The Tunnel

You don't lose your entire staff and have 3 of your top players in the offices @ Merryman trying to be released from their scholarship by coincidence. At least not in my opinion.

Curious if anyone knows how many assistants came and went during Seth's tenure.

Sounds a bit outrageous.

TCB007, Thank you for telling a few things Straight about Seth and his firing. Shame that when a AD does his job, people get upset and post BS things that are Not Even close to facts or truths. Me, I 'm glad Jim Weaver fired him and I look for Mr. Weaver to make that next coach a VT and ACC Coach. All I can say, is good luck to S. Greenberg .

The impression I get is that some people take issue with the way things played out. If we had a new staff in place today, all recruits were solid, and the media was saying everything was handled well, I think very few people would have minded the change.

If you are willing to let someone go under the best circumstances, then you need to get rid of them regardless of the circumstances.

Very interesting article written on an NC State site by an NC State fan approximately a year ago. Very well suppported with facts and data, and here is the summary.

Conclusion
Seth Greenberg is the 2nd worst coach in the ACC (I say this with conviction and seriousness, since Sidney Lowe cannot classify himself as a coach given his “coaching” job this season, and Paul Hewitt is still the worst, with Jeff Bzdelik perhaps taking the reins on that front soon enough). He’s managed now for 7 years to attempt to live off one of the lowest SOS’s in the nation (AVG SOS in 7 years is 69.285), taking an occasional win over Duke or UNC as his ticket into the NCAA. It hasn’t worked so far, and I doubt that it will work this year, although Lunardi currently has Va Tech as a 9th seed in the Southeast Region. For Va Tech to take such pains to hire great coaches for football, wrestling and baseball, why Greenberg continues to draw a paycheck is completely beyond me.

Saw an article on Seth a few months back, and it talked a lot about his time at Longbeach State. I wish I could find it now, but can't. It struck me incredibly odd as to how much longbeach state really struggled with injuries during Seth's time there. Found that strange. Another part that got my attention is the description of a verbal beatdown Seth gave an assistant in public once. And the fact that when VT became the first ACC team to win 10 conference games and not go to the NCAA tourney, that assistant was on the selection committee.

And this from another article in 1995
"Mike Atkinson and Terrance O'Kelley will leave the Long Beach State basketball program having achieved individual and team success. But they won't leave content. Atkinson and O'Kelley said the treatment they've received from Coach Seth Greenberg has soured their college experience."