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Basketball Head Coach Candidates

buckets said:
isn't it noted that wellman doesn't really like gregg marshall? marshall supposedly rubs a lot of people the wrong way.

Tim Fuller is an interesting name, what was he like as a Wake player? And why did he leave Louisville for Missouri? Ties to Haith? Seems like a downgrade unless he got a promotion in the process.
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Ties to Haith and promotion to #1 assistant.
 
Say Hey Deac said:
... That said, I think folks need to understand Wellman's track record, which is that he is absolutely going to go for what he perceives to be the least risky possible hire. ...
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???? So in RW's mind, Buzz was the "least risky possible hire"?

Tin Cup said:
(Speaking about Dr. Brett Reed) I mean a guy with 4 years of head coaching experience and significant success. A guy only 40 years old who clearly places value on coaching at a place with academic distinction. A guy who went to the 3rd Rd of the NCAAT last year and has recruited exceptionally well at a place like Lehigh.
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Strickland33 said:
... Brett Read won one game in the NCAA Tournament, in what we can all agree was somewhat of a fluke of an upset against Duke. ...
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I would not call it a fluke. Yes, Duke probably wins that game nine times out of ten. But Dr. Reed's teams play well and thus he put's them in a position to win. That said, I agree that he is not a proven commodity, but I think he has potential.

Strickland33 said:
... His recruiting outside of McCullough is [Redacted] level... I'm not convinced.
If it came down between Reed and [Redacted], I'd take Reed in a second, but that strikes me as a false choice.
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Another way to say this is that [Redacted] is recruiting Lehigh level talent. And so is Dr. Reed, but he's recruiting to Lehigh and then accomplishing a lot more with that talent. The question is, could he take his recruiting to the next level if he was at a program like Wake? I believe Dr. Reed is more of a proven commodity (and therefore a better choice) than, for instance Tim Fuller.

Strickland33 said:
The next coach is going to have to completely resuscitate the program. That's going to take a lot of work. Looking at Travis now vs. his freshman year shows just how devastating a bad coach can be to a developing talent. Don't think our freshmen are immune to getting broken down by this utter disgrace of a coach and a human being. ...
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Well said! I do not understand how the "powers that be" do not see the disservice being done to our players by allowing this travesty to continue.
 
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buckets said:
isn't it noted that wellman doesn't really like gregg marshall? marshall supposedly rubs a lot of people the wrong way.

Tim Fuller is an interesting name, what was he like as a Wake player? And why did he leave Louisville for Missouri? Ties to Haith? Seems like a downgrade unless he got a promotion in the process.
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He got a promotion plus Fuller played for Haith when Haith was an assistant here under Odom....
 
I love the idea of Tim Fuller and think it is definitely a feasible hire. That being said, I don't follow college basketball enough to know much about other people being mentioned. I think hiring Tim Fuller and bringing back someone with ties to the program and recognizable to a lot of fans and alums would definitely excite the fan base.
 
We can't hire someone who is not dynamic. We can't hire someone from Lehigh.
 
Strickland33 said:
I agree with all of this. It's worth noting that McDermott has a similar resume and should also be a somewhat feasible hire once his son moves on to greener professional pastures.
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McDermott already parlayed mid-major success when he moved from Northern Iowa to Iowa State, where he did nothing.
 
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I want Fuller just so we can have 50 of these for the student section.
 
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Hello said:
If we're talking assistants.. Why not Orlando Antigua?
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I met Orlando Antigua on Halloween night 1990 when I was a freshmen and he was taking his official visit to Wake- pretty sure he was wearing a frankenstein mask. He didn't pick Wake but I always remembered that for some reason.
 
Fuller was a walk on, back when our walk ons got minutes for good reasons.

Nice guy, I thought.
 
DeacGeneral11 said:
Hate to burst anyone's bubble. Fuller was the DBO here before Coach Corbean. I have heard on multiple occasions and from solid sources that, "Tim Fuller is one of the dirtiest guys in college basketball."
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sounds good to me! Dirty =

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Scott Drew combines all of the cheating of Calipari with none of the coaching ability of Calipari.
 
DeacGeneral11 said:
Hate to burst anyone's bubble. Fuller was the DBO here before Coach Corbean. I have heard on multiple occasions and from solid sources that, "Tim Fuller is one of the dirtiest guys in college basketball."
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Is it related to shoe money/endorsements? I know he went and worked for Nike immediately after leaving Wake.
 
thedeacfan said:
???? So in RW's mind, Buzz was the "least risky possible hire"?
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Feel free to shoot him an email, but, yes, I think Ron Wellman considered [Redacted] at the time to be a safe hire. He kept the entire staff, for chrissakes.
 
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