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Official Hoops Coaching Search Thread - Welcome Danny Manning!!!

If I were a high school player, I'd rather play for Manning (an NBA star) than for Miles (Mr. Rogers in the neighborhood.)
 
I still think everyone needs to calm down. This is turning into crazy group think. We have no idea what is going on.
 
WakeHornet said:
We have shown that we are prepared to spend money on this hire (Shaka offer). Gregg Marshall is on the record that Wake Forest is interesting to him if the financials make sense (Brinks truck). What am I missing? Honestly?
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WFUWaldo said:
Yes, I forgot about that. Doesn't change the fact that Odom had only three years experience. It's not like there's some magical cutoff of 3+ years of HC experience and you become a good coach.
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He also only got the gig due to circumstances. Recruiting class and timing played a large role in his hire.
 
WFUWaldo said:
Odom only had three years and Dino had zero years. They both had pretty good records at Wake.
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Isn't the whole point of this hire to show the college bball landscape that we're for real? Isn't that why we have 3M to spend on a coach? Referencing our past hires SHOULD be irrelevant. We're supposed to be trying to compete. Apparently, we're failing. Or not. We don't know shit
 
Stormfury said:
Not a fan of his academic approach but much better than Manning and some of the other names tossed around here....
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I floated Calhoun around these parts early on. He's obviously old as dirt. He has 800 plus wins.
Would love it.

VIBES
 
WakeHornet said:
We have shown that we are prepared to spend money on this hire (Shaka offer). Gregg Marshall is on the record that Wake Forest is interesting to him if the financials make sense (Brinks truck). What am I missing? Honestly?
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Let us know when you figure it out because it seems like a logical 2nd choice.
 
How bad is Ron Wellman? He's willing to spend $3M/year and get anyone to take it. How bad is that?

Well, the new guy at VT got Buzz Williams to come there for $2.6M. There have been exactly SIX VT players in the history of the program to play at least 100 games in the NBA. Wake CURRENTLY has this many.

How bad is VT? They have won TWO NCAAT in the past THIRTY years.
 
What say ye OGBoards - Russell Turner, Danny Boy Manning, or seppuku?
 
7dimes said:
Isn't the whole point of this hire to show the college bball landscape that we're for real? Isn't that why we have 3M to spend on a coach? Referencing our past hires SHOULD be irrelevant. We're supposed to be trying to compete. Apparently, we're failing. Or not. We don't know shit
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Outside of short-term money, what does Shaka have to gain by coming to Wake Forest. He is better situated for success over the next 2-3 seasons at VCU than Wake. Over the next 2-3 years one of the high, high-profile jobs will likely come open. Having a few subpar years at Wake could hurt has chances of landing of those jobs. He's playing it safe, essentially.
 
Why the Deac Not said:
Which still isn't saying a whole helluva lot eh? Think I'd rather take a chance with Manning if it came to that.

No balls no baby!
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I don't know, to be honest. I hope it never gets to that point. The more I dig into Manning's resume, the less enthusiastic I am about Manning as a candidate. He's one of those guys who looks great on paper, but gets much less impressive upon a closer look...
 
PhDeac said:
Somebody talk me into Tim Miles. He seems to have the closest background to Clawson. 47 years old with almost 20 years of head coaching experience at some tough stops. Only 4 losing seasons. A D-II Elite Eight and two NCAAT appearances with no wins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Miles
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Although this is not the best way to judge a potential candidate, I checked out some Tim Miles features on youtube yesterday. There were some good ones from The Journey: Big 10 Basketball. I was impressed.

He doesn't come close to the very top tier of coaches, but if we miss out on the big names, I have found myself pulling for this guy. Mr. Excitement? No. A solid guy that I could get behind. Yep. Closer to Clawson than anyone else I have seen in the 2nd/3rd tier option in my opinion.
 
WFUWaldo said:
Outside of short-term money, what does Shaka have to gain by coming to Wake Forest. He is better situated for success over the next 2-3 seasons at VCU than Wake. Over the next 2-3 years one of the high, high-profile jobs will likely come open. Having a few subpar years at Wake could hurt has chances of landing of those jobs. He's playing it safe, essentially.
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That's why you toss 4 mil his way if you have to. Luring him away from VCU makes a massive statement. Even if he is only worth 3, the pr and recruiting value is well worth it.
 
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