I’m not saying that Miller or Odom would be my top choices as far as all coaches in the universe, but I agree with Drew to the extent that I think Wake is kind of a unique place and it’s important that a coach understand the university. It’s often said that Skip “got” Wake Forest in a way that I don’t think our other basketball coaches since him have. I don’t know if Miller or Odom get us, but I’m guessing they do more than others.
Another thing that may be good to keep in mind is that other than their coaching resumes, we don’t know much about these coaches, their values, how they get along with people, and how they may fit at Wake, so I think you have to trust your AD to make that judgment. Skip was by all account just a phenomenal teacher and man, but we had no idea of that when he was hired in 2001. Last time around, the dude from GW, Lonergan, was a name that was mentioned. He had a pretty strong resume. Wife was just okay, but acceptable. A couple years later, it came out that the dude was a monster and he was fired and appears to be out of coaching all together. Anyway, another place where an AD having familiarity with the coach would be helpful.