PLLLLEEEEEAAAAASE SOMEBODY WEAR THE DINO COSTUME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dino almost wasted a decade hoping to get a head coaching position somewhere relevant, finally gave up and went back to being an assistant.
you rang?PLLLLEEEEEAAAAASE SOMEBODY WEAR THE DINO COSTUME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Should have hired Mack and kept Dino as an assistant after Prosser died. Amazing how different Wake hoops would be if that had happened.
I do think some of these "Dino and Mack" posts are a little funny, like Dino is returning triumphantly to Wake... Dino almost wasted a decade hoping to get a head coaching position somewhere relevant, finally gave up and went back to being an assistant. Just proves how ridiculous it was for Wellman to hoist that responsibility on him with 12 years less experience in basketball than he has now... The first domino in our journey to a burning Wellman dumpster...
As of an hour ago Louisville is unable to get to NC and has been grounded for a couple hours. I'm sure they'll get in but an interesting wrinkle leading up to tomorrow.
Interesting that people are expecting 25+ point blowout. Then again, the majority thought we had no shot against State. It's a home game. We'll lose, but I'm not expecting a blowout. Probably about a 10-point loss.
This game just feels like the perfect storm to me. Our team leader is talking about how we can be great if we just try a little harder. Our NBA prospect is talking about a lack of accountability. Our coach doesn't have the first clue what needs to happen. Meanwhile, Louisville will come in with emotion that bleeds over from their coaches. It's the Skip Prosser classic, but no one on our team has any connection back to Skip. Louisville does. Plus there's the Dino issue that will likely have him motivated. Unlike the stump on our sideline, Mack/Dino know how to translate their passion over to their players. I think this game goes a lot like UVA...Louisville jumps out to an unrecoverable lead and then we keep it mostly "even", or maybe even put a dent in the deficit over the rest of the game. The final score doesn't look as bad as it really was. Regardless, I feel like this one is never in doubt after the first 5 minutes.
Dino sure transferred that passion in his post-season games while coaching at Wake.
Interesting that people are expecting 25+ point blowout. Then again, the majority thought we had no shot against State. It's a home game. We'll lose, but I'm not expecting a blowout. Probably about a 8 to 12-point loss.
Dino did a lot of things wrong and/or poorly. Having his teams ready for games, especially big games, wasn't one of them. For that matter, I'd say he made up for some of his coaching deficiencies through simply managing emotions and channeling some of the "let's do it for Skip" passion. No one gets it right all of the time, but hard to imagine lack of motivation being something we'd knock Dino for, especially given what we've seen the last 9 seasons.
I mean, I didn't see a whole lot of emotion in the ACC tournament or NCAA tournament games in 09, when we had 4 NBA players on the team, but your mileage may vary