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"Sure he may be able to coach, but what are his graduation rates like? does he know about luxury?"

4/5/2011 7:49:04 PM

Elwood is not very funny

4/5/2011 7:49:19 PM

Yow pretty much creamed herself over his assistants so its possible

4/5/2011 7:49:44 PM

yeah, yow probably shouldn't have said that. sets the bar way too high.

4/5/2011 7:53:48 PM

sources on the twitters are saying gaudio and fran frachilla

4/5/2011 7:56:40 PM

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"sources on the twitters are saying gaudio and fran frachilla"

Let's go ahead & add Vitale & Knight while we're at it

4/5/2011 7:59:50 PM

gaudio is a crazy good hire as an assistant

the recruiting will be awesome + hopefully we'll play the packline defense that he was using at wake the last couple years. i think it's something of a gimmick defense but if gottfried is really clueless on that side of the ball it'll make us respectable

4/5/2011 8:06:43 PM

i'd be really impressed if he got gaudio as an assistant.

4/5/2011 8:09:45 PM

oh t-dub

i knew i could come here and find all the dish on gottfried

i <3 you

4/5/2011 8:10:07 PM

Have we not learned our lesson about twitter rumors yet?

4/5/2011 8:10:33 PM

i'd love for twitter to come out right for once. gaudio would be an excellent time for that.

4/5/2011 8:13:08 PM

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"gaudio is a crazy good hire as an assistant"

Gaudio would easily trump having Harris as an assistant. Great to hear, hope its true.

4/5/2011 8:14:47 PM

speaking of Twitter, I think Jimmy Clausen is making bets with other Panthers players about who will win the women's bball game tonight

4/5/2011 8:16:35 PM

hahaha as i was reading this thread, rolling stones - "you can't always get what you want" came on.

seemed appropriate.

4/5/2011 8:17:17 PM

New version..i fixed the thumbs. I got lazy the first time.

4/5/2011 8:25:19 PM

Final version. I sharpened his head. no homo.

4/5/2011 8:28:46 PM

FUCK YEAH LETS MAKE OUT

4/5/2011 8:49:37 PM

how was his out of conference scheduling, anyone recollect this much?

4/5/2011 8:50:43 PM

i'm not going to look it up for you, but espn goes back a lot farther than the 2008-9 season.

4/5/2011 8:57:05 PM

no, look it up for me

4/5/2011 8:57:42 PM

his OOC schedule isn't too shabby... teams such as Providence, Minnesota, Washington, Temple, Wisconsin, Xavier, Iowa, Notre Dame...


Looks like this guy's "fearless" attitude is backed up by his schedule.



Looking at a little closer, some of his bad losses include once to Mercer and once to Milwaukee. So, he's capable of beating some of the top teams in the country, but has occasional games that just fall apart.


Still the best hire we've made since Sloan (at the time of the hiring).

[Edited on April 5, 2011 at 9:14 PM. Reason : .]

