I won’t make this long because it hurts my head too much to type.
When Lee Fowler wanted to earn political favor with the more respected and poweful Terry Holland Fowler foolishly scheduled a road game for the NC State Basketball program in Greenville – where:
(1) NO other NC State basketball team had ever stooped to play,
(2) very few ACC programs and no other programs from North Carolina had ever stooped to play, and
(3) all of the NC State fans who pay for lifetime rights couldn’t watch the Wolfpack for the fifth consecutive game over a three week+ period.
When softly asked about the decision in the off-season, Fowler boldly boasted that he was being strategic as road games/wins will help NC State’s RPI.
Just for the record, NC State entered Saturday’s game against ECU rated #36 in the RPI with the #19th ranked strentgh of schedule in the country. After the trip to ECU that “Coach Fowler” so strategically scheduled – NC State is #75 in the RPI with the #52nd ranked strength of schedule in the country.
With this kind of Einstein-esque strategy from someone who self-proclaims that they ‘know basketball’…(finish your own sentence here)…
For the record, the following is NC State’s all-sports rankings in the annual Director’s Cup is listed below. Thank GOD that we have invested so much money into new facilities, eh? Just look at the ‘improvement’ that the increased expenditures have brought.
—Lee Fowler Years—-
2006-07 – #44
2005-06 – #34
2004-05 – #51
2003-04 – #39
2002-03 – #43
2001-02 – #46
2000-01 – #56
—Les Robinson Years—
1999-00 – #40
1998-99 – #63
1997-98 – #43
1996-97 – #57
—Todd Turner Years—
1995-96 – #34
1994-95 – #32
1993-94 – #59
