edstimes
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Post by edstimes on Mar 22, 2007 7:50:17 GMT -5
They edited out the other parts of his comments: "I will pay the way TO WASHINGTON, DC of any alumnus. And have them sit down and coach a Georgetown game ... Just because someone's been at Georgetown forever doesn't mean it doesn't hurt when he gets fired ... See how his brother like it, see how his ego likes it" Avoid repetitive posts.
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jahidihoya
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Post by jahidihoya on Mar 22, 2007 8:15:22 GMT -5
I have a copy of the recorded interview and there are some additional facts that may be of interest:
* Esherick had to leave during the middle of the interview to go to the bathroom.
* The interview was going really well for about 39 minutes. However, during the last minute of the interview Esherick simply had Kevin Braswell walk in and answer the final questions.
* Mike Sweetney called in simply to thank Ronny Thompson.
* When asked whether he would watch the Sweet Sixteen game, Esherick said that it should not be an expectation for him to watch the NCAA tournament every year.
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hoyatables
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Post by hoyatables on Mar 22, 2007 8:22:49 GMT -5
Wow -- I agree with easyed .
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edstimes
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Post by edstimes on Mar 22, 2007 8:24:48 GMT -5
I have a copy of the recorded interview and there are some additional facts that may be of interest: * Esherick had to leave during the middle of the interview to go to the bathroom. * The interview was going really well for about 39 minutes. However, during the last minute of the interview Esherick simply had Kevin Braswell walk in and answer the final questions. * Mike Sweetney called in simply to thank Ronny Thompson. * When asked whether he would watch the Sweet Sixteen game, Esherick said that it should not be an expectation for him to watch the NCAA tournament every year. Avoid repetitive posts.
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FOTP
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Post by FOTP on Mar 22, 2007 8:28:00 GMT -5
Esherick's wife is a big time lawyer in the area and my guess is he wouldn't move for some D-II job or small school job unless it was in the area.
If the job at say American came open then maybe, but I think G-Town was his final job in my mind.
I always like Esherick as a person and he was a long member of a successful Hoya generation. I wish him well in everything he does and I hope he keeps the mustache forever ;D
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Post by KeysPlaceHoya on Mar 22, 2007 8:36:45 GMT -5
Another snippet from the interview:
** The reporter ended the interview by saying he had five more questions for Esherick, but then asked six. Esherick didn’t notice.
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Madgesdiq
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Post by Madgesdiq on Mar 22, 2007 9:02:45 GMT -5
My favorite post-Hoya Esherick moment was when he announced that he was "throwing his hat into the ring" for the James Madison opening. The next morning the JMU AD denied that Esherick was a candidate, and sure enough, he was not one of the seven coaches interviewed for the job. If the job at American came open, he would not be a candidate for that job either.
Georgetown was his final collegiate job for a reason, and that reason isn't a personal preference to spin a basketball on his finger on public access cable television.
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Post by TX Hoya on Mar 22, 2007 9:34:47 GMT -5
My favorite post-Hoya Esherick moment was when he announced that he was "throwing his hat into the ring" for the James Madison opening. The next morning the JMU AD denied that Esherick was a candidate, and sure enough, he was not one of the seven coaches interviewed for the job. If the job at American came open, he would not be a candidate for that job either. Georgetown was his final collegiate job for a reason, and that reason isn't a personal preference to spin a basketball on his finger on public access cable television. Exactly. Unite with bubbarub and let's shut these Esh supporters up. Talking about missed dunks and GRiley missed shots that cost him his job - laughable. The man was a terrible coach - let's move on and pay III a market rate and keep him, which is more than the $400k he makes now.
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Post by TX Hoya on Mar 22, 2007 9:36:02 GMT -5
Or when he was in competition for the New Mexico St. job with Reggie Theus and Bob Knight's video coordinator....You think Esh would have NM St in the Dance if they had hired him....right, right.
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CAHoya07
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Post by CAHoya07 on Mar 22, 2007 11:39:28 GMT -5
Good to hear from Esherick, and nice comments by him. I was one of the ones who wanted to see him get canned the most, but now that he's gone and JT III is leading the Hoyas back to the Promised Land, I don't think there should be any hard feelings. He was nearly a lifetime Hoya, and as he said in the article, most of his time here went well.
I can understand him distancing himself from the program - after all, it's like having a 28-year marriage followed by a messy divorce. However, it might be too much to ask, but it would be nice to see him attend a GU game without getting assaulted by boos in the process.
And again, thanks, Esh, for Green, Hibbert, and Crawford.
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Post by NickSixers on Mar 22, 2007 11:48:53 GMT -5
I mirror most of CA's thoughts. Maybe in the next few years, kids will have only known JTIII, furor will die down, and he'd be able to attend a game. He did good things for the program. Just a note, the Express printed this story today.
