thatguy2016
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WF's record has sucked in basketball since 2010. From a LOWF perspective, it's because WF simply cannot compete on a higher level in basketball any more. To me, that's BS. There are so many other programs with resources that are similar to WF that have excelled in basketball (including recent champ Baylor) that the more likely explanation is that WF's last 3 basketball hires (yes, I'm including Dino) were simply incompetent. With that said, I'm all in on Forbes. Liked him since Day 1, and like him even more now. If Forbes fails at WF (which I don't see happening), then a reassessment may be required.
No, I think you are reading too much into this. People are correctly disagreeing with the following bolded statements because they are simply not true - WF has *not* always remained competitive in all sports
The correct tier for WF basketball is definitely above Clemson/VT/Miami/BC. Hopefully Forbes has us looking down on those programs, at a minimum, very soon. UVA and FSU are currently punching above their historical weight because they have hired once in a generation coaches; would be even better if Forbes can perform similarly
This is the type of thing that always gets LOWF rubes worked up into a frenzy. WF is not competing with and never has competed with tOSU or Bama for football players. The same types of players that those schools have recruited will still go to those schools now that new NIL rules are in place. Similarly, the same players that WF has recruited in every sport will still want to go to WF. If two years from now, there is a report that WF is the worst among Power V schools in NIL generating operating opportunities, then people can freak out, but don't see that happening. WF always finds a way to more than keep pace in ways to compete with the vast majority of Power V programs in every sport, and to attract the athletes to compete. That is not changing because local Columbus businesses are trying to throw cash to tOSU football players.
This post should just be linked by a bot every time somebody uses the phrase "LOWF".
This is what wake has always done and why we've stayed competitive in a group of conferences with school enrollments and endowments many times our own.