(04-08-2016 07:13 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-08-2016 06:07 PM)GreenSteve Wrote:  

(04-08-2016 05:57 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(04-08-2016 05:55 PM)GreenSteve Wrote:  I bet Pastner flourishes at Tech.

Why? Calipari built Memphis into a higher caliber progra. Josh had no problem getting elite talent to Memphis, but he couldn't win with it.

He's not going to recruit to GT better. If he couldn't win with elite talent, what makes you think he will win with less?

Lets see who he can get for assistant coaches and how much money he can pay them with an ACC budget.

there are diminishing returns for athletic budgets. Memphis spends $50 million on athletics and invests tons into basketball. Georgia Tech hired a cheap coach last time because they didn't have money for a big hire. Now they're paying him and the coach before him.

Memphis basketball is very likely in a better financial situation than Georgia Tech. Some GT posters were saying that Memphis had to chip in money for them to hire Pastner. If your former employer is paying someone else to take you, that has to be a big hit to the ego.

Memphis does spend $50M, you're right... GT spends $68M...

We'll see...

http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/

Both programs have oodles to spend in the grand scheme of things. I think Mr. Pastner is just not up to the task.

Looks like Memohis comes out smelling like a Rose....Oops, I better change that to smelling like a camellia....

(04-08-2016 12:34 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  It surprises me that he'd leave Memphis for GT. Maybe this reflects some perception on Pastner's part that things weren't going well.

agree....my guess is it's a mutual arrangements of 'sorting'....it was time for MEM and him to part ways...