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I might up the grade for WFU hiring Manning a bit but not much. One WFU booster I talked with yesterday was happy with the hire but is still wedded to the idea that Wellman must go. He stopped buying any season tickets to any WFU sport a couple years ago in protest of Bzzz and Wellman and is remaining adamant on that. Manning does have a pretty good track record as a head coach, an assistant and of course as a player. I’m not so sure he is being seen as a “local” product even though Greensboro is only a few miles away.
This sums up my thoughts about Manning:
the sample size of his resume is simply too small to project whether he’ll be as successful as a coach and recruiter as he was as a player.
Time will tell
Bill Self believes he is going to be extremely successful. Tremendous recruiter, and according to Self, excellent coaching instincts.
I think it was an excellent hire.
And the VT hire is excellent as well. Buzz is a good one. Better than anything they’ve had.
I think Wake really only had two choices – a known, mediocre hire – or taking a roll of the dice on upside. Buzz was the only A+ hire anyone made, and Wake’s AD is clearly on the hot seat (making their desirability kind of meh).
Were I a Deacon booster, I would be happy with the upside play. Certainly the opposite of Coach Consonant.
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