All I remember is the team played with zero emotion in that ACC tourney and were completely flat. I was so pissed I made my first post on the old message boards that night.
If you had been in Atlanta and watched our first round loss that year, you would have also wanted him gone.
I watched & it was an embarrassing loss. In fact it was a disappointing 2nd half of a season that had showed immense promise, returning all key players from the NIT championship team & shellacking a top 10 Kansas team by nearly 30 in December. Sure I was pissed & placed much of the blame on Odom for the decline during the season along with the lackluster effort vs Butler. However, I'm a Staak era survivor & not much on knee jerk reactions so I didn't feel like replacing Odom was the answer. The program had dipped somewhat during the NIT years but was trending back up & his recruiting was still very good (remember the talent he left Prosser?). He was a 3 time ACC COY for a reason.
IMHO, forcing Dave Odom out as Wake BB head coach was the beginning of the downward spiral of Wake BB.
This thread turned into a TheReff and other old Fudd bat signal. No, Odom was not forced out. No, Odom leaving was not the beginning of the downturn for Wake. No, TV wasn't better when it was black and white.
All I remember is the team played with zero emotion in that ACC tourney and were completely flat. I was so pissed I made my first post on the old message boards that night.
Skip's untimely death was the beginning of the downturn for Wake basketball.
Yes. Every decision from that point on has been a failure. The decision to make Dino anything other than interim. The decision to extend Dino. The decision to fire Dino after a successful season and with a huge buyout. The decision to hire [name redacted]. The decision to retain [name redacted] in Y2, Y3, and Y4. The decision to hire Manning. The decision to retain Manning in Y5. The decision to retain Manning into the ACC schedule this season. Failure after failure after failure.
Odom also couldn't reach a FF with one of the greatest players to ever play the game and called Corny Hudson the most talented player on our team. So YMMV.
And that missing final four due primarily to playing Ikenna errrr Sean Allen for two seasons at power forward. We were playing 4 on 5. Stanford double teams using Allen’s man and Allen cannot score ever. Game and season over.
So, they played the same way WF has played in the last 11 ACC tournaments.
Yep, he had 3 years to recruit a decent PF to pair along with Timmie and did not get it done. Please don't tell me about Ricky Peral.
Yep, he had 3 years to recruit a decent PF to pair along with Timmie and did not get it done. Please don't tell me about Ricky Peral.
Yes. Every decision from that point on has been a failure. The decision to make Dino anything other than interim. The decision to extend Dino. The decision to fire Dino after a successful season and with a huge buyout. The decision to hire [name redacted]. The decision to retain [name redacted] in Y2, Y3, and Y4. The decision to hire Manning. The decision to retain Manning in Y5. The decision to retain Manning into the ACC schedule this season. Failure after failure after failure.