Well, really, only one, and oddly not men’s (or women’s) college basketball.
Chuck Fletcher out as GM of the Philadephia Flyers.
The Flyers, currently 24-30-11, went 141-144-43 (.495 points percentage) overall under Fletcher. They only reached the playoffs once, in the 2020 season. Three of those seasons were impacted by COVID-19, including that playoff season when the Flyers racked up a 41-21-7 record and came up one game short of reaching the conference finals.
Things quickly started to go downhill during the 2020-21 season, though, as the Flyers, who entered that season with lofty expectations, finished sixth of eight teams in their division and missed the playoffs. Last season was even worse, as the Flyers’ .372 points percentage was the second-worst in franchise season. The team also suffered through two 10-plus game losing streaks, including a franchise-record 13-game skid, while suffering a slew of injuries that resulted in over 500 man-games lost.
I have no joke here, I just like saying “man-games”.
Edited to add: Well, spoke too soon.
Mike Anderson out as men’s basketball coach of St. John’s.
St. John’s finished eighth in the Big East with its worst NET ranking (98) under his watch and a 2-14 record in Quad 1 and 2 games.
Over Anderson’s final two seasons, St. John’s went 3-22 in Quad 1 games and 2-14 against ranked opponents.
Side note: St. John’s is rumored to be looking at Rick Pitino as a new coach.
Which leads me to side note #2: “How an FBI agent’s wild Vegas weekend stained an investigation into NCAA basketball corruption”.
Also: Josh Pastner out as men’s basketball coach at Georgia Tech. Seven seasons, 109-114 overall and 51-78 in conference.
Pastner’s tenure will be remembered for the 2021 ACC championship – Tech’s first since 1993 – and his seemingly endless enthusiasm and positive energy. He spoke of how he didn’t see the glass as half full, but instead overflowing.
He was generous with his time and happily served as an ambassador for the institute. On behalf of the ticket office, he called fans to help sell season tickets and even personally answered emails from fans telling him that he should resign.
“Ballerz was the top priority for the New York FBI’s public corruption squad for almost a year,”
Why the fuck was college basketball their “top” priority rather than New York’s vast hordes of crooked politicians?
I understand coaches get fired for many reasons. I just wonder if GM’s, AD’s and owners and alumni know that every team is not above average and there will be ups and downs.
I prefer a coach that doesn’t embarrass my school, is not a crook and recruits non felons.
ACC has several. Will not speak about SEC.