Official Hoops Coaching Search Thread - Welcome Danny Manning!!!

[Why the Deac Not]

"There are folks pretty close to this search who are telling me that Wellman is swinging for the fences on this hire. They're the same people who are telling him he should. I'm actually hearing from certain quarters that to lure Shaka Smart away from VCU would be settling. It has, after all, been four seasons since he won an NCAA Tournament game. Personally, I think Shaka would be a home run, even if others see it only as a sharp double off the wall."

So we can start shifting our thinking towards a Marshall Plan is that what you're saying??

 

[Deacon923]

Who is such a BAWSE that we would consider missing them, and getting Shaka, "settling"? Gregg Popovich with Timmy D as Associate Head Coach?

 

[Fuck Your Couch]

How is it tempering expectations to say you're trying to go bigger than Shaka?

 

[Demonbeck]

I said around post 3,000 that it's going to be popovich. Maybe Phil Jackson.

or Biff Jzdelik!

 

[siff]

#density

 

[WRS]

Unzipped

 

[7dimes]

Swinging for the Fences

http://www.journalnow.com/sports/wfu/my_take_on_wake/swinging-for-the-fences/article_ff3944e8-b699-11e3-b25e-0017a43b2370.html

This may be his finest article.

 

[Biff Tannen]

I guess we now know why Pat Riley was at the ACC Tournament.

 

[buckets]

GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS

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GSO TO RICHMOND

SERIOUSLY!!!

 

[jimbob]

Maybe Collins just said fuck it I'm tired of the silence. Great but confusing article for sure

 

[siff]

Does. Not. Compute.

Shaka's far and away our #1 target and we know that, but come on. There are other guys who have accomplished a lot in bigger leagues, or more recently than Shaka. That said...don't take the bait.

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS

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GSO TO RICHMOND

Boom SHAKA Laka

 

[Why the Deac Not]

Oh shit, Disco Dan's pissing good vibes in his article!!

 

[Tiger_Deac]

I'm jaded.

"Dan, look... Shaka turned us down and the Wake community will go on meltdown if they find out. So I'd like you to write a column saying, subtly, that some folks don't think Shaka was a home run. This will lessen the blow. Do this for me, and I'll leak the actual hire when we get that far down the list..."

 

[PhDeac]

"There are folks pretty close to this search who are telling me that Wellman is swinging for the fences on this hire. They're the same people who are telling him he should. I'm actually hearing from certain quarters that to lure Shaka Smart away from VCU would be settling. Personally, I think Shaka would be a home run, even if others see it only as a sharp double off the wall."

Dan took out the sentence saying that Shaka hadn't won a tournament game in 4 years.

 

[Dino Gaudino]

Swinging for the Fences

http://www.journalnow.com/sports/wfu/my_take_on_wake/swinging-for-the-fences/article_ff3944e8-b699-11e3-b25e-0017a43b2370.html

And to up the ante on Wellman, he knows that if he gets this one wrong, it'll be pretty much all anyone will ever remember him for.

That's why we'll get a good to great hire. Wellman won't allow this to forever stain his reputation and legacy.

 

[KidA23]

I'd prefer Smart to Wright but not by a whole lot.

 

[Deacfreak07]

Who is such a BAWSE that we would consider missing them, and getting Shaka, "settling"? Gregg Popovich with Timmy D as Associate Head Coach?

Full staff has been assembled. Should be announced at 5:00 today.

 

[Tobacco Road]

1. Their radios are no longer functional.

2. ???

I read Biff's posts as though he is keeper stepping up his game with a new character and .gifs.

 

[Biff Tannen]

Looks like it's veering off path. This looks bad.

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