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Hatch retiring?

I know the “Hatch hates athletics” and “Hatch destroyed WF basketball” talking points are super popular but can anyone explain exactly how they think our sports team will improve under a new president? We have crazy facilities, a young and aggressive AD and two presumably excellent coaches for the b-ball/fball programs. On the surface it doesn’t seem like bringing in a new president changes that much — maybe more flexible admissions standards but I doubt we stray too far on that front.
 
Yes, there were rumors that he's been wanting to for a while. I heard the original plan was spring of 2020, but COVID changed all that.
 
I wonder if Michelle Gillespie would get a shot? Hands down one of my favorites from my time at Wake. Currently the Dean of the College.
 
DeaconCav06 said:
I wonder if Michelle Gillespie would get a shot? Hands down one of my favorites from my time at Wake. Currently the Dean of the College.
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I like her, too. But seems like a huge jump from dean to president.
 
Announcement just came across Twitter and my Email.
 
He gone.

 
Turd Ferguson said:
I like her, too. But seems like a huge jump from dean to president.
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Jim Ryan was the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education before becoming UVA’s President. Previously a professor at the law school at UVA.
 
fuck that pretentious douche

-Stu O. Gotz
 
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MichDeac25 said:
Does this mean Shaka will be the new President?
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Shaka's wife...turns out RJ had bad info. Shaka wasn't demanding a tenured position for his wife, he was demanding Hatch's position for her. That's the reason Hatch wouldn't hire Shaka. Makes so much sense now!!!
 
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WRS said:
I know the “Hatch hates athletics” and “Hatch destroyed WF basketball” talking points are super popular but can anyone explain exactly how they think our sports team will improve under a new president? We have crazy facilities, a young and aggressive AD and two presumably excellent coaches for the b-ball/fball programs. On the surface it doesn’t seem like bringing in a new president changes that much — maybe more flexible admissions standards but I doubt we stray too far on that front.
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It means we probably won't we signing any stupid long contracts, holding onto a losing coach for far too long, or worrying about the potential of lost decade of basketball going forward.
 
I have it from a pretty reliable source at the med school that the Atrium-WF Baptist-WFUSOM merger (that went official within the past 72 hours) includes $5 billion (with a b) of Atrium funds going into the WFU endowment.

So this timing seems right. COVID going reasonably OK on the undergrad campus, prodigious increase in the endowment, Wellman nudged to the curb/replaced by a young, aggressive successor, both men's revenue sports successfully resuscitated (or in the process of same), consistent/high profile success in all nonrevenue sports. Given the COVID-related uncertainties regarding the economy and the contentious national/state political situation coming to head 3 weeks from today, I would certainly get out while things are in relatively good condition overall.
 
I hope the new president cares about Wake Forest sports.
 
BillBrasky said:
Congrats to Hatch for finding that $75K/year sweet spot between Elon and Duke.
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Yeah, I remember when Wake grads used to be excited at the idea of their kids wanting to go to Wake. The grads I know from the late 90's and early 2000's all seem to be just fine if their kids never want to go to MSD. Noted, the [Redacted]/Manning era may have helped solve that problem by making Wake basketball absolutely irrelevant during their formative years.
 
DeaconCav06 said:
Jim Ryan was the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education before becoming UVA’s President. Previously a professor at the law school at UVA.
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The dean of a large college would definitely be a strong internal candidate. But typically the Provost would be an even stronger internal candidate. Seems like Wake would be in the market for a Provost from an Ivy/Stanford/Duke tier institution though.
 
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