DownEastDeac
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This has probably been discussed already and possibly ad nauseam, but there's a Clawson angle to Manning's fate:
Even though we are now a football school (30 year-ago me would laugh at today me making that statement), "a rising tide lifts all boats" and vice versa. As basketball interest continues to decline and a large part of the fan base gets disgusted with Wake athletic administration in general, that will have/already has had an impact on the football program as individual and corporate donors put their support dollars elsewhere. While we're a "football school", the ACC is still a basketball conference, and if you're not going to be in it to win it, the overall image and enthusiasm for the university's athletic programs take a collective hit. At some point Clawson may decide to go somewhere that has a healthy and complimentary product in its two major sports.
OTOH, it will apparently take a boat-load of cash to be rid of Manning, and potentially lots of zero's to get a high-profile coach in his place. I think Clawson will take that in perspective and be o.k. as long as he's getting his fair due, but Currie has to balance opening the bank for a new BB coach with recognizing what Clawson has already has done. So in addition to potentially paying big $$ for a new coach, Currie may have to factor in an increase for Clawson just to keep the feng shui good when those guys run in to each other crossing the quad. And no I'm not saying that Clawson and/or his agent is interjecting himself in this process at all, in fact that would totally surprise me, but Currie has no choice but to factor that in. So who knows, in addition to Currie looking to Shah and Sutton to help with the Manning buy-out, he may be going to McCrary (for the umpteeth time) to help keep the waters smooth on the FB side.
Even though we are now a football school (30 year-ago me would laugh at today me making that statement), "a rising tide lifts all boats" and vice versa. As basketball interest continues to decline and a large part of the fan base gets disgusted with Wake athletic administration in general, that will have/already has had an impact on the football program as individual and corporate donors put their support dollars elsewhere. While we're a "football school", the ACC is still a basketball conference, and if you're not going to be in it to win it, the overall image and enthusiasm for the university's athletic programs take a collective hit. At some point Clawson may decide to go somewhere that has a healthy and complimentary product in its two major sports.
OTOH, it will apparently take a boat-load of cash to be rid of Manning, and potentially lots of zero's to get a high-profile coach in his place. I think Clawson will take that in perspective and be o.k. as long as he's getting his fair due, but Currie has to balance opening the bank for a new BB coach with recognizing what Clawson has already has done. So in addition to potentially paying big $$ for a new coach, Currie may have to factor in an increase for Clawson just to keep the feng shui good when those guys run in to each other crossing the quad. And no I'm not saying that Clawson and/or his agent is interjecting himself in this process at all, in fact that would totally surprise me, but Currie has no choice but to factor that in. So who knows, in addition to Currie looking to Shah and Sutton to help with the Manning buy-out, he may be going to McCrary (for the umpteeth time) to help keep the waters smooth on the FB side.