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4/27/2006 8:54:41 AM

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"Asked Wednesday if he had been contacted by N.C. State, Ford said, "I don't feel like that's for me to say. That's for people at N.C. State to talk about." "But I would be very flattered to be considered by N.C. State," Ford said. "and I would do everything in my power to make N.C. State the best program in the country.""

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"Contacted Wednesday, Thompson was surprised to learn Ford's name had surfaced for the Wolfpack's head coaching job. "Phil Ford? For the N.C. State job?" Thompson said. "Wow. That's hard to believe. "Phil would do a good job, but with that State-Carolina thing, I don't know. As much as Phil loves Carolina, that'd be a hard situation to put himself in. "But Phil does a good job. He's a good recruiter, good with young people. He knows basketball." Thompson said he would not speculate on whether State fans would accept Ford as their coach but said it would not bother him to have Ford coaching the Pack. "I know Phil. I can't say anything bad about Phil Ford," Thompson said."

http://www.newsobserver.com/122/story/433138.html

4/27/2006 8:54:51 AM

PLEASE GOD NO!!!!

I SERIOUSLY BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING FISHY IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND IT INVOLVES UNC....

4/27/2006 9:01:27 AM

goddam it, you always think theres some vast unc conspiracy...

like they have to worry

[Edited on April 27, 2006 at 9:06 AM. Reason : .]

4/27/2006 9:06:24 AM

The tarheels would never go for Phil Ford coming to State. After Dean stepped down he was one of the main reason they kept getting strong recruiting classes. In fact they politiced hard to keep Ford on staff after Doh' stepped down and tried to corner Roy into putting him somewhere on the staff but Roy wasn't having it.

I don't want to see him here either though, I think this is nothing but a smoke screen to set fans up to anticipate the hiring of a coach not many people have heard of.

4/27/2006 9:06:25 AM

you can't be serious....i mean do we want to beat carolina or "lose" everytime.

4/27/2006 9:24:16 AM

To be realistic a move like getting a rival as a coach has been done before. Vic Bubbas was an Everett Case protege and State grad and eventually was hired at Duke's head coach and he began raising Duke into one of the better programs out there today.

Phil Ford wouldn't be that guy though for a move like this, if any one coach had to be hired from our rival schools it would be Johnny Dawkins. However, that is a pipe dream cause I am sure he is waiting for Coach K to step down so he can take over. Many schools have pursued him and he has turned them down. I still think Ford is nothing but a blown-up smoke screen.

4/27/2006 9:29:38 AM

rick patino coached at kentucky before Louisville

4/27/2006 9:37:29 AM

^ good point I didn't think about that, Pitino's situation was a little different though. After he left Kentucky his assistant takes over he goes on to the NBA and stinks it up. Once he came back to the NCAA he was the hottest coach out there on the market, so I am sure Louisville fans were more than willing to turn there back on the fact he coached at the rival school since he was national championship level coach.

Given the right situation, it we would not care if a certain coach was a UNC or Duke grad as long as he was right for the situation. Phil Ford doesn't fall into that category.

4/27/2006 9:42:08 AM

I've heard everythihng about Vic Bubas and how Duke didn't mind having a State alum coaching them. I can't believe I would even consider having an UNC person come in, but I might be open to it - IF it was the right person. That being said ...

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"Ford had long been considered a potential UNC head coach. Those chances were tarnished in 1999, when he pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge. That followed an arrest and guilty plea to a similar charge in Michigan in 1997. He went on medical leave and spent a month in an alcohol treatment facility. He eventually returned as Guthridge's assistant."

That's from the N&O story quoted a few posts earlier. And that is exactly why I'd help paint Fowler's house if we hired him. If we're going to hire one of the minions of the Antichrist, could we please at least not hire the one who needed to go to rehab?

4/27/2006 10:14:25 AM

BROADCASTERS

4/27/2006 10:26:57 AM

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"The tarheels would never go for Phil Ford coming to State."

actually go read their message board, they are happy about this, they claim they would give him a standing ovation when we come to the dean dome


as much as this does seem awkward and rub me the wrtong way, i would not mind this, you know the guy has a chip on his shoulder and feels he has something to prove. thats exactly what we need in a coach here at nc state. he has come out and said he is interested in the job. everyone makes mistakes, and many people you know and work with have gotten dwi's and most times when you get a dwi rehab classes are required. its not like he's some heroin junkie. i'm not saying getting a dwi is ok, i'm just saying its not as big of a deal as most of you are making it out to be. at this point i would say he would be an excellent hire. him or marshall and i would be happy.

4/27/2006 11:14:11 AM

think of the joys of being able to make

"PHIRE PHIL" threads

com'on guys

you know you've thought about it

4/27/2006 11:16:24 AM

I will be pissed if we hire a damn UNC grad. I am in the Wolfpack Club and I'd consider not donating anymore if we hire someone like Phil Ford!

4/27/2006 11:19:03 AM

phil ford is a joke right? please tell me that this is a joke.

4/27/2006 11:19:58 AM

It's all over the damn radio... I've heard it on like 3 stations this morning.

4/27/2006 11:22:06 AM

^that we are considering hiring him?

4/27/2006 11:23:30 AM

yeah

4/27/2006 11:24:05 AM

Not only that but he's never been a head coach ffs.

