DirkTheDeac
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Who's going to fire him? Hatch?
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If Bzz turn out to be alright, RW can stay. If Bzz busts, hit the road Jack!
I voted no but agree that the next few years will be telling. However, it seems like many of the posters I generally see calling for his firing are the younger Deac fans and didn't see a lot of the stuff he has done, especially early on in his time. Spry Stadium, the hiring of Skip and Grobe, the improvements to the golf team's training facilities, Miller Athletic center, and a whole lot of other stuff. He's an athletics director, not just a football and basketball director. I do recognize, though, those are the two spotlight sports. However, football has been better than it has in a long time. Just because we don't duplicate the 2006 season doesn't mean football is suffering. As for basketball, the program is hurting right now but you also have to give your hire a chance to build his program, meaning you give him 3-4 years. If basketball is still in the same shape in 2 more years and Bz doesn't get fired, then Wellman's job status needs to be reexamined. But to say he needs to be fired just because you don't like the coach he hired is not enough. I would respect him less if he caved to pressure instead of showing some loyalty to the people he hired. Of course, loyalty has never been valued much on this board. As for Lobo, that's more of a Grobe issue. Gorbe is extremely loyal to his assistants and if Wellman ordered Grobe to get rid of Lobo, then we'd probably be saying goodbye to Grobe as well.
The fact that we won an ACC Championship in football in an ACC with Virginia Tech, Miami, and Florida State alone should allow Ron to retire on his own terms. Duke and Virginia shared the title in 1989 in an ACC without those 3 teams in the league and a Clemson on probabation from the Danny Ford infractions. Other than that, neither of those teams have ever won an outright title in the modern era (Virginia shared it with FSU in 1995). State and UNC last won league titles in 1979 and 1980 respectively. State, UVA, Duke, and UNC all have more resources/money/fans/recruiting power than LOWF. Yes, I've been disappointed with football the past few years but other than the fuck up last year, we've been competitive in just about every game every year in the Grobe era. The fact that Wellman has been able to keep Grobe here is a small miracle. I remember people saying as early as 2002 that Grobe was too good of a coach for Wake and there's no way we'd be able to keep him around.
This year? We don't have the talent to be anywhere near the bubble. Next year will be the key year for Bzzzz. Hopefully we can get 4 or so ACC wins to build some mo for next year.
Yeah. I wasn't very clear. Nit bubble. How far are we from 500
Gene Hooks was a friend of mine and I have great admiration for him as an administrator and a man. However, when one compares the athletic department of today to the athletic department under Gene, there is every indication that Ron is doing an excellent job. To think otherwise makes one seem immature, silly or mean spirited.
I said no, but I am not particularly happy with the direction of several of our athletic programs.
No, but I really hope he doesn't have too much pride to let Bz go if we don't start seeing good things consistently at this time next year.
Or if we finish below BC this year in conference.
Citing a 2008 article doesn't further your position.
Agreed
All athletic departments have grown significantly in the last 20 years. It's called ESPN and $$$.
I guess I'm "mean spirited" for posting facts.