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New coaching search thread

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Wonder where Matta stayed last night. Skip joked about Wellman putting him up at a Holiday Inn Express.
 
donaldross said:
This feels like a typical Wake game. I was so hopeful and optimistic we would hire Wes. As many know, I have viewed his as a once in a generation hire for Wake for some time. Then I was crushed to learn we were out of it. Now I'm feeling we have a chance again. I'm sure bad shit will happen and we won't.

It's one of those classic Wake losses. Get one day and resolve yourself to the loss. Then we get back in the game only to lose at the end. It fees like losing twice. Does this only happen to WF basketball?
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Wakeforest22890 said:
I was responding to your post that perhaps I had low expectations of what an ACC coach’s resume looks like.
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OK - here's my analysis

Kevin Keatts (UNCW) --> I would be skeptical about this hire, but back-to-back top finishes in the CAA and NCAA Tournament trips gives him the edge over Wes. It's close, though. It's worth noting that Keatts's best season was his first, he's only made the NCAA Tournament once, and hasn't finished top-5 in the conference since his first year. I'm not sure if I would be happy with that situation if I was a state fan.

Josh Pastner (Memphis) --> Awful hire, though I think that was acknowledged at the time. Pastner came with a ton of recruiting baggage and was kind of a desperation hire, iirc. Honestly, Memphis is probably a better job than GT at this point in time. This is a Tommy Amaker and Jeff [Redacted]-caliber hire, imo.

Chris Mack (Xavier and Louisville had a title in the last few years) --> Mack is dope. He was coming off of 5 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including a final four, elite 8, and sweet 16. We don't have a candidate at this level, imo.

Jeff Capel (Duke associate head coach) --> Capel was definitely viewed by many as one of the top recruiters in NCAA basketball and K's protege, so I think this is also in a different class of coaches than anybody in our pool. It seems like he's a better bag man than head coach, though. We don't have this kind of candidate this year and, to my knowledge, usually don't bring in top assistants as coaching candidates. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong, though.

Mike Young (Wofford) --> This was also viewed as a bad hire at the time, but it seems like a hire in the Forbes (top)/Kelsey (bottom) range, imo. Older guy, so he doesn't have the same potential as Wes, but proven with a decade of top-5 finishes in a shitty conference. That NCAA upset undoubtedly made him more attractive, though. He's only had a year and VT was a mess, so I'm withholding judgment on how this one will turn out.

Danny Manning (Tulsa) --> Puke. Tulsa was 10-12 (27-28 in two years) before the team won 11 straight including the conference championship before losing in predictable fashion to a pretty mediocre UCLA team in the NCAA Tournament. Lots of lucky bounces that year for Manning and the Golden Eagles and we certainly paid the price for it. Manning actually looks a lot like Ryan Odom in hindsight, though obviously had name recognition and bench experience in Kansas that made him more compelling.

Jim Christian (Ohio) --> I still don't quite understand what Boston College was doing with this hire. Christian was garbage in his last two stops, though he had a nice run at Kent State. Definitely a Manning-caliber hire in terms of his most recent stop at the time and a [Redacted]-caliber hire given his career record.

Our shortlist list reminds me of the following: Odom (Manning), Miller (Keatts), Forbes (Young), Kelsey (Brownell), Matta (somewhere between Larranaga and Mack). Forbes and Matta are my preferred candidates; Kelsey and Miller are next tier; I don't want Odom at all.
 
I saw 4 people disembark, and none were Thad Matta. The two men you see in the picture(tall blue sweater and brown pants), plus their wives. The Mustang only seats 4, BUT can be flown with only 1 pilot, so technically there could've been someone waiting on the plane until things quieted down. Unlikely but I guess it's possible. If anything the dude in the blue looked kinda like McCreary.
 
RedSoxFaithful said:
yes let's go back to analyzing that picture

this is the shit i LIVE for
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1. The guy in the picture's head looks really.
2. Even if just his head looks old but it is in fact Matta, why would he also dress like a dude in his 70's?
3. The below pic is Matta from fall 2018 when OSU lifted a banner in his name in its arena.

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Capel did have two stints as an HC at VCU and OU before going to pay players for k
 
jc13890 said:
I saw 4 people disembark, and none were Thad Matta. The two men you see in the picture(tall blue sweater and brown pants), plus their wives. The Mustang only seats 4, BUT can be flown with only 1 pilot, so technically there could've been someone waiting on the plane until things quieted down. Unlikely but I guess it's possible. If anything the dude in the blue looked kinda like McCreary.
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We were told yesterday that the guy in blue wasn't on the plane, but waiting for it to arrive, no?
 
Thad Matta would have to show some serious fire in his belly for me to move past this quote from June 5, 2018:

"I feel great. I probably haven't felt like this in 10 years. What I found is stress is real. There is no question about that. It's a legit disease. In retirement, you sleep until you're tired of sleeping. You wake up, start your day and away you go," Matta said. "Being able to sleep through the night and wake up in a good mood. I haven't woke up in a good mood in 18 years. That's just what coaching is, you can't be happy.

"You're still on edge. I have come to the conclusion that a successful coach can't be happy," he added. "You've got to be mad about something. To remove yourself from that, whew. It feels good."
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https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-basketball/2018/06/93556/one-year-removed-from-coaching-thad-matta-is-enjoying-life-away-from-the-sideline
 
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