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If this is how Wake plans to make a big push for donations, I'd say it's pretty fucked.
Football school.
If this is how Wake plans to make a big push for donations, I'd say it's pretty fucked.
It has to be asked: is the Wake job even of interest for good coaches after this four year dark ages? If we are this far down the list then we've been shot down by guys that would have lept at the job in the mid-2000s.
I am confused. Only one guy showed real improvement while others didn't show much or got worse? Yet they went from 17-16(8-8) to 21-13(13-3) and the NCAA tournament? Not saying you are wrong but it does not pass the smell test.
Those 4 teams played in what turned out to be a 4 team tournament at the end of the year, and Tulsa won that tournament. So Mike White and La Tech can take their "best team according to kenpom" title to the NIT while Tulsa took home the hardware.
Tulsa struggled early in the year, At the end of the year, they were the best team in the CUSA. They have the hardware to prove it.
Football school.
I'm trying to be positive. #goodvibes #moxy #swagger all that... You're right, though.
Another piece of the puzzle: I just went back and checked out how players have improved under Manning.
One guy (Woodard) showed some good year one to two improvement and another showed some baby steps, but most of the other sophomores took a step back (including their best "prospect" D'Andre Wright).
I'm into Manning's upside for a test drive at a lower high major (i.e. USF) or good mid-major (i.e. A-10) level program, but for Wake Forest and a Wake Forest that has four years of [he who shall not be named] under its belt: #welp
I am confused. Only one guy showed real improvement while others didn't show much or got worse? Yet they went from 17-16(8-8) to 21-13(13-3) and the NCAA tournament? Not saying you are wrong but I am skeptical.
One stupid ESPN article turned the coaching search thread into a Danny Manning debate thread. Unbelievable.
GAME STATISTICS | |||||||||||
Player | GP | MIN | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TPG | FG% | FT% | 3P% |
James Woodard | 34 | 32.4 | 15.5 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.4 | .438 | .781 | .387 |
Rashad Smith | 28 | 24.9 | 12.0 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | .545 | .560 | .200 |
Shaquille Harrison | 34 | 30.2 | 9.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.3 | .446 | .681 | .267 |
Pat Swilling, Jr. | 20 | 22.6 | 8.6 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.3 | .371 | .615 | .333 |
D'Andre Wright | 34 | 17.1 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | .457 | .694 | .375 |
Rashad Ray | 34 | 21.1 | 6.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | .481 | .736 | .286 |
Lew Evans | 34 | 20.6 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | .344 | .581 | .259 |
Face it guys: we caught lightning in a bottle three times (Rogers, Duncan, CP3) with barely anything to show for it. The bball gods are essentially saying "you had your chance... now go hang out with VT and Clemson". #LOWF
All this must have been part of the terms of the deal we made with the rest of the ACC not to boot us during football expansion. Major basketball recruiting restrictions and one hand tied behind our back on the bench for a period of no fewer than 10 years.