Danny Manning Interview (4-6-20)

This weekend, like the previous two weekends, I spent some time watching some former games and one of those former games back in 1988 as Kansas took down Oklahoma national title game Danny Manning was at the center of that and one of my favorite national title games was one that he was an assistant coach for where Derrick Rose and Memphis there set to win the national title in San Antonio 2008, but Mario Chalmers it's a big shot after the Tigers missed a ton of free throws and all of a sudden the game turns in over time. Kansas wins the national title. Danny was an assistant on that team and now are being joint by the head coach of the Demon deacons Danny Manning good I want to talk about a lot of different things with you. Appreciate you spending the time, but are you, like many of us cooped up in your house did you take any time to watch yourself in the 88 title game that was showing this weekend. I did not want to work at a couple cardroom girl very comfortable regrout girl. Oh no I did not partake. Watch it radiate their future. (It was shown to the head coach of the deeds we haven't heard from you in a few weeks since the season ended the national title game. It would've been played tonight so I am interested in some of your feelings going into that 88 game and also as an assistant coach. The one in 2008 with Mario Chalmers hitting the big shot but let's get to a couple housekeeping notes here take me to about four weeks ago were you able that week to get all your exit interviews done with your players before everything shut down general work probably dark aware that we normally do it so you know what would ordinarily everybody else for the most part is your daughter a lot of video chat and get a conference call that nature.

So that's how we are connected to our young man now all of you together unique situation are also all college students do at this point in time because of how the process of going in terms of the classes that are all alive online.

So are my guys are doing well with adjustment. You know it is what we have to go through and the best route for all of us right now. How about for yourself.

I know after the year it's John Kerry's policy to go over the season with each of his coaches. Have you had a chance to do that video the zoom chat with the director of athletics at Wake Forest we are where were going through those now so were were still going through those Maryland you know look on look forward to for continued meeting. What assurances, if any, has he given you that you need to wake forest head basketball coach for next season. We are familiar excerpts are moving forward.

I'm going to be here. It's always been my thought process that was there when the season ended. That's how I feel. So you will continue to move forward and do other things necessary to cure the care for this new normal that were in right now Danny Manning with the seer Wake Forest head basketball coach. I've been reading a lot about your successes on the recruiting trail been getting some text messages from people saying that you been recruiting your butt out on the road and we seen some of the results there, but paint the picture for me. What recruiting has looked like for you in isolation protocol emails. Obviously, we do we do our draft meeting conference call think of that nature got it all right now it's just a lot of phone call.

A lot of correct general because the young man on our team right now we have a feel for their scheduled good. You know the other men that were recruiting or have different schedules and so just tried to find different windows of time or we can check that with our recruitment. Obviously stay connected with our current players. The biggest challenge for us right now in the middle.

Sometimes urinary with great reception or sometimes are not for the end up dropping called things of that nature. So you have to be consistent and persistent in continuing to reach out and tried to commit what about not necessarily leave your guys, but figuring out what their best path is going to be do you expect Chante Brown or Olivier so are to explore the NBA draft process organelle for the remit of other drug trigger for great piece of information forms to Tara so you know I I IIII would be okay with it just with their point of view.

You can do it.

It's available. In the ghetto. Certainly want those guys to have as much information as possible about also you know I'm I'm I'm definitely under the mindset that could happen but I do feel like that with college basketball and gentle with a lot of you, especially if they haven't done that going into their senior year. So I went I would anticipate that happening when you receive all of the business when you're the head of any organization. Heck, if you're playing at the top level college basketball coaching at the top level what you're doing right now are playing in the NBA. You're not nude criticism Heck is a sports talk radio host. I have people tell me on the best of the worst almost on a daily basis, so I know you're not. That's not new to you, but there are a lot of concern. Wake Forest spans because of the last few years. Considering what they were accustomed to in the 90s and the 2000s about the direction of white basketball what would you say to somebody who simply says one NCAA tournament in six years.

Danny he's he's not the right guy to lead this ship. What would you say to that person warming you have your prayer there could be supported with the cream and a certain girl. Goals and aspirations of prayer group, but you bought a lot of share the same common goal and that is to help produce more history and tradition of the program, help our young men graduate from a great diversity prepare for life done that's that's at the end of the day to me that that is my goal to help you prepare for life that we do it to basketball.

You need to win a lot of games along the way. In the process. And that's always the goal. So for me on your family get to the x-ray target that's we want to do as well since we don't have any information to the contrary. Let's assume for now. Chante and Olivier are going to be back for 2000 22,021. This winter this fall. In terms of talent. What excites you about what's returning what I'm excited about our front line limit. I like her old favorite general but really good experience of our front line with Olivier. 13 all ACC last year and receiving quite a few goats for most improved player on the think that's really encouraging Chante Brown back for her senior year is really encouraging the average about 12 and six to plant some really good basketball for toward the island of the season to smell the sloop had a really solid personal care. For those God took some steps were all coming back to add to reach an agreement on Sunday back from from their injuries. We got a talented freshman, the court you contributed and Cody was spectacular last year. There's goal for so I'm really excited about our our our front line. I think of guards of potential be really talented about Jacoby really played well, especially Stretch forth.

