What’s happening in Wilmington?

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What’s happening in Wilmington?

It appears North Dakota State head coach Tim Miles made the right choice last spring when he turned down a chance to coach at North Carolina-Wilmington.

Wilmington lost its best player to a medical hardship, had a starting guard transfer to another school and at times has played with three freshman guards.

As a result, the Seahawks have won only six games.

“It probably hasn’t been the best situation for a first-year coach,” said Brian Mull, who covers the team for the Wilmington Star-News.

The first-year head coach is Benny Moss, an assistant from nearby North Carolina-Charlotte who was hired after Miles decided to stay at NDSU, where his team has won 15 games.

Mull admits the Wilmington situation would have been hard for any coach to step into. Brad Brownell, who has just guided Wilmington to a school-record season, decided to take a job a Wright State of Ohio.

Considered a lateral move, many Wilmington boosters were upset with athletic director Mike Capaccio for not paying Brownell more to stay.

“The athletic director was portrayed as being the bad guy by some,” Mull said. “But the more I’ve learned about it, the previous coach was making some pretty big demands.

“But I think the fans for the most part are pretty understanding about the current season. Most people are pretty optimistic for the future.”

Meanwhile, Miles is happy at NDSU – where four super sophomores keep winning, look forward to the Mid-Continent Conference next year and a possible postseason tournament in two years.

[Retired Coach]

Everyone should check out their message board. There are enough threads/posts about WSU and Brownell that you would think it is a Raider message board.

www.caazone.com/boards/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=57a769db67eabfa8db4bb5538ac296fa

[Pauley]

Has that link been posted over on their board? I imagine that some would go ballistic after reading that propaganda.

[Retired Coach]

They are all nuts.

[Deleted]

they're going through withdrawal. ppl on our board wouldn't shut up about Pearl last year and we were winning!!!! some people took it way too personal that he left. i can understand their frustration given their AD decided to act on the worst case scenario but things will get better for them once they start winning. congrats on the Butler win btw. the whole "bashing WSU" stuff is just jealously now that they suck.

[wsu97]

This is one of the best threads of all time. You could literally make a crappy soap opera out of it.

www.caazone.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=60274&sid=3c22fe1f9c9fe39ba3c162f88cf53a90

[bballraider]

I had hoped that Moss would do well for them right out of the gate, so that they could move on and quit harping on Wright State. I do not wish bad things on any mid-major fans that has lost their coach, and has to start over. We have had to do that too many times here at Wright State. Once they can move on, they will stop saying bad things about Dayton and Wright State, and eventually will get over the loss of Brownell. The fans of UNCW were the victims in the whole mess between the A.D. and the coaches, so I can afford them some leeway. Hopefully they will start winning again and will be happy and wish us well in our future. If they do not start winning, I feel sorry for both the coaching staff and the A.D. in Wilmington, because their fans have tasted winning before and will have these guy's head on a platter, if they do not get that feeling back.

Also, I would like to extend thanks to UNCW A.D. for not being able to work out a deal with Coach Brownell. Dr. Cusak's quick actions have certainly brought about a good coaching change for the Raiders for a change. We were overdue.

[bballraider]

Blitz, this is what I love about message boards. We both root for all the same teams, and tend to want the same things, yet we seem to always come at things from different sides. If everybody thought the same way the boards would be pretty boring. I like hearing different views from my own. It makes me look at what I am thinking from different sides and helps me understand the situations even better. Sometimes I change my mind, and sometimes I don't, either way it is fun to discuss all things Raiders with other passionate fans.

[Raiderfan]

I tend to fall more in line with bballraider's thinking on this one. I don't much enjoy rooting for any one to fail. To me the best case senario would be to met UNCW in the round of 16 in the NCAA ( both winners). I also wonder if we owe some sort of "thank you" to George Washington Unv.? Why GW you ask? If you remember in last years NCAA Tournament UNCW all but had that thier first round game against GW won and GW miraculously found a way to force OT in which they then beat UNCW. My thinking is that if UNCW holds on and advances to the round of 32 then it puts a whole lot more pressure on the AD at UNCW to keep BB. So maybe, just maybe GW winning in OT in a round about way helped us land one of the premier coaches? Just a thought to ponder.........

[Sixth Man]

Their fans remind me of UD fans.