make a Sweet Sixteen or better type run once a decade or so. In that regard, Pastner's 1 NCAA appearance has not been good enough. Unfortunately, losing Moses meant we never really had a chance to make a run either.</p><p></p><p>I was very happy with our ACC Tournament Title, but lets not pretend that was an ACC Championship (which really belongs to the regular season best record). Also, it only involved winning two games, only one of which was against a good team. So, it was nice, but not some sort of defining accomplishment like an Elite Eight or regular season ACC Championship or anything like that.</p><p></p><p>In the end, for me personally, I think this is an important year. I honestly have very low expectations but hope to be surprised. If we have another ~.500 overall record without a post-season birth, I would be ready to move on. That said, I am not sure that is going to be financially possible, so I am ready to just live through a bunch more mediocre years of GT bball where we at least try hard and I hope to be surprised.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTRX7, post: 887953, member: 1045"] Lots of strong opinions here. I have been watching GT bball for decades and here are some of my thoughts: Pastner's ACC record has actually been pretty good. He has had a number of above .500 ACC records which, as others have pointed out, have been surprisingly uncommon over time at GT. Pastner's non-conference record has been really bad. We start slow every year and have 1-3 baffling losses to terrible teams (many at home). This means that, even in years where we have had very good ACC records, the team's overall record has not been great (e.g. 11-9 in the ACC and 17-14 overall in '19/'20). Pastner's teams are generally well-coached. They tend to improve as the season goes on, and they play extremely hard and are easy to root for. Pastner's defensive switching in particular has been very impressive and kept opponents off balance. Pastner's recruiting has been very poor. Basketball is not football. It only takes 2-3 good players per year to have a successful program. GT is in a talent hotbed of Atlanta and, unlike in football, most of our closest regional schools are not regularly or historically great in basketball. UGA in particular has been pretty much hot garbage throughout Pastner's tenure. Over the last 40 years, it has been shown that GT can and should recruit much better. I think it is reasonable to expect GT to make the NCAA tournament close to 50% of the time and make a Sweet Sixteen or better type run once a decade or so. In that regard, Pastner's 1 NCAA appearance has not been good enough. Unfortunately, losing Moses meant we never really had a chance to make a run either. I was very happy with our ACC Tournament Title, but lets not pretend that was an ACC Championship (which really belongs to the regular season best record). Also, it only involved winning two games, only one of which was against a good team. So, it was nice, but not some sort of defining accomplishment like an Elite Eight or regular season ACC Championship or anything like that. In the end, for me personally, I think this is an important year. I honestly have very low expectations but hope to be surprised. If we have another ~.500 overall record without a post-season birth, I would be ready to move on. That said, I am not sure that is going to be financially possible, so I am ready to just live through a bunch more mediocre years of GT bball where we at least try hard and I hope to be surprised. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Who made "The Leap" to defeat u(sic)GA in COFH 2016?
Post reply
Home
Forums
Georgia Tech Athletics
Georgia Tech Basketball
When does Pastner feel heat
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top