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[THEONLYTENISEE]

What was VA projected?

 

[Volfan1000]

Wow. That is indeed very odd and almost certainly not good. Two weeks before the season starts?

Yahoo Sports says that this resignation is not health related and Bennett is just 55 years old.

Virginia players have 30 days to hit the transfer portal.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

Yahoo Sports says that this resignation is not health related and Bennett is just 55 years old.

Virginia players have 30 days to hit the transfer portal.

If they did transfer, can they play this season?

 

[cncchris33]

Even in retirement, Bennett is slow-paced.

 

[Volfan1000]

If they did transfer, can they play this season?

I don't know the answer to that question.

Yahoo report states that the Virginia roster won't have a lot of options due to the nearness of this season.

 

[JohnnyD1024]

 

[tev.sm]

odd timing but hope all is well

Very odd timing, especially considering we play at Virginia on Nov. 21.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Sounds like he’s tired of the NIL landscape.

Similar to Jay Wright.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Very odd timing, especially considering we play at Virginia on Nov. 21.

Versus, not “at”. It’s the pre-holiday tournament in the Bahamas.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I don’t buy this at all. I’m sorry. It’s just cover. NIL, agents, the transfer portal, the changing landscape, none of that is new. It’s been around all off-season and for a few years now. You don’t bail on your team a few weeks before the season starts and leave them with no coach because you don’t like the direction of college basketball.

He could have retired in April if he hated it so much. There is more to this story. Maybe we never hear it, but saying it’s about NIL is just a cover.

 

[AurantiacoFan]

I don’t buy this at all. I’m sorry. It’s just cover. NIL, agents, the transfer portal, the changing landscape, none of that is new. It’s been around all off-season and for a few years now. You don’t bail on your team a few weeks before the season starts and leave them with no coach because you don’t like the direction of college basketball.

He could have retired in April if he hated it so much. There is more to this story. Maybe we never hear it, but saying it’s about NIL is just a cover.

I absolutely believe it is NIL and lack of regulation. Being a college coach of professionally paid kids with little regulation, and kids that are still teenagers and early 20's and so are even more unpredictable than they were before NIL...has to be awfully tiring. And when you have the money to walk away from the madness, then why not?

 

[TheMookieMonster]

I absolutely believe it is NIL and lack of regulation. Being a college coach of professionally paid kids with little regulation, and kids that are still teenagers and early 20's and so are even more unpredictable than they were before NIL...has to be awfully tiring. And when you have the money to walk away from the madness, then why not?

Because none of what he is experiencing two weeks before tip off is new. He has an entire off-season to mull over the state of college basketball and he decided two weeks before the season starts to abandon his team. I’m not saying that those factors played zero role in his decision, but there is clearly more to the story.

Maybe he knew 6 months ago but he wanted his assistant coach to get the job and wanted to strong arm Virginia into giving him the opportunity. Who knows. I just know it can’t be as simple as “I don’t like NIL” because that isn’t a new thing.

 

[Dallasbowlin]

I don’t buy this at all. I’m sorry. It’s just cover. NIL, agents, the transfer portal, the changing landscape, none of that is new. It’s been around all off-season and for a few years now. You don’t bail on your team a few weeks before the season starts and leave them with no coach because you don’t like the direction of college basketball.

He could have retired in April if he hated it so much. There is more to this story. Maybe we never hear it, but saying it’s about NIL is just a cover.

Agreed.

 

[Lefteye]

Bet they all didn’t swing and miss.

 

[Delmar]

I don’t buy this at all. I’m sorry. It’s just cover. NIL, agents, the transfer portal, the changing landscape, none of that is new. It’s been around all off-season and for a few years now. You don’t bail on your team a few weeks before the season starts and leave them with no coach because you don’t like the direction of college basketball.

He could have retired in April if he hated it so much. There is more to this story. Maybe we never hear it, but saying it’s about NIL is just a cover.

I agree. I smell something else going on here. Extremely out of character for Bennett. If it was NIL, he could have resigned after last season and not left Virginia in a terrible position. Half the team may transfer now. If it truly is because of his not liking NIL and the portal, then he doesn’t have the character I thought he had.

 

[JohnnyD1024]

Apparently he waited this late to retire so his assistant would get the job head coaching job.

 

[Vols till I fall]

With Bennett retiring, can a player transfer out of UVA and play for another team this season?

 

[berryvol]

With Bennett retiring, can a player transfer out of UVA and play for another team this season?

They have 30 days to transfer and would be eligible at their new school in spring semester.

 

[Orange.]

I hope some of you guys are watching DK dominate! He has the last 15 Lakers points.

 

[JelloPuddinPup]

Just came here to say DK did his thing. 35pts. Forced OT. 20 straight at one point. Go Vols!

 

[JohnnyD1024]

 

[DMcVol]

Apparently he waited this late to retire so his assistant would get the job head coaching job.

^^^^This^^^^ Dean Smith did the same thing with Bill Guthrie.

 

[chuckiepoo]

^^^^This^^^^ Dean Smith did the same thing with Bill Guthrie.

Bill Guthridge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Apparently he waited this late to retire so his assistant would get the job head coaching job.

I can buy this part. But unless it was for some really important personal reason i.e. health or someone close to him I think it's pretty crappy to retire this close to the season.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

^^^^This^^^^ Dean Smith did the same thing with Bill Guthrie.

Quite later in his career at UNC