SkyDivingDeacon
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Write all the nice, polite letters you want, make all the posts on this and other boards you want, firing Manning is simply addressing a symptom, not the problem.
Ron Wellman cannot be allowed to hire another head basketball coach. Unless a new AD is named who can choose Manning's replacement, all this agonizing over Manning is irrelevant.
Virginia Tech showed the way to do it if you are serious about winning in the nation's toughest league: Their president hired a new AD in Whit Babcock when it was the time to make a change, and Babcock's first order of business was to fire a basketball coach who was in over his head and bring in Buzz Williams. The results are obvious.
That SAME spring Wellman had to be forced to fire Bz and when he finally did it was too late to line up a good coach. After floundering around he made a desperation hire, someone who was clearly unqualified to be a head coach in the ACC. Like Tech, the results for Wake are obvious, but in the opposite direction.
Wellman should be asked nicely to retire, and if he refuses, the BOT should force the situation if Hatch won't.
Bingo. I loathe Manning, but nothing compared to my feelings towards the BOT and administration. I can not believe that they are still sitting on their hands while our flagship program burns to the ground.