I am not going to put it on Currie that he has been dealt this hand, but he is going to have to play the hand, and that will be on him. I still think if I am him I am lining up the donors right now to buy Manning out. If I don't fire him May 1st, I fire him December 1st. He is in the loop with what is going on, and if he is unable to fire Manning because of the buyout, he needs to unveil that to the fanbase. Everyone knows that Manning needs to go, it is no use trying to hide that fact. The best thing Currie can do when he gets here (if Manning is still employed by Wake) is to either fire him, or come clean about why we are retaining him. If he does that he will retain his honeymoon phase. If he enters his job with more platitudes and false speech he can expect the ire of any serious Wake fan.
But I would be lobbying ever Wake contact that I have to try and get Manning out before the May 1st transition. Currie has to know he will be walking into a disaster of a fanbase if Manning is still heading the basketball program.