As much as I'd like to see it, there's not a chance in the world that he'd consider us or, in my opinion, any non Power 5 conference team.

He’s a good player and his skill set would fit well with what we do, but either he’s not very coachable and takes a lot of bad shots or Patrick Ewing isn’t a great college coach because he was among the nation’s leaders in shot% but didn’t make his shots nearly as often as someone of his talents should.

I suspect the problem was Ewing and that a coach like JC would put him in the right spots to increase his efficiency and production.

I’m not remotely happy. GTN is perfect for him. It’s built for him. He’s a 6-2 guy. Avg what 22 points in DC? Everything I read is he struggles on defense. Just wait. Our crazy double damage No good will come of it transfer Is coming and it’s GONNA SUCK.

This is a huge blow for Georgetown, McClung was supposed to be testing the waters for the NBA draft and then return to Georgetown, transferring came out of nowhere. I'm interested to find out what drove McClung to make this decision? It seemed like McClung would have been in the perfect situation for Georgetown next year as the star/featured player who could do whatever in games. I don't think McClung will get that situation at whatever BCS school he joins. 

About Georgetown next year, I don't see any way that they could be competitive(more than 4 wins) next year in the Big East. They could have as many as 7 newcomers next year with the incoming freshman and transfers/grad transfers. The Big East is just loaded from top to bottom every year, so a team full of mostly unproven upperclassman and a bunch of newcomers will have a hard time staying out of last place. 
 

Gwmayhem wrote:

The upside in hiring the legendary coach's son or legendary coach's greatest player is that you make a huge splash at the introductory press conference.  The downside is it becomes much more difficult to sever ties even when such a move is warranted.

There is an interesting track record of athletes who were among the best in their sports turning out to be lousy head coaches.  In basketball, Magic couldn't stand coaching after about ten minutes.  Bird had some success but retreated to the front office after a few seasons.  Chris Mullin did not work out at his alma mater.  Danny Manning was just relieved of his duties.  Ewing could be the next in line.  By contrast, role players or non-superstars such as Steve Kerr, Phil Jackson, Doc Rivers, Tony Bennett, and Larry Brown have all gone on to have had major success among the coaching ranks.  One reason for this is that the superstar has difficulty accepting the fact that most players don't have either the same abilities, work ethic, or both than they had as players.  They can't comprehend why the game does not appear to mean as much to many of today's players than it did (or still does) to them.  The former journeyman player seems to understand that players have different types of skills and levels of ability.  They work to maximize strengths while minimizing weaknesses.  

Good post.  Add Clyde the Glide to that list.  I think he lasted one season at Houston. 

And Terry Porter has been a total bust at Portland, going a pathetic 7-61 in conference play in 4 years in the WCC.  He’s gone 0-16 and 1-15 the last two seasons so I would assume they will move on from him soon.

I also like your point about how stars assume everyone else should be able to do the things they do.  You see the same phenomenon in tennis where the former grand slam winners or top 5 players (like Lendl, Becker, Agassi, Ivanesevic, Ljubcic, etc) tend to , etc) tend to work with the top guys who can compete like they did, rather than work with mid level players trying to break through.   The mid level guys who become coaches can often work with top players, but it doesn’t seem to be the other way around, probably for the same reason as in hoops.

Thomas wrote:

Someone on Georgetown's board started a thread titled "Go Hire Wes Miller", their moderator locked that thread, but that is exactly what Georgetown needs to do before their program sinks even further. With all the top 100 talent in this area every year, a young outsider like Wes Miller could turn things around quickly at Georgetown.

Even scarier are the tweets about hiring Jamion Christian.

https://twitter.com/FLHoya/status/1260674630479740930
https://twitter.com/FLHoya/status/1260680086296150028

 

GW0509 wrote:

Thomas wrote:

Someone on Georgetown's board started a thread titled "Go Hire Wes Miller", their moderator locked that thread, but that is exactly what Georgetown needs to do before their program sinks even further. With all the top 100 talent in this area every year, a young outsider like Wes Miller could turn things around quickly at Georgetown.

Even scarier are the tweets about hiring Jamion Christian.

https://twitter.com/FLHoya/status/1260674630479740930
https://twitter.com/FLHoya/status/1260680086296150028

 

Georgetown has fans who want Jamion Christian!!! That's crazy, but I can understand that mindset, a lot of their fans can sense a historically bad season coming for them if there is a college basketball season in 2020-2021!! 

BM,  Georgetown would probably be way better off right now if they hired Jamion Christian in 2017 instead of Ewing!!

Down below is a funny comment from a guy mentioning how Georgetown will fire Ewing, then conduct a nationwide search for a coach and end up hiring Ronnie Thompson!!! HA!

https://twitter.com/BrianSciaretta/status/1260955416294547456
 

The Dude,  supposedly the NBA scouts told McClung that he needs to develop point guard skills and that's why he's leaving Georgetown, but I'm not sure I believe that. I think McClung had an issue with Patrick Ewing and doesn't want to say it. McClung will always be an undersized shooting guard which will hurt his NBA chances, but he does have NBA athleticism, is pretty quick to the basket and can be a good shooter which should give him a shot at the NBA. I'm assuming that McClung's vertical will be among the highest in whatever draft he's in and that will get the attention of a lot of NBA teams. 

Intriguing! maybe tighten the handle and see the court a little better and he can have a small role in the League?
I could see it

Right you are JF!  More broadly mid majors gets stories about 1. Human interest angle extra points for player who is grateful to school and or America. 2. Scandal. 3. Reduilding focused 90% on the coach and 4. NCAA tournament..