Some people are crazy with their "home run or GTFO" posts. However, the realistic candidates from that thread have decided they don't want to take our job. We are at a level below those guys.
This is based on pure speculation.
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Some people are crazy with their "home run or GTFO" posts. However, the realistic candidates from that thread have decided they don't want to take our job. We are at a level below those guys.
i would be a great way to announce a home run hire. if there is one waiting in the wings ready to swoop in.
the problem is he would need to reach out to his current school and players and let them know. no way that would not leak. unless is howland...
Well we did briefly...but it also goes to the fact that we shouldn't have waited so long to fire [Redacted].
I agree Williams wasn't a good fit here, but I just can't believe Williams was a "good" fit at Virginia Tech either.
Howland did a pretty good job recruiting at UCLA. Of course, it's also UCLA.
So where are we?
Of course. I've always said that even though the buck stops with Wellman, he needs handlers. People to tell him it's a bad idea to use patronizing phrases like "heavens yes" and "historically competitive."
You get defined by the few sound bytes you make these days, right or wrong. So if information control is going to be your modus operandi, be better at talking when you do open your mouth.
All this being said, we sure are reading a lot into very little information. It's not to be expected, but I see people like Apetit who have been really smart and thoughtful for months turning into lunatics and I have a hard time blaming Wellman.
I look at Howland's results at PIttsburgh more so than UCLA given UCLA is easy to win at if you're not incompetent.
The biggest problem is Wellman has said he doesn't measure success by wins and losses, which tells you all you need to know about where his mindset is.
I think Marshall would come if we threw loads of money, but it doesn't even sound like we have contacted him regarding the vacancy.
And yes, the fan base is in such disarray thanks to the last four years that most of us need a reality check. Things aren't good. This program isn't very attractive at the moment. We can thank our AD for all of this. Comparing us to Buzz to VT may not even be fair because that could've been a fluke. No one knows how that went down.
I don't follow this logic, mainly because it implies we're just setting aside some super BIG NAME who would fix everything if only Wellman gave him money. Who is that, exactly? We can't make Shaka, Marshall, or Miller to take the job, and I highly doubt we didn't gauge each of them. If we're discussing Howland, I'm baffled. Howland has every chance of being a disaster in his next stop. He was basically run out of the state of California for being a bastard. He's never been described as an ace recruiter, and he's never worked this region. Several decent open jobs besides ours passed on him. He's far, far from some BIG NAME NO RISK hire.
If this board can't get behind a guy like Manning if he gets the job, before even seeing what he can do, then we're in a lot worse shape as a fan base than I thought. Thanks, Wellman. Thanks, Obama.
The one that really hurts and will sick with me for a long time is Mike White. I can rationalize every other candidate turning us down (even Manning, if he does, to some extent with a young team and moving up conferences to AAC).
Assuming the rumors are true, I have no idea how we were not able to land Mike White given his circumstances.
The one that really hurts and will sick with me for a long time is Mike White. I can rationalize every other candidate turning us down (even Manning, if he does, to some extent with a young team and moving up conferences to AAC).
Assuming the rumors are true, I have no idea how we were not able to land Mike White given his circumstances.
Ron Wellman is a PR disaster. Wake's media relations and PR department are horrible at reigning him in. They're also just generally pretty bad at their jobs at large. They need to enter the 21st century.
Ron Wellman is a PR disaster. Wake's media relations and PR department are horrible at reigning him in. They're also just generally pretty bad at their jobs at large. They need to enter the 21st century.
severely overpay B-list stars (Al Jefferson) .
However, the realistic candidates from that thread have decided they don't want to take our job. We are at a level below those guys.