I hope he is on the phone, texting, etc,, with Chaundee and Jahcobi to convince them to stay.
Jahcobi has some big time programs going after him. If Forbes can get him back, it would be very impressive.
I hope he is on the phone, texting, etc,, with Chaundee and Jahcobi to convince them to stay.
I hope he is on the phone, texting, etc,, with Chaundee and Jahcobi to convince them to stay.
For comparison, here are KenPom ranks for Forbes's tenure at ETSU relative to the ACC:
2020
5. Duke
9. Louisville
15. FSU
42. UVA
50. NCSU
51. Cuse
56. ETSU
57. ND
64. GT
72. Clemson
84. UNC
103. WF
104. Miami
105. VPI
111. Pitt
179. BC
2019
1. UVA
4. Duke
7. UNC
13. VPI
14. FSU
23. Lville
36. Clemson
39. Cuse
41. NCSU
75. Miami
80. ETSU
97. ND
101. Pitt
115. GT
127. BC
174. WF
2018
2. UVA
3. Duke
8. UNC
14. Clemson
27. FSU
33. VPI
35. ND
37. Miami
38. Lville
41. Cuse
46. NCSU
77. BC
89. WF
93. ETSU
119. GT
227. Pitt
2017
3. UNC
9. Lville
12. UVA
14. Duke
26. FSU
27. ND
36. WF
42. Miami
45. Clemson
50. VPI
55. Cuse
67. ETSU
77. GT
79. Pitt
109. NCSU
173. BC
Having a mid- to lower-tier (i.e. better than we've been under Manning) ACC team while coaching at ETSU isn't too shabby. And just for the heck of it, here's for the year before Forbes took over:
2016
2. UNC
4. UVA
7. Lville
15. Miami
17. Duke
27. Cuse
36. ND
37. Pitt
45. Clemson
48. FSU
51. GT
63. VPI
74. NCSU
118. WF
153. ETSU
225. BC
Even that 153 rank showed significant improvement from 2013 (319), 2014 (243), and 2015 (218). That program was nothing before he got there, and he instantly turned them into what would have been our second-best team in the last ten years.
The fact that CP knows Wes, played against him, etc. and still helped to choose Forbes, says a lot to me.
I think there was more coaching, strategy and technique in that 3 1/2 minute video than has been taught in 10+ years on campus.