Do they realize the damage they've done?

[PhDeac]

Do people in the athletic department, Wake administration, and BOT realize the damage they've done with the [Redacted] era?

Do they realize that they're responsible for the new Staak era?

Do they realize that several classes of Wake students will leave with no real allegiance to Wake sports?

Do they realize that there is far more distrust of the powers that be at Wake than there was before?

 

[Peter Gallagher]

I took in a stray once, and even though we did our best, the damage done could never be truly reversed

 

[ImTheCaptain]

*do they care

 

[liveanddiedeac]

I took in a stray once, and even though we did our best, the damage done could never be truly reversed

Yeah but hiring Bzzz was like taking in Cujo as a stray.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

 

[Duncan]

THEY BLEW IT UP

 

[PhDeac]

*do they care

Perhaps the best question.

 

[Freakindeacon33]

Assuming they do care, the next question is whether they realize how urgent things are. [Redacted] was a crushing blow to a program that was arguably at its highest point in 50 years, but I don't believe he has entirely ruined everything that Odom and Skip built. We still have two of the top five players in the NBA, if you go by last year's All-NBA team. But if we have another bad hire, another four years of irrelevance, I fear the momentum of CP3, Duncan, and all the No. 1 rankings, high seeds and first-round picks that Skip and Dino brought us will be wasted.

 

[marquee moon]

Yeah but hiring Bzzz was like taking in Cujo as a stray.

http://nbccollegebasketballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/[Redacted].jpg?w=320

 

[AnonymousDeac]

Most of them see it as an unfortunate time that was necessary to clean up the program.

 

[Say Hey Deac]

 

[Milhouse]

Do people in the athletic department, Wake administration, and BOT realize the damage they've done with the [Redacted] era?

Do they realize that they're responsible for the new Staak era?

Do they realize that several classes of Wake students will leave with no real allegiance to Wake sports?

Do they realize that there is far more distrust of the powers that be at Wake than there was before?

obviously not

*do they care

apparently not

 

[PhDeac]

Most of them see it as an unfortunate time that was necessary to clean up the program.

Which calls into question the basic intelligence of the people running the university.

 

[For Deac's Sake]

The bigger impact is on the non-athletic side of things. How many dollars is Wake not getting for the capital campaign right now because of this dumpster fire? How many dollars are they not going to get 20 years from now when the student's who were here for Bzzz's four years don't give anything to the university (or give less than they might otherwise have if we had a great team)? How many national ranking spots will Wake not move up because there's a larger percentage of alums who will be disengaged?

I know some of these are generalizations, not every kid there now is going to be disengaged, but I think there's a correlation.

 

[wfumike02]

Most of them see it as an unfortunate time that was necessary to clean up the program.

The problem with that line of thinking was that narrative wasn't even invented until after Dino was fired and [Redacted] hired.

 

[Milhouse]

The problem with that line of thinking was that narrative wasn't even invented until after Dino was fired and [Redacted] hired.

yet the sheep bought it

 

[PhDeac]

And the sheep run our university.

 

[Strickland33]

And the sheep run our university.

It surprises you that wealth doesn't necessarily correlate with intelligence?

 

[PhDeac]

Not at all, Strickland33. Not at all.

 

[meandmyuncleDeac]

I think they probably do care...now. From what I hear (which is word of mouth and nothing official) Wake Will is not going well at all. Wake does care about the money and always will.