Tony Bennett retiring, effective immediately.
- Thread starter ukfan693
- Start date
Feels like he could have made this decision much earlier.
Let's not rule out a dark horse candidate: getting caught with a cheerleader in the press box. Abrupt retires do often come with a scandal attached.
I was about to say - either a health issue or sexual harassment lol. Would be a dick move to the UVA administration to just up and quit with a month before season starts for no reason.
We have a scholarship available. I admittedly don’t know the UVA roster but is there anyone on there that Pope might look at?
That’s what I figured honestly. The old school guys are dropping like flies and who can blame them. You have kids making money like them now, I assume it’s hard to run a program now.
I think it’s the “changing landscape” thing. Bennett and his old school system are bad fits for this new NIL money/transfer portal CBB world. He knew it too and decided to get out while the getting’s still good.
I think Jay Wright quit for much the same reasons.
Of course nothing will be done about what we're all witnessing until the fans get sick of, too, and start leaving. The players won't care, they're "getting theirs".
Goodman keeps saying because of the new landscape. I almost wonder if UVA promised nil $ that wasn’t there, or some guy asked for more than agreed upon and Bennett said screw this.
Yeah, sounding more and more like related to NIL and could be something like one of those scenarios.
Probably a lot of it, I’m sure many top flight players weren’t excited playing 40-30 games and not having the resources to make money would be the nail in the coffin for talent now.
One of the luckiest games I’ve ever seen. Took a miracle bounce to win that.
Here's the end of regulation. Was just nuts. I think Purdue missed FTs before this that could have iced it too.
I get that for sure but man the season starts in like three weeks. You go from March to mid October and then say, “Nah. Eff it?” Seems odd. But it’s his life.
I get it’s Bennett’s decision but man that is a huge middle finger to UVA and especially to those guys that have started school and are getting ready to play!
This is why I’ll never back the critics who say players shouldn’t be able to transfer randomly. Coaches can do this and basically screw your plans immediately.
I get it’s Bennetts decision and his life but man that seems extremely selfish. He just made a ton of enemies at UVA.
If it’s solely due to NIL and the changing landscape of college bball, I get it but man thats a dick move.
I recently retired with a short notice as well.
Sometimes you just get tired of the b*******.
Sometimes you just get tired of the b*******.
Honestly, I would have just been so thrilled that we got rid of Cal ….I wouldn’t mind if we lost every game . It would have been worth it for me.
Just because you don’t agree with certain things about it, doesn’t mean that it is broken and needs fixing. Times change, things evolve.
Bennett can cry all he wants about the “changing landscape “ but his style of play was more damaging than the nil or transfer portal.
Similar threads
