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Paul Hewitt and Georgia Tech Land Much Needed Big Man

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

This was looking like a lost year for Georgia Tech and their front line. Gani Lawal turned pro. Derrick Favors turned pro. Zachary Peacock used up his eligibility. There were indications that senior 7-0 player Brad Sheehan was planning on leaving too. Well the Jackets got some recent good news. Former Tulane commit 6-10 Nate Hicks was released from his LOI and will now be going to Georgia Tech. Hicks is from Panama City, Florida, where he averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds a game.

Hicks isn’t the second coming of Derrick Favors. He looks like a project, but the Jackets needed size badly. This is a nice pickup this late in the recruiting season. Hicks is also a likely 3 or 4 year guy. In addition, Brad Sheehan appears to be sticking around. He provided quality minutes last year.

Hicks signing and Sheehan returning doesn’t mean the Jackets are NCAA bound. The frontline has virtually no playing experience. Daniel Miller, Hicks, and Kammeon Holsey have never played a college game. Sheehan has never played more than spot minutes, but you can’t teach size. Let’s face it- if the Jackets are going to have a decent year next season, it will depend on their guards.

The guard play will have to carry the team, but at least now, Hewitt has a little frontline depth to play with.

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I’m happy with Georgia Tech in the ACC

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Unless you haven’t watched ESPN in the last 2 months, all the talk out there is conference expansion. The Pac 10’s attempt to raid the Big 12 and expand to 16 teams, the Big 10 picking up Nebraska, the Mountain West getting BoiseSt, and who knows what the other major conferences are planning. What about the ACC and Georgia Tech specifically?

Georgia Tech’s Dan Radakovich last month stated, “If the landscape changes, we have to do what’s best for Georgia Tech. That’s our job.” I don’t think anyone can predict what is going to happen, but a handful of developments are starting to make me think  the ACC will stay in tact.

ESPN reported on June 12that the SEC was not planning to add Georgia Tech, Clemson, Miami or Florida State. Miami and Virginia Tech both have said they are very happy in the ACC. Those are only verbal statements, but if you remember, Nebraska or Colorado never made much statements. If the conference stays in tact, the likelihood of Georgia Tech going anywhere remains low. It was relief that the SEC said they would not attempt to add 4 of the ACC’s bigger football programs.

Personally I am pleased with the recent developments and hope this is direction. Since I have been watching Georgia Tech, they have always been in the ACC. As far as I’m concerned, their times in the SEC, while prominent in Georgia Tech history, it is not where Georgia Tech is now.

The Yellow Jackets have much in more common with like-minded academic schools in the ACC. Georgia Tech would be at a competitive and recruiting disadvantage competing with the likes of Florida, Alabama, and LSU in football. I have full confidence in Paul Johnson, but it’s becomes that much more difficult selling a recruit on academics when they can play in a 100,000 seat stadium in Tennessee. Just ask Vanderbilt the difficulty of being the SEC’s signature academic school and competing on the field.

The ACC is still very much a viable conference. Their television contract, while not the size of the SEC, is quite reasonable, and Georgia Tech has built now just about 30 years of history in the ACC. It seems the ACC teams are making a commitment to each other and the conference, and I hope Georgia Tech remains in ACC.

The next few weeks will be wild with expansion news changing virtually every hour.

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Georgia Tech Basketball Recruiting Ends with a Thud

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

We already knew that Georgia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt missed out on Georgia High School player Marcus Thornton. The big man selected the University of Georgia. The Jackets had one final chance to grab a quality low post player they so desperately needed. Alabama transfer Justin Knox had his final two of Georgia Tech and North Carolina. Knox ended up choosing the Tar Heels.

The Jackets next year will have a front line short on depth and experience. I felt at the end of the 2010 season that there was a possibility, even with the losses of Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors, that Tech could be better next year. That was especially with a backcourt that will have another year under their belt. Now it’s hard to see the Jackets being more than an NCAA bubble team.

