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I am going to be sick!!!!!

Bzdelik will return for a fourth season at Wake Forest.

http://www.journalnow.com/sports/wfu/ba ... f6878.html

I wish someone could give the name of a coach that could have done more with the crop of players that he had to work with...he started out with Gaudio's wretched group and had to let more than half of them go due to a variety of legal issues. I'm not sure why some people are so against Bzdelik, but it's dividing the fan base and really becoming a national embarrassment for the university. It's time for us to unite and be REAL supporters of Wake Forest Basketball!

It would appear you are in a very distinct minority in your view but I applaud your patience...While your reference to a rogue factor that manifested itself during the Gaudio era has a degree of validity, there are precious few individuals on campus or off that are willing to buy your argument that particular issue is the reason that Wake Forest has the record it has under Bzdelik.

Some of the reasons the vast majority of Wake Fans have against Bzzz are these stats pulled from firebz.com among others: During Bzdelik's tenure, WFU versus the ACC 11-42 (.208) and an overall record of 34-60 (.362). At the time of his WFU hiring, Jeff Bzdelik held a career conference tournament record of 1-5 (.167) and a Career NCAA Tournament record of 0-1 (.000). In February and March at Wake Forest, Jeff Bzdelik’s teams have recorded records of 0-11 in 2011, 2-7 in 2012, and finished 3-7 in 2013 for a combined total of 5-26 (.161). After three years without a post-season win at Wake Forest, Jeff Bzdelik’s current career record in Conference Tournaments is 1-8 (.111). Jeff Bzdelik’s teams have failed to earn any other invitation to post-season play since 2007. Jeff Bzdelik’s Career NCAA Tournament Record (8th Season as a Head Coach) 0-1

The Fan base isn't divided, it's in fact united in its opposition to this bland gentleman, along with an A.D. suffering with a HUGE degree of hubris, from continuing to wreak havoc upon this BB program & the University. It is the ultimate case of disrespect of the fans as well as all other constituents of the Wake Forest community to arrogantly proceed forward with the S.O.S. I dearly hope positive change will occur next year but don't believe it will come to pass


http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketba ... th-bzdelik

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketb ... ch-bzdelik

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the ... 25z;_ylv=3

http://www.bloggersodear.com/2013/3/27/ ... etball-acc

I'm neither an alum nor apathetic fan of Wake Forest, but my patience or anything close to confidence ran out long ago for this coach. He exhibits not a lick of knowhow, streetsmarts or charisma much less any fire-in-the-belly desire to inspire a player just from looking at his actions on the sidelines. He looks like he would have trouble encouraging a snail. Wake truly needs a leader like Coach K who can take what he has, year after year, and mold a team with the talents he is given. It's not enough for the Deacs to pull the occasional spoiler over a rival like Duke or Carolina, or over NC State and Miami like they did this past season, when you know they are not going anywhere after the season's over. Or who cares, Wake fan or not, about having integrity in a coach. That's a prerequisite of any WFU hire.

I say...for the coach, and Wellman....the pressure is really on now!! Not one single message I read on the journalnow.com website announcing this coach's return was positive.

I'd just like to see Wake competitive again however that is accomplished.

zalo - I too am furious about the incompetency in the Wake Forest Athletic Dept. I agree with the majority of the fan base that we need to axe Wellman and his buddy Bz immediately. Whatever legacy that Wellman was building for himself has evaporated.

To put my money where my mouth is, I am refusing to attend ANY Wake sporting events until the WFU administration comes to its senses and does some serious house cleaning. Additionally, I will not make any alumni contributions until change occurs.

Here is a letter that I sent to the Wake Alumni dept. and multiple other people at Wake yesterday:

Well, perhaps the way we can make lemonade out this huge basket of lemons, is to hope that Wellman is successful in buying the Joel. He had a pretty impressive Powerpoint presentation for the City Council's Finance Committee meeting last week. The meeting can be viewed on the City's website, his presentation was about an hour & half into the meeting.

