Giving Manning an A is an absolute joke
Would you have given Tony Bennett an A in his third season at UVA? Most UVA fans I know would have.
People want to penalize Manning because this team didn't reach its ceiling but refuse to give him credit for raising that ceiling in the first place.
Grading against reasonable expectations at the start of the year Manning gets at worst a B.
Did the Deacs lose any games we were favored to win?
"Did the Deacs lose any games we were favored to win?"
How about a real measurement...did the Deacs lose any games in which they led well into the second half? Did the Deacs lose any games in which they were ahead in the last 90 seconds?
If you didn't do very well in the above then you cant get an A
Yeah, there's a big difference in grading against preseason expectations (what I am doing), vs grading against all-time Wake team/player performance, which is what a lot of people seem to be doing.
I would have considered the season a success if we'd made it to 17 wins and an NIT invite, so I'd give Manning a high B+ for this season. Definitely some in game coaching mistakes along the way (Clemson and Duke games) but getting an NCAA tourney invite definitely exceeded my expectations.
MW would be all world if he were 6-4. He can't play d because they shoot right over him unless he is under the chin, and that is tough to do.
SAm - I agree wit RJ, he has great hands and feet, and needs to lose the baby fat.
Moore, must just struggle between the ears, always makes the same mistakes. Bringing his arms down. Has to get stronger so he can keep his position.
We are close if Collins would stay. He sucks so bad on defense that he may.
Last night we got beat by a worse team. Pathetic that we lost that game. The same thing shows up every loss. We can't guard big guards. We need a lock down 2 or 3. I love woods but he is a 6th man. He and Dinos got exposed last night and Collins showed he is still a boy physically. He got dogged by a muscle bound DII talent. 8-9 from the field.
DM gets a C because we simply got punked last night by an inferior team. Period! No fucking excuse.
I would have considered the season a success if we'd made it to 17 wins and an NIT invite, so I'd give Manning a high B+ for this season. Definitely some in game coaching mistakes along the way (Clemson and Duke games) but getting an NCAA tourney invite definitely exceeded my expectations.
I would have considered the season a success if we'd made it to 17 wins and an NIT invite, so I'd give Manning a high B+ for this season. Definitely some in game coaching mistakes along the way (Clemson and Duke games) but getting an NCAA tourney invite definitely exceeded my expectations.
And 9-9 in this ACC was totally beyond my expectations.
MW would be all world if he were 6-4. He can't play d because they shoot right over him unless he is under the chin, and that is tough to do.
SAm - I agree wit RJ, he has great hands and feet, and needs to lose the baby fat.
Moore, must just struggle between the ears, always makes the same mistakes. Bringing his arms down. Has to get stronger so he can keep his position.
We are close if Collins would stay. He sucks so bad on defense that he may.
Last night we got beat by a worse team. Pathetic that we lost that game. The same thing shows up every loss. We can't guard big guards. We need a lock down 2 or 3. I love woods but he is a 6th man. He and Dinos got exposed last night and Collins showed he is still a boy physically. He got dogged by a muscle bound DII talent. 8-9 from the field.
DM gets a C because we simply got punked last night by an inferior team. Period! No fucking excuse.
This guy does not get it.
We won 10 total ACC games and the expectation was 6-7. We made the big dance, and the expectation was the NIT. Out of nowhere, we had the 2nd highest rated player in the league. Our D was suspect and collapsed at the end of the year. Our offense was terrific. Overall grade of A-