Freakindeacon33
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Guys he’s not getting fired. John Currie let us down.
Hes not going anywhere. Perhaps Wake really cannot afford to pay the remaining buyout and hire another coach. The scariest part is, we may be stuck with Manning for many more years whether we want it or not
6 seasons later and 50 games UNDER .500 in the ACC!
Instead of an extension and crippling buyout clause, he should have been fired years ago.
I still say I’d rather just fire him and hire someone completely unknown for pennies if this is the case.
and if nobody mcgee turns out to be a home run you look like a genius
if nobody mcgee is another failure you can point to being hamstrung by an inherited contract
Correct. I really don't see the downside. When people talk about not being able to afford Manning's "buyout," it's not that we'd be paying him any more than we'd pay him to coach. It's that we can't afford to pay him and also pay Beilein/Matta/Forbes/Miller. But I'd literally rather have whomever the current coach of RJ Reynolds or Forsyth Country Day School is than Danny Manning.
A rock would do better and much cheaper.
I still say I’d rather just fire him and hire someone completely unknown for pennies if this is the case.
If we can't afford to fire him, then make his life a living hell. Do whatever the minimum required by his contract, nothing more. Put his office in the basement, don't let him foul the new facilities. Try recruiting from a bus--no private jets. No expensive places to eat. Give him a $25 day food allowance. I just can't believe his contract is so specific that there is nothing Currie can do.
As has been noted many previous times, there may be an accelerated payment schedule if he is fired. A schedule Wake cannot afford in the current budget.
Example:
50% of remaining contract value due 30 days after not for cause termination.
No joke, at the time he got the extension I said he should’ve been fired. It was probably the most talent he’d ever have, and he couldn’t even make the field of 64. How Wellman thought that actually deserved an extension is beyond me.