The Paul Hewitt Thread

[Dawgs99]

They'll need a big donor who only cares about basketball to fund that. There's so much the university needs and the practice facility would serve so very, very few of the campus community.In the grand scheme of things, I would think it would be a very low priority in a university fund-raising drive.

I bring up the practice facility for 2 reasons......1. vcu just announced their practice facility and 2. TOC emailed partiot club members just after we stayed in the CAA 2 years ago touting the impeding building of a brand new basketball specific practice facility attached the patriot center. It was mentioned later on that Hewitt poo pooed the idea stating that we didn't need it. My point is that after we fire his butt we can get dust off those old plans and start building that thing. This university needs to prove that they are willing to keep up in the athletics arms race, we dont have football so we damn well better have some really nice shit for basketball. No excuses get it done!

 

[gmujim92]

vcu somehow managed to land multiple seven-figure corporate donations, which comprised the bulk of the private funding for its practice facility.

I seem to recall that we got a $1 million donation from Barnes and Noble after the Final Four that was supposed to go toward a new practice facility, but I think we probably spent that on a quidditch field or something similarly lame.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Can I point out that vcu also previously practiced at the Franklin Street Gym, a facility from the 1950's? So good for vcu, they needed it.

Us? Less so.

 

[gmujim92]

Can I point out that vcu also previously practiced at the Franklin Street Gym, a facility from the 1950's? So good for vcu, they needed it.

Us? Less so.

Yeah, you're right, we're doing so great, we absolutely don't need any help on the recruiting front. How silly of me to think otherwise.

 

[mason2k1]

He had to cancel his vacation to St. Maarten because of us.
What if we start sending him some travel brochures, propaganda, tickets, etc

 

[gmujim92]

He had to cancel his vacation to St. Maarten because of us.
What if we start sending him some travel brochures, propaganda, tickets, etc

I blame Mrs. Hewitt. She should've put her foot down and made him go on vacation like any other normal wife would've.

 

[mason2k1]

3 years ago he admits his biggest regret is not addressing the PG position at GT.
At least he's learned from his mistakes.

Q: Any regrets?

A: “I didn’t do a good job of managing the roster. I look at other programs that have lost players. They did a much better job. I did a bad job of managing the point guard position. We were perpetually young there, and that’s not a good thing in today’s college basketball world, I don’t care what league you’re in.”

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/q-paul-hewitt-040200780--ncaab.html

 

[Pablo]

I bring up the practice facility for 2 reasons......1. vcu just announced their practice facility and 2. TOC emailed partiot club members just after we stayed in the CAA 2 years ago touting the impeding building of a brand new basketball specific practice facility attached the patriot center. It was mentioned later on that Hewitt poo pooed the idea stating that we didn't need it. My point is that after we fire his butt we can get dust off those old plans and start building that thing. This university needs to prove that they are willing to keep up in the athletics arms race, we dont have football so we damn well better have some really nice shit for basketball. No excuses get it done!

While I'm not convinced that building a new practice facility for basketball is essential, it seems to me that the first step could be to sell the naming rights to the Patriot Center. Surely, there is a local company (preferably one that is not under criminal investigation) that would be interested?

 

[GMUgemini]

While I'm not convinced that building a new practice facility for basketball is essential, it seems to me that the first step could be to sell the naming rights to the Patriot Center. Surely, there is a local company (preferably one that is not under criminal investigation) that would be interested?

The Lockheed Martin Patriot Center has a nice ring to it.

 

[Walter]

Enough about a practice facility. Only one thing gets you a winning program: a good coach. We simply don't have one. Any fundraising needs to go toward a buyout and attracting a better coach.

 

[gmujim92]

Good thing the Patriot Center hosts so many other popular events, concerts and such. If we were trying to sell naming rights based solely on basketball attendance, I think we'd probably get about 5 bucks.

 

[gmujim92]

Enough about a practice facility. Only one thing gets you a winning program: a good coach. We simply don't have one. Any fundraising needs to go toward a buyout and attracting a better coach.

Actually they go hand-in-hand. We may not need top-shelf facilities to land a quality coach, but unless you expect to find another Larranaga, we'll damn sure need to upgrade if we ever hope to keep one beyond 2-3 years.

 

[Patriotfan49]

Can I point out that vcu also previously practiced at the Franklin Street Gym, a facility from the 1950's? So good for vcu, they needed it.

Us? Less so.

No wonder you fancy TOC and try and convince people they are unreasonable when they dare question him.

You both are great at being short sighted and in your little box and have little to no desire in for once being ahead of the curve...and not reacting to it years later.

 

[GMUgemini]

No wonder you fancy TOC and try and convince people they are unreasonable when they dare question him.

You both are great at being short sighted and in your little box and have little to no desire in for once being ahead of the curve...and not reacting to it years later.

Perhaps multi-use practice facilities are the wave of the future? Saves athletics costs and as we know there are plenty of athletics departments feeling the downward squeeze of the football arms race on their overall athletics budgets.

Of course what I just said could also be blowing smoke up your a**. But like I said before own it and sell it. There are ways to make the RAC sound more innovative and forward thinking than it probably is.

 

[Petey Buckets]

No wonder you fancy TOC and try and convince people they are unreasonable when they dare question him.

You both are great at being short sighted and in your little box and have little to no desire in for once being ahead of the curve...and not reacting to it years later.

Not sure why you're going after Jollay. He can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure his point is (and always has been) that a lot of the criticism of the AD completely ignores the economic realities that TOC has to work with. It would be great if we could have paid Larranaga, his assistants, built a new practice facility, upgraded the Patriot Center, or any of the other dozen things we constantly criticize on here, but we're not Duke or Kentucky. We have to squeeze every inch out of our limited budget to stay competitive.

I want a lot of things for the program, but they money doesn't magically appear because we want it to.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

No wonder you fancy TOC and try and convince people they are unreasonable when they dare question him.

You both are great at being short sighted and in your little box and have little to no desire in for once being ahead of the curve...and not reacting to it years later.

Uh, you guys need to understand that a $25 million dollar facility on top of the RAC is not going to happen for a few years at least.

Maybe you could find some more massive $250 donors like yourselves, and then the problem will take care of itself.

I understand Jim has penile envy living where he does, next to a program that is doing better than ours (currently), but what's your excuse?

 

[Dawgs99]

Its crazy that Mason hasn't already sold the naming rights to the Patriot Center. Also, how much money does Mason make off that facility?> We've gotta be getting a cut of the profit since it belongs Mason....right?

 

[Patriotfan49]

Perhaps multi-use practice facilities are the wave of the future? Saves athletics costs and as we know there are plenty of athletics departments feeling the downward squeeze of the football arms race on their overall athletics budgets.

Of course what I just said could also be blowing smoke up your a**. But like I said before own it and sell it. There are ways to make the RAC sound more innovative and forward thinking than it probably is.

Why not? Why not build something and get all the use you can out of it. At least taking that step shows some sort of initiative.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

While I'm not convinced that building a new practice facility for basketball is essential, it seems to me that the first step could be to sell the naming rights to the Patriot Center. Surely, there is a local company (preferably one that is not under criminal investigation) that would be interested?

Shhhh...this isn't a thread that does well with "logic." Skip the baby things the AD hasn't been able to do, out to the community to get 25 million in donations for an Athletic Program that has never raised close to that ever in an era where the DOD is slashing cash all over the place.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Why not? Why not build something and get all the use you can out of it. At least taking that step shows some sort of initiative.

How much do you donate, guy who is I guess from Cisco (not) and also a Mason fan?