The Paul Hewitt Thread

[EXpatriot13]

#FireHewitt ....it's a thing on twitter, now lets make it a reality.

 

[GMUgemini]

So, about that...that might become a little more difficult as well if one of the other amendments passes and gains traction:

“If you choose to have highly compensated coaches … then pay for that out of private donations, foundations and booster clubs,” Norment said. “Don’t be putting that on the backs of students for whom college affordability is an issue.”
Cox said his amendment is a “first step” toward a system that provides a way to measure costs of athletics programs and their affect on affordability for students. He said he was surprised to learn that while only 3 percent of students participate in intercollegiate athletics, 12 percent of student fees go to funding them. “I just thought that there is really a need to look at a way to lessen the student fee portion” of athletics funding, said Cox, whose sons are all involved in athletics."

http://m.godanriver.com/news/state/...f52-1613-5517-ad39-d7deb99b25de.html?mode=jqm

I hope this guy realizes exactly what he's proposing:

vcu student fee subsidies: 75.51%
ODU student fee subsidies: 78.91%
GMU student fee subsidies: 78.71%
NSU student fee subsidies: 86.01%
Longwood student fee subsidies: 85.38%
Radford student fee subsidies: 87.75%

And my guess is if something like this passes, these schools will cut their sports offerings to the bare minimum to keep DI and Title IX compliant, then cut their budgets to the bone to make sure they can pay their football and basketball coaches.

 

[GMUSSTN]

I hope this guy realizes exactly what he's proposing:

vcu student fee subsidies: 75.51%
ODU student fee subsidies: 78.91%
GMU student fee subsidies: 78.71%
NSU student fee subsidies: 86.01%
Longwood student fee subsidies: 85.38%
Radford student fee subsidies: 87.75%

And my guess is if something like this passes, these schools will cut their sports offerings to the bare minimum to keep DI and Title IX compliant, then cut their budgets to the bone to make sure they can pay their football and basketball coaches.

All the UVA and VTech donors sitting on the floor of the VA Senate who love going to football games every fall are really gonna get behind this one...

 

[Petey Buckets]

St. Louis's last field goal in overtime sums up the entire Paul Hewitt era for me. Quick synopsis:

McCall gets the ball in the left corner. *Two* Patriots run at him to close out. This indicates confusion with Hewitt's defensive scheme, since you never want two guys to close out on a shooter 20+ feet from the basket.

So McCall, in the left corner, sees the two guys closing him out. Problem is neither Patriot cuts off the baseline, so McCall puts the ball on the floor, takes the baseline and hits an easy layup with the paint wide open.

Confusion with defensive scheme + poor fundamentals (giving him the baseline) = awful coaching. Fire Hewitt.

 

[GMUSSTN]

St. Louis's last field goal in overtime sums up the entire Paul Hewitt era for me. Quick synopsis:

McCall gets the ball in the left corner. *Two* Patriots run at him to close out. This indicates confusion with Hewitt's defensive scheme, since you never want two guys to close out on a shooter 20+ feet from the basket.

So McCall, in the left corner, sees the two guys closing him out. Problem is neither Patriot cuts off the baseline, so McCall puts the ball on the floor, takes the baseline and hits an easy layup with the paint wide open.

Confusion with defensive scheme + poor fundamentals (giving him the baseline) = awful coaching. Fire Hewitt.

YOU DON'T GET IT THOSE WEREN'T HEWITT'S GUYS ONCE HEWITT'S GUYS GET HERE WE'LL WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONCHIMP

 

[Petey Buckets]

Or how about two consecutive Rob Loe 3-pointers on the exact same play? Loe sets a pick, Jalen hedges hard on the point, gives Rob ten feet to set himself, catch a pass, and shoot. Why was Jalen hedging down when it leaves Rob Loe open to do exactly what he did to kill us last game? This shit isn't complicated.

 

[gmutom]

Or how about two consecutive Rob Loe 3-pointers on the exact same play?

That was frustrating as hell. Sherrod said in the post-game press conference he missed two assignments , so I wonder if he was supposed to take Loe on those two plays.

All that said, our only goal at that point was to stop Jett from driving and scoring an easy layup. I know Loe beat us with a few 3s last time, but I'd rather take my chances on a 6-11 guy who shoots 33% from behind the arc than allowing a guy to penetrate who shoots about 90% once he gets in the lane.

Again, it would be ideal to cover both guys, but I do understand why our players chose to double Jett in that case. Unfortunately, Loe made us pay again.

 

[mason2k1]

I find it amazing that when I Google Image Paul Hewitt, I get the wrong Hewitt
https://www.google.com/search?q=paul hewitt&safe=active&rlz=1C1WLXB_enUS512US530&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=1HMJU86fOcamygHP3IDICQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=965#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=AV7uSj4aA7zTsM%3A;syklkS5WdvPPHM;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hdwallpapersdj.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F09%2Fc19ef4394401afd810010ab0f9db87f3.jpg;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.masonhoops.com%2Fboard%2Fthreads%2Fthe-paul-hewitt-thread.98%2F;1260;1800

 

[Cool Disco Dan]

Little known fact: Paul Hewitt the physicist spent a few years coaching Siena's basketball program to a reasonable level of success before returning to full-time lecturing on physics.

 

[Washingtonian]

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/03/05/scales-tipping-in-wrong-direction-for-hewitt-george-mason/

 

[gmutom]

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/03/05/scales-tipping-in-wrong-direction-for-hewitt-george-mason/

Hard to disagre with anything said there, but I did get a chuckle out of Elfin referring to Arledge as 'burly."

 

[Patriotfan49]

Thanks for that article. Good read.

 

[gmujim92]

Hard to disagre with anything said there, but I did get a chuckle out of Elfin referring to Arledge as 'burly."

And the author also includes Moore in his illustration of our bigs' subpar rebounding against GW, leading one to surmise that he doesn't know that Moore is a PG.

He probably just looked up our blocked shot totals and concluded that Moore has to be a center.

 

[Five Two]

Barring a totally unexpected run through the A-10 Tournament, Mason’s season will end next week and Hewitt will have his fifth losing record in nine years.

wow, didn't realize this.

 

[Walter]

wow, didn't realize this.

I wonder if TOC knew it?

 

[gmujim92]

wow, didn't realize this.

What's even worse is that his first two years at Mason have to be considered "winning" seasons even though we didn't even make the NIT in either.

So the tally is 5 losing seasons and 2 sort-of OK seasons out of the last 9.

That's not good.

 

[mason2k1]

What's even worse is that his first two years at Mason have to be considered "winning" seasons even though we didn't even make the NIT in either.

So the tally is 5 losing seasons and 2 sort-of OK seasons out of the last 9.

That's not good.

Agreed. Throw away his first 2 cupcakes here and it's now 5/7 losing seasons?!?!

 

[GSII]

wow, didn't realize this.

change the word "losing" to "under achieved" and it's even worse

 

[gmuEX]

Houston needs to leave. It always looks as if he's lost and the game is moving too fast for his brain to handle. There are plenty better than Houston. TOC: go find them.

 

[Patriotfan49]

Yeah.....Fire them all. What a joke..