rutmanchoo
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Buzz is merely a symptom. Wellman is the disease.
That story ran after Dino was fired.
That story ran after Wellman investigated the incident and didn't hold anybody accountable, including Dino who got an extension afterwards.
That story ran after Wellman buried it. That story ran on the Today Show BECAUSE Wellman buried it. The story was about universities turning a blind eye to sexual assault. It wasn't about Clark and Teague's culture. It was about the cover up by the university.
That story ran after Gary Clark completed his senior season as team captain and graduated from Wake.
That story ran after Dino was fired.
That story ran after Wellman investigated the incident and didn't hold anybody accountable, including Dino who got an extension afterwards.
That story ran after Wellman buried it. That story ran on the Today Show BECAUSE Wellman buried it. The story was about universities turning a blind eye to sexual assault. It wasn't about Clark and Teague's culture. It was about the cover up by the university.
That story ran after Gary Clark completed his senior season as team captain and graduated from Wake.
Oh, this should be good.The players didn't have to be carousing the halls of the motel at 2 AM looking for sex and opening themselves to the possibilities of what actually happened, while being an official representative of the university. You would never find Bob Knight's players out in the motel hallway at 2 AM like that. This was a perfect example of lack of control on the part of Dino and his staff. And this attitude and lack of control was a prime example of what gradually sunk the morals of the program to the point that those responsible for making the decisions finally concluded that changes had to be made.
That's because most of those people, unlike many on this board, are more concerned about the school's reputation than how many basketball games it can win by bringing in a lot of people like Dino was getting. Many of these people were disgusted by what was happening then.....like Ben Sutton's dad, whom I ran into in Costco that day and began a conversation with, not knowing at the time who he was, but only that he was an older guy wearing a WF shirt. "Criminals" was the word he used to describe some of the players, as I recall.
No, the reputation nationally of Wake Forest is "Where the hell is Wake Forest?" Outside of the South, it's not very well-known.
If Wake is not interested in competing at the highest level, that is a choice to be made. Agree or not, I would respect the decision to concentrate on being solely an academic institution. However, in that case, Wake does not need to spend so much money on facilities and scholarships. The problem right now is that Wake is participating in sports without really attempting to compete, despite what is being said. There are plenty of ways to be competitive and have a good reputation. If there is so much concern that good athletes will drag down the reputation of the school with bad behavior (a really poor argument, by the way), then just stop the athletics. Focus on making Wake a great academic institution and stop pretending to compete without really trying.
BINGO! I am so frustrated with the "lack of resources" argument that I keep hearing from people, especially on TOB. If Wake is limited in resources, STOP SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON COACHES AND ATHLETIC DIRECTORS.