With the apparent departure of Brad Sheehan, the Jackets will have only 2 players taller than 6-6. I expected Hewitt to finish stronger during the recruiting season, but he couldn’t pull any frontline players in. The Jackets signed 1 player explosive 6-4 guard Jason Morris.  

There is some good news for Yellow Jacket sports. The baseball team was selected to host an NCAA regional. This is the first step to getting to Omaha and playing in the College World Series. Alabama, Mercer, and Elon are also in the bracket, but the Jackets are heavy favorites to move on.

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So far 2010 has been good to Georgia Tech Sports

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Sometimes during the course of a school’s sports year, we forget there are other sports being played besides football and basketball. These players put in endless hours of practice without the fanfare of the other major sports. Thus far in 2010, Georgia Tech has succeeded not only in football and basketball, but in several other sports as well.

It started in January of 2010. The Yellow Jacket football team coached by Paul Johnson played in the Orange Bowl as champion of the ACC. They lost the game 24-14 to Iowa, but Georgia Tech’s 11 win season was their best since the 1990 National Championship year.

The Georgia Tech basketball team made it to the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2007. They won 23 games and made it to the ACC Tournament finals where they lost to the eventual national champion Duke Blue Devils. Georgia Tech’s successes don’t end there.

The golf team finished the regular season ranked in the top 20. They placed 3rd in the NCAA’s Southeast Regional. This qualified them for the NCAA Championships finals to be played the first week of June.

Georgia Tech women’s tennis team won the ACC Tournament. It was their fourth ACC title since 2005. They qualified for the team NCAA tournament but lost in the 2nd round to Ole Miss. Irina Falconi will enter the women’s NCAA tournament as the overall number one seeded female.

The women’s basketball team won 23 games and reached the NCAA tournament for the 4th straight year.

It’s been a good season for women’s softball team. They entered the NCAA tournament as the #8 overall seed. Unfortunately, it ended Sunday with a 4-3 loss to the Oregon. The Lady Jackets won 51 games, and senior Jen Yee led the nation in home runs.

Georgia Tech’s best chance at a National Title might be their baseball team. The Yellow Jacket baseball team finished the regular season with an impressive 44-11 record. They will be seeded number 3 in the upcoming ACC tournament where they will face off with number 6 seeded Virginia Tech. Regardless of the result of the ACC tournament, the Jackets are virtually a lock for the NCAA tournament.

Congratulations to all the Georgia Tech sports teams that have helped get 2010 started off on the right foot.

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Early, Early Picks for ACC Basketball–2010-11

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Here’s a simulcast with my daily ACC blog at On The B. Rink…

Last couple weeks, we looked at the early entrants and the grads–but how about the ACC players coming back and how the ACC dominoes fall next season?

The News & Observer puts together an early projected starting lineup yearly with early entrants/graduation/new recruits factored in and here’s my early picks based off how the ACC is looking at this point.

1. Duke Blue Devils

2009-10: 13-3, first
G Kyrie Irving, fr.
G Seth Curry, soph. (20.2 ppg @ Liberty)
G Nolan Smith, sr. (17.4 ppg)
F Kyle Singler, sr. (17.7 ppg)
F Mason Plumlee, soph. (3.7 ppg)
Bench: G Andre Dawkins, F Miles Plumlee, F Ryan Kelly, F Josh Hairston

Outlook: Loooooooooooooooaded. They will be a unanimous choice for the ACC and one of the top teams in the country.

2. Florida State Seminoles

2009-10: 10-6, third
G Derwin Kitchen, sr. (8.1 ppg)
G Deividas Dulkys, jr. (8.7 ppg)
G Michael Snaer, soph. (8.8 ppg)
F Chris Singleton, jr. (10.2 ppg)
F Xavier Gibson, jr. (5.5 ppg)
Bench: G Luke Loucks, F Terrance Shannon, PG Ian Miller, F Okaro White, F Jon Kreft

Outlook: No Alabi, no problem? That’s what I’m saying–the cupboard isn’t bare at FSU and if there’s a year that Hamilton’s Noles make a run–it has to be this season.

