I find it a bit strange that people are saying Forbes inherited a mess from Manning when Manning inherited a [Redacted] program, the worst coach in Wake history, and went to the tournament in Year 3. And that was without the ability to get transfers quickly.
Manning clearly wasn't a good coach, and he was able to manage that. Yet Forbes needs more than 5 years to prove he can get a bid? That I don't understand, and I waffled between saying 4 or 5 years was enough to know what he can do here.
This is Forbes' team and he owns the good and bad. We shouldn't use Manning, [Redacted], Covid, as an excuse. He already overcame that by Year 2.