Wake Forest has announced that basketball coach Dino Gaudio has been fired after three...

Wake Forest has announced that basketball coach Dino Gaudio has been fired after three seasons.

Gaudio was 61-31, 27-21 in the ACC, in three seasons. The school will immediately start a national search for a new coach.

"Dino has made contributions to this program over the last 10 seasons," Wake Forest athletics director Ron Wellman said in a statement. "He stepped into a difficult situation at a very trying time when Skip Prosser passed away and he steadied the program.

"But from a competitive standpoint, it has been disappointing that we have developed a pattern of not playing well late in the season and in the postseason. Wake Forest has a proud history of basketball success but we have not been as competitive in the postseason as we would like."

You're the man, Wellman. Holy shit.

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Man I wish NC State had someone like Wellman instead of that half-whit Fowler….

by BadinBoarder87 on Apr 7, 2010 6:45 PM EDT reply actions

This makes me so depressed

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Apr 7, 2010 7:01 PM EDT reply actions

I really thought this was a late April-Fool's joke

Holy bad decisions, Batman! They’re a 6000-student school with high academic standards, and making the tourney every year ain’t enough?

Earth to Wake: Tim Duncan’s not coming back. Neither’s Skip Prosser. Your 15 minutes are officially over…

by wolfonthehill on Apr 7, 2010 10:17 PM EDT reply actions

Unless, of course, he has a better coach in his pocket already

I don’t even think of that since we’re the opposite of competence in hiring coaches… but sounds like SFN thinks they might land a trophy.

Fuck…

by wolfonthehill on Apr 7, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think wellman

makes this move without having someone lined up. Unless Wellman realized that Dino will never win a championship, and that is just not good enough.

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Apr 8, 2010 8:12 AM EDT reply actions

agreed

This move can’t happen without a plan already in place.

Backing The Pack

by Akula Wolf on Apr 8, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions

visions of grandeur-B.C.;Wake; NCSU. but here is what sets NCSU apart. State has two national championships in men’s basketball and 10 ACC tournament championships. State’s academic administration killed the basketball team 1991-1993 as opposed to State not being a basketball school.

by sbas2 on Apr 8, 2010 8:32 AM EDT reply actions

I agree

but there is nothing wrong with teams (especially in High-Major conferences) from wanting to compete for championships, and taking steps towards that goal (not that I think you are implying that there is something wrong with it). If that is not your goal, why even bother? What kind of history do teams like UConn, West Virginia, or Tennessee have that would make them any likelier to succeed in men’s basketball than other major conference teams? UConn just happened to find the right coach, and WVU and Tennessee went out and found guys who were proven, shared their vision, and gave them support. At NC State there is no vision, there are only guys trying to survive to the next year. I am also a firm believer that excellence in an organization comes from the top. If the top level demands excellence of themselves and others, then everyone knows they have to perform. I hate setting “minimum” goals. That tends to make people do enough only to meet the minimum.

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Apr 8, 2010 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions