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Could have? Not sure about that. Thought he wasn't interested.Could have and should have hired Chris Mack from Xaiver.
Could have? Not sure about that. Thought he wasn't interested.Could have and should have hired Chris Mack from Xaiver.
Chris Mack has too much sense to even consider the Wake job. He is much better off where he is. Many other coaches feel the same way. Wake has a president, board and administration that could care less about sports. Add to that a student body that knows nothing of "school spirit". (except perhaps alcohol) Add to that being in a conference that a coach will never win a championship because of the above. Not really a great coaching gig. Only thing good about the Wake gig is the money. If a coach can save his money and deal with losing, in the end he will have a good retirement. (Jim Grobe) Come to think of it that's what Hatch will have. Do nothing to support the athletic program Hatch, hang in for years, and you have a nice retirement. At least at Davidson, Coach Mckillop has a chance to win championships. Not here without drastic changes.
Carl Tacy and Dave Odom would have trouble in the ACC of today. Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse and Louisville. The old programs like FSU, GT, Virginia and Clemson now care about basketball. And remember the President of Wake Forest University during Dave and Carl's coaching days was not Nathan Hatch.
Wonder why 5 star recruits of today shy away from Wake. Because it's a new Wake, nothing like the Wake of Bones McKinney or Jackie Murdock. Not even like the Wake of Odom and Tacy. Some things are for the good. Many are for the money. Most are about a constant war between academics and athletics. I really don't know why we can't seem to work together. Academics are very jealous of successful athletics.
Could have and should have hired Chris Mack from Xaiver.
Probably still could with the right package ... although I'm sure Dino would get in his ear and tell him that it's the 2nd worst job in the ACC. Of course, he might be right!
Without knowing the exact breakdown, there is agreement between Hatch, BOT and Wellman about what direction the program should have. It's awful.
The word is out. WF is not serious about building a winning program, so it will be extremely difficult to get a proven coach under this regime. That is why they need to go. The more turnover out of those 3, the better.
Once that happens, I am confident we can be a top program again, given the position of the university as a whole, which is much stronger than it was 10-15 years ago when we had a good team.
I don't blame DM, though he could be doing better. The stink of the current admin and [name redacted] is so strong, it can't get sucked out in 1 or 2 seasons unless we hit a grandslam in recruiting.
The bolded - really? So exactly how would such a direction be defined? "We really want to be bad at basketball" That makes no sense. What is in it for them? Is that direction why Manning went all-in recruiting Giles? None of the actions by or around the program indicates any policy being established to hamstring the program. I call BS.
So a coach who had 2 20-win seasons in a row under tough circumstances, given an extension, then fired for not performing in March... to bring in [Redacted] was simply a step to being a better program?
They already said "culture" was a defining aspect of the program. They set that as the standard, not winning.
I'm not saying we don't go after good players. But if you claim you want postseason success, then none of your decisions or public comments indicate that, what would you call it? Just incompetence?
And you say none of the actions by the program indicates hamstringing?! Have you watched us the last 6 seasons?