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From: wcfs@uvacs.UUCP (Will Summers)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops
Subject: Re: Where is Carl Tacy?
Message-ID: <2279@uvacs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 17:24:54 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 17:24:54 1985
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Reply-To: wcfs@uvacs.UUCP (Will Summers)
Organization: U.Va. CS dept.  Charlottesville, VA
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In article <659@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP> bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron Howes) writes:
>In article <22500006@uiucdcsb> borodkin@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA writes:
>
>>     I heard that the Wake Forest coaching job was open.  Does anyone
>>know what happened to Carl Tacy?
>
>Tacy resigned abruptly and unexpectedly a couple of weeks ago to go into
>private business or, more precisely, "to pursue other interests."  There
>was no hint of scandal or dissatisfaction or any disagreement between he
>and his administration.  Very odd.  Rumors in this area are as follows:
>
>(1) Tacy has had some bad years recently and with his star performer
>	(Kenny Greene) having gone pro was going to have a worse year
>	this year.  Time to get out before they throw you out.
>(2) Tacy has a mild heart condition and has been urged to quit before the
>	worst happened.  (Coaching in the ACC is definitely not an occupation
>	for those with misfiring hearts.)
>(3) Tacy loves Winston-Salem and had a chance at a job which would
>	allow him to retire there with better money than the 100K+ he
>	was earning at Wake Forest.  Wake is a private school and times
>	aren't good for private schools.
>
>My own preference is for (3.)  Tacy has always been a cool customer and
>I could very well see he might go for something more secure and less 
>demanding than basketball coaching.  It's hard to show the world what
>you can do when you are perennially coaching against the likes of Dean
>Smith, Jim Valvano, Lefty Dreisell, etc.  If you aren't going to be great,
>be happy.
>-- 
>
>						Byron C. Howes
>				      ...!{decvax,akgua}!mcnc!ecsvax!bch


Well Byron, I too would have opted for number 3 until I read that Tacy
is interested in the positions at ODU and Arizona (State ?).  It now
appears that number 1 may be the better choice.

Oh, by the way, I can see Deano and Valvano, but Lefty a Coach?
And this from Tobacco Road. :-)

						Will Summers