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[Edited on November 23, 2006 at 9:51 PM. Reason : → was too late]

11/23/2006 9:50:39 PM

late.

No offense... But I dont believe ANY "friends" "family" or whatever when they say anything... I'll believe it when I see a press conference...

[Edited on November 23, 2006 at 9:52 PM. Reason : .]

11/23/2006 9:51:12 PM

You don't have to wait long then, just 3 more days.



Cowher ain't coming, people.

11/23/2006 10:01:50 PM

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"UNC sent out the signal that they didn't care about ethics, just winning...and that by hiring Butch, UNC will become "Thug U.""

thats the dumbest thing i've ever heard

11/23/2006 10:02:02 PM

Yeah, actually it really is. Butch Davis was the one that pretty much cleaned up Miami's image. He isn't some guy that is going to run a renegade program.

11/23/2006 10:05:14 PM

Skip Holtz will be the next coach of NC State, take it to the bank

11/23/2006 10:05:47 PM

^funny joke.

wait, no it isn't (funny).

[Edited on November 23, 2006 at 10:09 PM. Reason : fsd]

11/23/2006 10:09:43 PM

i know this is gonna sound ridiculous...but i talked to a guy that supposedly eats lunch with Lee Fowler every week and he said something similar to SFN. Ridiculous....maybe

11/23/2006 10:27:02 PM

I know a guy that delivers pizza and he said Chuck used a coupon. Sounds like he must of got fired and is now having to clip coupons to save money.

11/23/2006 10:32:10 PM

^i heard that same thing actually, only it was some kind of buy one get one free deal.

11/23/2006 10:44:03 PM

this makes sense because amato is Italian and Italians like pizza

11/23/2006 10:46:19 PM

Gumby’s is all that will deliver after 1am!

And It's true....this guy at work said his coworker saw him putting unleaded in his corvette.

11/23/2006 10:53:31 PM

new vette's tend to not run real well on leaded gas...

[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 9:18 AM. Reason : .]

11/24/2006 9:18:20 AM

not splurging on that diesel anymore huh

11/24/2006 9:51:33 AM

Quote :

"I know a guy that delivers pizza and he said Chuck used a coupon. Sounds like he must of got fired and is now having to clip coupons to save money."

winnAr

11/24/2006 11:29:55 AM

haha . . . from http://www.footballrumormill.com for tuesday

Quote :

" N.C. State athletics director Lee Fowler says he will not talk about Amato's job. "I'm not going to get into any speculation about Chuck," Fowler said in an interview Monday. "I don't want to say anything about Coach Amato at this point. "I've been consistent in saying we will evaluate everything at the end of the season. The season ends Saturday.""

Quote :

"Expect NC State to fire head coach Chuck Amato. Former Georgia coach and NC State alum Jim Donnan looks to be the frontrunner. Donnan has won at every stop and would be a very good get for the Pack."

Quote :

"# Expect N.C. State soon to be in the market for a coach. My sources tell me the early focus will be on LSU offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher. I'm told he makes around $400,000 at LSU and has a three-year contract, so Fisher won't come cheap. Another source told me N.C. State will consider Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow, a former Wolfpack assistant. And Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher, an N.C. State alum, always has his name thrown in the mix."

yet they say in other spots that Jimbo Fisher is gonna be the HC at North Texas and that he is going to be the next OC at FSU because he has family ties to Bowden

11/24/2006 12:53:34 PM

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"Jim Donnan was a college football coach and is now an on-air television analyst for college football games. A Burlington, North Carolina native and graduate of North Carolina State University, Donnan was head football coach at Marshall University, where he led the Thundering Herd to a 64-21 record from 1990 to 1995, including five consecutive 11-plus win seasons and the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA national football championship. He was named the Division I-AA Coach of the Year twice. Donnan was then the head football coach at the University of Georgia from 1996 to 2000. He compiled a 40-19 record during his tenure. He was the first football coach in school history to lead Bulldog teams to four consecutive Bowl victories. Under Donnan, the Bulldogs won the Outback Bowl in 1997, the Peach Bowl in 1998, the Outback Bowl in 1999, and the Oahu Bowl in 2000. However, Donnan was fired by University President Michael F. Adams (against the wishes of athletic director Vince Dooley) in 2000 after the Bulldogs struggled to two consecutive 8-win seasons. His inability to return the program to the national prominence of the era of Dooley and to compete with longtime SEC Eastern division rivals such as Tennessee and Florida -- combined with certain off-the-field problems for players -- is believed to be the reason for his dismissal. Prior to working as a head coach, he served as an assistant coach at several schools, including Kansas State University and Oklahoma University. Donnan currently works as an analyst for ESPN and maintains a residence in Athens, Georgia."

Sounds good to me.

11/24/2006 1:05:02 PM

Quote :

"struggled to two consecutive 8-win seasons."

how nice would that be if used in conjunction with Wolfpack football...

11/24/2006 1:49:50 PM

These are some sites with the most updated of stories regarding Chuck Amato's speculation of him being fired soon... (also provide links within stories and audio clips from the press conference that was ended shortly)


http://www.statefansnation.com/index.php/archives/category/chuck-amato/


http://thewizardofodds.blogspot.com/2006/11/happy-thanksgiving-from-chuck-amato.html

11/24/2006 1:57:33 PM

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"Another quick note. Last week James Henderson posted on PackPride.com that NC State informed him that PackPride was to stop posting video clips from basketball games on the internet. These were video clips that a PackPride photographer took at the game. He went on to post that Wolfpack Sports Marketing had exculsive rights to do this."

i wonder if that means that im gonna get yelled at soon

[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 2:01 PM. Reason : because im just stealing the video from packpass ]

probably already posted somewhere but im too lazy to look: http://carolinasucks.com

[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 2:12 PM. Reason : ]

11/24/2006 2:01:31 PM

didn't i read somewhere that jim donnan used to recruit for unc and we therefore hate him?

