Brendan207
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I like Dino and am sorry things played out the way they did for him at Wake. But there were signs of trouble even apart from whatever went on behind the scenes that made RW pull the trigger when he did. The Cleveland State loss still stands as one of the most embarrassing moments in WF sports history. That loss was to Dino what the Butler fiasco was to Odom.
I was in Vegas at a Wake Forest bachelor party during the Cleveland State loss. It started off as one of the worst trips ever. We were all decked out in Wake gear for the game. Instead of watching at a sportsbook we got stuck in some overflow conference room sitting around at wedding style tables with the game being shown on a projection screen. After Wake lost we were ruthlessly heckled by people who lost money on Wake or had their brackets busted by Wake. Weekend was saved by the father of the bride hitting a 42k high stakes video poker royal flush. This was at like 2AM and he found the few of us on the casino floor who were still awake and was handing out $100 chips like candy. Small consolation prize for the 2nd or 3rd most painful Wake hoops loss I can remember. Getting Pittsnoggled was #1, being live in the front row for Wake / St Joes was up there as well.