http://www.businessinsider.com/coll...and-smart-2014-3#16-wake-forest-university-10
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It's a stupid discussion. We don't know for sure what the other candidates said, or who we talked to, or who we seriously offered. We do know that we're almost certainly hiring Danny Manning. Because his hiring is likely imminent, we're not allowed to grade the hire?
Not sure if Mack was ever pursued due to the "clean break" philosophy.
Not sure if Mack was ever pursued due to the "clean break" philosophy.
Is Wake vs. Tulsa even a hard decision if you are a coach?
The Manning hire is a C- or a C as we stand here today. Just absolutely nothing inspired about the hire itself.
That said, I hope he pays off in the future as he seems to be a high risk/high reward coach based on him having very limited experience, but a lot of intangibles that could lead to him doing well as a coach.
What do we do with the extra $1.5 million? How does Ronnie feel about billboards?
We struck out with: Shaka, Miller, Amaker, Mack. Is that the consensus? Manning is number 5 on the list?
If we got turned down by Miller or especially White...wtf does that say about how the Wake job is viewed in coaching circles.
It is interesting that most outside of the admittedly biased view that we have, see this as a pretty good hire from what I can tell.
I am in the camp that thinks he will do a good job here. He is not a Shaka or Marshall type coach, but I think he will prove to be a good hire for Wake (should it occur).
It's sad that there is a headline that says Tulsa or Wake though. While I don't necessarily blame Ron Wellman if he reached out to all the big time candidates and they said no, it is certainly his fault that the program is viewed like it is by those big names. No way around that one.
If his name was pushed by CP3 and TD as some have suggested, then he might have been higher on the list.
only logical position is #ManUp #WellmanOut.
Objectively there are things on Manning's resume that indicate a potential for success that just weren't there for [Redacted], regardless of how many people deluded themselves four years ago. On top of that Manning seems like a genuinely good guy. I'll be at the Joel for every game next year hoping he can turn this ship around.
However, this is a horrible hire. One of Mack or Miller was certainly available for the right price. Given the position of our program relative to 4 years ago they would have come at a premium, but I refuse to believe they both said flat out NO to Wake Forest.
Given what he did to the program over the last 4 years, Wellman should have severely overpaid one of those two vs. taking a risk on Manning. No amount of success for Manning will change the fact that Ron Wellman should no longer be employed at Wake Forest.
How so you know this?