Some of the Tribe alums would still prefer Shaver coaching the Tribe this season. I am sure that UNCW will go through an extensive interview process.
Just so that you can get a full picture, prior to Shaver's arrival, W&M won a total of 2 conference tournament games in the 16 prior years. Other than the 1998 team coached by Charlie Woolum that tied for the regular season title(losing in the quarters in their first tournament game), W&M had zero regular season success.
It took time to get started(because we were God-awful before he got there after Charlie retired). There was a magical tourney runs in 2008 and then the 2010 senior lead team also lost in the finals. Shaver won a lot of games from 2010 to the time he was let go(especially the last 6 years). Until last season's debacle in the 2nd half against Delaware( that may have been the only reason for his dismissal), the Tribe had reached the semis 5 straight years. He didn't win the tourney. In 2014, Omar Prewitt missed the front of a one and one, there was no charge call on the last Delaware bucket, and Marcus Thornton missed the last shot. If any of those plays go the other way, he is still coaching at W&M. From 2015 to 2018, they lost to the tourney champ 3 times. I can see wanting a UNCW guy, but in Shaver you would get someone super-motivated. Remember, he is being paid not to coach already. Other than you guys(5?) and Northeastern with 2, no one has had a lot of tourney titles in our league. At minimum, our teams were always entertaining. Frankly, I would be very surprised if the Tribe wins it this year(but hope they finally do). It simply isn't that easy.