Lowe resigns(J.P. Giglio); Decock: NC State needs to pursue Brad Stevens

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This is both a sad and exciting day for the NC State community. All the authors of Statefansnation would like to thank Sidney Lowe and his staff for their efforts over the last 5 years. We also wish them the best in the future.

Credit goes to rswilli2(poster from www.Packpride.com for this shot of Mr. Wuf after Sidney’s last home game.

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I am just adding links as the day progresses. Sorry for the lack of organization. Read from the bottom up if you want to go in chronological order.

Technician reports:

The source also said that two coaching candidates, Oliver Purnell of DePaul and Mike Brey of Notre Dame, have already expressed interest in in the job and have contacted Yow about the possible vacancy.

However, the N.C. State Athletics department deferred questions about possible coaching candidates to Yow.

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NC State needs to pursue Brad Stevens:

Tom Crean has the recruiting pipeline open at Indiana. Purdue’s Matt Painter isn’t going anywhere. John Belein is hanging on at Michigan. So while Stevens may prefer to be patient, he shouldn’t wait until his moment has passed. Butler, after all, didn’t win the Horizon regular-season title this year and had to win its way into the NCAA tournament. The mid-major pyramid is not a stable one; the team at the top can topple at any time.

So if not the Big Ten, where? Why not the ACC? Why not N.C. State?

While the national media continues to denigrate the N.C. State job, for the right guy it has everything: glorious, if faded, tradition; resources and facilities; the challenge of coaching in the ACC and going head-to-head with two giants of the game on an annual basis. It’s a great job for someone willing to embrace that challenge.

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/03/15/2143052/nc-state-needs-to-pursue-brad.html#ixzz1Gh2oBBii

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Lowe resigns according to J.P. Giglio

RALEIGH — N.C. State needs a new basketball coach.

Sidney Lowe resigned on Tuesday, ending his tenure at his alma mater. He went 86-78 in five seasons, with a 25-55 mark in ACC play….

….Arizona coach Sean Miller, a former N.C. State assistant, and Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon, who once worked for Roy Williams at Kansas, are expected to be among Yow’s targets.

Picked to finish fourth in the ACC in the preseason, N.C. State posted a disappointing overall record of 15-16 and finished 10th in the ACC (5-11). After Thursday’s first-round loss to Maryland in the ACC tournament, Lowe spoke passionately about his love of the program and the hope for the program’s future.

“This is my school, I love this school,” Lowe said Thursday night in Greensboro. “It was my hope and dream to come back here and do something special again.”

I have to give Giglio credit for describing the program Sidney inherited accurately instead of trumpeting the world renowned “5 straight NCAAs” that so many lazy journalists have used over the years.

A tweet from DraftExpress regarding CJ Leslie:

DraftExpress: Despite Sidney Lowe’s imminent firing at NC State, C.J. Leslie will NOT be entering this year’s NBA draft, sources tell DraftExpress.
2011-03-15 01:39:17

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Update 1:45 pm

    All over the Internet, TV and talk radio different folks are reporting that the anticipated meeting of Debbie Yow and Sidney Lowe ended around 1 pm today. Driving through campus today, I saw news trucks from TWC 14, WTVD11, and of course we all know that WRAL5 is immediately across Western Blvd from the Weisiger-Brown Athletics Building which is also the location of the Dail Basketball Practice Facility. Everyone is perfectly aware of the end result of this meeting, so none of this is actually news. However, these reports certainly represent the official beginning of the search process. Hang on to your hats.

    Reports are that a press conference will occur later today.

    Full link

    Despite a flurry of Internet reports that Lowe had been fired, the meeting between Yow and Lowe ended just after 1 p.m. and an official announcement was not expected until late Tuesday afternoon.

    If we don’t update the site frequently this afternoon, then please continue to the discussions in this entry and provide links to the press conferences, news articles, tweets, etc.

    Here is a link to names thrown out by the N&O.

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      Earlier entry

    NC State basketball is in a time of transition. We all want a resolution yesterday, so we can be excited about having a new coach in place. It’s Human Nature 101 to fill the gap microanalyzing what’s being said (and not said), and freak out a little bit. This morning, I just wanted to remind everyone that there’s no need.

    Sidney Lowe will not return for a sixth season as NC State’s baketball coach. Both Yow and Lowe have known this for some time. As we’ve told you (with varying degrees of directness), the lawyers for each side have been working on the paperwork for quite some time. That part is 100% a done deal.

    Yow has made the strategic decision that she doesn’t want the job open long. I’m reasonably confident that NC State’s next head coach still has his dancing shoes on. I’m absolutely certain that our top targets all do. Thus, I would be surprised if the Lowe announcement is made before Thursday morning or Friday afternoon (when game action will absorb most of the local and national media energy). I would be equally surprised if we get any new, credible intel on where we stand with our main target(s) until early next week. Any random nonsense that you hear in between now and early next week is likely just that – random nonsense.

    Just relax, and remember that responsible adults are in charge this time. What a refreshing change, yes?

About BJD95

1995 NC State graduate, sufferer of Les and MOC during my entire student tenure. An equal-opportunity objective critic and analyst of Wolfpack sports.

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208 Responses to Lowe resigns(J.P. Giglio); Decock: NC State needs to pursue Brad Stevens

  1. PackHooligan 03/15/2011 at 12:33 PM #

    Roo, there is no way Lowe is kept around another year, none. It is not “some of the lunatic fringe” that is unhappy. No state fans that I talk to are happy and most of them do not post on messageboards. All your rants lead me to believe that you are just full of it and that I can completely discount your “sources” and your opinions.

