sailordeac
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If he got his facts right, no one would recognize him. Falsehoods are essential to his brand.
Out of curiosity I've spent some time reading the various Kansas Jayhawks blogs.
A significant chunk of that fanbase seriously is hoping, wishing, and wanting for [Paint Touches] to return to the bench out there. Some of them even want him to replace Self.
General consensus is that he failed despite being "a great recruiter" (lol) because "Wake is a bad job," "toughest in all of College Athletics," and "a fanbase that... [sic] thinks it's equal to Duke and UNC. Despite being fourth fiddle in it's own state."
Those are all verbatim quotes. Damn... those guys are simpletons.
If he got his facts right, no one would recognize him. Falsehoods are essential to his brand.
I think Danny is actually a very good big man coach and is a good recruiter as an assistant at a place like KU
Can we get an update on Manning’s healthcare situation? COBRA?
He’s not a good recruiter. Wasn’t at KU. Wasn’t at Wake.
Yea I don’t get the good recruiter thing. Did y’all not see some of the guys he was putting out there on the floor for us? He’s a dud recruiter and coach.
As I mentioned in the other thread, I heard last week that the negotiations hit a snag, but that has now turned into an impasse. Not even sure if the negotiations are continuing even anymore. I SERIOUSLY hope this source is wrong, seriously
No. Yesterday he had an all staff meeting with 220+ people, and of the 75 people shown in screenshots, Manning wasn't one of them. People got their hopes up that Currie was playing 4D chess. Today he hosted another meeting for head coaches, and Manning is there, front and center, as he will be for at least two more years at this point.
the wording with "can discuss" and "discuss what he could" is really interesting. Very different than "declines to discuss"
Lauren Walsh
@lauwalsh10
I asked Manning if he and his coaching staff will be returning for the upcoming season.
DM: "That’s my goal. I’m excited to be the coach here. I’m looking forward to coaching here and you go forward from there." pt 1/2
Yes. That is exactly what I'm saying.
What do we think his plan was with hiring (/ attempting to hire) Schiano? Do we think he was a competent AD at UT?
He lasted less than a year. He's a hand-picked / groomed successor to Wellman.
I hope he leads a very successful campaign here, but his record doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
Ballsy move by Currie, if true. 👍🏻
If he got his facts right, no one would recognize him. Falsehoods are essential to his brand.
Looking at the potential that Manning was actually fired for cause and it was due to his lack of retaining/graduating players, it would be plausible. After looking up a few public coaching contracts, a lot of them have "failure to maintain a satisfactory APR" as an enumerated reason to fire the coach for cause.
WF's last reported APR for basketball (17-18 season) was 935 (10-20 percentile of all NCAA sports teams - so really horrific). 930 is the NCAA minimum before being liable for NCAA punishments. I could see WF having a higher required standard in a coaching contract and/or Manning actually fell below that threshold with the recent transfers. Without knowing the transferring players GPAs, it's hard to tell whether WF would get a "retention point offset" or not.
Looking at the potential that Manning was actually fired for cause and it was due to his lack of retaining/graduating players, it would be plausible. After looking up a few public coaching contracts, a lot of them have "failure to maintain a satisfactory APR" as an enumerated reason to fire the coach for cause.
WF's last reported APR for basketball (17-18 season) was 935 (10-20 percentile of all NCAA sports teams - so really horrific). 930 is the NCAA minimum before being liable for NCAA punishments. I could see WF having a higher required standard in a coaching contract and/or Manning actually fell below that threshold with the recent transfers. Without knowing the transferring players GPAs, it's hard to tell whether WF would get a "retention point offset" or not.
Looking at the potential that Manning was actually fired for cause and it was due to his lack of retaining/graduating players, it would be plausible. After looking up a few public coaching contracts, a lot of them have "failure to maintain a satisfactory APR" as an enumerated reason to fire the coach for cause.
WF's last reported APR for basketball (17-18 season) was 935 (10-20 percentile of all NCAA sports teams - so really horrific). 930 is the NCAA minimum before being liable for NCAA punishments. I could see WF having a higher required standard in a coaching contract and/or Manning actually fell below that threshold with the recent transfers. Without knowing the transferring players GPAs, it's hard to tell whether WF would get a "retention point offset" or not.
I will say I agree with OGB's assessment above as the likely timeline. My conclusion from all of this is exactly what my suspicion was all along: Currie is the anti-Wellman. He will take risks and aggressively get us to where we need to be--even if it means leaving carnage and potentially ruffling some feathers.
Great work John!