Raleigh Sports talkshow host, Adam Gold has begun his shift on fate of Herb Sendek. Gold, who has repeatedly stood by Sendek in the past had the following to say today on his blog. Two weeks ago, someone called the program and asked me if I thought Herb Sendek was in any danger of losing […]
N&O: Wolfpack left at a loss
Chip Alexander chimes in on the loss to the worst team in the ACC . Also, nice job by Chris Seward who got a great photo of the game winning shot by the Cavs. Additionally, the Letters to the Editor in today’s paper can be found here. Most of them express some displeasure at the […]
Flashback: Beowolf’s Top 10 Excuses
At 9:35am on March 10, 2001, the (in)famous Beowolf posted an article on the original Statefans.com When the article was originally written, WolfpackNation was in the midst of heated debate regarding the future of Herb Sendek’s leadership of the NC State Basketball Program. Sound familiar? I draw your attention to Beo’s article from almost four […]
Quotes of Note: Bloggers on Sendek
= > RedandWhiteFrom State: We pay Herb Sendek to be a leader. Doing nothing is not leading, especially when the situation is dire. If Sendek had nothing to contribute, he should have bought a ticket and watched from the stands like the 18,000 happy Tar Heel fans. It is time for leadership for Wolfpack basketball. […]
RPI Ratings Half Way Through ACC
On January 8th, I logged this entry citing the RPI rankings of Atlantic Coast Conference Teams. Now that we are half the way through the ACC schedule, I thought that we would re-address the info: (#2) Wake Forest (#3) Boston College (enters the ACC next year) (#7) Duke (#8) North Carolina (#33) Maryland (#35) Georgia […]
Quotes of Note: Fallout from Beating
Lots of fallout from the local media regarding the Wolfpack’s (lack of) “effort” against Carolina. My general reaction to most of these writers who are suddenly following the lead of John Brasier’s incredible article this weekend is, “Where the hell have you been for the majority of the last nine years?” But, no reason to […]
Sick Irony: Exactly Four Years Ago
Life’s little ironies can be very, very cruel. Sometimes, indescribably cruel. I present the following article run EXACTLY three years ago to the day of last night’s pounding at the hands of Carolina. February 3, 2001 The News & Observer Beleaguered Sendek says he won’t resign Chip Alexander, Staff Writer RALEIGH — The question was […]
Thursday’s “Throwdown”
= > Throwndown ESPN names its Thursday night games “Thursday Throwdown”. Obviously, they only use the abbreviated version of the official title — “Thursday Throwdown, kick in the stomach, break a leg, spit on, and embarassing beating within an inch of your life.” = > Remind me Again? Wasn’t it just last year when you […]
Quotes of Note: ESPN on State-Carolina
ESPN’s Doug Gottlieb: “Just an embarassing loss for NC State; not to lose, but the way they lost. It looked like effort wasn’t there…This was a thumping” ESPN’s Len Elmore commenting on NC State’s offensive philosophy: “That is the part of the game that I still don’t understand. You have a lay-up and you throw […]
That Didn’t Take Long
“Herb Sendek I think desperately needs a timeout right now. He is making no motion to get one. His team is being run out of this building right now.” Mike Patrick ESPN Television 4 minutes and 34 seconds into the first half of tonight’s State @ Carolina game
