The Paul Hewitt Thread

[EXpatriot13]

Jacksonville head coach Cliff Warren has been fired after 8 seasons with the team. They are dropping like flies! Your move, Mason.

 

[P8triotfan4rightnow]

Angry, is that you?

I'll never tell. Shouldn't you be drinking a Happy Hour Cherry Coke? Or are you prepping questions for the press conference?

 

[gmubrian]

I'll never tell. Shouldn't you be drinking a Happy Hour Cherry Coke? Or are you prepping questions for the press conference?

Don't you have business taxes or extensions to file?

 

[Pablo]

Jacksonville head coach Cliff Warren has been fired after 8 seasons with the team. They are dropping like flies! Your move, Mason.

Warren was Hewitt's assistant at Siena & GT before he got the Jacksonville job. Hewitt needs to hire him as an assistant here.

See http://www.judolphins.com/athletics/directory/37/116/.

 

[Walter]

Warren was Hewitt's assistant at Siena & GT before he got the Jacksonville job. Hewitt needs to hire him as an assistant here.

See http://www.judolphins.com/athletics/directory/37/116/.

Well, he does meet one of the qualifications Paul "Program Killer" Hewitt looks for in hiring an assistant coach, he has been fired.

 

[psyclone]

Warren was Hewitt's assistant at Siena & GT before he got the Jacksonville job. Hewitt needs to hire him as an assistant here.

See http://www.judolphins.com/athletics/directory/37/116/.

Good find, Pablo.They were together for Hewitt's most successful seasons. Do we know if Warren was an x & o guy?

They must be rather close--Hewitt named him as one of his assistants in the FIBA U19 team in 2011. http://www.usab.com/mens/u19/st_marys_randy_bennett__j_2011_03_02.html, although that team was only mediocre at best, as I recall.

Warren had a big turnaround after his first year at Jacksonville when they had a very Towson-like 1-26 season. But after some success for a few years, his last 3 years there, Jacksonville was 18 games under .500. Granted, a good assistant doesn't always translate into a good head coach.

 

[Walter]

@FirePaulHewitt 2010 Tweet: "Here's a fact, Paul Hewitt's Yellow Jackets have never won double-digit regular season ACC games."
Who knew? Tom "Dumb a**" O'Connor probably didn't.

 

[Harry]

On the Hewitt note, serious fans of the program realize it hasn't been as good as its record indicates over Hewitt's first two seasons, but it's hard to explain that to an outsider - or an outside coaching prospect who would wonder why we fired a coach after two 20-wins seasons.

So two "successful" seasons, followed by one bad season. My guess is outsiders would think it's too early to pull the trigger, and you risk losing some quality candidates. But after next season, Hewitt should be gone, and there will be little reason for anyone to wonder why.

On the Hewitt note, serious fans of the program realize it hasn't been as good as its record indicates over Hewitt's first two seasons, but it's hard to explain that to an outsider - or an outside coaching prospect who would wonder why we fired a coach after two 20-wins seasons.

So two "successful" seasons, followed by one bad season. My guess is outsiders would think it's too early to pull the trigger, and you risk losing some quality candidates. But after next season, Hewitt should be gone, and there will be little reason for anyone to wonder why.

I couldn't agree more...from the outside, it looks like we overreacted and fired a coach after one bad season, even though he won 20 each of the previous two years. Especially given the extenuating circumstances of the Arledge defection and move to a stronger conference. A prospective coach, with options, might not feel comfortable coaching at a program that is so quick to fire the coach under these circumstances.

 

[Walter]

Don't buy it. Everyone in the coaching profession knows Paul "Program Killer" Hewitt can't coach and never should have been hired. Firing him would send the message that we are serious about winning. Do you respect UNCW for biting the bullet and firing Buzz? I do.

 

[GSII]

I couldn't agree more...from the outside, it looks like we overreacted and fired a coach after one bad season, even though he won 20 each of the previous two years. Especially given the extenuating circumstances of the Arledge defection and move to a stronger conference. A prospective coach, with options, might not feel comfortable coaching at a program that is so quick to fire the coach under these circumstances.

Again , its not really abiut this year. Its about poor roster management. Not having a pg is killing this program. Oh, we still dont have one. 3 years have gone by. You good waiting 1 or 2 more? Im not. Tell me this isnt a major error in judgement and a costly one.

