By Andrew Gould Two weeks before starting the season, Manhattan unexpectedly fired head coach Steve Masiello. The move, which came when the sides didn’t reach a contract extension before Masiello’s final year, prompted senior Jose Perez to enter the transfer portal. Responding to the news on Wednesday, ESPN’s Dick Vitale called the firing “shocking and wacky.” “They had [a] chance for a strong year,” Vitale wrote on Twitter. “Now his superstar is entering the transfer portal.” Perez, who led the Jaspers with 18.9 points per game last season, called Masiello “the most caring person I ever met.”…