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Rod Griffin
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MTOW: Jeff [Redacted] is 25-47 at Wake Forest, and has yet to give the fans a victory that they could revel in as a breakthrough accomplishment.
RW: I don’t know how you define great wins. And I will agree with you there hasn’t been a benchmark win. We haven’t beaten UNC or Duke or a team like that. But what I’m looking for is progress and improvement. I’ve seen that. I see what Jeff is doing in response to what he was asked to do. And he’s doing that. He was asked to build a culture that would be sustainable through a season and over many, many years.
MTOW: Do you see players in that class with an ability to change the direction of a program in the manner of a Randolph Childress or Rodney Rogers or Chris Paul?
RW: I think any number of them could become that. I don’t know if any of them are Randolph or Tim or Rodney, some of those types of guys right now. But collectively I’m really excited about them, and as we go on one of them might emerge as that type of player. If you look at Andre Washington, you look at everything he does athletically, it’s pretty exciting.
RW: Jeff thought the staff members were good for Wake Forest and he wanted to keep them. That was his decision.
MTOW: Totally his decision?
RW: Totally his decision. The only thing I told those staff members was that they would have an opportunity to talk with Jeff. And they did, and their reputation was very good with Jeff. And when he met them, he felt they could be a positive influence on the program going forward.
MTOW: When [Redacted] was hired in April of 2010, the roster was pretty depleted of proven ACC players. Did you not see a need for a more media-savvy, charismatic coach to get you through what may be a rough time?
RW: I wanted a great basketball coach.
MTOW: So you didn't take the PR component into account?
RW: I wanted a great basketball coach. RW:I don’t know any other head coach who spends as much time on the road recruiting as Jeff does. He’s been gone for four days. So he’s just a recruiting nut. He is on the move all the time. He has great ability to evaluate kids. What Jeff does is, he has the ability to project. He doesn’t just see a kid for who he is right now. He has the ability to project that individual two, three, four years down the road. He did that at Colorado and I think he’s doing it here as well. Our future is bright because of Jeff’s approach with this program.
Dan had RW right in his cross hairs here and would not let him off the hook. Wonder how an interview would go now with RW?
MTOW: Jeff [Redacted] is 25-47 at Wake Forest, and has yet to give the fans a victory that they could revel in as a breakthrough accomplishment.
RW: I don’t know how you define great wins. And I will agree with you there hasn’t been a benchmark win. We haven’t beaten UNC or Duke or a team like that. But what I’m looking for is progress and improvement. I’ve seen that. I see what Jeff is doing in response to what he was asked to do. And he’s doing that. He was asked to build a culture that would be sustainable through a season and over many, many years.
MTOW: Do you see players in that class with an ability to change the direction of a program in the manner of a Randolph Childress or Rodney Rogers or Chris Paul?
RW: I think any number of them could become that. I don’t know if any of them are Randolph or Tim or Rodney, some of those types of guys right now. But collectively I’m really excited about them, and as we go on one of them might emerge as that type of player. If you look at Andre Washington, you look at everything he does athletically, it’s pretty exciting.
RW: Jeff thought the staff members were good for Wake Forest and he wanted to keep them. That was his decision.
MTOW: Totally his decision?
RW: Totally his decision. The only thing I told those staff members was that they would have an opportunity to talk with Jeff. And they did, and their reputation was very good with Jeff. And when he met them, he felt they could be a positive influence on the program going forward.
MTOW: When [Redacted] was hired in April of 2010, the roster was pretty depleted of proven ACC players. Did you not see a need for a more media-savvy, charismatic coach to get you through what may be a rough time?
RW: I wanted a great basketball coach.
MTOW: So you didn't take the PR component into account?
RW: I wanted a great basketball coach. RW:I don’t know any other head coach who spends as much time on the road recruiting as Jeff does. He’s been gone for four days. So he’s just a recruiting nut. He is on the move all the time. He has great ability to evaluate kids. What Jeff does is, he has the ability to project. He doesn’t just see a kid for who he is right now. He has the ability to project that individual two, three, four years down the road. He did that at Colorado and I think he’s doing it here as well. Our future is bright because of Jeff’s approach with this program.
Dan had RW right in his cross hairs here and would not let him off the hook. Wonder how an interview would go now with RW?
