ACC Realignment Megathread

[MNAlum]

Silver would you hire Will Wade?

[nolasilver]

It may burn some or all of the athletic department political capital, but yes. I think there may be enough political cover by stating he has been punished, he’s contrite and now can now be rehired with some oversight. He clearly would be a slam dunk hire if we could get him. There are also plenty of big time programs with fewer moral scrupples than us (Louisville ?) who also need a coach.

We have gotten a taste of winning from football, so that in conjunction with a promise of joining Stanford/Cal/Duke etc in the acc may be enough to get Gibson hall salivating enough to allow it. I am no insider on this just my personal feelings.

[MNAlum]

It may burn some or all of the athletic department political capital, but yes. I think there may be enough political cover by stating he has been punished, he’s contrite and now can now be rehired with some oversight. He clearly would be a slam dunk hire if we could get him. There are also plenty of big time programs with fewer moral scrupples than us (Louisville ?) who also need a coach.

We have gotten a taste of winning from football, so that in conjunction with a promise of joining Stanford/Cal/Duke etc in the acc may be enough to get Gibson hall salivating enough to allow it. I am no insider on this just my personal feelings.

Well said.

[long green]

I would also hire him. McNeese broke the ice, not us, and his racket is now pretty much legal.

[nolasilver]

I would also hire him. McNeese broke the ice, not us, and his racket is now pretty much legal.

Exactly. The first team to hire him deals with the fallout and its toxicity. The second team deals with far less. Back up the dump truck.

[atxwave]

Can't believe you guys didn't step up to make this comment....you want Wade, the only thing he understands are strong ass offers.

[Carolina Greenie]

SMU needs a pair.


Wait, I mean a travel pair.
Wait, that doesn’t sound right either…..

[waverider]

UMass is joining the MAC for all sports.

[waverider]

Can't believe you guys didn't step up to make this comment....you want Wade, the only thing he understands are strong ass offers.

I made one back in December in the Will Wade thread

Is it time to make him a Huge Asś offer? McNeese is 11-2 after beat Michigan in Ann Arbor today.

[Wavefan]

I don’t know enough about what coaches are available or if and when we are going to be in the market but to me a major plus for hiring Will Wade would be the amount of mental distress it would bring to fans of another program about 90 miles away. Might be a good hire, might not, but that alone would make it delicious before any games are even played.

[waverider]

I don’t know enough about what coaches are available or if and when we are going to be in the market but to me a major plus for hiring Will Wade would be the amount of mental distress it would bring to fans of another program about 90 miles away. Might be a good hire, might not, but that alone would make it delicious before any games are even played.

Would be great if we hired him and started going to the NCAA tournament again while they are sitting home watching the WBB selection show.

[speckled trout]

Silver would you hire Will Wade?

What do we really have to lose at this point?

[GretnaGrn]

Will Wade would be an absolute no-brainer at this point; what he did wrong isn't so much against the rules anymore, even.

[Poseidon]

Silver would you hire Will Wade?

What do we really have to lose at this point?

The best part about hiring Wade would be sticking it to LSU. We could pay him more than McNeese and would have a better NIL budget for his strong ass offers.

[tulaneoutlaw]

Will Wade would be an absolute no-brainer at this point; what he did wrong isn't so much against the rules anymore, even.

This is where I'm at.

[nolasilver]

I think if we did somehow hire will wade we would be betting favorites to make the ncaa tourney. That would be pretty incredible to see him turn this program around in one offseason. I would certainly pay to see that

[PeteRasche]

How has a thread about ACC realignment turned into a debate of the pros and cons of hiring Will Wade?

[waverider]

How has a thread about ACC realignment turned into a debate of the pros and cons of hiring Will Wade?

Because he can make a huge àss offer to get us in.

[WaveProf]

I think if we did somehow hire will wade we would be betting favorites to make the ncaa tourney. That would be pretty incredible to see him turn this program around in one offseason. I would certainly pay to see that

Considering, as a program, we've only made three tourneys in our history (and all in one cluster, so more a big moment than a comment on a program) it would indeed be incredible, and we should jump at the opportunity.

[speckled trout]

How has a thread about ACC realignment turned into a debate of the pros and cons of hiring Will Wade?

Basketball is probably the biggest thing holding us back at this point, other than facilities

[ml wave]

How has a thread about ACC realignment turned into a debate of the pros and cons of hiring Will Wade?

Basketball is probably the biggest thing holding us back at this point, other than facilities

Truly our issue is size of fanbase, though hopefully that continues to grow through football success.

[PeteRasche]

How has a thread about ACC realignment turned into a debate of the pros and cons of hiring Will Wade?

Basketball is probably the biggest thing holding us back at this point, other than facilities

Truly our issue is size of fanbase, though hopefully that continues to grow through football success.

Yeah, basketball isn't the reason we haven't received an ACC invitation. FSU not breaking up the TV contract yet is the main reason.

[nolasilver]

I concur, however there is some nuance. Yes if we had LSU’s fan base we would be invited back to the SEC. If we had Virginia techs fan base we would already be in the ACC. Via traditional metrics and traditional expansion we were left behind because of a small fan base, an apathetic administration, a lack of facilities and a lack of winning.

We have remedied several of those, and are working towards building the fan base.

To be clear- that’s traditional expansion, not back filling out of desperation.

If there is a mass migration of 4-6 teams from the acc, yes we will likely be shoe ins and non of those factors really matter as long as we are slightly more desirable than the other left behinds.

However if it’s just FSU, or FSU + 1, those traditional metrics do become important. FSU is the toast of the town and looking pretty sexy with a national ranking and a Tourney berth upcoming. They have their new academic check marks (aau +r1), have a decent number of fans and have some facilities. We would really help ourselves extricate 25 years of losing in basketball with a single ncaa berth.

[Marathon Wave]

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[PeteRasche]

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