Exactly. Wake hiring the working man coach over the elite son of a major benefactor to the school is precisely a move that goes against the grain of typical Wfu safe bets.The son of a guy whose name adorns a building on campus would be fawned over by that sweater wearing shut mouth set. Same people are probably a little scared of our current loudmouth coach who wants to change things.
And, lest we forget, a lot of the reasons Wojo would thrive at Wake weren't present at Marquette.
Yeah, that AD who hired Prosser was way better.
Oh yea, you mean the AD who hired the coach there who also finished in last place in the ACC in his next to last season with his own 4 man senior class of recruits that many on this Board said was the best in WF history [Williams, Gray, Ellis & Strickland] and then his tragic last year happened to finish in next to last place in the ACC. Of course Well-Man's last two hires were "name redacted" & Manning and that was like being on probation for 10 years. Well-Man should have never let his ego get in the way and kept Odom here and he might still be coaching, just like Boeheim, K, Williams, Larranaga & Hamilton.
And then his incoming class helped lead us to a #1 ranking in the nation.
I don't know anyone on this board who said that was our best recruiting class ever.
PATHETIC!
I mean it's totally fair to question skip prosser's postseason performance in the totality of his career at Xavier and wake. He only made 1 sweet 16 in 9 tournament appearances and only made it to the conference tournament finals one time with loads of top 1 through 3 seeds during the regular season at both stops.
I think he was a good coach but wasn't a great one and would have never broken through to have wake as a perennial great postseason team.
I mean it's totally fair to question skip prosser's postseason performance in the totality of his career at Xavier and wake. He only made 1 sweet 16 in 9 tournament appearances and only made it to the conference tournament finals one time with loads of top 1 through 3 seeds during the regular season at both stops.
I think he was a good coach but wasn't a great one and would have never broken through to have wake as a perennial great postseason team.
I mean it's totally fair to question skip prosser's postseason performance in the totality of his career at Xavier and wake. He only made 1 sweet 16 in 9 tournament appearances and only made it to the conference tournament finals one time with loads of top 1 through 3 seeds during the regular season at both stops.
I think he was a good coach but wasn't a great one and would have never broken through to have wake as a perennial great postseason team.
I will always wonder how Skip would have done with the 08/09 team. I want to believe he would have ultimately broken through.
I will always wonder how Skip would have done with the 08/09 team. I want to believe he would have ultimately broken through.
That team was loaded. 4 NBA players?
Yeah but unphortunately only 3 ACC level players.
Since Chris Paul wore a Wake uniform Wake is 1-3 in NCAA tournament games. We have a long way to go to get back to where we were then. Seeing teams like Oregon State and Rutgers play well and either win or lose close games gives me hope that Forbes can get us back in a couple or three years once we get a combination of talent and experience.