I guess it's nice to see hope rather than pessimism on this board, but when this college basketball season shakes out, the WF basketball opening is unlikely to the "top" of any list, including Beilein's if he is considering going back to coaching in college.
WF has been ranked #117 or worse in college basketball for 7 of the last 9 years. Currently, WF is #97 which would be WF 3rd highest rating since 2010. So, in WF's 3rd best basketball season over the last 10 years, WF is still ranked behind Northern Colorado, Duquesne, North Texas and Akron - among others). Without a full-on analysis that may be the worst overall record over the last 10 years of any Power 6 program with the possible exceptions of Washington State and Oregon State. Do you think Beilein would consider Washington State or Oregon State? Then, he probably isn't going to consider WF. That is WF's company right now.
I think everyone knows what Wake Forest can be with simply a competent coach. Jeff [Redacted] and Danny Manning were not good hires. [Redacted] was hired to try and clean the program. Danny was hired to try and make a splash. We need a proven winner. Wake is the best job out there as of now. We have facilities and resources that no other school has. Now if Texas does end up firing Shaka, they may be the best job. But for now, it’s us.
If Texas does end up firing Shaka though, it just boggles my mind the people think he would succeed here. He has every resource at Texas you could possibly imagine. Don’t let the run at VCU distract you from what the current situation is at Texas. They play BAD, UNDISCIPLINED basketball. Exactly what we don’t want. It also looks like complete shit hiring a guy that was fired from another P6 program. There’s no reason for him to make a nearly lateral move. It’s pathetic people even consider it imo. Shaka had a couple of good seasons. But those seasons are getting to be pretty distant from the present.