(02-27-2018 03:58 PM)bricksnivy Wrote:  I hope that we all agree that we don't need to claim Calipari. I'm all for Brownell, Donlon, Justus (somehow make them specific to Joel and ignore any relation to Cal), Byington, and even Keatts updates. We probably need more Marty Jarmond/BC updates too, and if anyone knows what Oleg is up to, I'm listening.

Not that anyone cares, but my connection to and affinity for Wainwright and Brownell will always be stronger than for Keatts. To me, they were more invested in UNCW than Keatts the same way a four-year player is more meaningful to a program than a OAD guy. Both are important and contribute, but the commitment is different. That's not a dig at Keatts, either...just one guy's perspective.

I get your point to some extent, but Wainright stayed longer because his record was good but not great consistently. Good conference records with ok overall records. He had four good seasons in eight years, and left for Richmond after his third good season that ended in an NCAA tournament. It also worked out better because we continued with his assistant, Brownell, without so much as a search. He only stayed four years as well. The only reason Keatts wasn't here long is he had three really good seasons in a row and we looked really good against two top notch ACC teams in the middle of ACC country come NCAA tournament time. So he was well known in North Carolina. I kind of wish he could have had a mediocre season thrown in there to extend his time here, but what can you do? I pretty sure Brownell and Wainright would have left in year three with a $2.2 million dollar offer on the table, don't you?