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NERD!!!!
i'd love to have brad stevens. really the only bad thing to say about the guy is that he looks like a nerd.
I won't lie, I'd love to have a nerd like him coaching the Deacs right now.
Wellman could have saved himself and Bz a lot of grief if he would have just came out and said he went hard after Stevens. Would have hurt to get turned down, but at least we would have known that we went after the best coach that would realistically come to Wake.
In case anyone still doesn't know: we seriously pursued Brad Stevens after the Miami loss in the ACC tournament and after Butler made the Sweet 16 we were turned down by him.
I realize no one has been told this before, but I wanted to make this information public to Wake fans.
In case anyone still doesn't know: we seriously pursued Brad Stevens after the Miami loss in the ACC tournament and after Butler made the Sweet 16 we were turned down by him.
I realize no one has been told this before, but I wanted to make this information public to Wake fans.
Nice to have the specific timing information.
Did we pursue Mooney at all?
Furthermore, if Wellman himself was actively pursuing coaches why did he wait so long to terminate Dino? Just seems so classless.
Wellman started going after Stevens before the NCAA tournament even started?
I have heard a lot about the [Redacted] hiring and at no point have I heard anything about Chris Mooney. This does not mean he was not pursued, but if he was it was close to the vest.
The names I have heard (in this order) are Stevens, Smith, Brownell. Stevens turned the job down. We did not have enough money to hire Tubby. Brownell and Wellman were unable to reach a contract agreement with the assistant issue, and Wellman panicked and called Jeff.
I cannot confirm this is 100% true, but I'm very close to the situation.