We weren’t entirely shocked that Wake Forest came to play Tuesday night. The Demon Deacons had a fair amount of turmoil over the last few days as A.D. Rod Wellman announced his retirement and Wake Forest simultaneously introduced his replacement, John Currie, a Wake Forest grad, and all parties said the priority is to “fix” basketball.
When you’re 11-17 (now 11-18) and your coach’s career record at your school is 64-90, the most obvious fix is a new coach.
And to us that brought Wake Forest to a fork: either Manning has lost his team a la Steve Alford’s UCLA, or his team would react as sociology tells us it should and turns inward for strength.