Former Georgetown Players Anonymously Rip John Thompson III, State of the Hoyas

Barring an improbable championship run in the Big East men's basketball tournament, the Georgetown Hoyas will miss the NCAA tournament for the second time in as many seasons and third time since the 2013-14 campaign. 

Those facts would figure to put head coach John Thompson III on the hot seat.

However, four former Georgetown players told ESPN.com's Jeff Goodman the program has been resistant to change because his father's presence still looms large.

"Everyone knows a change needs to be made," a former player told Goodman. "But no one will dare stand up and say it."

Another ex-Hoya told Goodman his request for anonymity was borne out of "loyalty and fear." Specifically, the player said, "Fear of Big John and where you stand. You don't mess with him."

Thompson III owns a .651 winning percentage over 13 seasons with the Hoyas, but the program hasn't produced up to its high standards over the past four years. 

Season	W-L	NCAA Tournament Finish
2010-11	21-11	Lost to No. 11 seed VCU in Round of 64
2011-12	24-9	Lost to No. 11 seed N.C. State in Round of 32
2012-13	25-7	Lost to No. 15 seed Florida Gulf Coast in Round of 64
2013-14	18-15	------
2014-15	22-11	Lost to No. 5 seed Utah in Round of 32
2015-16	15-18	------
2016-17	14-16	To Be Determined

Dating back to the start of the 2013-14 season, Georgetown is 69-60 overall. And with just one game remaining this season—Saturday against the second-ranked Villanova Wildcats—Georgetown has locked up a losing record in the regular season for the second year in a row. 

There's also the matter of the Hoyas' repeated failures in the NCAA tournament under Thompson III. 

Although the Hoyas reached the Final Four in 2007 with Roy Hibbert and Jeff Green leading the charge, they haven't won more than a single tournament game in a given year since that run. 

"I love the school, and he's a really, really good man," another former player said of Thompson III. "But he's just not getting it done."

Now locked into a ninth-place finish in the Big East and a daunting road ahead in the conference tournament, Thompson III will try to rip off an upset or two in order to provide a small silver lining to look back on following another disappointing season in the nation's capital. 

Stats courtesy of Sports Reference.