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"An affliction that predates Lowe’s arrival in 2006"

1/20/2011 7:07:41 PM

Have any of you people been to the patent office? We have patent #43278654, 5 minute scoring drought.

We own that shit. It's not changing with a new coach.

1/20/2011 7:11:49 PM

NIT or bust!!!

1/20/2011 7:19:46 PM

i'm not giving up on the season, its still early, there's still a lot of games to be played...

...but if we go the NIT route, we'll have another championship banner to hang beside old spice & glen wilkes. mark it.

1/20/2011 7:38:01 PM

Tomorrow is Sid's birthday. What are you guys getting him?

1/20/2011 8:05:44 PM

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/ncsu/story/8977774/

Yow to review Lowe's status at season's end

nothing we all didn't already know though

1/20/2011 8:35:31 PM

all coaches get a review at the end of their respective seasons

1/20/2011 8:46:03 PM

yeah, but this review will be FOR REAL

1/20/2011 8:53:35 PM

did this get posted yet?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6041658

1/20/2011 9:09:27 PM

^ In other news, someone other than UNC football is about to go on probation


^^^When your AD openly discusses said year end reviews, that's not very good


[Edited on January 20, 2011 at 9:12 PM. Reason : ]

1/20/2011 9:09:54 PM

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"AT SEASON'S END"

1/20/2011 9:49:33 PM

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"she says she spends a good chunk of time trying to address concerns. The number one topic revolves around the success of the basketball program."

This is ridiculous, that people are actually emailing our AD (credible) about this 4 acc games in... It's stupid shit like this that's going to make her stop answering her emails.

1/20/2011 9:50:22 PM

people were probably emailing fowler as well, he just couldnt figure out how to work the email thing

1/20/2011 9:55:08 PM

^, ^^, ^^^

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""We're doing what we're supposed to be doing," Yow said. "[We're] supporting Sidney [Lowe], his staff and our team in every way possible. That's our focus.""

[Edited on January 20, 2011 at 10:03 PM. Reason : ]

1/20/2011 9:59:57 PM

when's the last time a college coach in a major conference was fired mid-season based on team performance

1/20/2011 10:45:01 PM

Not a major conference school, but the only one I can think of is Benny Moss at UNC Wilmington


Edit: Wasn't Dennis Felton fired mid-season?

Edit 2: Yep. Google tells me Mark Gottfried also resigned mid-season



[Edited on January 20, 2011 at 11:19 PM. Reason : gooooogle]

1/20/2011 11:12:17 PM

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" To: Debbie Yow CC: Sidney Lowe Subject: NC State Basketball Debbie, I am one of the most critical people you'll find in the Wolfpack Nation and given the irrationality surrounding our basketball program I feel the need to speak up. I've watched every ACC basketball game I could get on television since 1988. I remember watching Corch and Monroe grind through 4OT's to beat Wake in 1989, CC Harrison single handedly beating UNC in 1997, and State crushing Duke in 2009. Our fans need to grow up. Sidney was dealt a stacked deck. We lost Simmons (lottery pick), Bennerman, Bethel, Brackman, Evtimov prior to his first season. We lost an entire recruiting class in the interim head coaching search and had to scrape the bottom of the barrel the next three years for ANYONE to commit to playing for us. Everything culminated last season. With one of the worst rosters the ACC has ever seen we managed to win 20 games and we were a legitimate threat to win both the ACC and NIT tournaments. I was vocal about my disdain for Coach Lowe his second and third season when we underachieved. It takes a big man to admit he was wrong. I was wrong. Coach Lowe clearly has us on track for success. We have eight sophomores and freshmen who are legitimate ACC talent. We have future recruits ready to run with the Pack. We're going to be atop the ACC in two seasons: PG: Harrow(jr), Lewis(fr) SG: Brown(jr), _____(fr) SF: Wood(sr), Harris(so) PF: Howell(sr), Uchebo(so) C: Painter(sr), Vandenburg(sr) Experience and talent is how you win in major conference basketball. What's wrong with letting the guy who built that team be the one who leads it? I'm sure you got to where you are in your career by making informed rational decisions. Look at the big picture, it's clear that Lowe can be competitive nationally and relevant locally. Do the right thing. Rallydurham NC State '07 "

1/20/2011 11:15:34 PM

^^ haha i sorta know benny moss personally. Hit him with a water balloon full of mayonnaise in '93 after he got out of the shower. perfect shot.

Dennis Felton was a well known cheater. Pretty sure everyone wanted us to hire him too during the coaching search. GREAT idea TWW!!!!

Remember when W.Ky had that guy who was going to go #1 in the draft overall? Marcus something... pretty sure he went undrafted

1/20/2011 11:18:40 PM

HAVE A LITTLE RESPECT FOR A MAN ON HIS BIRTHDAY.

1/20/2011 11:19:38 PM

^^^+1 (-minus the tone you're taking with our AD)

but +1 for the idea

1/21/2011 1:28:37 AM

Do I even need to point out how retarded it is to excoriate people for judging Lowe before the season is up while at the same time suggesting we keep Lowe regardless of how the remainder of the season plays out.

[Edited on January 21, 2011 at 1:56 AM. Reason : .]

