Or graduated in the 80’s.There’s a difference between nitpicking coaching decisions and being happy with having/extending a coach.
Anyone is free to criticize Walter’s choice to sac bunt or whatever. But at this point, anyone with doubts about this contract extension is either an intentional contrarian, an idiot, or not paying attention.
Agreed, but the general tenor before this season was not "gee, wish we hadn't bunted there" but more of the "can him" variety.There’s a difference between nitpicking coaching decisions and being happy with having/extending a coach.
Anyone is free to criticize Walter’s choice to sac bunt or whatever. But at this point, anyone with doubts about this contract extension is either an intentional contrarian, an idiot, or not paying attention.
Was it?Agreed, but the general tenor before this season was not "gee, wish we hadn't bunted there" but more of the "fire his ass into the sun" variety.
Among 80x Deacs yeah.Was it?
Yes. Go read the first few pages of the 2022-2023 baseball thread.Was it?
And I don’t know how many people would have included it in the Major 3 before this year. But we are all happy to now, thanks to Tom and his memorable crew. A paradigm changing season for the program.alot of people were saying its a put up or shut up year, and man did he put up.
the best season of the 3 major sports in WFU history.
I don’t know if we can say that last thing. We do actually have a national championship in baseball!alot of people were saying its a put up or shut up year, and man did he put up.
the best season of the 3 major sports in WFU history.
My general feeling with Walter has been that at whatever point his time at Wake is finished he has and will leave the program in much better shape than he found it. That’s true in pretty much every year of his long tenure. He’s been an outstanding fundraiser and advocate for his program.The sentiment before and after the ‘21 season was pretty universal IIRC. The ‘22 season brought a lot of wins, some new staff members, and young talent that pulled a lot of people back to the middle at least to give it one more year. Awesome that it worked out, because he’s obviously a great fit for the university.
Great post.My general feeling with Walter has been that at whatever point his time at Wake is finished he has and will leave the program in much better shape than he found it. That’s true in pretty much every year of his long tenure. He’s been an outstanding fundraiser and advocate for his program.
With Hoover, the fact that he fired her the next year would lead me to believe that the extension wasn't structured to be any more than a glorified severance package for one of the few WF women's basketball greats who was the coach.Ah so many keyboard warriors. He’s been here 14 years, the first 13 of which were … “fine”. And no you dolts I’m not trying to compare first four in hoops to CWS but the “hey finally a great year let’s extend the shit out of them” strategy didn’t really work out with Mannequin and Grobe and oh btw Hoover who Currie extended and then canned 12 months later. God forbid anyone anyone apply any critical reasoning to the situation.
Walter seems like a great dude and maybe Currie felt this was the best move - I have no idea and I’m a million miles from his shoes. But I also think it’s fair to ask questions. If I had 13 fine years and then knocked it out of the pa
I think the point made earlier about how other universities would treat the situation is generally valuable. Extending Walter to reward for the season plus increase likelihood we keep him is a pretty standard decision across the board I’d imagineAh so many keyboard warriors. He’s been here 14 years, the first 13 of which were … “fine”. And no you dolts I’m not trying to compare first four in hoops to CWS but the “hey finally a great year let’s extend the shit out of them” strategy didn’t really work out with Mannequin and Grobe and oh btw Hoover who Currie extended and then canned 12 months later. God forbid anyone anyone apply any critical reasoning to the situation.
Walter seems like a great dude and maybe Currie felt this was the best move - I have no idea and I’m a million miles from his shoes. But I also think it’s fair to ask questions. If I had 13 fine years and then knocked it out of the park (metaphor alert) my company would say “about fucking time”.