OT: Cavalier's Tony Bennett retiring effective immediately

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woah… wonder whats going on there?

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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?”

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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.”

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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

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SI’s Brian Fischer on portal opening with coaching change —

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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.

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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.

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Yes, there actually is a perfect time, as soon as the season is over.

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Wonder if any players hit the portal. My guess no


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I agree

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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

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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

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