Chalk one up for me in 2012!
Wrangor thinks Wes ain’t shit because he is still at UNCG 8 years later.
I listened to a former Duke player tell me during the UNCG game today that Wes would be his choice to replace Coach K.
Wes is an excellent young coach. We probably have already missed the opportunity to hire him as I wanted to do before last season.
He turned 29 today and because of that has a chance to make a run at 800+ wins.
I always laugh when someone bumps this thread. Where’s the thread telling me I shouldn’t buy Amazon stock back then? Equally hilarious. Next time someone asks you why WF has had such a bad 8 decade run, you can remind yourself it’s because many of our alums aren’t very smart.
Forbes was the better hire over Wes Miller for Wake. better resume, better recruiter and has more connections.
DR, since you're here, I wanted to bring my proposed bet re: Josh Pastner to your attention
proposal: o/u 1 (down from 1.5 due to Covid situation) Sweet 16 for Pastner at GT over the next five years
2:1 odds in your favor, $100 to me on the under; $200 to you on the over (1 is a push)
$200 to me if Pastner gets fired
bet?
Bob Knight's resume can't sniff Wooden's. I'd also take Denny Crum's over Knight as well. Knight has one more championship but one fewer Final Four and Elite 8. On top of that Knight's last dozen years sucked. Crum never had a slump like that. K's resume is better than Knight's as well.
I’ll take Pastner in sweet 16 over next 5 years but I win if he’s coaching elsewhere too.
It does take some serious stones (and a certain myopic delusion) to suggest that you were right about a coach that you claimed it was too late for Wake to get in 2012, when Wake could hire the same coach in 2021. And when all the rest of major college basketball has ignored that coach over the same time period.
But to be clear, you are now suggesting that Currie made the wrong hire when he picked Forbes over Miller?
Suggesting it? I was screaming it.
Do I like Forbes? Sure, he was my 5th or 6th choice. Good hire. He will improve us. Then leave or croak.
Y’all keep wondering and staying the course with old, qualified dudes. It’s been working great for 80 years!