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[GoBearcats31]

Virginia's Tony Bennett retiring - press conference tomorrow at 11 a.m. per UVA

[Lobot]

Virginia's Tony Bennett retiring - press conference tomorrow at 11 a.m. per UVA

Has to be health, family health or a scandal of some sort. The season starts in 2 weeks and he just signed an extension 4 months ago.

[Lobot]

Has to be health, family health or a scandal of some sort. The season starts in 2 weeks and he just signed an extension 4 months ago.

Nevermind on the health front. Goodman reporting that's not it

[bearcatjd]

That's a shame. He's one of the few ACC coaches I actually liked.

[longtimefan]

Nevermind on the health front. Goodman reporting that's not it

Scandal, burnout?

[Lobot]

Don't even know but we'll get an explanation or lack of one tomorrow. Weird timing.

[Lobot]

Don't even know but we'll get an explanation or lack of one tomorrow. Weird timing.

He's doing the press conference now. Looks like he doesn't like the current system and how far from center his recruiting strategy is in the current era. Says the game is not in a healthy spot and someone needs to do his job all-in and he's not there anymore because of the model.

[longtimefan]

He's doing the press conference now. Looks like he doesn't like the current system and how far from center his recruiting strategy is in the current era. Says the game is not in a healthy spot and someone needs to do his job all-in and he's not there anymore because of the model.

That actually makes sense. There really are no rules anymore, I don’t blame him if that’s his stand. But what happened to cause such an abrupt decision?

[GoBearcats31]

That actually makes sense. There really are no rules anymore, I don’t blame him if that’s his stand. But what happened to cause such an abrupt decision?

Define "abrupt" ... I think he's been chewing on this for a while. Back in the spring, I had heard his name as someone who wouldn't be a shock if he retired like Jay Wright did. It is possible (and the theory has been floated around) that he waited until the point at which he'd force UVA's hand to let his assistant lead the program (or at least get a good shot for one year). Counter to that, how would you coach and recruit all offseason if you knew you weren't all in?

[longtimefan]

It makes sense then if he wanted his assistant to get the job. It still seems odd to quit now instead of last spring. Perhaps he didn’t go last spring to keep his players out of the portal? They have one 2025 recruit committed, a 4 star guard, do they lose that guy?

[swilsonsp4]

It makes sense then if he wanted his assistant to get the job. It still seems odd to quit now instead of last spring. Perhaps he didn’t go last spring to keep his players out of the portal? They have one 2025 recruit committed, a 4 star guard, do they lose that guy?

Bennett said, during his presser, that during a late summer break from the hectic schedule of a modern-day coach, he sat down with his wife during vacation and they jointly determined that it just wasn't going to work.