True, but it's similar in that he was 100% supportive of Dino until the day he fired him. I sincerely hope he will be 100% supportive of [Redacted] until the day he fires him - which should be the day this season ends if we don't make some kind of postseason appearance.
I think there are some golden rules good AD's live by. Always give a coach enough time to succeed (minimum 3 years). Don't cripple a coach's ability to do his job (ie renew a contract even if it may not be long term). Always support the coach 100% to the media and project confidence in the program and its direction.
I think Wellman's a great AD that fell in love with the idea of Brad Stevens style basketball at Wake and made a terrible hire when Stevens couldn't be acquired. Until he breaks the above tenets or doesn't make a move when it's required, I can't believe we're better off firing him.
Or the new academic leadership could be pushing the change in athletics focus.
I think Wellman's a great AD that fell in love with the idea of Brad Stevens style basketball at Wake and made a terrible hire when Stevens couldn't be acquired. Until he breaks the above tenets or doesn't make a move when it's required, I can't believe we're better off firing him.
Wellman is a great AD that made a bad hire. He'll get the ship righted soon. He's a great guy to boot and the shit he gets on these boards as a person is really undeserved.
He's made more than just a few good hires, but yes his good outweighs (by a large margin IMO) his bad hires. That is contingent that he fixes the BB situation soon though, and I feel he will. I've seen people saying Wellman is stubborn and will want to right the ship with his own initial hire but he's also a really competitive person and I just don't think he will keep dealing with the apathy and disappointment that has come with the basketball seasons in the Bzz era.
thedeacfan, I disagree, he's helped accomplish much more than that including 4 National titles, first BCS bowl, #1 ranking in basketball, deacon towers etc. A good athletic director not only makes good hires but gives those hires the ability to succeed on the highest level. The Bzz screwup has made people really forget some of his better moments. I don't want to derail the recruiting thread anymore than I already have (sorry guys) but if you, Ph, or anyone else that wants my take on wellman, good/bad hires etc feel free to shoot me a pm and i'd have no problem sharing my thoughts. Sorry again for the derail to guys coming expecting recruiting information.
Hate to interject some actual recruiting commentary on this thread, but the final RSCI rankings for 2012 are out. CMM holds serve at 75, Moto tumbles 18 spots to #90.
And one of Wake's lowest ranked classes unless you score a 2 man class with one Top 100 player as lower than a 7 man class with #75 and #90.
2010 class had 4 players rated between 49-93 in the Final RSCI out of a 5 man class.
2009 class had 1 player rated Top 100 out of 2.
2008 class had all three in the Top 40
2007 class had #43 and #58
The 2006 class is the only recent big class comparable to this one. Skeen and Gurley were #50 and #56. The other 4 were outside the Top 100. Of course, to get there we were listed by and struck out on about half of the Top 25.
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