 

[gmutom]

Walt, you really need some downers, man. It's not healthy to get this angry. I get the need to vent, but I can't imagine how ballistic you're going to get when you finally come to the realization he's most likely returning. I'm not suggesting you accept it, but you might want to pace yourself.

 

[Harry]

Again , its not really abiut this year. Its about poor roster management. Not having a pg is killing this program. Oh, we still dont have one. 3 years have gone by. You good waiting 1 or 2 more? Im not. Tell me this isnt a major error in judgement and a costly one.

I agree...it's a cumulative thing and Hewitt should be fired. However, my point is that a prospective coach might not want to work for an organization that he perceives, strictly based on optics, to be trigger-happy.

 

[Walter]

I agree...it's a cumulative thing and Hewitt should be fired. However, my point is that a prospective coach might not want to work for an organization that he perceives, strictly based on optics, to be trigger-happy.

We will likely be hiring an assistant who we hope is ready to move up to the HC job. What hot young assistant wouldn't want a shot at coaching in a conference that got six teams in the NCAA tournament, at the largest university in Virginia, and at a university that actually has a name in the basketball world? If they are afraid of the job because we fired Blewitt after three years then we don't want them anyway.

 

[GMUgemini]

I agree...it's a cumulative thing and Hewitt should be fired. However, my point is that a prospective coach might not want to work for an organization that he perceives, strictly based on optics, to be trigger-happy.

Well Hewiit has lost double digit games every year he has been here. So those first two years aren't all rosy.

 

[Harry]

We will likely be hiring an assistant who we hope is ready to move up to the HC job. What hot young assistant wouldn't want a shot at coaching in a conference that got six teams in the NCAA tournament, at the largest university in Virginia, and at a university that actually has a name in the basketball world? If they are afraid of the job because we fired Blewitt after three years then we don't want them anyway.

Good point...a prospective coach will do his homework and realize that it was not an impetuous or unfounded decision to fire Hewitt.

 

[Walter]

El Presidente apparently likes what vcu is bringing to the Barclays Center. He is still there. Check out his Tweets. Maybe he really likes basketball. Maybe he will come back to Fairfax and clean house.

 

[mason2k1]

El Presidente apparently likes what vcu is bringing to the Barclays Center. He is still there. Check out his Tweets. Maybe he really likes basketball. Maybe he will come back to Fairfax and clean house.

Every tweet is about vcu and how loud they are and how many fans they have. Even during the UMASS game. Got to bode well for us. Glad ge's still there.

 

[A.-Siegfried]

Marshall has bought out the final two years of coach Tom Herrion's contract, it was announced on Friday.

The university will owe Herrion $600,000 for his final two years.

Herrion coached at Marshall for four seasons. His teams went to one NIT and one CIT.

Marshall lost to Old Dominion in the second round of the Conference USA tournament Wednesday and finished the season 11-22.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10606745/marshall-buys-coach-tom-herrion

Don't want him at all...just mentioning another coach getting the pink slip. he was 67-67 in 4 years there.

 

[Patriot Lawdog]

Marshall has bought out the final two years of coach Tom Herrion's contract, it was announced on Friday.

The university will owe Herrion $600,000 for his final two years.

Herrion coached at Marshall for four seasons. His teams went to one NIT and one CIT.

Marshall lost to Old Dominion in the second round of the Conference USA tournament Wednesday and finished the season 11-22.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10606745/marshall-buys-coach-tom-herrion

Don't want him at all...just mentioning another coach getting the pink slip. he was 67-67 in 4 years there.

And they get to pay 2 years of buyout for less than what we'd have to pay for 1.

 

[gmutom]

El Presidente apparently likes what vcu is bringing to the Barclays Center. He is still there. Check out his Tweets. Maybe he really likes basketball. Maybe he will come back to Fairfax and clean house.

It's definitely encouraging that he didn't just bolt after we lost to Fordham. The fact that he is still there to take in the experience and understand what we could have is a great sign. The more that he talks about vcu, the better I feel. It has to motivate him to take whatever steps necessary to make sure we aren't in their shadow athletically — even if it's not as quickly as most people here think it should happen.