How dumb is Georgia Tech?

[wtw2400]

They hired Josh Pastner after Memphis tried to run him off. This is dumber than what Pitt did. Is this the year of terrible coaching hires?

 

[DawgatAuburn]

No, that was 2012.

 

[FlotownDawg]

Georgia Tech has been dumb with basketball for a long time. They signed Paul Hewitt to a six-year contract with an automatic one-year rollover EVERY YEAR. So he was always on a six-year contract. So when they fired him, they had to pay him off for the next six years. They're still paying him until next year. So next year, GT will actually be paying three basketball coaches (Pastner, Gregory, Hewitt).

 

[RocketDawg]

Georgia Tech has been dumb with basketball for a long time. They signed Paul Hewitt to a six-year contract with an automatic one-year rollover EVERY YEAR. So he was always on a six-year contract. So when they fired him, they had to pay him off for the next six years. They're still paying him until next year. So next year, GT will actually be paying three basketball coaches (Pastner, Gregory, Hewitt).

They also hired the FB coach -- can't remember his name, but he was there a long time -- who seemed legit until he was temporarily hired by Notre Dame and they found out his resume was false. Apparently Ga Tech never vetted him before his hire. Last I heard, he was at South Florida or some such school.

 

[FlotownDawg]

George O'Leary is who you're thinking of. He lasted about three days at Notre Dame. Wound up at Central Florida a few years later. I think he retired from coaching after UCF finished 0-12 last season.