Steve Forbes has been a breath of fresh air in the ACC. He’s unpretentious, funny and self-deprecating. At one press conference, the Iowa native asked the assembled if they knew what Iowa stood for: Idiots Out Wandering Around. At another, he came with Christmas lights and a hunter’s cap. He’s been a blast.
And he’s done a nice job at Wake Forest so far, coming in during the pandemic and building a solid program during a period of immense upheaval.
He just seems like a cool dude.
But life catches up to all of us at some point, gives us reality checks, and Forbes just got a big, scary one as his wife, Johnetta, suffered a stroke last week.