Wellman is the CEO of Wake Athletics, so he needs to be salesman and say salesman things to sell Wake sports. He also needs to support his coaches and staff and say things to that effect. That is acknowledged.
His problem is that he just can't seem to help himself from going overboard and sounding like a fool. As other people have posted on this thread, he could have very easily thanked [Redacted] for his effort and the fact he brought in a class of good kids without going overboard with the praise, making the horrible excuses of our "difficult schedule" or the injuries to Daniel Green, or going off the cuff with that ridiculous spilled water joke story (seriously, WTF was that? just a terrible impromptu moment). It does feel insulting to me as an alumn, and judging from Dan's questions yesterday, it certainly seems to be insulting to the media who cover Wake sports.
For example, with the attendance comment, as someone else wrote, there would have been no harm in acknowledging that we expect better attendance, that Wake has a great fanbase who is eager to support the team and fill the Joel, and he is confident they will do so with this team next year, especially with the exciting improvements being made to the facility. Boom. That's how you spin a negative to a positive. Lying is just so unnecessary. Who is he trying to convince when he says that attendance is strong?
To me, it just goes to show that there is no one at Wake with the juice to stand up to Wellman and correct these habits. He's been doing it for 4 years now and he's only getting worse. If Mike Buddie is his eventual successor, I hope to Christ that he's cognizant of Wellman's mistake and doesn't do the same things.