    People need to listen to BJD95 and just relax about the coaching search (and I say this as someone who finds some amusement out of state fans blowing up the internet).

  2. triadwolf 03/15/2011 at 12:34 PM #

    A lot of times the search firm is hired after the coach or a few potentials have already been contacted through back channels and express interest. The search firm essentially finalizes the deal before the school has direct contact. Just in case your guy says no, there’s no media storm like we went through with LF because we never directly talked to anyone to offer them a job.

    Officially hiring a search firm would be public knowledge since it’s using public money; therefore, you cannot hire a firm until you have announced an opening. Having a search firm perform some unofficial “recruiting” behind the scenes before they’re officially hired seems plausible to me with the promise that school uses the firm when the position becomes officially open.

    There’s always a chance that a John Calipari scenario unfolds and the school is turned down at the last minute, but it’s not as likely.

  3. tvp1 03/15/2011 at 12:41 PM #

    It seems that the announcement will be made today.

    I do not understand the timing.

  4. nav 03/15/2011 at 12:46 PM #

    Could someone please inform me who “sportsbybrooks” is and why are they so important that they are being quoted all over the internet now?

  5. Wulfpack 03/15/2011 at 12:47 PM #

    Bradley, we are just saying the same thing in a different way. Of course we all want a “great” coach. But, if all we wind up with is a “good” coach then that will be an enormous improvement. A “good” coach, for example, would have for certain taken this year’s team to the NCAAs.

    For the record, I do think we end up with a “great” coach.

  6. Gowolves 03/15/2011 at 12:47 PM #

    Let me get this straight. The day we are supposedly firing our head basketball coach rumors start flying the next one will be offered close to 3 million. The News and Distuber has Woodsen on the front page discussing how hard making these budget cuts will be. That makes me furious! We all know and see the UNC/ liberal media working against us. Ticks me off to no end!!!! I can promise people will complain if the next coach earns that type of money. If they do they can STFU and look at their own team salaries

  7. nav 03/15/2011 at 12:50 PM #

    ^We just better not being offering Mark Fox 3 mil a year. That would be freaking crazy.

  8. triadwolf 03/15/2011 at 12:59 PM #

    $3 mill has been tossed around for a couple weeks here as a “what would it take” number to get dream coach X. I’m sure the blogger picked up that number from a couple of boards and is friends with Mark Fox who sees this a potential opportunity for a raise. Some blogger we’ve never heard of is not going to know about how much we’re paying for a coach and to who.

  9. Wulfpack 03/15/2011 at 1:00 PM #

    It’s now official. Many outlets reporting he was fired today.

  10. MattN 03/15/2011 at 1:00 PM #

    The next coach’s salary is not coming from state money. State budget cuts are irrelevant.

  11. packplantpath 03/15/2011 at 1:03 PM #

    Lets repeat this a few times:

    “The next coach’s salary is not coming from state money. State budget cuts are irrelevant.”

    “The next coach’s salary is not coming from state money. State budget cuts are irrelevant.”

    “The next coach’s salary is not coming from state money. State budget cuts are irrelevant.”

    “The next coach’s salary is not coming from state money. State budget cuts are irrelevant.”

  12. Gowolves 03/15/2011 at 1:07 PM #

    It doesn’t matter its the peception that matters

  13. Fenrir 03/15/2011 at 1:12 PM #

    i know this post will bring misery for myself…. but i feel the information i am being told is pretty solid. i was told six weeks before the TOB hire that he was coming and the chest was out. sounded crazy at the time, but it cost me twenty buck. i stand by what i said last night. the hire is done and it will be most shocking when announced.

  14. Boyd 03/15/2011 at 1:13 PM #

    Major news outlets sourcing SportsbyBROOKS.com article. It’s becoming “fact” in the news media. Who the F*** is this guy?

  15. BJD95 03/15/2011 at 1:16 PM #

    There will be one “finger wagging” editorial in the N&O, with a quote from Bill Friday.

    And nobody will give a shit. As usual.

  16. jo2g5 03/15/2011 at 1:17 PM #

    shocking in a good way or a bad way?

  17. GAWolf 03/15/2011 at 1:17 PM #

    Fenrir: Thank you for sharing what you’re hearing, and we respect you for maybe not going into specifics. To clarify your information slightly howerver, are you saying “shocked” in a positive or negative sense?

  18. GAWolf 03/15/2011 at 1:19 PM #

    UNC has made exception after exception to hire the folks they want. It’s time we do the same if necessary. The PTB know you cannot put a value on the free marketing that comes with a great athletic department. It’s an investment.

  19. GAWolf 03/15/2011 at 1:20 PM #

    Nice update BJD. We all bleed Wolfpack red.

  20. HaxPack 03/15/2011 at 1:24 PM #

    N & O reporting that SL has resigned.

  21. Hungwolf 03/15/2011 at 1:24 PM #

    Lowe resigned, it is official, and that is how it will be stated!

  22. jo2g5 03/15/2011 at 1:25 PM #

    Per scout Lowe has stepped down.

  23. PoppaJohn 03/15/2011 at 1:26 PM #

    Front page of news & observer site – Lowe resigns

  24. PoppaJohn 03/15/2011 at 1:27 PM #

    Presser @ 6:00PM

  25. Wulfpack 03/15/2011 at 1:30 PM #

    Correction – the official word according to Andy Katz is Sid resigned today.

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