[Leading the fifth guy have a part trouble ratio of excited about all the recruits to rehab, there are those God is a very talented athletic and they're going to contribute right off the bat from day one. So I really like the mix of God that we have alike the personality and they all get along very well so I'm really excited about this upcoming season. But until we get there we were in Lawler's unique situation right now and so right now the best way for us to stay connected reaching out to one another and then phone calls and group chat and things of that nature. Hopefully once we get back. All WE can light it all off and get set for great student to add to what you're saying a little bit you come beneath. He had double figure scoring games and for the last six games of the year. We know that your track record with big men. You do an excellent job dating back to your data cancer developing these guys and you have a ton of them to deal with this next year on paper.

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I don't even know the last time Wake Forest had more than one all ACC player. I know that Brian Crawford was close in 2017 and John Collins was a first-team all ACC got one paper is this team on par with the most talent you had on a singular team of excited about it but Kotak hard to answer right now.once we get back together going to pick from. From current for all all through that week to get back into the swing of things in regards to what they're doing now because a lot of guys don't have the access that they've had in the past two to work out getting into the chair of the things that nature so I'm excited about it but it's also going to take a little time to build up dates back up and really know what you have to order to receive Wake Forest had basketball text Danny Manning with this want to shift things to desk. How does the nerves of being on the bench for a national title game in 2008 compared to the nerves you felt as a younger man playing for Kansas in 1988. The nerves were much greater in 2008 of the Sukkot of that word back. Why think of the player here is a little naïve to the situation and everything that goes into it and there's a certain level of invincibility that you feel that you have at that age and also of the player you know when you're working out of the player you know my goal. Our goal is to win there for her to do this we get to this level as a coach, you realize all the things going for that and how fortunate you have to be all for all the things the lineup to happen and so in order to coach you know you're going through different ways that they were under different personnel pieces they put out there on the court file trouble that went well. Plan well you know as employer. You don't quite hit all those speaking points at certain times throughout the course of August we learned this weekend. Tim Duncan inducted into the basement basketball Hall of Fame which is a big monumental thing for him but also for Wake Forest as well. What's your best Tim Duncan encounter for your for five years in the league were you guys overlap from occurring garden that was held up by myself in that situation. I remember that's up against him and those characters birthday trying to make him work really hard to give it to actually catch the ball, where he walked to jab step back off the glass are shot for Copaxone a tremendous player.

One of the best ever doing so, happy for him to be going into the whole essay about us. We were very proud of that achievement begins but yet he was careful he was something to guard out there and not a lot of people could do it and that's why he is one of the best revelation of love to play the game expresses a powerful yeah we got Tony Rutland is to share some Wake Forest stories with Timmy a little bit later on but is that the most helpless you felt in the post in the NBA or is it somebody else you face no no no real.

I've been there for to bless the opportunity to try to guard great players would probably be the most helpless is probably trying to guard shack to be out of the room just from the standpoint of the birth of five is athletic ability. You will really was something special of the terms of that type of player within skill set and allow people give sector credit he deserves for skill set with his size was tremendous, and how we move from job to elevate it was something to behold.

The utilities you change the game from the standpoint of when he was at his best in his prime. There is always one or two guys on every roster that their job was to catch up with you that they placed 60 Danny Manning with this year and seeps into the head coach of Wake Forest and has been at been in that position for the last half-dozen years extended use probably had encounters with the late Carl TCU passed away last week. One of the great Wake Forest coaches and I thought Ed Hardin of the Greensboro news and record it a great job in capturing him in a story last week talking about being a guy didn't mind being modest never really attracted attention to himself, but would give advice if it was inquired for what are your memories of the late Carl takes her little really goes back to high school.

Claimant high school games are creative granite on the far larger under the basket at a high school game all been good watch and experience play, you know, for me growing up in Greensboro wait for 4D AC pixie team that I could put my daughter, wrap my hands around the truck plant in Greensboro from no good majority of the time that I was there so the way he carried himself a way to explain the Celtic players that he had great coaches on the use of somebody that are definitely respected and blogging here in the coaching profession.

Martial law and who gets the nickname the gentleman, because the certain points of the career of all of us in different people.

You know that that adjective gentleman is not thrown out there that much and down below. He's the one that I deftly like to later that regard, helping our young people continue to grow and develop, carry myself with the euro in the right way to deal with this. Robert and the people on the show. Here we been trying to think of things we can ask each guest about that's relatable to everybody who might be listening in their homes or the essential workers in their car. If you're hinged up in your house. Are you somebody who's doing a lot of the cooking in the house or are you giving door – a workout or trudging out there just to go through the drive throughout how you getting most of your food. I will a positive answer that the article might incriminate ourselves in some way shape or fact I think takeout I think takeout and drive cruiser fine. I think I think that's okay. Drive cruiser. We we use over and also the life of the wonderful cook. We have different meal options throughout the course of the confinement I go through camping so that it would go a little bit of everything, but you were trying to her to forget about making sure we stay home a little bit bored. Her daughter to take out so what were trying to adhere to our our children's wishes to a certain extent Danny, I really do appreciate you coming on answering the couple difficult questions while doing so. Always been great to us. It's appreciated that you find the time for us today. I work like a lot of the great that you got it.

That's Danny Manning head coach of Wake Forest basketball.

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