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Wes Miller Watch 2018-2019

You don't think any of that would have shown up in an interview?

A valid point if he was interviewed by multiple higher ups, or people with a basketball background. However, I question whether that happened, based upon Wellman's rep for keeping searches close to the vest, and in these internet times the difficulty in keeping things quiet.
 
The lack of defense would not have been revealed tthrough more interviewing of Danny. His Tulsa teams played good D. Kansas played good. He certainly would not have told a fifth interviewer something like "No, defense isn't really important. We just want shooters."
 
The lack of defense would not have been revealed tthrough more interviewing of Danny. His Tulsa teams played good D. Kansas played good. He certainly would not have told a fifth interviewer something like "No, defense isn't really important. We just want shooters."

Waiting on the shooters...
 
The game v. Furman in 10 days should be a good one to gauge things. Both teams playing well so far.

Agreed

UNCG went into the game @ Kentucky ranked 65 on Kenpom, and despite not losing since the Kentucky game, they've slipped to 98

Furman coming back down a bit with two losses (including a 23 pt loss to ETSU) after a 12-0 start
 
Agreed

UNCG went into the game @ Kentucky ranked 65 on Kenpom, and despite not losing since the Kentucky game, they've slipped to 98

Furman coming back down a bit with two losses (including a 23 pt loss to ETSU) after a 12-0 start
They had some pretty unimpressive wins over bad teams
 
Manning’s status as an NBA and college star probably overshadowed any concern over his complete lack of personality and, even more so, unwillingness to be accountable. It shouldn’t have, but it did. Even in spite of the on court results he was coming in with, I was certainly excited about the “name” factor when it came to grabbing the attention of recruits’ parents.

The on court performance quickly washed away that enthusiasm, for many of us anyway.
 
How could anyone possibly know Manning is/was "unwillingness to be accountable"?

There's absolutely nothing in his past that could lead anyone to this assumption. It's a totally preposterous position. Hell, he started out as the lowest, unpaid member of the KU staff saying he hadn't earned anything more and worked his way up.

Danny isn't a good HC and should be fired, but there is no need for attacks that have no basis in history.
 
How could anyone possibly know Manning is/was "unwillingness to be accountable"?

There's absolutely nothing in his past that could lead anyone to this assumption. It's a totally preposterous position. Hell, he started out as the lowest, unpaid member of the KU staff saying he hadn't earned anything more and worked his way up.

Danny isn't a good HC and should be fired, but there is no need for attacks that have no basis in history.

Do you think he is taking accountability for this disaster? If not, that is a coaching flaw. Do you think that coaching flaw could have been sussed out a bit more by those who interviewed him?
 
There was nothing in his background that would ever lead anyone to ask such a question. Very few players of his stature would have taken the long and low paid route that he did. It took him years of hard work to become a HC.

Therefore, the answer to your question about this being sussed out by those who interviewed him is absolutely not. There was no reason to ask the question and his previous actions disprove the premise during the interview process.

We agree he should have done a better job of it at Wake, but there was nothing to indicate anything like that 4+ years ago.

He deserves to be gone. But there is no reason to invent excuses that had no basis in his previous professional career.
 
The biggest test for UNCG (#98) in the SoCon is Wofford.

Wofford is very good (#64), overall record is 10-4, but their losses are to: #6, KS (Wofford led with 18 minutes to go) , #8 UNC (game tied with 10 minutes to go), #20 Miss. State (Wofford led by 12 in the second half) and #24 Oklahoma (Wofford led with 12 minutes to go). Right now, KP projects the following SoCon conference records:

Wofford (#64) 14-4
UNCG (#98) 13-5
ETSU (#96) 13-5
Furman (#119) 11-7

No other SoCon is projected to be above .500 (however, Citadel has their best team in a long time).

Wes Miller has done well at UNCG, but the odds are that they are not a NCAA tourney team this year. While an UNCG NCAA bid (which would mean winning the conference tourney) is possible, UNCG is far from a favorite to get to the dance. So, if UNCG doesn't make the tourney, let's say UNCG gets an NIT or CBI bid. Well that's nice; in 8 years of coaching at UNCG, will have taken one team to the NCAAs and another to the NIT. With that resume, it's not like Miller will be considered some sort of national coaching star after the season.

So, let's dispel the notion that:

a) UNC has settled on Miller as the successor to Roy
b) Miller will have multiple Power V offers to choose from
c) The "train has left the station" for WF to hire Miller

There is a lot of basketball left this year to build up or tear down the coaching resume, but DR has managed to create a lot of buzz on this board for a decent candidate, but Miller is really just another possibility with some positives and negatives among many potential candidates. If WF does not hire Miller, chances are old Wes will either return for UNCG for year 9 or coaching a school like Tulane or Richmond next year.
 
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ETSU's coach Steve Forbes has done better in the SoCon than Wes Miller and has P6 experience.
 
ETSU's coach Steve Forbes has done better in the SoCon than Wes Miller and has P6 experience.

Steve Forbes is an awesome coach but he has some recruiting baggage that will keep him from being a viable candidate for WF
 
There was nothing in his background that would ever lead anyone to ask such a question. Very few players of his stature would have taken the long and low paid route that he did. It took him years of hard work to become a HC.

Therefore, the answer to your question about this being sussed out by those who interviewed him is absolutely not. There was no reason to ask the question and his previous actions disprove the premise during the interview process.

We agree he should have done a better job of it at Wake, but there was nothing to indicate anything like that 4+ years ago.

He deserves to be gone. But there is no reason to invent excuses that had no basis in his previous professional career.

Good insights. What else did you learn when interviewing him?
 
Good insights. What else did you learn when interviewing him?

You made a nonsensical attack out of thin air. I showed you why your point was wholly without any merit or logic and this is your equally silly response?
 
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