3. Virginia Tech Hokies

2009-10: 10-6, fourth
G Malcolm Delaney, sr. (20.2 ppg)
G Dorenzo Hudson, sr. (12.0 ppg)
F Terrell Bell, sr. (6.1 ppg)
F Victor Davila, jr. (5.3 ppg)
F Jeff Allen, sr. (15.2 ppg)
Bench: F J.T. Thompson, G Erick Green, F Jarell Eddie, F Allan Chaney, F Cadarian Raines, F Manny Atkins, G Ben Boggs

Outlook: The time is now in Blacksburg as they return everybody. Greenberg needs to advance past simply making the ever-elusive NCAA Tourney, but win some games in said tourney.

4. North Carolina Tar Heels

2009-10: 5-11, 10th
G Larry Drew II, jr. (8.5 ppg)
G Reggie Bullock, fr.
F Harrison Barnes, fr.
F John Henson, soph. (5.7 ppg)
F Tyler Zeller, jr. (9.3 ppg)
Bench: F Will Graves, G Dexter Strickland, PG Kendall Marshall, G Leslie McDonald

Outlook: The Tar Heels are an interesting squad to watch this season because they had such a fall from grace last season. Heels are still young and Williams will have quite a coaching job to do to get UNC back to the top.

5. Maryland Terrapins

2009-10: 13-3, second
G Adrian Bowie, sr. (4.8 ppg)
G Sean Mosley, jr. (10.1 ppg)
G Cliff Tucker, sr. (5.7 ppg)
F Dino Gregory, sr. (4.2 ppg)
F Jordan Williams, soph. (9.6 ppg)
Bench: F James Padgett, G Terrell Stoglin, F Mychal Parker, PG Pe’Shon Howard

Outlook: Terps lose three of their biggest starters from last season with Vasquez, Hayes, and Milbourne, but they have a talented group coming back. Sean Mosley has to step into the go-to-guy role and Jordan Williams has to expand his role in the paint for the Terps to stay here.

6. Clemson Tigers

2009-10: 9-7, sixth
G Demontez Stitt, sr. (11.4 ppg)
G Tanner Smith, jr. (8.7 ppg)
F Milton Jennings, soph. (3.2 ppg)
F Devin Booker, soph. (4.5 ppg)
F Jerai Grant, sr. (7.2 ppg)
Bench: G Noel Johnson, G Andre Young, G Donte Hill, F Bryan Narcisse

Outlook: The Tigers are in transition between philosophies with a new coach in Brownell and lose star forward Trevor Booker, but this team still has the guns to compete in a wide-open(past Duke) ACC.

7. N.C. State Wolfpack

2009-10: 5-11, 11th
G Javier Gonzalez, sr. (9.5 ppg)
G Lorenzo Brown, fr.
F C.J. Leslie, fr.
F Richard Howell, soph. (4.9 ppg)
F Tracy Smith, sr. (16.5 ppg)
Bench: PG Ryan Harrow, G Scott Wood, G C.J. Williams, F DeShawn Painter, F Jordan Vandenberg

Outlook: Expectations should be high in Raleigh with a talented crew coming in and back. If Lowe can capture the magic of the ACC Tourney run to the semis, the Pack can go far, but I’m staying a bit skeptical on them.

8. Miami Hurricanes

2009-10: 4-12, 12th
G Durand Scott, soph. (10.3 ppg)
G Malcolm Grant, jr. (9.6 ppg)
G DeQuan Jones, jr. (5.7 ppg)
F Julian Gamble, jr. (3.5 ppg)
F Reggie Johnson, soph. (6.4 ppg)
Bench: G Rion Brown, G Garrius Adams, G Antoine Allen, F Donnavan Kirk

Outlook: Miami will be a trendy pick this season, but I’m on the fence with them. I  like Scott and Johnson, but Miami has a lot to prove right now.

