News is Danny Manning

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is heading to Wake Forest and Wake Forest coach heading to BC.
Was hoping that Tulsa would come in the league with Danny Manning.

 

[UofMemphis]

He has a 1 million dollar offer from TU...he's touring Wake today...flies back to Tulsa tomorrow and will make a decision with his family.

https://mobile.twitter.com/briannealnews/status/451435109409771520?screen_name=briannealnews

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

The fired/failed WF coach is headed to BC? Please tell me that's true.

 

[UCweCONN]

Wake Forest is a much better job than Tulsa.

 

[Robertelamin]

The fired/failed WF coach is headed to BC? Please tell me that's true.

That would be hilarious if true. Wake has been a train wreck for a while now.

 

[dsturdy5]

Blauds posted this morning that BC was set to hire the Ohio U coach. Has that changed?

 

[Adios]

I hope Tulsa comes up with a Larry Brown-style double-secret compensation package!

 

[Northbound]

Wake Forest is a much better job than Tulsa.

Depends on how you look at it really. I was doing some grad school work at Wake and working down there in the Rodney Rogers, Duncan, Childress era and while it's very possible for that to happen again, it's not probable. Traditionally Wake was in the second tier of the ACC clearly behind Duke/UNC although they had their years in the proverbial sun. Now being in the top of that second tier of the ACC it just got significantly more difficult. Add Syracuse, Pitt, ND and a VT team (that has been a dumpster fire for a while, but they have resources and now a coach) and it's a different landscape than it once was. So it's really possible that Wake could be at the bottom of the ACC with a small chance for success.

Tulsa comes in to the AAC and the reality is that they have a pretty good basketball tradition and AAC isn't nearly as competitive top to bottom as the ACC especially when the Ville leaves. Tulsa simple has to rise above ECU, UCF, Tulane, USF, etc to be a part of a meaningful conversation in AAC basketball. Figure UCONN, Memphis, Cincy occupy the top tier. It's going to be easier for Tulsa to win games in the AAC than it is for Wake to win games in the ACC. If success is measured in wins and losses then the AAC is the smart play until a "good" job comes along. That means a job that has a real chance to compete in a meaningful conference.

It's just how you look at it. Wake in many measures is miles about Tulsa, but if it's about opportunity for wins and losses, it not a clear cut answer.