hell yeah I'm claiming page 200

[Edited on December 20, 2010 at 7:23 PM. Reason : and, no, I don't want Sid to be fired. i want to see this season played out]

12/20/2010 7:23:03 PM

I think we will go .500 in the ACC regular season and lose to Duke in the final game of the ACC tournament

[Edited on December 20, 2010 at 7:31 PM. Reason : .]

12/20/2010 7:30:27 PM

Young, up and coming, energetic coach currently at Memphis. Former walk-on who earned a scholarship on Arizona's '97 National Championship team. Has coached under Lute Olsen and John Calipari. Strong recruiter.

Just sayin'

12/20/2010 9:19:31 PM

Why would a coach leave Memphis and FedEx to come to State?

12/20/2010 9:20:05 PM

We couldn't get the last guy from Memphis

Why are we going to get this one

12/20/2010 9:20:20 PM

Remember, whoever we get better hold daily dunk practices, wear a pimp suit, and shout at people a lot or else some NC State fans will never be satisfied with them.

Actually, I'm pretty sure the only coach that would satisfy PackPride is Coach K doing a terrible Chuck Amato impression (wins+the flash that they crave).

12/20/2010 9:23:43 PM

no way in hell Pastner would leave Memphis for State

also pretty bad timing on that suggestion when Memphis was losing to Texas A&M - CC at half

12/20/2010 9:25:06 PM

Quote :

"Former walk-on who earned a scholarship on Arizona's '97 National Championship team"

Quick, who all were the walk-ons on our 74 and 83 teams, those are the guys we need to target

12/20/2010 9:25:14 PM

Honestly, I think it's embarrassing to do these NBA style introductions with all the hype and music and shit and be a mediocre NIT team.

We try too hard. We belong back at Reynolds running out to a tape recording of "Life On Campus At NC State"

[Edited on December 20, 2010 at 9:31 PM. Reason : a]

12/20/2010 9:28:29 PM

We should start a pool on coaches we have no chance of landing but people will suggest anyway

12/20/2010 9:30:26 PM

Allow me to start -- Rick Barnes.

12/20/2010 9:31:24 PM

I think we have a pretty good shot of landing Phil Jackson

Quote :

"I think it's embarrassing to do these NBA style introductions with all the hype and music and shit and be a mediocre NIT team"

we start jumping and then along with it go "ooooooooooooo" and get louder like "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH" and then switch to "PACK! PACK! PACK! PACK! OOOOOO PACK! PACK! PACK! PACK! OOOOOOOOOOOO! POWER PACK! POWER PACK! BACK THE PACK!" and then play a loud rockin rap song or somethin. i think it would get things crazy.

12/20/2010 9:31:37 PM

here's the first 5 that I bet PackPride has in mind:

-Rick Barnes
-Rick Pitino
-Billy Donovan
-Jay Wright
-Rick Barnes in a wig and billed as "Barney Ricks"

12/20/2010 9:32:48 PM

There will be a Brad Stevens thread on Packpride before the end of January

12/20/2010 9:33:29 PM

Im in for Mark Few

12/20/2010 9:34:01 PM

-Josh Pastner
-Isaiah Thomas
-Jim Boeheim
-Kevin Stallings
-Gene Stallings

12/20/2010 9:36:11 PM

I don't see why we don't go after Brad Stevens at Butler

[Edited on December 20, 2010 at 9:39 PM. Reason : ^^^didn't see your post by the time I posted this]

12/20/2010 9:38:02 PM

Tom Izzo

12/20/2010 9:38:52 PM

brad stevens just signed like a 12-year contract extension or something at butler

12/20/2010 9:40:18 PM

If given the choice of coaching at a college that's shown it can recruit Final Four-level talent, that plays in an NBA city, and coming to Raleigh to live in the shadow of UNC and Duke and get yelled at constantly if you don't win the ACC and/or tell jokes and yell and scream and demand players copy everything the 1990 UNLV team did on the court, what would you choose?

[Edited on December 20, 2010 at 9:41 PM. Reason : also JORDAN COLLINS FOR COACH]

12/20/2010 9:40:31 PM

what about Kenny Inge? he has as much NCAA experience as Sid did....

12/20/2010 9:45:27 PM

Quote :

"brad stevens just signed like a 12-year contract extension or something at butler"

I could be wrong, but I thought I read the buyout was only $1 mil

12/20/2010 9:45:58 PM

12/20/2010 9:48:22 PM

^ exactly right...contracts are worthless these days...if it were only a one million dollar buy out than that would be cheaper than hiring a firm to find a coach

12/20/2010 9:49:27 PM

Bob Valvano IS exactly the right choice for our next coach, I agree

12/20/2010 9:50:14 PM

We need to find a smooth talking mid-major coach with a vowel at the end of his name. Then we'll be set.

