Dan Wetzel – John Calipari the Perfect Coach For NC State

LINK.

Favorite excerpt:

That tale, the quintessential John Calipari story, is why he is the perfect coach for North Carolina State, and the Wolfpack know it. It is not because of who he would make happy (State alums), but who he would drive nuts, namely Mike Krzyzewski and Roy Williams.

That has to be what State really wants รขโ‚ฌโ€œ to be relevant, to be feared, to matter again to its local rivals, Duke and North Carolina. To get that, it has to have a coach who will get under the big two’s skin, wage war in the media, steal recruits and road wins, basically give the Wolfpack both the bark and the bite they’ve lacked.

Keep those fingers crossed!

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219 Responses to Dan Wetzel – John Calipari the Perfect Coach For NC State

  1. PackPride83 04/11/2006 at 2:50 PM #

    he did have an update, about an hour or so ago… I’ll try to find it and copy the link

  2. PackPride83 04/11/2006 at 2:51 PM #

    he did have an update, about an hour or so ago… I’ll try to find it and copy the link

    here it is:

    http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19838088&postID=114464120140207011

  3. Jeremy Hyatt 04/11/2006 at 2:52 PM #

    nothing new there

  4. WestCoast 04/11/2006 at 2:52 PM #

    You know that calm that comes before the hurricane hits….this is it. No news, means something’s happening behind the scenes for sure. How long can one take to make that kind of decision….there’s got to be timelines.

  5. JimmyVguy 04/11/2006 at 2:52 PM #

    http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/18-722998.html

    here’s a good article for ya.

  6. Jeremy Hyatt 04/11/2006 at 2:54 PM #

    that’s old too

  7. WAWolf 04/11/2006 at 2:54 PM #

    alright fellas, i’m off to a three-hour meeting. make sure you have some good news for me when i get back.

    “life is waiting” — from The Terminal

  8. NCST890 04/11/2006 at 2:54 PM #
  9. monte kiffin 04/11/2006 at 2:56 PM #

    Rum and coke anyone while we are waiting?

  10. PackPride83 04/11/2006 at 2:56 PM #

    You have to scroll down to the very bottom… he posted an entry at 2:36pm today…

    http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19838088&postID=114464120140207011

  11. Jeremy Hyatt 04/11/2006 at 2:57 PM #

    yes but the information is old

  12. Clarksa 04/11/2006 at 2:58 PM #

    Herb did say that he wished he had won a championship for NC State and the fans…is that the first time we have ever heard the word “championship” from him?

  13. JimmyVguy 04/11/2006 at 2:58 PM #

    jeremy hyatt…do you remember when you lost the acc championship game for us against duke?

  14. hoop 04/11/2006 at 3:05 PM #

    Whew! The site is back up.

    PLEASE DON’T TAKE AWAY MY CRACK PIPE LIKE THAT AGAIN!!!

  15. Jeremy Hyatt 04/11/2006 at 3:05 PM #

    did anyone else see weird mysql database errors just now?

  16. camo-pack98 04/11/2006 at 3:06 PM #

    JC hopefully will help us get jc

  17. camo-pack98 04/11/2006 at 3:06 PM #

    THE JC will help us get our JC

  18. PackPride83 04/11/2006 at 3:06 PM #

    does anyone have the link to the Memphis site? I’ve looked and can’t seem to find it very efficiently ๐Ÿ˜

  19. pl8cool_pack 04/11/2006 at 3:06 PM #

    Hey All,

    My 2nd entry ever…I’m a recent fan of the site, one day stumbling upon it while strolling through yahoo-lane awaiting for the coaching-change that will lead to the re-rise of NC STATE BASKETBALL.

    John Calipari will be great to get, no doubt about it. But no matter who it is, I hope that person realizes Gavin Grant needs some help and a new pair of mitts. He’s a turnover junkie…bad, bad Mr. Brick-hands. Yes, to you naysayers, he did well the end of the season but in the last regular season game against Wake, did anyone feel as though the other Wolfpack starters didn’t want to pass him the ball? Funny.

    Grant wound up having 24 pts and played great, unfortunately in a losing effort. But please, Grant, work with the hands man and junk those TOs! My voice can’t take it.

    PL8Cool

  20. booman group 04/11/2006 at 3:07 PM #

    everyone is killing the site I imagine.. we’re all dying for any new updates.

  21. hoop 04/11/2006 at 3:08 PM #

    Hey Hyatt, don’t you have to go practice your jumpshot or something?

  22. camo-pack98 04/11/2006 at 3:09 PM #

    THE JC will help us get our JC.

  23. Jeremy Hyatt 04/11/2006 at 3:09 PM #

    fu

  24. Jeremy Hyatt 04/11/2006 at 3:12 PM #

    ur mom

  25. pl8cool_pack 04/11/2006 at 3:12 PM #

    Hey All,

    My 2nd entry ever…I’m a recent fan of the site, one day stumbling upon it awaiting for the coaching-change that will lead to the re-rise of NC STATE BASKETBALL.

    John Calipari will be great to get, no doubt about it. But no matter who it is, I hope that person realizes Gavin Grant needs some help and a new pair of mitts. He’s a turnover junkie…bad, bad Mr. Brick-hands. Yes, to you naysayers, he did well the end of the season but in the last regular season game against Wake, did anyone feel as though the other Wolfpack starters didn’t want to pass him the ball? Funny.

    Grant wound up having 24 pts and played great, unfortunately in a losing effort. But please, Grant, work with the hands man and junk those TOs! My voice can’t take it.

    PL8Cool

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