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Guy is like 70 years old! That would really excite the fan base and the recruits By the time he could MAYBE turn us around, he'd be dead
What fan base? Wake MBB doesn't have one anymore.
Guy is like 70 years old! That would really excite the fan base and the recruits By the time he could MAYBE turn us around, he'd be dead
Exactly how I feel. Have gone well past anger to just laughing at the incompetence from the AD.
At this point, how many people will ever feel the way they did about Wake Basketball? I believe that ship has sailed forever.
I tend to think we are DePaul, San Francisco or Houston now. We’re fucked. I hope I’m wrong. But I’m pretty much over it now anyway.
Whenever you see an incredibly stupid basketball related post there’s like a 75% chance it was made by PTown or knowell. Definitely out on a 67 year old guy who in the last week called a bunch of players “thugs”.
Guy is like 70 years old! That would really excite the fan base and the recruits By the time he could MAYBE turn us around, he'd be dead
It would be a Mack Brown-esque hire. Seems like that is working out just fine. I’m all for hiring Belien. It’s not like he looks physically or mentally out of it.
Brown got fired for running a blue blood into the ground and was effectively unemployed for, what, five years? In contrast, Beilein won at least 30 games his last two years and got hired for a better job for which he was obviously a bad fit.
I would worry a little bit about how the whole thugs thing would impact his ability to recruit, but, as a college basketball coach, he isn't washed up in the way that Brown was / is.
I agree. I was trying to prove the point that being old doesn’t mean you can’t bring revitalized energy and excitement in the program. If you’re a good coach it doesn’t matter.
Belien is in much better health than Mack, and he’s also not as sleazy. I agree with you as well, he’s had about as much success as you could ask for at the collegiate level. Things just haven’t worked out in the NBA.
Such an interesting question, and probably the biggest question lingering over Wake sports at the moment. I don’t know if I’ll fall back in love with Wake basketball. I’ve hated Wellman, Bzzz, and Manning for so long and so hard I doubt I’ll ever really care that much again, even if we are ever good again. I tend to think we are DePaul, San Francisco or Houston now. We’re fucked. I hope I’m wrong. But I’m pretty much over it now anyway.
Brown got fired for running a blue blood into the ground and was effectively unemployed for, what, five years? In contrast, Beilein won at least 30 games his last two years and got hired for a better job for which he was obviously a bad fit.
I would worry a little bit about how the whole thugs thing would impact his ability to recruit, but, as a college basketball coach, he isn't washed up in the way that Brown was / is.
Let's see, he's about 70. That's a positive. He called his players "thugs". I'm sure other programs won't use that against us in recruiting.
This is a good place to start rebuilding a program.
Let's see, he's about 70. That's a positive. He called his players "thugs". I'm sure other programs won't use that against us in recruiting.
This is a good place to start rebuilding a program.
Such an interesting question, and probably the biggest question lingering over Wake sports at the moment. I don’t know if I’ll fall back in love with Wake basketball. I’ve hated Wellman, Bzzz, and Manning for so long and so hard I doubt I’ll ever really care that much again, even if we are ever good again. I tend to think we are DePaul, San Francisco or Houston now. We’re fucked. I hope I’m wrong. But I’m pretty much over it now anyway.
I went to watch us play at the Joel before the holiday break. I haven't been in years but had free tickets from someone I often go to football games with so didn't want to say no. Plus I took my son who couldn't remember the last time he'd watched a CBB game much less WF. It was like being in an alternate universe. I felt almost no connection to anything there. Weird. I showed my son where we sat for games when I was a student and it was surreal how far away that seems.
It will be very hard for me to care again, too. A coach with a great personality and a competitive team will help, but it will be hard to really care like I used to. I think it is time to start talking about the "lost generation" rather than the "lost decade."