12/20/2010 9:56:26 PM

SFN (or another one of those blogs) said we should hire Chris Collins from Duke.

I mean, why the hell not?

12/20/2010 9:57:57 PM

remember when he hit that game winning shot at Reynolds in 1995?

ball bounced on the rim like 4 times before going in

12/20/2010 10:02:52 PM

8====D - - - -

12/20/2010 10:08:01 PM

Phil on ESPN just now. Keeping his move pretty close to the vest apparently...

12/20/2010 10:12:41 PM

he sounds like has a cold all the time

12/20/2010 10:13:01 PM

^^yeah he's acting like the only thing on his mind is the Christmas game versus the Heat...what a pokerface...truly the Zen Master at work

12/20/2010 10:13:44 PM

http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=588829

12/20/2010 10:18:36 PM

Michael Oher looks big as fuck in that movie poster

12/20/2010 10:26:35 PM

RIP Airtightest

we knew thee

12/20/2010 10:27:49 PM

Pastner would be pretty cool. I could see there being a few positives of moving to State, particularly if we offer a decent amount of money, but I know he has another 2 years or something on his contract, and I don't know how attached to Memphis he is.

12/20/2010 10:28:47 PM

Literally no coach would ever coach at State. We only got Lowe because every other person who had ever coached college basketball in America turned us down.

12/20/2010 10:40:45 PM

Man I just assumed Donnie Jones was along for the ride at Florida but it turns out he's basically the reason they won the National Championships. Billy Donovan is a fraud, let's get Jones before Florida realizes what was going on

Quote :

"Recruiting Success Jones excelled on the recruiting trail while at Florida. During his time at the school, the program signed 11 McDonald's High School All-America selections and boasted top-five national recruiting classes on five occasions. Jones also helped recruit and mentor 12 National Basketball Association Draft picks while at Florida, including five lottery selections. Jones' NBA players include Matt Bonner, David Lee, Mike Miller and Jason Williams. Following Florida's 2007 national title, five of Jones' pupils - Corey Brewer, Taurean Green, Al Horford, Joakim Noah and Chris Richard - were selected in the draft. "

12/20/2010 10:43:21 PM

I'd rather have a great head coach paired with a great recruiter rather than the other way around

12/20/2010 11:05:51 PM

this thread is retarded.

as it should be, i guess.

12/20/2010 11:12:04 PM

12/20/2010 11:13:51 PM

LOL @ Phil Jackson. Half our redneck fanbase made fun of Herb for even quoting Buddha. I can't imagine how they would treat an actual Buddhist.

12/20/2010 11:18:16 PM

Quote :

"I'd rather have a great head coach paired with a great recruiter rather than the other way around"

12/20/2010 11:25:04 PM

Quote :

". Turnaround at Marshall Jones came to UCF after three seasons at Marshall, where he quickly turned around the Thundering Herd program. Jones was named Marshall's head coach in 2007. He inherited a program that had struggled since joining Conference USA in 2005, and quickly changed the culture surrounding the Herd. Less than three years later, Jones led the Herd to one of the top campaigns in program history. In 2009-10, Marshall went 24-10 and advanced to the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The appearance was the first trip to the postseason in 22 years for the school. Jones' squad began the tournament with a victory over Western Carolina, giving Marshall its first postseason win since 1967. Marshall finished the year 11-5 in C-USA play, tying the Herd for third in the league and serving as the school's best conference finish since 2000-01. Marshall had one of the most prolific offenses in the country and led C-USA by scoring 79.9 points per game. The team also paced the league in field-goal percentage (47.8) and scoring margin (+10.9). Marshall totaled a school-record 2,717 points during the campaign"

dude looks legit too



[Edited on December 20, 2010 at 11:36 PM. Reason : im sure we'll hire some boring old guy though. and even if we get jones or a similar guy we'd suck]

12/20/2010 11:35:33 PM

who's the TOB of basketball?

i think i might know the answer...

12/20/2010 11:37:00 PM

Our only answer is Matt Driscoll

12/20/2010 11:39:40 PM

We have a perfectly good coach right down the road. Don't make things complicated.

Jeff Bzdelik


College Record 115-105 (7 seasons)
NBA Record 73-119 (3 seasons)


Sounds like a perfect fit.

12/20/2010 11:48:18 PM

12/20/2010 11:49:33 PM

I'm sick and tired of these muthafuckin layups in my muthafuckin lane

12/20/2010 11:58:22 PM

the obvious solution is to go recruit us a teen wolf

12/20/2010 11:59:24 PM