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Griffin led the ACC in scoring and rebounding his junior and senior seasons.
Agree wholeheartedly on both of these guys. Great guys who got the very most out of their abilities. And I don't know how good Rod Griffin was in high school, but nobody seemed to want him. I always heard that he wanted to go to UNC but Dean Smith didn't offer a scholarship. Don't know if that's true, but Griffin became ACC POY in his senior year. Tacy seemed to have a knack for developing talent from small eastern NC schools.
Yep, fun thread. It was probably mentioned earlier, but Anthony Teachey's nickname was "BulletHead", for obvious reasons. And entirely unrelated other than being from "back in the day", I'd suggest that our two best bb players that would have been just as good if not better as a WFU footballer were Robert "The Jet" Siler and Scooter Banks. Others?
Griffin led the ACC in scoring and rebounding his junior and senior seasons.
I seem to recall an incident in 1985 that led to Tacy's resignation. Kenny Greene pulled a knife (butter knife?) on a teammate in the cafeteria. Shortly afterwards, Tacy resigned. Can anyone corroborate this story?
Yep, fun thread. It was probably mentioned earlier, but Anthony Teachey's nickname was "BulletHead", for obvious reasons. And entirely unrelated other than being from "back in the day", I'd suggest that our two best bb players that would have been just as good if not better as a WFU footballer were Robert "The Jet" Siler and Scooter Banks. Others?
I always thought Scooter would have been perfect as a TE.
Yes, Green went after Tony Karasek with a butter knife in the Pit. I don’t think that had anything to do with Tacy resigning.
I seem to recall an incident in 1985 that led to Tacy's resignation. Kenny Greene pulled a knife (butter knife?) on a teammate in the cafeteria. Shortly afterwards, Tacy resigned. Can anyone corroborate this story?
That happened in fall of '82. Tacy coached for 3 more seasons, including the '84 Elite 8 team. Tacy resigned in the summer of '85 after we lost in the first round of the NIT and Kenny Green went pro early. I think that he had just had enough of recruiting and dealing college students (off the court). He was a great coach who really didn't get the support of the Athletic Department that he should have.
Do I have the timing of this info mixed up? Wasn't Wake in the NIT with a 1st round game in Tampa? (somewhere in FL) and K Green reused to travel with the team. Went to his home in Florida. Not sure if he was suspended for the game, etc., but seemed to declare for pro soon afterward and Tacy resigned not too long after that. Where am I wrong? Long time ago.
This last is probably the most important in his resignation. He wasn't supported by the AD in much of anything. Its a lot harder to deal with unruly kids when your boss won't back you.
We found a lot of diamonds in the eastern NC rough back then: Rudd (Hollister),Griffin (Fairmont), Teachy (Goldsboro), Odom (Goldsboro), Mcdougald (Football, Maxton), Chris King (near Clinton?) and others.