Brian Gregory Is The New Georgia Tech Basketball Coach: What They're Saying

If you look at what the Dayton fans are saying on their blogs there are very few people saying “good riddance.” The majority of people are truly disappointed that he is leaving.

Some select quotes, does any of this sound like someone we know:

“The Flyers turn the ball over more (20.7% of their possessions, on average) than they force turnovers (19.1%)”
“They also allow teams to get to the line more than they get to the line”
“Maybe it’s because I only see 4-5 Dayton games on television (though I do follow the team out of curiosity), but I’m never sure quite what they are doing on offense in the half court”

Good write up though. I recommend reading it.

CBG has a few years to establish his “brand” in Atlanta. He will have to recruit a rich area (ATL) where I don’t believe he has any ties. He will have his men playing in virtually empty Phillips Arena for a year.

Then he will have a state of the Art arena and practice facility.

My real hope is that he can bring in NBA quality recruits, but not “1 and dones” so that he can build a team with a better than 70% chance of beating anyone in the ACC on any given night.

Look at the senior leadership at Butler (my new favorite team this March) and what they did in that Heavyweight bout vs. Floriday.

CBC brought in the NBA quality, and they stayed (and here I show my age as I talk about the good old days!): Price, Spider, Harpring, Hammonds, etc. As a corollary, we were better in 2004 (I did the Bucket List thing sitting at the Half Court line in San Antonio) the year after Bosh went for the big contract.

I’d also like to see the stinging Defense that seems to be missing in the past few years. There is NOTHING better than to get the ACC Royalty (Hansborough, DOOK, Wake) players frustrated and pissed walking to the bench for a late game time out when a 6’4" Jacket has perched in their back pocket and in their grill for 40 minutes.

Now if we can only run the inbounds play under full court pressure without the 5 second call….

I’m upbeat and look forward to CBG coming on the road to talk to Alumni clubs and sharing his vision of the program and why I should drop my $$ on tickets and an 8 hour drive just to hear the roar of the Thunderdome Part Deaux.

I think the Jackets come to Savannah next season to play Savannah State. I’ll be there, First Class, sitting next to Vanna White…