First, the always informative Dave Glenn continues his “information dump” regarding the NC State coaching search. Kudos to him for acknowledging the “lunatic fringe” capabilities of some pro-Sendek coaching colleagues. Second, Dave Sez (always very solid, especially with respect to ACC basketball) makes a compelling argument about not fixing something that isn’t broken (i.e., the […]
SFN Stuff
Fire the Bum!
Has your favorite sports message board been overtaken by the cries of “Fire the Bumâ€? and the counter-argument “Support our Coachâ€?? Are you ready to drive off of the Information Superhighway to avoid the redundant drivel? Have you considered posting a warning sign for unsuspecting travelers: “Abandon hope, all ye who enter hereâ€?? Experienced cyber-surfers […]
Kudos for ACC Football
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The ACC had its best overall television numbers ever in 2005. According to a summary released by the league, it was the top-rated conference on ESPN. The ACC, in fact, had three of ESPN’s top five regular-season games. The Florida State-Miami game on Labor Day night was ABC’s highest-rated regular-season game […]
Delong’s Delights
Just after Sidney Lowe was hired, John Delong of the Winston-Salem Journal wrote an outstanding piece that we never chronicled here and wanted to take a couple of minutes to get it on the site. Good Call: In Lowe, State gets what it needs … a State guy . This piece was fantastic. It was […]
Gregg Doyel’s Complaint
(With apologies to Philip Roth) Norman, Oklahoma, 1970 Greggy, age 6, is walking down the street with Daddy. Daddy is a ‘fessor of the laws, which Greggy doesn’t know about except that the janitor where Daddy works takes off his cap and says, “Morning, Sir.” All Greggy knows is that he has his new ball […]
Tudor Nails a Piece of the Success Blueprint
In addition to this piece, another of SFN’s more respected local writers penned some greath thoughts regarding Sidney Lowe today that merits some attention and discussion. The News & Observer’s Caulton Tudor compared the big gamble on Coach Lowe to the role of underdog that the 1983 National Champion Wolfpack. Tudor goes on to say: […]
Tuesday Open Thread
* We are hearing that Lowe’s final staff will indeed be Larry Harris, Monte Towe, and Pete Strickland. You might remember that you read all three names on SFN on the same day the Lowe news broke (Thursday, May 4). All in all, we think this a very solid staff. * You won’t see this […]
Chronicling the Criticism
We need your help! As you are well aware, a significant number of national and local media members have been openly critical of Sidney Lowe’s hire as Head Basketball Coach at NC State. Although this criticism is very relevant, we have chosen not to dwell and focus on it. But, we don’t want to ignore […]
She’s Going….Going…..Gone!
For those that don’t know me or haven’t read any of my entries here…..I’ll let you in on a little secret: I have been called an opinionated SOB on more than one occasion…and I have never been called bashful. I have never met Bob Lee Swagger, but suspect that we have shared some of these […]
850 The Buzz: Winners and Losers of the Search
850 The Buzz’s Blog keeps getting better and better. They turned around this entry about the winners and losers of the coaching search very quickly. Like other traditional media outlets during the search, they even threw some praise our way: State Fans Nation blew up during the coaching search. The guys who run that site […]
