🏀 Tony Bennett Retires, Ron Sanchez to be Interim HC

[ElliottHoo]

Yeah. Well, I mean, she’s gotta be crushed by this no matter how its happened.

[A1SteakSauce]

I think it’'s safe to assume Carla and Tony aren’t friends anymore

[Jerome]

Tony tearing up oh my gosh I’m crying again

[HolidayHoo]

This sucks

[A1SteakSauce]

5 mins in and the entire vibe is weird. Carla opening remarks…Tony…it feels like Tony was almost forced out. I know that’s not the case just a weird energy

[A1SteakSauce]

TBF Carla’s now had not only her football coach, but also her basketball coach quit on her. Someone needs to start asking wtf is wrong with Carla.

[10hoo]

I think that’s still Littlepage.

I think her hires have been net negative. Tina Thompson alone should disqualify her for life from making another basketball hire.

Sanchez has no charisma sure, but interested to see what he can do handpicking his players with a proper budget.

If we’re keeping the tree, it should be McKay then Sanchez. This succession is fine

[A1SteakSauce]

All this presser has done is create even more mystery and unanswered questions. I get the NIL and state of the NCAA - what happened at UVa Tony? I want to know what tipped you over the edge that led you to believe “You can’t be that guy to lead “it” the right way” at UVa?

Are we to interpret that as Tony just saying straight up he won’t deal with NIL?

[tonyburnertt]

Yeah Tony isn’t necessarily Mr. Press Conference but Sanchez has negative aura. Unfortunately I don’t think that plays as well in basketball as it does in football.

[uva123]

I feel like he’s been pretty clear, no? It’s the Wild West and he hates it because there are no rules and it’s all about money now. He won’t ever say it but I think the timing is to get Sanchez his shot and that he knew he’d do it this way

[A1SteakSauce]

Agreed.

[Jtgerb]

Agreed, not sure what all the reading between the lines is about. Feels genuine and clear the why. Maybe I’m gullible but I believe it.

[kendall]

Not going to be a popular sentiment, but I will own it, and I will also admit I am still in the anger stage in the five stages of grief.

This is a chickenshit move.

The timing is just about as bad as it could possibly be. Wracking my brain, can’t think of any worse timing.

Loyalty to your guy to make sure he gets the interim tag? Fine. But holding an entire team, school, and fanbase hostage to do it is incredibly shitty.

I won’t miss the god squad BS or the agonizngly slow pace of play. Adios.

If Sanchez doesn’t win games (plural) in March, I’d like to see us conduct a national search. No Tony Bennett sycophant should be handed this job. No Kyle Neptune.

I’m pissed.

[hoosfan35]

Exactly. He doesn’t want to do this anymore. The passion has faded. He’s not going to do this without being all in. And he wanted Ron to get a shot.

There’s no “mystery” here at this point.

[uva123]

Ok he’s opening up now and definitely alluding to the fact that he wanted an assistant to take over… seems clear that’s a part of the timing

[hoosfan35]

[Jerome]

@kendall

I won’t miss the god squad BS or the agonizngly slow pace of play. Adios.

Damn, heartbreak has made you cold, Kendall.

[DFresh11]

So this all happened on the day of the 8th anniversary of my mom, Millicent Smith going to see Jason and TB

This shit hurts

[hoosywhat]

yeah i get it. Im ceo of a business…its a business i started from nothing and built it up into something. we were bought out by PE last year and the business is doing really well, but there are days where Im not sure i want to do it any more. ive made a ton of sacrifices on the personal side. The PE firm wants double digit growth. It’s not easy.

[OrangeHoo12]