DeacAssured
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Under Wellman the basketball program has collapsed. For a large portion of WF fans, successes in other WF sports is irrelevant.
If every program is considered equal, fair to say the athletic department as a whole is on solid ground, if not better, right now.
If everything is judged with the understanding that the basketball program is WF's flagship program, with everything else way behind in importance, the athletic department is a mess.
As an extreme example, Bama could win Natties in basketball, baseball, gymnastics, golf, tennis and track and field, but if the football program is 5-7, the athletic department is in a shambles.
Thus, the WF AD earning approximately $1 mil. annually is top prize in NCAA because you have such long tenure with much less pressure. Interestingly enough for hard critiques of Wellman, “the devil you know can be far better than the devil you don’t know.” On the Bama standard of which I disapprove Wellman has serious problems getting a passing grade. But WF standard is different and better. Still the missteps in our heretofore signature progrm are nothing short of disappointing and perplexing. AD hiring is a VERY BIG DEAL.