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WHY is he still our basketball coach?

sailordeac said:
unfortunately we are not an inside joke but a national laughing stock

I think we all know whom we can thank
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I think that you way overestimate how much people outside of the Wake family care about or pay attention to Wake basketball anymore.
 
FWIW, I don’t get the feeling that there’s anything nefarious going on behind the scenes that are preventing DM from being fired, just that there are a lot of parts to it and things aren’t lining up as some would want. The buyout isn’t the issue and there wasn’t even the slightest hint of a lawsuit on either side.
 
KVegasDeac said:
FWIW, I don’t get the feeling that there’s anything nefarious going on behind the scenes that are preventing DM from being fired, just that there are a lot of parts to it and things aren’t lining up as some would want. The buyout isn’t the issue and there wasn’t even the slightest hint of a lawsuit on either side.
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Univ of Texas isn't willing to bring on Manning as assistant to the traveling secretary as part of the "trade"?
 
KVegasDeac said:
FWIW, I don’t get the feeling that there’s anything nefarious going on behind the scenes that are preventing DM from being fired, just that there are a lot of parts to it and things aren’t lining up as some would want. The buyout isn’t the issue and there wasn’t even the slightest hint of a lawsuit on either side.
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People that actually conjectured about a wrongful termination lawsuit between Wake and Manning should just get "STUPID" tattooed on their forehead and then go on about their life.
 
KVegasDeac said:
FWIW, I don’t get the feeling that there’s anything nefarious going on behind the scenes that are preventing DM from being fired, just that there are a lot of parts to it and things aren’t lining up as some would want. The buyout isn’t the issue and there wasn’t even the slightest hint of a lawsuit on either side.
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Then this only makes sense if we're not confident we can hire a good replacement. Maybe we're already striking out.
 
wfumike02 said:
KVegas, what was "TT" you referred to in your earlier post?
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KVegas did not refer to TT; knowell did, and it was a reference to Terence Thompson allegedly being told by Manning he would start, which then allegedly bound Manning to start him even as he sucked

it was a total non-sequitor
 
Bubble Boy said:
So is this Hawks thing real, or am I on the wrong side of an inside joke?
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I don’t want to jinx it, but let’s just say there is a lot of chatter on the board right now about Danny Manning being hired by the Atlanta Hawks as a big man assistant coach. And, it does make a ton of sense.
 
Say Hey Deac said:
I don’t want to jinx it, but let’s just say there is a lot of chatter on the board right now about Danny Manning being hired by the Atlanta Hawks as a big man assistant coach. And, it does make a ton of sense.
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Yeah, I mean it would be a great way to connect with fans, who universally loved the trade when 'Nique and a draft pick were sent to the Clips for Danny Manning and his bad knees

The last time people throughout this city really cared about the Hawks was before Feb. 24, 1994. Since then, when somebody known as The Human Highlight Film was yanked out of the Hawks' projector forever as a player, seldom has a week gone by without somebody telling me around here with a frown, "I haven't been to a Hawks game since they traded Dominique."
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Pilchard said:
Manning was smart enough to get WF to pony up not one, but two multi-million contracts with some solid buy-out protection.

The lazy accusation is just so baseless and plain wrong. Manning made more than $60 million in his NBA career. He literally could sit on his arse for the rest of his life and still take care of his family for generations. Instead he took an unpaid graduate assistant's position at KS, and legitimately worked his way up the coaching ladder in Lawrence, a top 5 program, to become assistant head coach for a program that went to multiple final 4s and won a Natty while he was on the staff. Manning then took the Tulsa job, and took them to a conference championship and an NCAA bid in year 2. While he has generally failed at WF, there was no sign that the poor results were attributable to a lack of effort.

Coaching in the ACC is hard. Lots of smart and hard-working coaches have failed at this level. So misguided and juvenile to assign personal flaws to those that try and fail.
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Thank you. good post.
 
A more spiritual person than I could look at all this and conclude that everything that has happened - Skip’s death, Cleveland State, Wellman’s bike accident, the Redacted Hire, that time Redacted told the fan to go fuck himself, the Manning Hire - was all just Fate and Destiny’s whimsical, roundabout way of getting us all to where we need to be:

Danny Manning returning home to his beloved Atlanta Hawks to serve as their big man assistant coach.
 
CharlotteDeac1 said:
What board is the Hawks rumor coming from? Here? Did I miss an entire conversation during work?
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Hard to say, as it could easily be on twitter and elsewhere by now, but that rumor that Danny Manning may be hired by the Atlanta Hawks as their big man assistant coach definitely seems to be all over this board today.
 
Say Hey Deac said:
Hard to say, as it could easily be on twitter and elsewhere by now, but that rumor that Danny Manning may be hired by the Atlanta Hawks as their big man assistant coach definitely seems to be all over this board today.
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a lot of people are saying it

people think it's going to happen, which frankly would be yuge, believe me
 
Say Hey Deac said:
A more spiritual person than I could look at all this and conclude that everything that has happened - Skip’s death, Cleveland State, Wellman’s bike accident, the Redacted Hire, that time Redacted told the fan to go fuck himself, the Manning Hire - was all just Fate and Destiny’s whimsical, roundabout way of getting us all to where we need to be:

Danny Manning returning home to his beloved Atlanta Hawks to serve as their big man assistant coach.
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Now that would be a God that just enjoys fucking with people.
 
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