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"Calipari uncertain about chances vs. Duke, UNC By Andy Katz ESPN.com John Calipari was on the brink of accepting the North Carolina State job Monday night. His eventual change of mind was not because of compensation concerns, however. Rather, he was concerned he wouldn't have enough of a shot at doing what Wolfpack officials want: consistently beating Duke and North Carolina. Calipari was offered a salary worth $400,000 a year more than what he is currently making at Memphis. Calipari met with NC State officials Sunday in Memphis and then again Monday evening in Raleigh. Calipari wore casual attire and a hat in an attempt to go unnoticed on his visit, ESPN.com was told, but at least one person allegedly took camera phone photos of him at a local Dunkin' Donuts. Calipari finally decided to stay at Memphis after he was assured by the school that his assistant coaches would be well-compensated and given long-term security. He will receive a raise from Memphis -- the same increase that was offered prior to his listening to NC State. "(Athletic director R.C.) Johnson and Calipari reached a verbal agreement on a contract extension, and the paperwork is in the process of being drawn up," Memphis spokesman spokesman Lamar Chance said. Terms of the deal were not immediately available. The Commercial Appeal reported Wednesday that Calipari will get a raise from less than $1.1 million to about $1.3 million plus incentives that could make the possible total package about $1.7 million through the 2010-11 season. The Wolfpack now could turn their search in a few different directions, notably toward LSU's John Brady or George Mason's Jim Larranaga. The search may be more wide open now that Texas' Rick Barnes and Calipari have chosen to stay at their current jobs. "

4/12/2006 5:27:43 PM

lol at all this

but dunkin donuts? they took him to hillsborough street? now if they did, that's what i call hospitality

4/12/2006 5:38:13 PM

pus

4/12/2006 5:38:44 PM

Kornhieser gave us a shout out

4/12/2006 5:39:08 PM

that is a horribly written article

he says he turned state down cause he was uncertain about beating duke vs unc, yet gives no quotes or information to support that

did katz just make that up?

4/12/2006 5:40:53 PM

they should have taken him to the cheap lunches at thee Dollhouse

4/12/2006 5:41:16 PM

Katz is probably reading message boards like everyone else is for his info

4/12/2006 5:42:16 PM

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"did katz just make that up?"

its katz. so yes.

4/12/2006 5:42:25 PM

this camera phone picture must be out there somewhere

GUMSHOES, GET THOSE PICS

where ....in the world... is...cameraphone sandiego

4/12/2006 5:43:12 PM

Brady or Larranaga...

that's just fanfuckingtastic

4/12/2006 5:43:50 PM

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"this camera phone picture must be out there somewhere"

I thought the same thing, surely we would have seen those pics by now.

4/12/2006 5:44:30 PM

larranga is the man

4/12/2006 5:45:57 PM

larranaga can go to hell and die.

4/12/2006 5:47:38 PM

bahahaaha

[Edited on April 12, 2006 at 5:49 PM. Reason : ^]

4/12/2006 5:49:04 PM

larranga eats pieces of shit like you for breakfast.

4/12/2006 5:49:16 PM

larranaga eats shit for breakfast?

4/12/2006 5:49:38 PM

NN...noooo..

4/12/2006 5:51:57 PM

Ahha, nice timing on the article. Wonder what kinda questions from the press this brings.

4/12/2006 5:52:58 PM

anyone who chooses dunkin' donuts over krispy kreme doesn't deserve to coach here anyway

4/12/2006 5:56:31 PM

at state his recruits would actually have to be proven literate

4/12/2006 5:57:23 PM

calipari is a lying son of a bitch. He's not worried about that.

4/12/2006 5:57:56 PM

i did want calipari as the coach here, but if the article is true and he really is just chicken shit and didn't want to play against duke and unc, i'm 100% glad he won't be coaching here.

4/12/2006 6:31:41 PM

well it was discussed on PTI and tony was surprised that calipari didn't go..

and i was gonna link to it but my sound into the computer isn't working for one reason or another, but if you want to see it with messed up sound, feel free: http://ncsu1.info/video.php [WARNING LOUD SOUND]

4/12/2006 6:33:49 PM

hahaha what do you expect him to say, that he knew he'd stay? the man gave it a 99% chance of cal leaving.

4/12/2006 6:34:36 PM

is Andy Katz the agent for John Brady or Jim Larranaga? why else does he keep pushing for them to be the next head coach at NC State? he needs to give it up because we don't want either of them. Fowler would be making a monumental mistake by hiring Brady or Larranaga.

4/12/2006 6:39:53 PM

around the horn guys pretty much all whored calipari

especially mariotti who for the 2nd time came out and said "he is not a good a coach"

4/12/2006 6:42:13 PM

Larranaga in 10 years

4/12/2006 6:44:20 PM

^ LOL

4/12/2006 6:45:56 PM

I appreciate the attempt to post that link....

but i have no words to describe what it was like trying to listen to that.....

thanks?

4/12/2006 7:11:43 PM

larranaga eats pieces of shit?

4/13/2006 10:51:20 AM

lemme get this straight

the man turned down just about an extra FORTY THOUSAND a month because of duke and unc

yeah, right

4/13/2006 10:58:55 AM

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"larranaga can go to hell and die."

4/13/2006 11:05:47 AM

actually, with TN not having income tax and his bonus for staying a certain number of years, he was going to be making about the same here i believe. I'm pretty sure memphis gave him a raise as well as his assistants. Im pretty confident that katz isn't always accurate.

4/13/2006 11:08:12 AM

"larranaga can go to hell and die."

I'm pretty sure you got those two backwards

4/13/2006 2:26:34 PM

I FUCKING SAID THIS 5 DAYS AGO

4/13/2006 5:56:23 PM