11/24/2006 3:25:26 PM

Chuck to "resign" on Monday...we pay him out the rest of his contract...Paul Johnson is number one on the list to replace him

11/24/2006 3:58:38 PM

the thought of paul johnson as our coach makes my mouth water in a non homosexual way...

11/24/2006 4:09:02 PM

^^where is that info from

11/24/2006 4:14:49 PM

^^^^^ You keep stealin those videos man, I'm lookin forward to those highlights you do sometimes.

As for the rumors I would not doubt that something is going to happen by Sunday or Monday, but I won't believe anything until I see the press conference.

11/24/2006 4:18:02 PM

the local media in Tennessee keeps saying that State is talking to Cutcliffe...and he really wants to be a head coach again

11/24/2006 4:21:04 PM

Donnan will never happen. Even though he is an alum, he hates State, used to coach at UNC and used some very negative recruiting against us.

Burned too many bridges says folks more knowledgeable than I.

11/24/2006 4:23:22 PM

you dont want Donnan, he was horrible at Georgia

11/24/2006 4:25:19 PM

Yeah Donnan did burn some bridges, he bitched, whined, and complained after the '91 Marshall game (he was the head coach at Marshall, probably one of the greatest comebacks for State ever) but he had his chance after MOC was fired and turned us down. Like I said, he's been out of coaching for awhile so I don't think he'd be a good choice.

Cutcliffe may not be a bad choice, he did ok at Ole Miss. I think Chow would be a fine choice as well.

Here's Cutcliffe's bio. Sounds pretty good.

http://utsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/cutcliffe_david00.html

[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 4:34 PM. Reason : more]

11/24/2006 4:32:18 PM

yea Cutcliffe might be interesting choice

right now, id go with of course

1. Cowher(just in case its possible)
2. Chow
3. Mike Singletary
4. Dave Cutcliffe

havin 2 and 3 as OC and DC would be greattttttttt

11/24/2006 4:34:14 PM

i cant say i am a big fan of cutcliffe as possible HC


what exactly did he do at Ole Miss besides a couple of second rate bowl games?

[Edited on November 24, 2006 at 4:36 PM. Reason : .]

11/24/2006 4:36:38 PM

he actually did really good there considering how bad they were when he started... everyone says it was shit that he got fired.. but good for Tenn haha

11/24/2006 4:39:12 PM

it doesnt matter who we get. It'll be some second rate coach who will fail or it will some overhyped guy that everyone will love but will turn on when he starts to lose.

11/24/2006 4:39:14 PM

Fans have a tendency to turn on a mediocre coach. 5-6, 7-5 and probably soon to be 3-9 isn't the best way to keep a fanbase on your side.

11/24/2006 4:40:53 PM

Quote :

"Quote : "struggled to two consecutive 8-win seasons." how nice would that be if used in conjunction with Wolfpack football..."

sure that would be good for a while, but then that wouldn't be enough for people either

11/24/2006 4:50:34 PM

Quote :

"it doesnt matter who we get. It'll be some second rate coach who will fail or it will some overhyped guy that everyone will love but will turn on when he starts to lose."

just kill yourself... it will end your misery you call life.

11/24/2006 4:56:04 PM

no school in the country would be excited about having chuck back for another season. stop with the fanbase bashing.

11/24/2006 5:09:51 PM

UPDATED, NEW INFORMATION

Quote :

"“I’ve been around this university for a long, long time,” a former BOT member told the ACC Sports Journal. “I know the decision-makers, I know the trustees, and I know many other (N.C. State) people, and it is almost impossible to find anyone of influence who is standing in support of Chuck Amato right now. To my knowledge, among those folks, there is absolutely zero support for keeping him.” "

Quote :

""At this point, only two people can save Chuck Amato — the chancellor (James Oblinger) and the athletic director (Lee Fowler). I can't speak for them, but I will be very, very surprised if (Amato) is still our coach next week.""

http://statefansnation.com

11/24/2006 6:44:23 PM

some sports talk people say that if we get rid of Amato, the head coach of Navy would be a good fit(since we have some decent running backs)

11/24/2006 7:02:25 PM

and I say no to Johnson. We can do better

11/24/2006 7:23:41 PM

^ i doubt it.

11/24/2006 9:23:58 PM

^^ we could do better, but we all know we will fuck it up and end up with cardinal gibbons' coach

11/24/2006 9:29:08 PM

^ cardinal biggons? YESSSS!!!

11/24/2006 9:32:21 PM

FUCK IT

JUST ELIMINIATE THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM

WE WONT GET ANYONE THAT IS DECENT

FUCK IT

11/24/2006 9:34:21 PM

Fuck it...
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BUT.... FIRE THE FUCK OUTTA CHUCK

11/25/2006 12:13:17 AM

Sigh. Some of you don't understand the way government institutions are run.

11/25/2006 12:18:02 AM

T - minus 22 hours until Chuck is no more the NCSU coach

11/25/2006 2:07:19 AM

^ Haha, I hope so, I think at this point, moving forward and accepting a new coach is better than taking a step backwards and keeping the same one for another year b/c honestly, I don't think that NC State athletics can take a hit on the tickets sales if they were to bring Chuck back for another season...

11/25/2006 2:14:13 AM

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"no school in the country would be excited about having chuck back for another season. stop with the fanbase bashing."

11/25/2006 2:48:51 AM

My dad said the rumor on IC is that we've already hired Paul Johnson.

I'm not buying anything until I see an official announcement.

11/25/2006 9:16:33 AM