If the reports are true, Arky is set to hire Jim Grobe as its next head coach. That’s a fine move. Grobe is a guy that’s taken one of the most abysmal programs in the country to a BCS game and a conference title. What he might be able to do at a program that has some actual resources is interesting to contemplate.
My only advice for him would be to make sure that he doesn’t use a cell phone paid for by his employer.
So the net for the conference in terms of head coaching talent has been to swap Orgeron for Grobe. Pretty impressive.
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UPDATE: On second thought, never mind. (h/t EDSBS)
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UPDATE #2: Maybe it’s part of a secret plan to bankrupt the ACC.
5 Comments
December 6, 2007 at 8:07 am
Just read a few of the comments to that blog post. Man – talk about ridiculous expectations. Grobe is a superb coach. Those pigs just don’t have any idea what kind of school Wake Forest is – I mean, do they even have 1,000 students??
December 6, 2007 at 8:32 am
Wake has an enrollment of about 6,500 students, which, if I recall, makes it one of the five smallest schools in D-1.
Arky’s enrollment, for comparison’s sake, is around 16,000.
December 6, 2007 at 11:03 am
Wow – this came out of nowhere for me. I had no idea they were interviewing Grobe.
Great hire for the Hogs. Frankly, I think he’ll have much more success than Tommy Bowden.
December 6, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Just got a text from a friend – said ESPN is reporting Grobe turned down the Hogs. Wow, this really is turning into a daytime drama.
December 6, 2007 at 3:36 pm
I think he read my first comment above.