4/27/2006 11:25:25 AM

dear god, this has gotten ugly if we are considering hiring one of the best players in UNC history to coach at NC State

also, if we are going to get a no-name coach so to speak why don't we go with one that has a GAME at least of head coaching experience

unbelieveable

4/27/2006 11:25:44 AM

oh shit

what if they hire him

and then at the first carolina game

he just rips off his shirt and has a jersey on

and starts dunkin on fools

4/27/2006 1:14:33 PM

i don't think that would be a problem since he couldn't dunk when he was a player

4/27/2006 1:55:00 PM

Never phil ford. Never

4/27/2006 2:21:27 PM

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4/27/2006 2:31:05 PM

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"Another name that has been in the mix all along is Fordham coach Dereck Whittenburg, one of the heroes on the Pack’s 1983 national championship team. Whittenburg was an assistant coach for the late Jim Valvano at N.C. State and at Georgia Tech for Bobby Cremins before becoming head coach at Wagner in 1999."

I'll take this guy over the anti-christ any day.

4/27/2006 2:40:35 PM

if you really wanna branch out and ford isn't your guy, i'd say either dave hanners or pat sullivan would be interesting choices. they were both assistants under dean, and now they both work for larry brown

sullivan also played in 3 final fours and coached in 3, so that would be a good selling point to recruits

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4/27/2006 3:04:48 PM

could you see a long-term michigan grad/assistant coach taking the job as head ohio state football coach? HELL NO. this is the same fucking situation

4/27/2006 3:10:54 PM

he could bring in some all americans and provide a competitive and fun style of bball and get us some damn respect.

4/27/2006 3:17:24 PM

yall can unwad your panties now

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"Former North Carolina assistant coach Phil Ford, who said he has been contacted by N.C. State as a possibililty for the Wolfpack's head coaching position, is not a candidate for the job, a source in the N.C. State athletics department said Thursday. Ford, an assistant with the NBA's New York Knicks, wouldn't specify who had contacted him about the job, except that it was not athletics director Lee Fowler. N.C. State's job has been open since Herb Sendek resigned April 1. Since then, Texas' Rick Barnes, Memphis' John Calipari, former UCLA coach Steve Lavin and West Virginia's John Beilein have turned down offers by the Wolfpack."

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/colleges/14443961.htm

4/27/2006 4:03:04 PM

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"Source: Ford not candidate for NCSU job"

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/14443961.htm

[Edited on April 27, 2006 at 4:03 PM. Reason : Damn it!]

4/27/2006 4:03:04 PM

Thank god. I hope this was smoke & mirrors and we are working on something genius behind the scenes. Then again, he could be lying to the media & still working with Fowler still....

This whole thing seems to be snowballing into a very bad situation and I hope there is something positive about to happen soon.

4/27/2006 4:10:17 PM

We should make Rick Barnes another offer.

4/27/2006 5:28:32 PM

PHIL FORD?

I'LL DRINK TO THAT

4/27/2006 5:29:12 PM

thank God

4/27/2006 5:39:53 PM

this had to of been a sick joke on the part of the N&O

4/27/2006 5:42:37 PM

lets throw all our money at Tubby Smith

4/27/2006 6:10:10 PM

So far ford is the only person to really say tht he would like to coach our team, haith is rumored to have said its his dream job. I think after we have lring lost on the big guys fowler should bring all canidates into the same room and figure out who wants to win and can win the most. Even if that is Ford, you know he would want to beat UNC for snubbing him. My number one choice is s.miller

4/27/2006 6:13:47 PM

pti just sai ford is #1 candidate

4/27/2006 6:19:43 PM

they just mentioned this on pti

HA no the fuck they didn't

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4/27/2006 6:19:45 PM

the headline was beiline out ford #1

4/27/2006 6:20:51 PM

and they said no he's not

4/27/2006 6:21:24 PM

sorry not beilen out ford number 1, it is beilein out, phil ford in?. Wilbon then said he was the leader for the job

4/27/2006 6:23:06 PM

right they said thy dont thinl it will happen but they did say he ws the leader

4/27/2006 6:23:44 PM

you are a fucking idiot

4/27/2006 6:27:32 PM

just saying what was said on the show, I think its interesting, hope it doesn't happen

4/27/2006 6:30:23 PM

Phil Ford was NEVER a candidate. Just because someone speaks to another that is close to the search does not make them a candidate.

Alot of times during these searches, people are contacted about thier opinions or suggestions to the direction they need to go for the search or about a candidate.

4/27/2006 6:32:49 PM

i definitly think that PTI said that cause ford is a unc al and espn would love it if he were hired. I looks like he is begging for the job.

4/27/2006 6:35:48 PM

learn english

and tony said no way, not at state

4/27/2006 7:39:53 PM

I don't know what all the fuss is about. Wouldn't you want someone who has lots of experience winning basketball games at NC state?

4/27/2006 10:39:20 PM

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"I don't know what all the fuss is about. Wouldn't you want someone who has lots of experience winning basketball games at NC state?"

No head coaching experience... and a drunk driving record... hasn't even been involved in college bball since Guth. Why the fuck would we even consider him over Whitt?

Get your pansy ass out of here.

4/27/2006 10:42:37 PM