ESPN just broke the news. Press conference scheduled for tomorrow. Hopefully everything is alright. He was one of the better coaches left. Won’t miss his defensive style of play when Duke matches up against UVA in the future. Best of luck to him.
It's going to be Ron Sanchez.Have they named an interm?
I’m thinking one the Stokes brothers is on staff, maybe him…
Yep and add Larrañaga/Hamilton although theirs will be based on ageWhat big name will be next? My guest is Izzo.
Bingo. This has been in the works for a while. The timing while initially shocking makes perfect sense. Players will stay now and Sanchez gets to coach the full season.If it's something health-related, a whole lot of CBB media are going to be backpedaling on what they've reported tonight.
This was rumored to be coming in February. And if I knew about it then -- premium members can attest -- I'm sure anybody around UVA's program knew about it.
Tony's best teams at UVA were built on years of development in his system. That is obviously a lot more difficult to build in the current climate. Look at the teams UVA has put on the court in recent seasons. It's been a minor miracle some of these teams have made the NCAA tournament, given there have been maybe 3 halfway decent offensive players and a hodgepodge of mediocre-to-subpar transfers.
He's got a national championship, he's made a ton of money; it just reads like a coach who's burnt out by fighting an uphill battle of what college basketball has become. So, all of the critics of the transfer portal/NIL/immediate eligibility for transfers can rejoice.
The only surprise here is the timing. And that gets reasoned out when considering that resigning this close to the season guarantees Ron Sanchez -- who was Charlotte's head coach and left that position to go back to UVA -- gets a season to audition for the job.
To keep the roster intact? To ensure UVA could still go compete in the summer AAU circuit with this to combat negative recruiting? Because TB might have had a change of heart after the season, and given UVA was more active in the portal with better players, thought he could overcome whatever feelings about the current climate he had -- and sometime in the last four months, realized he couldn't? Because he just saw a month of practices with TJ Power as his second-best player?If this was in the works why did he sign an extension in June?
It's not good for the ACC but man, those are ... some examples. Jamie Dixon, yes, Pitt got complacent and shouldn't have moved on. Weird example with Barnes, he was in the ACC when it was literally half the size it is now. Buzz's 5 years at VT: four 20-win seasons, 3 NCAATs, 1 Sweet 16; Buzz's 5 years at aTm: three 20-win seasons, 2 NCAATs, 1 NCAAT win.This further weakens the ACC. All the coaches who won titles are gone. Coaches like Buzz, Barnes (for better or worse), and Jamie Dixon have had success other places and done better than the coaches who replaced them. The next generation of coaches in the ACC have yet to prove themselves and, as said above, we will be losing two more very soon.
Tbh I’d argue it’s great timing, right before the season. Staff stays the same. Kids won’t want to leave now and sit out the year after the whole offseason working.Not the best timing in the world but I wish him well. His players can transfer now correct? We need more depth on the wing maybe we can get Power to come back.
I think it's awesome when people take quotes that are 6 1/2 years old and present them as if they're new.Not really Tony Bennett related but it's about the state of the game.
Oops lolI think it's awesome when people take quotes that are 6 1/2 years old and present them as if they're new.
I mean hell, that quote could be a 2nd-grader.