Wheatley OUT at Wayne?!

[GLIAC2MAC]

I'll be interested to see what the contract details are. Maybe it's a one season deal, but without the interim tag? Makes sense, kinda hard to say you're the interim guy when you need to bring a whole staff in. If he can coach these guys up and there's some kind of improvement this year, great, give him a deal. If it doesn't work out, no hard feelings, it was a tough situation, and a more thorough search is done come November. In what going to be a lost year, there's at least a chance for something to get turned around. The only thing I don't want is another "national search." I'd really like our money back from the one that brought Wheatley here in the first place lol

They need to fire Erika too.

[NewEraWarrior]

WSU will get a test next season when they meet Hillsdale. Second game of the new season at Hillsdale. This game renews a rivalry that originally began in 1909.

Absolutely stoked for a chance to renew this rivalry. Some highly regarded games played between 2010-2015. At the height of the rivalry, it determined a playoff spot. I always felt the programs respected each other as they were often looked at as yin and yangs of each other.

As for Wayne's current situation, rooting for the new coaching staff as they will be placed in a tough situation. To be candid, it literally cannot get much worse than 2025 so there is that.

[champgymusa]

Absolutely stoked for a chance to renew this rivalry. Some highly regarded games played between 2010-2015. At the height of the rivalry, it determined a playoff spot. I always felt the programs respected each other as they were often looked at as yin and yangs of each other.

As for Wayne's current situation, rooting for the new coaching staff as they will be placed in a tough situation. To be candid, it literally cannot get much worse than 2025 so there is that.

Ya gotta wonder if they put a lot of time and effort into a search for a new coach. Wish him the best but damn...WSU has the recourses to be elite...

[GLIAC2MAC]

Ya gotta wonder if they put a lot of time and effort into a search for a new coach. Wish him the best but damn...WSU has the recourses to be elite...

It's not cheap for the average college student to live near campus in a relatively safe area.

[svsu]

Wheatley hired by Illinois as RB coach.

[WayneStatesman]

They need to fire Erika too.

Amen. She's a DEI hire for sure and needs to go.

[tip79]

Amen. She's a DEI hire for sure and needs to go.

Is that because she is a woman?

[GLIAC2MAC]

Wheatley hired by Illinois as RB coach.

What an unbelievably bad hire for a program on the rise.

[dvaara]

Is that because she is a woman?

Most likely not. It likely has more to do with the terrible state of Wayne state Athletics despite their tremendous advantage of being in a large city with no d1 competition to speak of. Believe it or not, it's not just men who can be terrible at their job. Women are also often terrible at their job. When you're an AD, there are measurable indicators or your success or lack there of. Alumni, who often donate $$ to their alma maters would rather not go a few years without a football victory.

[tip79]

Most likely not. It likely has more to do with the terrible state of Wayne state Athletics despite their tremendous advantage of being in a large city with no d1 competition to speak of. Believe it or not, it's not just men who can be terrible at their job. Women are also often terrible at their job. When you're an AD, there are measurable indicators or your success or lack there of. Alumni, who often donate $$ to their alma maters would rather not go a few years without a football victory.

That is what I was getting at. I was asking the Wayne Statesman why they called the AD a "DEI hire?" Is it because she is a woman?

[KleShreen]

What an unbelievably bad hire for a program on the rise.

There's no profession that fails upwards more than football coaches.

[Redwing]

There's no profession that fails upwards more than football coaches.

No kidding. What's disappointing is that he's likely pulling down at least twice as much as any of the HC's in the GLIAC. And his resume is one I would hide.

[GLIAC2MAC]

Antwon Robinson spilled a lot of tea on Wheatley (Facebook Alumni Page) and all of it confirms to me, he just wasn't a good guy and a bad coach.

[WayneStatesman]

That is what I was getting at. I was asking the Wayne Statesman why they called the AD a "DEI hire?" Is it because she is a woman?

Yes, that's what I meant. IMO she was hired primarily because she's a woman not because she was the best candidate for the job.

[KleShreen]

Yes, that's what I meant. IMO she was hired primarily because she's a woman not because she was the best candidate for the job.

Maybe Wayne State should hire a woman for football coach, then, since clearly men aren't doing a very good job.