ImTheCaptain
I disagree with you
Everyone on campus knew Joe Paterno ?!!
true, he was one of the great basketball coaches. maybe even GOAT
Everyone on campus knew Joe Paterno ?!!
Contract extensions are given to provide the appearance of stability, specifically to allow coaches to recruit effectively. They typically are very easy to terminate with minimal/no penalty to the athletic department.
Yes, it's really bad that Wellman screwed up two basketball coaching hires. A fireable offense in my opinion. But the contracts and vague comments are meaningless.
They were all touched by him or one of his assistants in some way. Penn State is a special place.Everyone on campus knew Joe Paterno ?!!
They were all touched by him or one of his assistants in some way. Penn State is a special place.
Settle down knowell. Nobody on this board is "part of the problem." This board is essentially an echo chamber of about 100 fans. Equating comments on this board with reality is a really bad move. I was reminded of how much disconnect there is between message boards and reality when reading about Steve Alford's firing. The UCLA newspaper took a poll of students on their main quad. Only 30% knew that Steve Alford was their basketball coach, and that's at UCLA. 30% Of those 30%, 75% thought he should NOT be fired. What is currently happening at Wake Forest at this moment, is so far from what is currently happening on this message board - the students are not thinking about Danny Manning and if Wes Miller should be our next coach.
The problem is with Danny Manning, not the fans (I can't believe I just had to type that...).
*better*, not bestbestphan has spoken!
Naw. I can support change and still root for the team. Y'all do you, obviously, but pulling against the Deacs for any reason strikes me as pretty lame. Especially when you come on here to brag about it.Betterphan is part of the problem. No need to make changes while current policies are supported.
Tomorrow officially begins BIG BOY basketball and hopefully will be the beginning of the end of this 10 year fiasco. Then again, we have Ron.
Ron doesn't want to break up the Manning/Childress father-son combo. I don't have any confidence that Manning will get fired after this season, no matter the results.
I just can't imagine that with 4 out of 5 seasons having 13 or less wins he gets to stay. That would be unheard of for a program like Wake Forest. Ron would go down as the worst AD in ACC history if he stood still and did nothing at that point.
Think of it this way. We'll have to win 33% of our ACC games this season to achieve the minimum of 13 wins. Let that marinate a while.
If this team gets to double digits, it will be surprising.
Wasn't 13 the median prediction in the boards poll?
I'm going to the GT game tomorrow. Battle of ACC teams that lost to Gardner Webb. Should set ACC basketball back many a year. I'm a glutton for punishment.
*better*, not best