John Currie Interview

Going to learn today. Wake Forest will not be playing more to think of it issues in the seminal foot all program that means the geeks will remain for more. Those eight games the fewest amount played for any ACC team this season with the Appian backdrop. We welcome and wake A.D. John Curry to the shell. John, thank you for the time on short notice before we get to what you'll be doing for the seniors this evening and just a bit. I got a few practical questions to get to was the possibility of cancellation, something on your radar screen. Early in the week or was this a result of positives on the Thursday afternoon or Thursday morning test for teams that are set to take the road Friday. Will you know you thought about it. But the modification of a medical advisory protocol go move the Friday test Thursday. So I guess the little bit of silver lining in the cloud and that the testing yesterday that which we call the default mode lawful on Thursday there Resulted apparently this morning, combined with the previous attrition could not question in a way that maybe think about running it, or not finding this out on Saturday morning right. How did you inform team that this would be the case, is completely accurate, but it was a 10 o'clock or paid in that range. When Coburn directed to call me on and he said… Point just walking into the all with the team became knowing that it was a question that still possible over the next 45 minutes or so.

Although Dr. Dr. David got me to confirm all went over to Macquarie art terrific facility and walking and background on aggression of the nation. We see the reaction on social media.

How would you describe the reaction team upon you letting them know the news.

They were very disappointed, but I was also really proud and talk about one game and wanting to know when the opportunity to do that you know of work activities and really proud of how our experience in operations and communications team action and came up with a plan for tonight so to convert tonight will probably into virtual celebration. So we have fireworks lots of garlic. Healthily been planned the team. We can't, unfortunately, but we will celebration out actually live streamed on Twitter and Facebook and special group of very special group. We are offering them as best we can be clear on the time starting at 615 correct show comes on 613 and will record that were team is converted into recognizing the new wake A.D. John Curry with the serum sports and triad before you started talking about right now are just turning our sites to a ballgame was your first reaction.

Is it possible to find a replacement, maybe not for tomorrow but maybe for Monday or Tuesday so when I called Clawson paralytic. This might be the case. Topical and found this point we control we control okay control. We don't control back a little. There was a moment on Sunday morning all, when we can.

Concerning on Saturday last weekend and lost a couple team players and they were very critical kidding. Sunday I went through the medical evaluation to comply on Monday to last Sunday course, that was a moment in time where you this weekend to see if we could find a game and potentially played earlier and I did want to work on on Sunday this past Sunday I looked all day trying to figure out different options for an earlier bouquet conversations with colleagues about possibly an alternate team to play the body clock on Sunday when they were going to talk obviously you don't need the day-to-day moment by moment trying that we have an option now leaders 30 so they're just not ready to start back up at this point to shut down already have a game.

There is a logistical challenge if you want to say what I call all of them are like that that's that's really a tough stretch as well.

The element of game planning little bit different than if you just going to go to Leica and maybe even basketball and I use that as a transition here because they're just a really good not stuff their John Curry with this year. The plan as far as I understand it is for you guys to return to practice Sunday three weeks to the day. That way candidates last practice on the floor. November 29 and look ahead for the Syracuse game on December 30 before we talk about the game on the 30th. As far as you understand it has every affected player by coded now recovered from it expected to return all we have never said so quickly about when and how they would come back to how we do it while you practice that I got out information about specific players and we do have to remember that aggression aggression individual player based upon when they got how they when they cleared the court. When they started back to Loke etc. it's all alone. Each player will be very thin since you started will be very vigilant about ensuring that no player returns until they are absolutely cleared and ready to go. I was listening to Kevin Keith's comments last night as they went to St. Louis quickly scheduled a road game. They only had six guys practicing last Saturday when they resumed after two weeks and then they got on the floor with only nine guys in uniform and even though they lost the game states that it was good for us to get out on the floor nurse at the play Campbell before ACC play again for them against the Tar Heels next week. Have you started to look at maybe the idea of playing a game immediately before the 30th or is the 30th. The earliest possible point. Weight basketballs can reply to the latter, and I want to close with this yet. The statement out there about Jim Phillips and he is set to be the new Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast conference exceeding John Swofford.

After his 24 years in the Greensboro headquarters for the league. Have you spoken to Jim this week and what kind of relationship you have Sunday and Monday. Then driving up walking all our talking about a long way over 20 years of relationship and friendship, no, mentor, Mike, and close colleague Mark on the extractor standpoint. One of our guys work for me it takes to really good relationship. The phone on Tuesday morning Josh and I was so far and I'm sorry that because the board made such a tremendous truly not part of that leadership makes a tremendous choice and instantly Jim with the question to ask. Like I want to try to figure out what job did tell me about this. These needs and it's no different than knowing Clawson takes over go somewhere and check with you and talk every director of property that he talked every ceiling when it comes conference starts a couple months on the job already got a big game tomorrow game all person to go on John Curry with the seer wake A.D. appreciate you being here on short notice and going in as many blanks as you did there on football, basketball, and with the new aid Commissioner coming in for the Atlantic Coast conference watch tonight 615 this evening on Twitter and Facebook if you're a wake forest fan, it would mean a lot to those seniors. I know it with them not being able to play tomorrow if you were there as they get sent off tonight being the senior day that they put together virtually in the wake of this news of cancellation John appreciate you being here.thanks so much