I feel like every coaching hire in the ACC moving forward will be met with "Could be worse...at least it's not Jeff [Redacted]."Saw this tweet and laughed:
Scott Newman @CoachNewman
Somebody had to take a chance on Shaka, Stevens, etc... Very worried that Jim Weaver is about to hire the second coming of Jeff [Redacted]
crickets on the coaching search, eh? Whoever said Dino Gaudio might be a soothesayer. I just think Weaver is going to be perceived as one foot out the door and will have a hard time feeling the position as a result. Unless you just offer the house. I, for one, would love to see Gaudio at Tech for a number of reasons.
Do tell...
I think it will be Lutz, and it will end up being a good hire. He got a lot of positive press this year at State for the job he did on the bench, and deservedly so.
It does appear that Lutz is the front runner at this point and wouldn't be a bad hire. I think Jeff Capel has a little more upside and he has experience recruiting the state of Virginia from his time at VCU. If Lutz does go to VT then he would probably take along Moxley as well, leaving 2 spots open on State's bench. I think Levi Watkins would be one of the guys and Dino seems to popular choice as other assistant. No idea if Dino would take assistant job, but State fans seem to think he's approached Gottfried about getting back.
Lutz and Capel would be fairly solid hires. And could do what Greenberg did - get them in the dance every 4-5 years. Just keeping VT competitive in basketball is really all you can ask. They have the same ceiling Clemson has.
Wow. Another example of the new college basketball coaching landscape. On the surface, it's similar to if we fired Bz and hired Battle. In terms of age and experience, more like if we hired Rusty.
There have been dozens of good low major and D II head coaches shaking their heads.