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"Shitty Ensembles: Wake Forest Basketball 2011-Today"
Obviously not, but sometimes I wonder if a successful player might have a harder time trying to teach and coach lesser talent. Manning had extreme talent as a player, but does that dispose him to not understanding how much coaching/teaching less talented players need? I'm not saying Danny didn't work his ass off coming up as a player, but I would imagine a lot of it came naturally to him. I don't know, I wish like all get out that Danny is successful here. We couldn't have a much better face of the program if he does succeed long term, but I'm just not seeing growth as a coach and I'm afraid the progress of John Collins may not have been as much from Danny's coaching as we thought.
"Shitty Ensembles: Wake Forest Basketball 2011-Today"
"Jeff [Redacted] combines an incredible work ethic with a razor-sharp basketball mind and will certainly be a credit to Wake Forest both on and off the court. In our 30 years of coaching, he ranks at the top in his ability to relate to players and develop programs."Hall of Fame Coach Bill Self and others have said Danny's biggest strength is player development. But I guess posters here know better.
LOL....and thenMy experience w/ Wake Forest Basketball so far this season: A play in 4 acts
Act I - November 1st: "I really hope our soft non-conference schedule won't come back to bite us on selection Sunday!"
Act II - November 3rd: "Well, a win is a win... I mean, it's only an exhibition and Queens University of Charlotte is ranked #2 in all of Division II!"
Act III - November 10th: "It's only one game... I mean, Georgia Southern returns a lot of talent and they'll probably win the Sun Belt Conference this year. Won't be such a bad loss when you look back at the end of the season. Probably motivates the team!"
Act IV - November 14th: "Liberty University? What in the fuckity fuck is Danny Manning doing? We aren't going to win a single game this season. Burn it all down to the ground! I hate my life."
Hall of Fame Coach Bill Self and others have said Danny's biggest strength is player development. But I guess posters here know better.
When we took Chaundee out after he drained a 3 to cut it to a 4 point lead and be subbed in Childress, that's when I looked at the folks I was with and said the game is over.
They extending the lead to 11 I want to say, and then we brought Chaundee right back in 45 seconds later. Just mind boggling stuff. There is nothing worse than watching our 2 PG's literally just hand the fucking ball to our opposition.
When we took Chaundee out after he drained a 3 to cut it to a 4 point lead and be subbed in Childress, that's when I looked at the folks I was with and said the game is over.
All evidence to the contrary.
I think losing 2 of your best 3 players is tough. Losing your starting C and PF, is very tough. The guards, Crawford, Woods, Wilbuken, Childress, and top 35 prospect Brown, could still make this a fun year. Though, save Woods, I think they've all been awful the first two games, and I don't think they are awful players. I don't think we shoot 2-16 from 3 again. It's quite an adjustment, and teams are overplaying on the perimeter because we don't have a threat down low, although Moore was a different player in game 2 than he was in game 1. I could stomach the loss to GaSo, best player from Winston Salem, 2 very very good guards, shot lights out, game 1. etc. Liberty was a bit tough, but they also shot lights out to win against a lot of contested shots.
If Sarr can develop, Hoard is everything he is supposed to be, TT develops, and it looks like neither Crawford or Brown are going anywhere "early", the 2018-2019 Deacs could be very good. I'm hoping that we see improvement throughout the year. Seeing Moore, Brown develop, Keyshawn build on his stellar game 1 offensively, Moore continue to develop, and some semblance of a competent offense will be important this year. I'd like to stop losing to the Liberty's of the world, but this wasn't entirely unexpected after losing the players we lost.
Agree with your sentiment but TT is gone after this season
I kind of think Manning is an evil genius.
Expectations too high? Let's just lose the first two games to reset them. In fact, let's look so bad that otherwise rational people will question if we can ever win another basketball game! That way, when we rattle off a turd of a season and finish around .500, at the end of the year people will think we overachieved!
HUH? I guess JC didn't improve.I guess Dinos didn't improve. I guess Bryant hasn't improved. I guess Brandon hasn't improved.