We hope that you have noticed the cautious manner with which we have ‘covered’ the current NC State Basketball coaching situation.
Quite frankly, there hasn’t been anything to really ‘cover’ yet, and we are not just going to write a lot of nonesense just for the sake of writing. We are not going to pass off speculation as “inside information.” This is in contrast to other websites that may look to exploit the current situation to generate pageviews and premium memberships.
Despite what oblivious media members may say, I am stepping out on a limb and predicting that NC State will have a coach in place before next weekend.
As ‘ushum’ said on our message boards:
things are starting to heat up for real now, this week is going to be a blast…everything before now was just qualifying, this week is the daytona 500..
Ushum is correct. Everything we know points to the fact that almost all of the quote-unquote “information” out in the public arena up through yesterday has been bullshit — tales told by message board idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Likely much of this “information” has been put out (or has been allowed to stay out) for the purpose of misdirection.
SFN has learned that State committed early on to give interviews to certain coaches (2 big-name coaches in particular), and those interviews had not been able to happen as of yesterday. Until those interviews happened, the process could not begin to unfold. However, given the way the games have played out this weekend, the process can now begin to develop, and we expect it to develop very quickly. (Understand that when I say “interview,” the contacts may not take the form of traditional sit-down meetings.)
So, now that everything can begin, let’s take a look at what is going on this morning. These items were posted as Tweets on the Sports Illustrated website this morning
@LakeRosenberg Ben considered DePaul last year. He would absolutely consider Texas.
about 5 hours ago@goodmanonfox @GottliebShow Here’s a list of folks who would consider Texas: Everybody except K , Roy and Self.
about 5 hours ago
Hmmm. Why would there be such specific speculation about the Texas job, and why just now? Expect a lot more of this type of information to be flying around in the next couple days. Much of it will require a lot more analysis than the “traditional local media” can give — they tend to jump on the hot name de jour and write endlessly about that one guy until the next name pops up, when they switch to writing about him. The situation is much more complex than that.
Stay tuned to SFN as we try to make sense and explain the information as it develops over the next week (or less).
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***4:00 Update***
Some very recent tweets highlight the new direction and pace of this story — as we expected. Here is the most notable.
Tim Brando’s Twitter has this:
On the ground at home and hearing some rumblings about a potential knockout hire at NCST.Unlike the last search this one not as public.Smart 30 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
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***6:00 Update***
From SFN: I just noticed that a lot of people are reading/interpreting our original comments as some kind of a nod to Rick Barnes. Please allow me to be more clear — that is NOT our intent. Our previous comments were designed to explain that the first two weeks of NCAA Tournament play served almost as ‘gating’ items for our search — not to focus on Barnes.
Brando’s tweet refers to a rumor that has been out there for a while about a HOME RUN NAME that has been discretely kept on the down-low. That jives exactly with our point that things get started in earnest NOW.
Ultimately, we expect NC State will either nail one of three BIG NAMES in the next week…or we will end up on “List Twoâ€. The morons that have been reporting that NC State was already on some kind of second list (with names like Shaka Smart and others) just shows how much they know — nada.
***7:15 Update***
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that (supposed) possible N.C. State target Chris Mooney has signed a 10-year extension with Richmond (AJC.com link). Scratch him off the list of potential B-list candidates.
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