woah… wonder whats going on there?
Sounds like NIL & the Portal have something to do with this…
ESPN’s Jeff Borzello —
“I think Jay Wright probably foresaw where this is going… It’ll be better whenever there’s regulations. Is that three to five years away?”
These were my first thoughts as soon as I saw the notification on my phone. He saw how college sports has changed with the NIL and portal and just like Saban said: “Yeah, f*** this. Can’t coach this.”
Wow, this sucks man. Losing a great coach because of all the NIL bs
Gonna be tough to replace him, hard to see Virginia being relevant going forward
What an absolute d!ck move. Quitting right now is a terrible look for Bennett. If this is health-related, obviously that is understandable, but to just pout over the portal and QUIT on the team, the fans and the school a couple weeks before the season starts. This is beyond low rent.
Theres never a perfect time.
You either do or you dont, obviously nil is ruining college sports but also theres not much we can do. Just cap it like a franchise tag.
Yes, there actually is a perfect time, as soon as the season is over.
I agree
Yep
I’d love to be a fly on the wall of the conversation that took place between him and whoever he has to tell he’s quitting.
I guess his heart was still in San Francisco
This has the kind of timing that tells me something else is up. The dude didn’t just up and decide a couple of weeks before the season that the portal and NIL is too hard or whatever.
Something’s up.
I love how they cry about the nil and portal ruining this when he abandoned Washington state and made 34 million dollars as the Virginia coach.
Something isn’t being said. I have no doubt he’s disillusioned by the current state of college sports but it wasn’t any different in April. Why abandon ship with weeks to go before the first tip?
It surely seems like something has to be up. Bennett has always been a standup guy, hard to imagine him just turning into a complete heel and quitting out of the blue and screwing everyone over.
Imaging thinking your team was so terrible that you just quit coaching 2 weeks before season so you wouldn’t be associated with it anymore