With preseason football practice a little more than a month away, N.C. State football coach Tom O’Brien recently shared his thoughts on the offseason, Wolfpack fans, what he misses about Boston, his military background, why he often dodges questions about his personnel, his recruiting philosophy, academic standards, his strength and conditioning beliefs, and other matters.
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TOB – Winning Respect of Local Media?
Perhaps the one thing that really divided Wolfpack fans about Chuck Amato was his relationship with the media. Chuck was often brash, arrogant, and rude. Many Wolfpackers saw this as a source of great pride – taking justified potshots at a hostile, pro-UNC media. Others saw this as foolish, silly, and ultimately harmful behavior (whether […]
TOB: FBall Coaching Rankings Shine
In recent years, Sports Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel made quite a name for himself with his rankings of the best – and the WORST – college football coaches. Perhaps NC State fans followed Mandel’s rankings a little closer than other schools because of the presence of our own Chuck Amato. In June of 2005, Mandel listed […]
Red and White From State
Our friends at RAWFS have a really nice article up with a number of links covering the spring football practices. Alpha touches on several things that perfectly matches something that I’m currently working on. If you’ve been wondering why RAWFS hasn’t been putting up entries with their normal frequency, here is a comment lifted from […]
TSN’s Hayes: Pack Football an Instant Contender?
Here’s some good press from my March 19, 2007 hard copy of The Sporting News: I keep seeing early projections that NC State will be among the worst teams in the ACC. Let’s not forget the one thing former coach Chuck Amato did well: recruit. There is talent on that roster, and if the players […]
Tom O’Brien & Dick Sheridan Get Together For Coaching Clinic
“It made sense to have Coach Sheridan come back here,†O’Brien said. “He had tremendous success. He did a lot for this university. He did a lot for the players. “One of the things I found when I started to do some of the Wolfpack Club events during the winter was the tremendous respect and […]
Why Not Some Football?
Even though it is ACC Tournament week, we thought that we shouldn’t lose sight of the football program in light of a nice piece in the Richmond Times Dispatch this weekend. This article focuses on Tom O’Brien and NC State football. O’Brien sat down for an interview in which he marveled at the passion and […]
SFN Garners #2
StateFansNation experienced quite a year of growth and popularity in 2006. Included in our growth was a significant amount of public recognition, most recently evidenced by our #2 finish in the ACC category in the College Football Bloggers Awards. Link to story State Fans Nation is one of the most vibrant, interactive communities on the […]
TOB Praise Continues
The precision in which NC State’s football coaching search was executed provided a stark contrast to the execution of the basketball search. Of course, that is because the University hired a consultant to do the work in the aftermath of Lee Fowler’s debacle earlier in the year. The consultant truly did a super job in […]
TOB – Landing Recruits From Germany
Here’s the press release – maybe one of our enterprising readers can post a translation in the comments below.