9. Virginia Cavaliers

2009-10: 5-11, ninth
G Jontel Evans, soph. (2.4 ppg)
G Sammy Zeglinski, jr. (8.9 ppg)
G K.T. Harrell, fr.
F Mike Scott, sr. (12.0 ppg)
F James Johnson, fr.
Bench: PG Billy Baron, F Will Regan, F Assane Sene, G Joe Harris, G Mustapha Farrakhan, F Will Sherrill

Outlook: I had the ‘Hoos at ninth in my early, early picks last season and that’s where they finished–completely new team coming to play next season with Bennett cleaning house, but they have some talent.

10. Boston College Eagles

2009-10: 6-10, eighth
G Reggie Jackson, jr. (12.9 ppg)
G Dallas Elmore, jr. (3.9 ppg)
F Corey Raji, sr. (11.4 ppg)
F Joe Trapani, sr. (14.1 ppg)
F Josh Southern, sr. (4.4 ppg)
Bench: PG Biko Paris, F Courtney Dunn

Outlook: New system, several transfers, and a squad of mostly unproven, consistently, players at this level–hard to get behind the Eagles at this point.

11. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2009-10: 7-9, seventh
G Moe Miller, sr. (3.9 ppg)
G Iman Shumpert, jr. (10.0 ppg)
G Glen Rice Jr., soph. (5.4 ppg)
F Kammeon Holsey, r-fr.
F Brad Sheehan, sr. (1.2 ppg)
Bench: G Brian Oliver, PG Mfon Udofia, F Daniel Miller

Outlook: The Jackets return all of their primary guards, but the problem falls with losing the three best players off last year’s team with Favors, Lawal, and Peacock in the paint. I will stay cautious on Georgia Tech because I’m not sure the Jackets’ guards can carry them.

12. Wake Forest Demon Deacons

2009-10: 9-7, fifth
G Tony Chennault, fr.
G C.J. Harris, soph. (9.9 ppg)
F Ari Stewart, soph. (7.3 ppg)
F Tony Woods, jr. (4.6 ppg)
F Carson Derosiers, fr.
Bench: F Travis McKie, F Melvin Tabb, G J.T. Terrell, F Ty Walker, G Gary Clark

Outlook: New coach Jeff Bzdelik has a project on his hands, but the cupboard isn’t totally bare. If he can get the Deacs back to the NCAA Tourney, Bzdelik did a great coaching job.

Who’s too high? Who’s underrated? Can anyone knock off Duke? Early NCAA Tourney bid predictions?

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Georgia Tech and Paul Hewitt await Marcus Thornton decision. – Jeff Fann of All About Sports

Monday, April 19th, 2010

In my last article for Georgia Tech’s Raycom Sports Blog, I discussed who could play on the frontline for Georgia Tech with the departures of Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors. We offered 6-8 Kammeon Holsey and 6-11 Daniel Miller as possibilities. 7-0 senior Brad Sheehan could also see minutes inside. When Oliver Purnell left Clemson and bolted for DePaul, previous Clemson commit 6-7 Marcus Thornton became available.

Thornton was the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Mr. Georgia Basketball. Purnell and Clemson got a commitment from Thornton way back in November of 2008. They were on him early and did good of realizing the player Thornton would become. This season he averaged 26.5 PPG, 7 RPG, 4 blocks and shot 64 percent from the field. From Westlake Highschool in Atlanta, Paul Hewitt and his staff appeared to be caught a little off guard, losing on a player from their own backyard.

Here’s their chance to get back in it. Already Hewitt has apologized to the  family for failing to recruit Thornton harder when Clemson signed him. Recruiting is Hewitt’s strength though and when he wants someone he’s pretty successful at getting them. I think this would be a tremendous get if Hewitt can land Thornton. There’s isn’t any doubt due to Tech’s frontline losses that Thornton would have a great opportunity for early playing time. The Jackets also have a good reputation for landing players in the NBA as well. Favors and Lawal will be NBA picks this year. With the returning guard play, if the Jackets get the 230 lb Thornton I would give them a pretty good chance of getting into NCAAs next year. That gives them a young but solid frontline. Thornton is also considering Georgia, Clemson, and Alabama in addition to Georgia Tech.

