Patrick Ewing Trying to Bring Georgetown Back to Prominence

[Muskie]

Link (http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/21227209/patrick-ewing-plans-bring-georgetown-hoya-back-prominence-new-head-coach)

He is Georgetown's head coach now. In other words, he has Thompson's job in Thompson's building, where Thompson still keeps an office. The man who first called Ewing and told him he needed to pursue this opening? John Thompson Jr., right after his son, John Thompson III, was fired by the very school his old man put on the basketball map.
It was an awkward series of events, but it made sense, too, since Big John has always looked after Bigger Patrick. Thompson started protecting Ewing in 1981, when the center from Cambridge, Massachusetts, ended the mother of all high school recruiting wars in an announcement at a Boston restaurant owned by Thompson's former Celtics teammate Satch Sanders. The coach had made quite an impression in his visit with the Ewing family. "He spoke extremely well; he carried himself with class," Ewing recalls. "And as a young black man, he was somebody I could be like." The recruit was most struck by Thompson's way with words. "I was mesmerized."
Ewing wanted Thompson to keep doing the talking for him at Georgetown, where "Hoya paranoia" was born of the restricted access to the phenom. "A lot of times," Ewing recalls, "he took the hit, especially for me, if I didn't speak. ... I didn't like speaking to the media. Growing up in Boston, I learned from a young age that the media builds you up, and at a certain point they start chopping you down."

[XU 87]

I will be surprised if he turns into being a good hire.

[Lamont Sanford]

I will be surprised if he turns into being a good hire.

+1.

[xukeith]

+1.

He needs 8-10 years of good recruiting and performance.

[GenerationX]

Kind of late to post, but I just ran across this and thought it was interesting...


https://youtu.be/AT3xhjFtFAs

[xavierj]

He needs 8-10 years of good recruiting and performance.

Huh? Where do you come up with this stuff?

[xukeith]

Huh? Where do you come up with this stuff?

I was assuming the backroads of recruiting and knowledge of all college players and set plays was necessary plus all the weird game rules.

[stophorseabuse]

I thought Ewing looked pretty good. His team seems pretty disciplined and well coached. They have a plan and they follow it. I am pretty confident in Ewing, particularly compared to JTIII.

[xu82]

I thought Ewing looked pretty good. His team seems pretty disciplined and well coached. They have a plan and they follow it. I am pretty confident in Ewing, particularly compared to JTIII.

THAT is the key. I hope he gets that program going again, but still loses to X on a consistent basis.

[GoMuskies]

Kind of late to post, but I just ran across this and thought it was interesting...


https://youtu.be/AT3xhjFtFAs

That bitch is crazy.

[Muskie]

I've watched several Gtown games. They seem to be doing ok. However, I see a repeat of bad late game decisions. That was put on display last night.

[xu82]

I've watched several Gtown games. They seem to be doing ok. However, I see a repeat of bad late game decisions. That was put on display last night.

And I am forever grateful!

[xudash]

I've watched several Gtown games. They seem to be doing ok. However, I see a repeat of bad late game decisions. That was put on display last night.

True. But let's see how he does with his recruits moving forward.

He took the #6 team in the nation to the brink in the Cintas Center with an improving squad of JT III's personnel. It will be interesting to watch how the Hoyas progress from here.

[GIMMFD]

True. But let's see how he does with his recruits moving forward.

He took the #6 team in the nation to the brink in the Cintas Center with an improving squad of JT III's personnel. It will be interesting to watch how the Hoyas progress from here.

Nothing too crazy, no top 100 recruits, but 2 four star prospects, and then high flying 3-star PG Mac McClung for 2018, but that's still better than our recruiting class, so take that with a grain of salt, I think if he continues to raise the profile, and shows he's an improvement on JT III, he could get some talent there again.

[GoMuskies]

He doesn't appear to be totally incompetent as a college coach, so that's a good start. In theory, Georgetown should not be that tough a rebuilding job as they weren't THAT far down in the first place. I think there's a pretty good chance he'll get them rolling and back into the top half of the conference relatively quickly. Can he get them back into the top 15 or top 10 in the reasonably near future? Much tougher question.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Difference between Mullin and Ewing is Ewing had a lot of coaching experience as an assistant under his belt before getting this job. I was in the NBA but and never a head coach but he at least had some significant experience.

[XUGRAD80]

Having L. Orr on the staff is a big plus. He brings solid assistant and head coaching experience on the college level to the program, including expereince in recruiting. He’s also had a long term relationship with Ewing as a player and friend. A lot of the success a head coach has can be based on who their assistants are and how they do their job. There is way to much involved for it to be a one man operation. Orr was a solid choice when it came time to hire assistants.

[GIMMFD]

Difference between Mullin and Ewing is Ewing had a lot of coaching experience as an assistant under his belt before getting this job. I was in the NBA but and never a head coach but he at least had some significant experience.

Bingo. Ewing knows what comes with being a coach, yes never a head coach, but still understood the day to day operation aspect, rather than the hiring of Mullin which seemed much more like a marketing ploy.

[XUFan09]

Bingo. Ewing knows what comes with being a coach, yes never a head coach, but still understood the day to day operation aspect, rather than the hiring of Mullin which seemed much more like a marketing ploy.The St. John's hiring of Mullin just feeds into the stereotype of NYC/LA people being obsessed with branding, at the expense of good practical decisions. Whether or not that's true, that's how it seems to look.

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[waggy]

I think Mullin was a very good hire. And I'm certain he's forgot more about the game than anyone that posts here ever knew.

[xu82]

I think Mullin was a very good hire. And I'm certain he's forgot more about the game than anyone that posts here ever knew.

Maybe he should share more of it with his recruits instead of letting his assistants coach?

:-)

[GoMuskies]

I think Mullin was a very good hire. And I'm certain he's forgot more about the game than anyone that posts here ever knew.

Maybe he should have retained some of what he forgot.

Seriously, though, I don't think he's doing that poorly. This year's team is clearly very close.

[XUFan09]

Maybe he should have retained some of what he forgot.

Seriously, though, I don't think he's doing that poorly. This year's team is clearly very close.Yeah, they clearly have some things going for them. I just wonder about long-term upside.

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