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Post by 757hoyafan on Mar 22, 2007 11:50:58 GMT -5
lol, this was the Seton Hall game, right? I like Esh & I would like to thank him for contributing to our NCAA title. Another snippet from the interview: ** The reporter ended the interview by saying he had five more questions for Esherick, but then asked six. Esherick didn’t notice.
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Big Dog
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Post by Big Dog on Mar 22, 2007 11:54:33 GMT -5
This is an excellent piece. Whoever wrote has some sense of originality--they actually set about doing some work, rather than falling back on some easy theme that we've all read one thousand times. The only confusing part is this sentence: The new coach was going to run the Princeton offense, a system vastly different from what Esherick had run.
I wasn't aware that Esherick had run any system. ZING!
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Big Dog
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Post by Big Dog on Mar 22, 2007 12:03:58 GMT -5
One last comment on this:
I agree with whoever said it above that the flammable nature of posts about Esherick stems more from the barbs towards other posters it inspires than from pot shots at Esh. From my standpoint, the fact that some were still defending Esh's performance as a "Gtown man" long after it was clear that he didn't know what he was doing was as infuriating as many of Georgetown's losses in that era. Still, Esh muddied the waters and forever tainted himself in many of our eyes with that preposterous "I AM Georgetown basketball, I will be here for 30 years" speech.
Anyway, I still can't believe its only three years later and we've got a legitimate shot at qualifying for the Final Four this weekend. Astounding.
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Post by Elvado on Mar 22, 2007 12:38:17 GMT -5
The most significant piece of this article for me is that it reveals how important our program is once again.
They bothered to get the thoughts of the deposed coach. That speaks volumes about our regaining our place dead center in the college basketball spotlight.
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Post by Boz on Mar 22, 2007 12:45:12 GMT -5
I read that piece in the Express this morning on the way to work and immediately said, "Oh, Lord, here we go...." thinking about the fuse it would light on the Hoyatalk board.
But I have to say, it's been pretty good natured. I think we're all healed or healing.
Like Esh or not, defend him or not, it is becoming clear that this issue is one for "the beforetime, for the long, long ago."
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jahidihoya
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Post by jahidihoya on Mar 22, 2007 13:29:49 GMT -5
Be careful guys. His name is like "Beetlejuice". If you say "Esherick" three times a player will transfer!
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Post by HoyaNyr320 on Mar 22, 2007 13:34:28 GMT -5
Be careful guys. His name is like "Beetlejuice". If you say "Esherick" three times a player will transfer! Good call jahidi. I think this point mentions probably the most damning evidence against Esherick- the de-commits and transfers. Regardless of how bad of a game coach he was (and he was bad), he obviously did not have a handle on recruiting or how to keep the players on his side. No "missed dunk" or "failed Riley three-pointer in the NIT" was going to change that. On edit: I realize he recruited Hibbert and Green, but would they have been happy here under Esh?
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Post by hoyaclap on Mar 22, 2007 13:58:23 GMT -5
Be careful guys. His name is like "Beetlejuice". If you say "Esherick" three times a player will transfer! Good call jahidi. I think this point mentions probably the most damning evidence against Esherick- the de-commits and transfers. Regardless of how bad of a game coach he was (and he was bad), he obviously did not have a handle on recruiting or how to keep the players on his side. No "missed dunk" or "failed Riley three-pointer in the NIT" was going to change that. On edit: I realize he recruited Hibbert and Green, but would they have been happy here under Esh? I mean, it's the nature of college athletics, JTIII has not, nor will be immune to this. Under his watch: Causey, Aboya (decommit, and he was strongly re-pursued) Reed, Guibunda, Thornton, Egerson. Granted, no major contributers (Egerson the greatest, maybe Causey) and most of them were Esh products. This is not to say that he these were bad for the program, but just to say that transfers happen. Half of JTIII's first true class are gone. And I don't think anyone thinks this summer will be clean...
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Post by vcjack on Mar 22, 2007 14:01:50 GMT -5
Good call jahidi. I think this point mentions probably the most damning evidence against Esherick- the de-commits and transfers. Regardless of how bad of a game coach he was (and he was bad), he obviously did not have a handle on recruiting or how to keep the players on his side. No "missed dunk" or "failed Riley three-pointer in the NIT" was going to change that. On edit: I realize he recruited Hibbert and Green, but would they have been happy here under Esh? I mean, it's the nature of college athletics, JTIII has not, nor will be immune to this. Under his watch: Causey, Aboya (decommit, and he was strongly re-pursued) Reed, Guibunda, Thornton, Egerson. Granted, no major contributers (Egerson the greatest, maybe Causey) and most of them were Esh products. This is not to say that he these were bad for the program, but just to say that transfers happen. Half of JTIII's first true class are gone. And I don't think anyone thinks this summer will be clean... Are you suggesting that Vernon is going? Tay?
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