Trev Alberts is no longer on the Vick Network (explanation link here), but that doesn’t mean that he no longer analyzes college football. In this piece on CSTV, Alberts followed up some of his previous praise for NC State Head Football Coach, Tom O’Brien with some big compliments. A reader wrote to Alberts, “I think […]
Tom O’Brien
TOB: “The Goal is Always to win a National Championship”
Nice! Nothing ambiguous and immeasureable about “being competitive” or “improving” or “building great relationships”. We don’t mind if all of ^these items are a part of the mix and are discussed in the future…but, TOB laid the public groundwork for his program perfectly with this quote. “I think the goal is always to win a […]
Change of Environment
Sitting in his fourth-floor corner office in the Wendell P. Murphy Center — with its vaulted ceiling, wall-mounted plasma TV, and panoramic view of Carter-Finley Stadium — O’Brien spoke at length Sunday afternoon, choking back the emotions at one juncture, about the reasons he decided to leave BC after 10 seasons and a 75-45 record, […]
A Word About Saturday / TOB Staff Coming into view (Updated 4:30pm)
As NC State’s Basketball team gears up for a key home game against Boston College, Tom O’Brien’s coaching staff may be come together. * We discussed TOB’s staff in this entry earlier in the week. The N&O followed up with the following today: Although O’Brien has not officially announced new staff additions, those from his […]
The N&O comes one step closer to “Understanding Wolfpack Fans”
It only took NC State’s hometown newspaper a couple of years for it to sink in, but it’s starting to sink in. First, a SFN Flashback to March 2005, in an entry entitled Understanding Wolfpack Fans, Part 1: Today’s myth I’d like to tackle is one that we see quite frequently in the winter. It’s […]
David Glenn on TOB (Part II)
Your link is here. Money quote: One of the biggest complaints about O’Brien among Boston College fans was that he didn’t take the Eagles to any big bowl games, which is sort of like Billy Joel blaming Christie Brinkley whenever the pair failed to win the Most Beautiful Couple award.
NC State’s Coaching Salaries
It is mandatory that you read this link before proceeding with the remainder of this entry. NC State hired new coaches for our two most prominent sports this year. With this said, we thought that it would be worthwhile to share information and links to the compensation structures for both Sidney Lowe and Tom O’Brien. […]
Reflections on the Coaching Search
I’ve toyed around with the idea of pointing out some silly comments swirling around after State hired Tom O’Brien, but normal-life, Christmas, and an emergency at work kept getting in the way. I had about decided to let the stupidity drift off into the sunset, but Bob Lipper’s column on a quiet Saturday morning changed […]
Some TOB Follow-Up
As some of the better bloggers out there reflect on last football season there continues to be a lot of Tom O’Brien news to make sure we don’t ignore over the last day or so. I think that Pack Pride has been doing a good job of breaking down certain aspects of the TOB hiring. […]
Chip Alexander On The Coaching Search
RALEIGH – It began, Lee Fowler said, with a cell-phone call from Chuck Neinas a week ago today and then quickly escalated.Fowler, N.C. State’s athletics director, was looking to hire a football coach and was in Nashville, Tenn., interviewing Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow. Nienas, paid $35,000 to be NCSU’s headhunter, had some news […]
