Bennett retires at UVA
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As much as I hated his team's style of play, I hope he's ok health-wise. Something must be up for him to do this at this time.
Just heard, really shocked, may have been the best coach in the ACC after Roy and K retired. Has to be more to this...
He is sick at what college bball has become....getting out like Wright k roy....it is a mess he wants nothing to do with
NIL - can you blame anyone for getting out? It's a different world and presently there must be little joy in coaching.
I agree, and all these great coaches hanging it up early just shows what a crap show it really is. They have plenty of money and makes since to me. Why deal with all of it for sure. Great man and coach.
I remember he played for the Hornets. Maybe he'll join a NBA coaching staff. At least the NBA has a salary cap.
Bennett often seemed to build his teams around redshirts or other late-developing players. Hard to hold onto them in this transfer portal world. So you lose people just when they're ready. And the people you might pick up in the portal to replace them may not be able to adapt to his style in a single year, since they are unlikely to be familiar with it.
The game has changed with NIL and the transfer portal. Kids aren't flocking to Virginia for the chance to score 55 points as a team. He was a great coach, but this college environment doesn’t fit his style anymore. It's all about highlighting individual talent over team defense now.
Weeks before the season without an interim in place tells me it’s not a stance on what bball has become. If so that would be a shyt way to treat the current team. He doesn’t seem like that kind of guy. I would think something serious in his personal life.
It's his life and choice... but, the timing is really strange. I can understand that he may dislike the way the kids have newer opportunities and options that don't align with his style of building teams. I understand why all of the older coaches left. Bennett is much younger than them, but still very old school. If he's just up and leaving on impulse, without having some kind of backup in place, that's definitely going to hurt the school and players.
I will. It made for interesting games.
Not saying I want us to play that style, although you do have to admire the dedication to D.
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