In a poorly written editorial Technician says that Sendek should resign or be fired. When will people understand that this isn’t about one game? It isn’t about the losses to Wake Forest or the win against UConn last year. Herb isn’t a better/worse coach because he beat GW or lost twice to Wake. The big […]
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Random NCAAT Thoughts
First of all, I agree with EPSN Radio’s Erik Kuselias in my hatred for the 64/65 play-in game. I agree that the little guys have earned the right to play in the tournament proper, and get their asses handed to them by the likes of Connecticut, Villanova, and Duke. But I also don’t want to […]
Tudor Turns Up The Heat
UPDATED @ 11:45AM This entry has received a lot of positive comments from various sources. I am going to continue to clean the entry and make additions/subtractions/links to it. With the presence of hyperlinks, I think that this piece can eventually evolve into a centralized, “Definititve piece” about the coaching issue. When I was younger, […]
Don’t Take Advice From Dick
It’s as predictable as Raleigh’s spring pollen: Herb Sendek’s basketball program does its annual swoon, and Big Sports Media does a full court protection press for its favorite no-threat-to-Duke-and-UNC coach. Take Mr. Annoying himself, Dick Vitale. Dick was in full cry in this week’s column, in which he ranted: Even worse is the criticism aimed […]
Media Paints Dim Picture of State Under Sendek
It has definitely been a tough week in the media for Herb Sendek and his very disappointing NC State Basketball program. But, things have gotten a lot worse for Herb in the last few days as the media has gotten into the full swing of the act to the point that even others have noticed. […]
Barnes & Texas “Playing Well at Right Time”
Two of my favorite college basketball coaches – Rick Barnes and Billie Gillispie – split in their regular season match-ups this year. You can surf this link to a few other historical entries which may be of interest to you. Today, Barnes and the Texas Longhorns won the rubber match against the Aggies in the […]
Tough Week in the Media for Sendek
When it rains, it pours. As NC State’s “great season” was being exposed as a farce built on the back of another embarassingly poor schedule, Coach Herb Sendek was simultaneously taking quite a few body-blows in the press over the last couple of weeks. In addition to this insightful piece from the Fayetteville Observer, the […]
Not Ready for Primetime (After 10 years)
No one would ever mistake me for a Brett Friedlander fan. (Take a look at last year’s embarassment by Brett to see why) So, when someone who is historically such an apologist for a certain cause writes a piece like the one that Brett wrote last week, then everyone really needs to stand up and […]
Packer had Right Idea, Wrong Point
I didn’t get to watch the (so-called) Carolina “game” on television last Wednesday night because I attended the game. (I’ll leave my comments about that decision for a later entry). Therefore, I did not have the opportunity to hear Billy Packer’s comments during the telecast of the game. Evidently, Packer made multiple points about the […]
Recapping the BC Game, Cliffs Notes Version
Courtesy of the N&O’s ACC blog, this simple quote: “We knew exactly what they were going to do after the timeout,” BC’s Sean Marshall said. Lather, rinse, repeat…
