Hoops vs. Football: Who had the more disappointing season?

by BirdGT on Mar 11, 2011 11:00 AM EST in Georgia Tech Football

Who had a more disappointing season: 2010 football or 2010-2011 basketball? Football was coming off a BCS berth, ACC title, and 10 win season with a veteran backfield and new DC. Hoops was coming off a NCAA berth, ACCT runner up performance, and generally good season.

Football's worst loss was to a 3 win Kansas squad. Football had a great opportunity to knock off eventual ACC champ VPI but ended up giving it away in the 4th and losing star QB Josh Nesbitt in the process. Football had its first losing season since 1996.

Basketball's worst loss was to 8 win Kennesaw State (RPI 321). Basketball's brightest moments (like football) showed us the potential of the squad knocking out UNC and VT but the best opportunity to knock off an elite OOC opponent fell short (Syracuse). Hoops only won 1 road game the entire season...

Tech hoops never really solidified in the 2010-2011 season while Tech football hit every speed bump possible in 2010. Which team do you think had the more disappointing season, the derailed freight train or the captain-less ship? On the other hand, who has the best opportunity to improve in the 2011-2012 season?

Poll

Which made you sadder?

Hoops 11th place ACC finish

56 votes

Fball sub-.500 finish

81 votes

137 votes | Poll has closed

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Two sides to this question

Although the basketball team was terrible this season, not many people expected much. Football, on the other hand, should have done much better than it did. When I answer this question, I think of it in terms of, “who didn’t meet my expectations?” The football team definitely didn’t meet my expectations, especially early in the season.

by acedarney on Mar 11, 2011 11:42 AM EST reply actions

Agreed

Knowing that Hewitt was still our coach and we don’t have multiple future NBA players on the roster does not foster any expectation of winning….thus how can one be truly be disappointed.

by TangoHotelWhiskeyGolf on Mar 11, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions

True

But I still have to go with basketball because all hope seemed to be lost after that loss to Kennesaw State.

Even at its worst I could still stand to watch the football team to the end, and had hope in most the losses that they could pull off an amazing turn around. But there were basketball games I never even bothered to turn on, and ones, like last night that got turned off because I knew where it was going.

by iamafirehazard on Mar 11, 2011 12:01 PM EST up reply actions

Let's face it

Neither had a good season. It’s just a matter of how we define “disappointing.”

by acedarney on Mar 11, 2011 1:57 PM EST up reply actions

See, Bird just threw us a trick though

If you answered it in any other definition than…

“Which made you sadder?”

…then you just failed this test. “Which was the most disappointing?” was a question in the post, but not the question of the poll. It’s akin to that excercise they give you in fifth grade that says to read each step and do everything listed in the steps below, then you get to the final step and it says to ignore all prior steps, sign your name, and turn it in.

I was more disappointed in the football because of the higher expectations. I wasn’t positive we would make it back to the ACCCG because of the talent we lost, but I sure as hell didn’t expect some of the losses we had nor the way we lost them.

However, I was much more saddened by the state of the basketball program and the immense low point that Hewitt has taken us. Not once have I ever given up on one of our teams, no matter how painful the loss might end up being. I’d watch till the very end even if I knew the outcome by the end of the first quarter. That all changed for me this year. I’m so lost with this team that it’s actually quite depressing. I’m ashamed and apalled by it. I feel for the students who still had the courage to show up and stand with their five friends under each basket throughout the season.

The absolute impossibility of any hope for the basketball program definitely makes it the worse of the two season. I have hope and faith in CPJ that he will turn things around or that he will do everything possible to changes things until it’s right. Paul Hewitt has shown absolutely no inclination that he even grasps what ails this program and I have no faith that he would do anything to fix it.

When your co-worker asks you if the men’s GT basketball team is going to win and your response is “What basketball team?” then you know it’s bad.

"You could spend the next fifteen seconds of your life watching a man and a tiger scream together, or you could be an idiot."
Fact.

by Jesse28 on Mar 11, 2011 3:53 PM EST up reply actions

Haha

I pay more attention to football, so it made me sadder (or is it more sad?). Therefore, I answered the question properly, but I didn’t feel that was interesting enough to start a conversation.

by acedarney on Mar 11, 2011 4:47 PM EST up reply actions

ha

Yeah, if football made you the most sad then there ya go. Reading the post I was all set to pick football. Then I saw the poll question and I knew I had to go with basketball on that one.

"You could spend the next fifteen seconds of your life watching a man and a tiger scream together, or you could be an idiot."
Fact.

by Jesse28 on Mar 14, 2011 7:19 AM EDT up reply actions