Steve Forbes

[deacon22]

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.

 

[Shorty]

I hope he is on the phone, texting, etc,, with Chaundee and Jahcobi to convince them to stay.

Does he have their numbers?

 

[netflixnchildres]

 

[ChrisL68]

I sat right down from a lady at work whose son played for Forbes at East Tennessee State

 

[netflixnchildres]

 

[RJKarl]

Netflix, the secondary break was really first featured by Billy Cunningham when he coached the Sixers. He caught a lot of shit from "purists" about it. Now, it's a staple.

I'm hoping Frobes uses Massoud on this to get 3-6 open threes per game.

 

[Pilchard]

The Fabulous Forbes Family:

 

[deacon22]

 

[WYOMINGdeac]

I just can't believe I get to be fully excited and invested in WF basketball again. No more apathy. No more half hoping we win, half hoping we lose. This is incredible.

 

[wakelaw13]

If Duncan and CP3 are going to get involved now, that would be awesome. Have them reach out to Sarr, Brown, and Neath right now.

 

[Wakeforest22890]

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.

Great numbers. Slight tweak is the 153 season was Forbes’ first (he was there five years). He had a better average KP finish than Wake did over the same five years.

 

[fiestadeac]

I love this guy already

 

[DeacsNDayton]

This totally changes the outlook on Tuesday night games.

 

[El Chupacabra]

I think I like the Forbes family, based on nothing.

 

[RedSoxFaithful]

If forbes has million number of fans i am one of them 🙋🏻🙋🏼🙋🏽🙋🏾.
if forbes has ten fans i am one of them. 🙋🏻🙋🏾
if forbes have only one fan and that is me 🙋🏻.
if forbes has no fans, that means i am no more on the earth 😢.
if world against the forbes, i am against the world ❌🌍☄️.
i love #forbes till my last breath.. 😍 .. Die Hard fan of forbes 🤓🌹. pos rep If you Think forbes Best coach & Smart In the world 🤠

 

[awakegirl]

The fact that CP knows Wes, played against him, etc. and still helped to choose Forbes, says a lot to me.

 

[TheAbster]

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.

 

[fiestadeac]

The fact that CP knows Wes, played against him, etc. and still helped to choose Forbes, says a lot to me.

How do we know CP3 had input?

 

[RacerDeac]

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.

Guy spends 2 minutes and has guys running his play. Feels like that would have been an entire practice for Manning.

 

[xmandeac]

I'm amped. Fantastic hire.