Deacon Dump 4/9: Dan Collins weighs in, Tony Chennault weighing it all
by Martin Rickman on Apr 9, 2010 9:36 AM EDT
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Battle said their reaction was expected. "They were all pretty much still in shock," Battle said. "They were going to sit back and process things. I'm going to touch base again with everybody and see where everybody's at. But I think for the most part they want to see what direction Mr. Wellman is going to go in."
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I am having a hard time reconciling Wellman’s decision to fire Dino. There are Wake fans who blindly believe Wellman has some divine plan in his hip pocket for replacing Dino, I’m not buying it.
When I look at the coaching landscape and review the names being mentioned as a possible replacement I am not seeing any bright light at the end of the tunnel. We will most likely end up with some head coach from a mid-major program that may or may not bring success equal to what we have enjoyed for the past 2 years.
I firmly believe that Dino was judged more on his past record as a head coach prior to Wake and the method by which he received the head coaching position with the untimely passing of Skip than what he was accomplishing in his tenure as Wake’s head coach. Had Dino been brought in through a normal hiring process, he would still be at Wake today. The baggage of his past was too much for some fans to ignore.
I do not know how many recruits we will lose out of the 2010 class with the departure of Dino, I feel sure that we will lose some, just hope it doesn’t mushroom and we lose the entire class.
The outlook for Wake basketball at present is not good. It may be several years before we have a winning percentage in conference play. I hope I am wrong.
But I think the point is olddeac that Dino would never have been brought in through a normal hiring process.
It has been pretty clear for awhile now that what we were getting out of Dino was what we were going to get for good. He just is not a good head coach. Good person, great recruiter, poor head coach.
This was akin to tearing off a bandaid. Yes, it could have stayed on. But eventually we all knew it had to come off. So everyone seems to be psyching themselves out once the decision was made, but it just needs to be ripped off. It will sting, but then you move on.
But yes I agree with you that this is a rebuilding process now. If Wellman is committed to it being so and he thinks it is the right decision, he needs to do it the RIGHT WAY. That’s the key.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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I do not disagree with what you are saying Rickman, my trouble with this scenario is the rebuilding. If Wellman did not feel Gaudio was the right fit, then I would suggest we should have made the break 3 years ago.
The supposition here is that Wellman did not decide that Dino was the coach to carry us forward until the past few weeks.
We have had 20 win seasons the past 2 years plus making the NCAA both years. We have a top 10 class signed to come in next year. I would argue that the majority of Wake fans felt the program had a bright future. There is now a distinct possibility for a dismal future if we are unable to bring in a good coach (no guarantees) and we lose what many feel may be the best recruiting class to come to Wake in a long time.
I recognize that I am coming across with something of a dim & gloom view, but the reality is there.
IF Wellman announces the hiring of some fabulous coach, IF we can maintain the recruiting class and IF we have success on the court I will happily enjoy eating a full plate of crow.
Don’t you hate the word “rebuilding”, it has been used way too often in the annals of Wake athletics.
You bet I do. I also hate the phrase “safe hire,” and that’s something I’m extremely worried about since that’s about all Wake Forest ever makes.
Now, my thinking is this. We were in a sensitive situation after Skip died. Wellman needed to do something to keep the incoming recruiting class and bring some kind of stasis back to the campus. I have assumed he wanted to promote Coach Battle to head coach, but we all know why that couldn’t have happened. So that left Dino, who had been with Skip forever.
But even when the hire was made, I never thought that Wellman viewed this as a long-term solution.
So I think he made the decision now. He decided to give Dino another year after last year because the team did have a successful season, but when he saw that the late-season collapses were becoming a pattern and that it truly appeared that Dino was in over his head, he convinced himself that it was now or never.
I don’t want to rebuild either. But I sure as hell didn’t want to stay in basketball purgatory for the next 5 years either.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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