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Just how good was the Georgia Tech basketball season? – Jeff Fann of All About Sports

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

The 2009-2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets featured 3 McDonald All-Americans and 2 likely first round picks in the NBA draft. They finished the year 23-13 with a 2nd round finish in the NCAA tournament and a run to the finals of the ACC tournament. So was it a good season in Atlanta? If you are a Georgia Tech fan are you satisfied that coach Paul Hewitt got everything out of this team or frustrated that the team never fully reached it’s potential?

On the surface it appears an easy question. The Jackets featured a NBA front line in Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors. They had a 6-5 McDonald’s All-American Iman Shumpert running the point. They had upperclassmen Zachary Peacock and De’Andre Bell on the team, so they weren’t that young. Dig deeper and maybe this team came closer to it’s potential than first thought.

First this team made the NCAA’s. It was touch and go for awhile but they made it and that’s the bottom line. That was a minimum goal for this team. I felt before the season this team had sweet 16 ability maybe elite 8. They fell one game short of my expectations. By the end of the year this team had gotten it defensively, and they were one of the country’s 25 best teams.

In their last 6 games they won 4, with their only losses being to ACC Champions Duke and Big 10 Champions Ohio State. Those two teams are in everyone’s top 6 or 7 teams. There is no shame losing to either. In the Ohio State loss once Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors got into foul trouble the Jackets had almost no chance to win the game.

Even during the last two weeks, the Yellow Jackets were still too careless with the basketball. They simply turn it over too much. It’s a young backcourt. Glen Rice Jr is a freshman. Brian Oliver is a freshman. Mfon Udofia is a freshman. Iman Shumpert is a sophomore. De’Andre Bell was a senior but he was coming off a year without playing basketball.

This backcourt was Georgia Tech’s Achilles heel. They were talented, but just too inconsistent, and I think that was due in part to their youth. I still think Tech failed to reach their potential, but overall I felt the Jackets had a pretty decent season, and ended up one of the better teams of the Paul Hewitt era.

We’ll have to wait during the next few weeks to see whether Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors return. That will play a large role in how far the Jackets can go in the 2010-2011 season. Like their football counterparts though, I expect both to be gone. Paul Hewitt bought some good will this year. He can’t afford a big step back next year.

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Georgia Tech is headed towards another season of disappointment

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

By any measurement of Paul Hewitt’s record the last 5 years, it’s been bad. 1 NCAA tournament appearance in 2007 has been it. They haven’t won an NCAA tournament game since 2005. Georgia Tech hasn’t had a season over .500 in the ACC since 2004. The ACC road record is atrocious, 6 wins in 5 years. That’s the third straight losing ACC conference record. Over the last 5 years, that is 52 ACC losses and counting.

Today marked the end of another regular season of disappointment and underachievement by Paul Hewitt and the Jackets. In an 88-82 loss to Virginia Tech, the Jackets showed all the heart of the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz. There was none. At home with an NCAA bid on the line the Jackets were outplayed on both ends of the floor by the Hokies. Even without their second leading scorer Dorenzo Hudson, the Hokies controlled this game from start to finish.  Only a late flurry by Georgia Tech made the score appear closer than really it was.

The Jackets finished the regular season 19-11 (7-9), and may still appear on some bubble lists, but they aren’t going anywhere but the NIT. I suppose Georgia Tech fans can still hinge their hopes on a deep run in the ACC tournament, but I can’t fathom this team putting together any kind of run the way they are currently playing.

It all starts with head coach, Paul Hewitt. Paul Hewitt has failed to build this team into a cohesive unit in a disturbing trend that has been going on for years. Georgia Tech Athletic Director Dan Radakovich now has a lot work ahead of him. What is he going to do with Paul Hewitt? I expect he’ll wait until the ACC tournament is over to make any decisions. In addition, there’s the issue of Hewitt’s $7 million buyout.  Can Tech even pay that?

As I said anything can happen in the ACC tournament, but Hewitt doesn’t inspire any confidence in me that this season will end any different than that of the recent ones. I’d like to be wrong, but we all know that the closest Georgia Tech will probably get to a NCAA tournament site is if they buy a ticket.