If he is successful in getting the coliseum, he's going to have to have that sucker rented out constantly in order to bring in $$$ to rehab the center as well as put toward other athletic needs. If the WF blogs are to be believed, there is a huge backlash building among the alumni base, maybe not among the major donors, but the level underneath that. That in itself will be extremely damaging to the University. With a small school such as Wake, any antagonizing of the alumni contributions will have a long ranging ripple effect that will take a good deal of time to overcome even if Bzz is canned.

There appears to be some hope that the BOT will step in after their meeting in mid-April. With Don Flow as chairman of the board, I'm just wondering how that will play in Wellman's favor. What I mean is that I'm sure that the tennis center along with the W-S Open required a good deal of collaboration and heavy lifting by Wellman for that effort. Flow may be of the position that he is willing to not get involved and to trust Wellman's decision making on this.

I love Wake Forest, but it's sad how far they've fallen. Remember, it was only a few years ago they were the #1 ranked team in the country. I'm glad for CJ Harris that they had a few big wins this year (Miami game was incredible) but a couple games isn't going to make up for three season's worth of disappointment.

As good as Bz is on the X's and O's (supposedly), he just lacks the ability to relate to and motivate 18-22 year old kids. Seems like a nice guy who unfortunately has the personality of a robot. Wake needs someone with some passion and energy ...

Having said that (and to completely contradict myself), I think Tubby Smith would be a good hire for Wake. He went to HPU and I think his wife is from the area. Definitely a solid coach that could get them back to respectability.

Hard to believe Bz comes back for another season. He has obviously been a dud.

I am not as passionate about Wake athletics as some. As a lifelong resident of Winston-Salem, I basically take the teams for granted, never expecting much and rarely being disappointed.

The Wake Fan/Alum movement to oust the basketball disaster otherwise known as Bzdelik, has now funded a billboard on US-52.

In addition, because all pleas for a demonstration of logic/sanity from the WFU Athletic Dept. have fallen upon deaf ears, the BuzzOut movement has morphed into a cause which also calls for Athletic Director Ron Wellman's involuntary resignation.

http://triadsportsdaily.com/post/50340983939

I made a new thread for LJVM to separate it out from the Wake Forest Sports discussion: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=238

Speaking of Wake Forest sports...Even with the new revamped and Deaconized Coliseum, I'm not very optimistic about Wake basketball while Bzdelik is still there, but we have great soccer teams (both women and men). The football season is still early, so we'll see what happens. We have some potential there since we have several Seniors in the game. Tomorrow against Clemson...well, I'll be proud if we hold them off (at least for a bit).

Actually, it's more extreme than that. I've seen fundraisers for renting an airplane pulling an anti-Bz banner. I'm sure someone at wake has to ask at some point where the $4,500 for the billboard and thousands more for other things is coming from (their donations!). The fact that Wellman is losing these donations to ads asking the school to fire him is enough to question his return alone.

FROM THE WAKE WILL CAMPAIGN:

Wake Forest Baseball Park seeks $10 million will allow us to reconfigure the stadium seating, bring fans closer to the field, build a more effective concourse, and add concessions and amenities that will enhance the experience of our fans. The connection of Wake Forest Baseball Park with BB&T Field and reconfiguring the concourse allows us to serve both baseball patrons and enhance the football game day experience as a dual purpose. In addition to other team area enhancements will transform the Wake Forest Baseball Park into a dynamic, family-friendly fan experience that will increase attendance, aid in the recruiting of talented student athletes and staff, and improve the competiveness of our team.

I have a great respect for Jim Grobe and the type of man/coach he is, but this is probably for the best.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... be-resigns

This article really epitomizes the outstanding measure of Jim Grobe. Now if someone else in a coaching position at the old Gold & Black would show similar class, then the sun would definitely shine brighter in Winston.

http://www.journalnow.com/sports/column ... 0f31a.html