Danny Manning replacement search thread

[Deaconblue]

Lowest attendance in the Joel ever, finish in bottom half of ACC standings, worst recruiting class in ACC next year, 5 of 6 losing seasons for Manning, Childress, Sarr and Brown could all be gone. NO WAY IN HELL Manning should be back next year regardless of a few lucky wins or regardless of buyout. Currie needs to make the right decision.

Currie needs to follow one good decision with a second: hiring the right person to be the next Men's Basketball coach at Wake.

It was a bad second decision (hiring Jeff [name redacted]), not so much the first (firing Dino Gaudio) that put Wake into the current death spiral.

 

[rodney95]

Anybody nervous yet that Manning will be back next year?

I think Currie has already made up his mind and we will see a nice change very soon.

These last couple of wins are nice, but not saving Manning’s job. Nice guy. Great player. But not an ACC coach. Good to see him on the quad after the Duke win. And seems to be showing a little more emotion for a change. Maybe it was Odom and Duncan and Rodney (and many other players) returning that inspired him and the team. Even though we lost that game.

I wish DM the best. But it’s time. I relate it to when you resign from a job that you aren’t really enjoying. The pressure is off on both sides. You have a huge weight off your shoulders. You perform better knowing you are wrapping up that job and moving on. It’s like DM knows he is done in two weeks. Just my opinion.

 

[SkyDivingDeacon]

I think Currie has already made up his mind and we will see a nice change very soon.

These last couple of wins are nice, but not saving Manning’s job. Nice guy. Great player. But not an ACC coach. Good to see him on the quad after the Duke win. And seems to be showing a little more emotion for a change. Maybe it was Odom and Duncan and Rodney (and many other players) returning that inspired him and the team. Even though we lost that game.

I wish DM the best. But it’s time. I relate it to when you resign from a job that you aren’t really enjoying. The pressure is off on both sides. You have a huge weight off your shoulders. You perform better knowing you are wrapping up that job and moving on. It’s like DM knows he is done in two weeks. Just my opinion.

Great post and I agree. I think Currie came in knowing a change was needed. Hoping we find out for sure in about a month...

 

[birdman]

We are mired in a death spiral because we apparently gave manning a contract that we can’t afford to terminate. If he’s back it’s because Currie couldn’t raise the money. It’s not because 1000 more people came to the Joel to see us beat a below average ND team.

If Currie is worth his own salary he should have already raised the money. There is no way sh should have waited until March 1st to figure out if he can afford to fire manning and hire someone new.

 

[NewBernDeac]

Financial reasons. If he’s back, which may very well be the case, it all boils down to financial reasons. Don’t trouble yourself with things you have no control over.

That has my vote. With millions coming in from ESPN to offset fan attendance let our emotional wants take a back seat.

 

[sailordeac]

no way to justify giving Manning a long term contract based on his work at Wake; Wellman is responsible but Hatch and the BoT are also guilty but they just don't appear to care

 

[NewBernDeac]

That has my vote. With millions coming in from ESPN to offset fan attendance let our emotional wants take a back seat.

“The ACC has reached a deal with ESPN for its television rights to football and basketball.

According to the Sports Business Journal, the new deal is worth $1.86 billion over 12 years. The new contract will pay the conference $155 million a year.”

 

[ipitytheblue]

I feel like Danny's best position was the one he held at Kansas. I would be pretty excited if he were on our staff as a big man coach. Let him be in charge of developing the Sarrs, Collinses, and Moores. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have the chops at the current time to run the entire program.

 

[tagsfan]

Assume it's this guy

My nephew, a huge O's fan, must be kicking himself for not naming one of his kids Camden. Maybe his wife had the deciding vote. I'll have to check.

 

[BeachBumDeac]

So it's this guy?

https://www.ogboards.com/forums/member.php/686-CharmCityDeac

 

[PhDeac]

I really don't see the need to dox people because they got quoted in a Journal article.

 

[RacerDeac]

I feel like Danny's best position was the one he held at Kansas. I would be pretty excited if he were on our staff as a big man coach. Let him be in charge of developing the Sarrs, Collinses, and Moores. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have the chops at the current time to run the entire program.

But, has he really done that great of a job with our big men? Have they developed more and quicker under Manning than they would have under others?

 

[Rafi]

I feel like Danny's best position was the one he held at Kansas. I would be pretty excited if he were on our staff as a big man coach. Let him be in charge of developing the Sarrs, Collinses, and Moores. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have the chops at the current time to run the entire program.

I was thinking this as I watched Sarr yesterday, and when I heard Sarr’s post game comments on the radio about the specific big man work he puts in at practice. Manning has a long line of big men to point to that got a lot better under his tutelage, going back to his assistant coaching at Kansas.

I think Manning does a good job with big man development, but he struggles with in-game adjustments, defensive schemes, instilling intensity, etc - all things needed to be a successful head coach.

 

[Rafi]

But, has he really done that great of a job with our big men? Have they developed more and quicker under Manning than they would have under others?

I think so. I never thought Sarr would be able to have an effective post game, yet here we are. Sarr just had one of the more dominant low post games we’ve seen at Wake.

 

[PhDeac]

But, has he really done that great of a job with our big men? Have they developed more and quicker under Manning than they would have under others?

Hard to answer because Wake has had a very strong track record with big men. You can definitely say our big men under Manning have improved and doing well for themselves. But he hasn’t done a good job of utilizing them.

 

[sportsnut1]

Hard to answer because Wake has had a very strong track record with big men. You can definitely say our big men under Manning have improved and doing well for themselves. But he hasn’t done a good job of utilizing them.

I think this is a fair comment

 

[WFU71]

Watching "Nothing but Net " on the ACC Network (only because I watched the Va Tech-Lousiville game). Some gal on the show was talking about Duke's bad week, saying that they lost to Wake Forest in OT and then lost to rival UVA.. We are totally irrelevant, even on a network dedicated to the ACC.

 

[macktheknife]

Hard to answer because Wake has had a very strong track record with big men. You can definitely say our big men under Manning have improved and doing well for themselves. But he hasn’t done a good job of utilizing them.

Manning would make a fine assistant coach.

 

[birdman]

This thread has gone eerily quite since Saturday.

 

[1976Deac]

This thread has gone eerily quite since Saturday.

chuckle