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What are you going to do Georgia Tech?

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Georgia Tech lost again on the road. So what else is new? The Jackets have lost two of their last three road games at the buzzer. This time it was Saturday against the Maryland Terrapins on a last second shot, before that it was Miami on a last second shot. The last 5 years there have been 33 losses on the road against 6 wins. That pretty much averages out to 1 ACC road win a year. That’s in a word pathetic. At 18-9 (6-7) Georgia Tech is right on the bubble. They have a solid RPI, it’s in high 20s, low 30s with 8 top 100 RPI wins. That’s a good NCAA resume, but I don’t think the NCAAs will take an ACC team with a 7-9 conference record. Especially, barring a total collapse by Florida State or Clemson, there will be 6 teams in the ACC with at least an 8-8 conference record.

There are no other NCAA candidates. It’s the top 6 in the ACC standings who I think will all make it, and the Yellow Jackets. So the question is what are you going to do Georgia Tech?

All season long we’ve asked similar questions. Has Georgia Tech turned the corner? Are they fading? Can the team find consistency? I’m as confused with this team 27 games into the season as I was before the season started. Talented, but not well coached, they can’t put any significant stretch of good basketball together. They need one now. As I’ve said during the course of this year, Georgia Tech has to get to 8-8 in the ACC to make the NCAAs. That would require Georgia Tech to win 2 of its last 3 games.

They play Boston College next Saturday. I expect a win there. A loss and Paul Hewitt might not what to show back up in Atlanta. Then they’ll go on the road to Clemson. Trevor Booker’s senior day? No it’s not going happen at LittleJohn. The season, the bid, everything will come down to a home game with Virginia Tech. The Hokies have been playing very well recently, and have the kind of guard play with Malcolm Delaney and Jeff Allen that could give Georgia Tech fits.

What could be the difference is the emergence of freshman Derrick Favors. He scored 21 points and had 18 rebounds against Maryland. He had the kind of game that says if he has anything to say about it, Georgia Tech will get that 8th conference win to go dancing.

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So did Georgia Tech turn the corner with Duke win?

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

After a poor performance against the Georgia Bulldogs earlier in the week, Paul Hewitt’s Jackets come up with their biggest win of the year in beating the Duke Blue Devils 71-67 . In my opinion it might be their biggest win in several years.  Did Georgia Tech turn the corner with the Duke win?

This is the question of the day and it’s being asked by the Jacket’s hometown paper and several bloggers, including myself.

Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal Constitution suggests Tech may have turned the corner.

ACC\SEC Blog asks What path does Georgia Tech take now?

and in my blog All About Sports I ask the question What will the win mean for Georgia Tech?

Basically I believe the consensus is nobody knows what this win will ultimately mean for the Jackets. What we do know is the Jackets are a gifted team especially in the low post. Gani Lawal has really turned himself into a force in the paint. There’s forward Derrick Favors who hasn’t scratched the surface of his potential, and there is Zachary Peacock a former starter that’s become a valuable player coming off the bench. As I discuss in my blog article the Jackets have become an outstanding defensive team as well. What will be the key to the Jackets future success?

Mfon Udofia has had a solid freshman season so far, but he can’t take any steps backward. In fact he needs to keep improving. I like that Udofia seems to always be in control on the court. He hit some big free throws against Duke too. He needs to be able to take defenders off the dribble and get to the basket more often. This will create increased opportunities for Georgia Tech’s big men as this will pull opposing team’s defenders off Lawal and Favors. Guard Iman Shumpert has to shake the rust off quickly. He’s just coming off an injury, but the ACC waits for no one. He took poor shots against Duke in general did not have a strong game with 7 turnovers and 1 for 9 shooting. The talent is there. In the end it comes down to Hewitt though.

Paul Hewitt has had a terrible ACC record the last few years. He’s become noted for turnover prone teams that don’t play to their potential. Today proved what Georgia Tech is capable of. Now Hewitt must find a way to get his team to play this way more consistently because it may determine if he is here next year or not.

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