They have proven quite a lot. But that's not why I've wanted them since 2009. They are young, smart, and hungry. Anyone paying attention knew they would get to this point in life. And they will each get much further.
Young, smart and hungry kicks the shit out of rich and dumb any day.
Even if we can't get them now (though i'm told Kelsey is overtly interested), I do hope we get someone who falls in the young, smart, and hungry category.
Hiring coaches has nothing to do with who accomplished what. Otherwise, we'd hire Bob Knight. It's about who can give us the best chance at a 30 year run. And that's Wes, Pat, or Russell. If we hire them and they fail, fire them and hire the next young, smart and hungry one.
Wake can’t afford another 6 year rebuild, which is how long it took Miller to turn UNCG around. He hasn’t proven anything on the recruiting trail, especially at the P5 level.
Going by the “hire and if they fail, fire them” obviously hasn’t worked for the last 10 years, so why would we continue to do that? The program needs stability and to get back on the right track. Another shitty hire would completely kill the program (or what’s left of the program that is).