People talk about the curse of the nut punch. I think it's just karma for fucking Dino over the way that we did. I remember thinking at the time that firing Dino was a good move, because I am a fucking moron. I'm sure I'm not alone.
Dino was never the long term answer as WF's basketball coach, but as Ph said, the mistake was not firing Dino (he never would've been considered for the WF job or any even remotely comparable job if not for the Skip's unexpected death in mid-Summer 2007), but in turning the program over to []. FWIW, John Wooden assisted by Brad Stevens and Coach K could've coached the WF 2010-2011 team (the year after Dino was terminated -- 8-24; 1-16; #259), and that team would've sucked big time; Wellman saved Dino's coaching reputation by firing him before that season. The program was trending in the wrong direction. Wellman just made it worse with the asinine [] hire.
Dino is well-suited as an assistant, and would think he will recruit at high level at L'ville. Just shows how far the program has fallen when we pine for the days when Dino was the head coach.
I'm certain Louisville is going to utterly annihilate the Deacs in Dino's return to the Joel.
Dino was never the long term answer as WF's basketball coach, but as Ph said, the mistake was not firing Dino (he never would've been considered for the WF job or any even remotely comparable job if not for the Skip's unexpected death in mid-Summer 2007), but in turning the program over to []. FWIW, John Wooden assisted by Brad Stevens and Coach K could've coached the WF 2010-2011 team (the year after Dino was terminated -- 8-24; 1-16; #259), and that team would've sucked big time; Wellman saved Dino's coaching reputation by firing him before that season. The program was trending in the wrong direction. Wellman just made it worse with the asinine [] hire.
Dino is well-suited as an assistant, and would think he will recruit at high level at L'ville. Just shows how far the program has fallen when we pine for the days when Dino was the head coach.
Disagree. The team would have been good defensively under Dino. The record would have been normal for a down Wake team.
Yeah, that's quite the exaggeration by Pilch.Now it’s Wooden, K, and Stevens???
WF started 3 freshman that year; with no size other Carson Desroisers, Ty Walker and Nikita Mescheriakov, WF was among the worst rebounding teams in the nation (#319 in offensive rebounding; #272 in defensive rebounding). With frosh Tony Chennault as the only true PG, WF turned the ball over a ton (#272 in TO%). With a young untalented team, WF was #282 in defense. They may have been better defensively under Dino, but the year still would've been a disaster. WF lost to Stetson (#300), Presby (#254), Winthrop (#221) and UNC-W (#204); as bad as this past season was, WF didn't lose to any team ranked 200 or below. NC State (a non NCAA tourney team, coached by Sidney Lowe) swept WF winning both games by more than 20. The 2010-2011 would've sucked (hard) whomever coached them.
Meh. A hall of fame coach and the greatest bench of all time inheriting 5 Top-100 players probably could have won something closer to 18 games. We wouldn’t have been good, but I feel like our fan base has forgotten what good coaching can do.
WF started 3 freshman that year (and 4th was 6th in minutes); with no size other Carson Desroisers, Ty Walker and Nikita Mescheriakov, WF was among the worst rebounding teams in the nation (#319 in offensive rebounding; #272 in defensive rebounding). With frosh Tony Chennault as the only true PG, WF turned the ball over a ton (#272 in TO%). With a young untalented team, WF was #282 in defense. They may have been better defensively under Dino, but the year still would've been a disaster. WF lost to Stetson (#300), Presby (#254), Winthrop (#221) and UNC-W (#204); as bad as this past season was, WF didn't lose to any team ranked 200 or below. NC State (a non NCAA tourney team, coached by Sidney Lowe) swept WF winning both games by more than 20. The 2010-2011 Deacs would've sucked (hard) whomever coached them.
Stetson. We lost to a fucking cowboy hat.