1/21/2011 1:51:32 AM

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"This is ridiculous, that people are actually emailing our AD (credible) about this 4 acc games in... It's stupid shit like this that's going to make her stop answering her emails."

How long have you been an NC State fan?? This is pretty much par for the course.

1/21/2011 8:26:48 AM

1/21/2011 10:04:13 AM

Didnt see this article posted anywhere. Andy Katz on NC State tournament opportunities and Coach Lowe

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/6041273/wolfpack-running-opportunities

1/21/2011 12:37:40 PM

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"If the attitude in the locker room is any indication, the team hasn't quit on Lowe. "

1/21/2011 12:42:56 PM

All I want to know is what systemic problems that Sid's teams have been plagued with (as all are) have notably improved from year to year?

1/21/2011 12:46:13 PM

that's a fresh idea

1/21/2011 12:51:13 PM

^^Rebounding, Transition offense, turnovers, dunks, etc just this year...but I thought the last 2 years we were significantly better on defense (fundamentally and how hard we played) than we were the first 2.


This year we are worse at shit you would expect freshmen to be worse at...specifically Defense (we play hard but get caught out of position more...freshmen mistakes)....taking bad shots, poor decision making, etc.

Also, Tracy is fat and out of shape. Still playing ok but still. He's missing layups, not dunking as easily, and slow on O and D. Not his fault he got hurt. Nor Lowe's.


Still...need to evaluate at end of season. Until then, all I've been wanting is people to shut up.

[Edited on January 21, 2011 at 12:56 PM. Reason : ]

1/21/2011 12:55:02 PM

there are a lot of things we're doing better this year. there are a lot of areas we can improve on.

1/21/2011 1:27:52 PM

^^I have been meaning to bring up something I noticed against Duke: Does anyone else see that Tracy is not getting very much air off his jumps AT ALL? It looked like Duke's bigs could just stand there with their arms up and swat a lot of his jump shots... Was this just me?

1/21/2011 2:27:33 PM

It's like he just had knee surgery or something

1/21/2011 2:30:00 PM

lol, that's very true. But he also claims that his knees are causing him zero pain at this point. could four weeks of taking it easy really ruin his jump like that, or do you think maybe it's psychological?

1/21/2011 2:34:41 PM

I think its the shadow of a vacant father casting doubt on his own mortality which is directly tied into his leg and ass muscles.

1/21/2011 2:40:09 PM

doesn't everyone that just had knee surgery immediately regain all their conditioning and explosiveness?

1/21/2011 2:43:35 PM

I'm legitimately not trying to be a douche bag. It seemed strange to me how poorly he jumped in that game is all.

[Edited on January 21, 2011 at 2:44 PM. Reason : yeah, ok... I get it ]

1/21/2011 2:43:54 PM

he's obviously a little heavier than he should be

1/21/2011 2:45:38 PM

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"But he also claims that his knees are causing him zero pain"

I'm pretty sure I heard the sideline reporter say he claimed he was at 85%

1/21/2011 2:48:45 PM

Those could both be true statements. I think he mentioned the zero pain thing after our last pre-acc game or something like that.

So, yeah, 85%. That makes sense.


also, for those who don't think Lowe makes changes at halftime:

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"In the Pack's four ACC games, NC State has started off slow, struggling from the field in the first 20 minutes of play. In those four games, NC State has shot just 31.5 percent from the field, while averaging 28.3 points. But coming out of the break, the Pack has improved dramatically in the second half in its ACC games. In all four conference games, the Pack has shot better in the second half of each game and has scored more points. NC State has averaged 48.0 points in the second half of its ACC games, while shooting 54.3 percent from the field."

1/21/2011 2:51:19 PM

^perhaps his knees are causing zero pain, but b/c he's a little out of shape for resting so long, he's only playing 85% as well as he was before the injury.

1/21/2011 2:52:10 PM

Yeah, I buy that.

1/21/2011 3:03:13 PM

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"Didnt see this article posted anywhere. Andy Katz on NC State tournament opportunities and Coach Lowe http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/6041273/wolfpack-running-opportunities"

this article has put me firmly on the wait until the end of the season wagon... and maybe even inspired me to want to give lowe another year.

true story.

1/21/2011 3:10:55 PM

1/21/2011 3:23:10 PM

HAPPY BURFDAY SID

1/21/2011 3:44:03 PM

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"This is ridiculous, that people are actually emailing our AD (credible) about this 4 acc games in..."

68 acc games in

1/21/2011 5:10:27 PM

Debbie Yow has been here 5 years?

1/21/2011 5:19:30 PM

so what now we email fowler?

1/21/2011 6:29:23 PM

I will wait and watch for one more year before joining the fire whoever bandwagon.

1/21/2011 9:30:00 PM

Not sure you're going to get a shot at that, chief

1/21/2011 10:15:54 PM

http://acc.blogs.starnewsonline.com/19883/its-time-for-lowe-to-step-aside-for-the-good-of-the-program-he-loves/?pa=all&tc=pgall&tc=ar

it begins

1/21/2011 10:41:01 PM

Clicked link, saw pic of Herb, closed tab.

1/21/2011 11:00:28 PM