4/5/2011 9:10:21 PM

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"During the first half of his tenure, I think I still felt that he was our coach for many, many years to come. Even though the most optimistic Alabama fan couldn't expect Final Four appearances, Gottfried had us in the dance more often than not. He even led the memorable Elite Eight run a few years back. This was a feat that even Wimp could not attain. Unfortunately, since that time, the program has headed south. By all accounts, Gottfried had a knack for attracting moderately high-profile recruits to the Capstone, even though our facilities were a mess and we didn't draw a crowd unless Kentucky or Arkansas came to town. The team record in road games became an embarrassment. I do not have the numbers in front of me now, but places like Oxford and Starkville made us look like a junior varsity middle school team. He dotted some seasons with a few unlikely wins. We beat Kentucky a couple of times, we managed to keep pace in most years in the division, even though we rarely were competitive near the end of those seasons. As the years passed, the losses mounted, but the talent seemed to stay in place. NCAA Tourney appearances began to dwindle. We even attained a No. 1 ranking for a couple of weeks one year, only to self-destruct and miss the tournament all together. As a member of the Gottfried bandwagon, of which people were bailing left and right, I maintained that the majority of this was not his fault. Early departures for the NBA left us in bad situations multiple times. Untimely injuries added to the problems. I felt if we could get a few breaks, he could bring us back. I no longer think this is possible. I drove to Tuscaloosa in October to see the first practice and sit in on a Q and A session with Gottfried, and he preceded to win me over again. The practice was run well, and the players looked ready for the season. He answered all of the questions the way I hoped that he would, and I became a Gottfried defender once again. Then the season started. Mercer came to Tuscaloosa and won on our home floor. Strike one. We then went to Hawaii for one of the more high-profile preseason tournaments available, chock full of quality opponents. We opened with an average Oregon team and were run out of the gym. Strike two. I was ready to chalk up the season when I sat down to watch us play Alabama A&M (a team coming off of a hard-fought loss to Talladega College). In my 20 years of loyalty to the program, this was arguably the lowest point. The team jumped out to an early 16-point lead, only to see A&M whittle that lead to five by halftime. The second half was no better, as it became a one-possession game with less than a minute left. Thanks to a very questionable blocking foul on A&M with about 45 seconds to go, Alabama escaped with a victory. Strike three. I am now firmly entrenched in the camp of people screaming for a change. It is time. It has been time for a while, I just couldn't bring myself to believe it. Gottfried has done all he can do for us, and we need new blood. Which brings me to the question and the focal point of this article: Who can we get that is any better? This is a sad situation. What up-and-coming coach would want to come to a place where, at best, you are an afterthought, even in the best years. Tennessee managed to do it under similar circumstances. They hired Bruce Pearl, who has taken Tennessee to an elite level. Florida trumped even that, snagging Billy Donovan and winning multiple titles."

4/5/2011 9:14:11 PM

If he can have us in the Dance more often then not, make an elite 8 appearance, attain the number 1 rank in the country, and bring in high level recruits... at Alabama, where Basketball is an afterthought, and the writer even said facilities were lackluster... imagine what he can do at NC State.

Will this work out? Time will tell. But damn, I like our chances.

4/5/2011 9:18:52 PM

4/5/2011 9:26:26 PM

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"even though our facilities were a mess and we didn't draw a crowd unless Kentucky or Arkansas came to town."

good thing we got the FUH-SIL-ITIES

4/5/2011 9:27:17 PM

i mean if there's one good thing that came from Uncle Jed, at least it's that.

4/5/2011 9:31:02 PM

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"Lorenzo Brown Big welcome to coach Gottfried 3 minutes ago"

via facebook

4/5/2011 10:01:20 PM

i love lorenzo brown so much. if he leaves i will cry for days.

4/5/2011 10:09:26 PM

This guy's definitely gonna be better than Lowe, but I'm not so sure he's better than Herb.

4/5/2011 10:30:43 PM

Herb and Lowe were virtually identical in their first 5 years as Head Coaches...


So how do you draw that distinction?

4/5/2011 10:35:45 PM

Got Fried? you know, like 'got milk' but with, nah you get it.

4/5/2011 10:39:32 PM

Huh? What is that, a riddle??

Say it again, I'm good at these...

4/5/2011 10:48:44 PM

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"Herb and Lowe were virtually identical in their first 5 years as Head Coaches... So how do you draw that distinction? "

4/5/2011 10:49:03 PM

With a big red coat ??

4/5/2011 10:54:18 PM

4/5/2011 11:05:27 PM

is that Sean Miller in the background there?

4/5/2011 11:55:34 PM

doesnt look anything like sean miller

4/5/2011 11:58:23 PM

good. it would hurt more if it were he

4/5/2011 11:59:23 PM

herb looks like a planet of the apes character in that pic, the rings around his mouth or something

4/6/2011 12:00:28 AM

Since the coaching search thread was locked, I guess I'll put one last gem from packpride here

From James Henderson, in yesterday's "Packpride's Take" thread:

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"Also, as we said all along, the key factor for Smart was going to be if he chose to leave VCU for NC State."

[Edited on April 6, 2011 at 12:10 AM. Reason : KEY FACTOR OF DECISION IS DECISION]

4/6/2011 12:08:55 AM

can anybodt please link the presser, I'm having a hard time finding it

4/6/2011 12:13:33 AM

wralsportfan.com has it

4/6/2011 12:15:08 AM

That's Mark Phelps in the background aaronburro you are just showing how little you know.

He is the coach at Drake now. He was an assistant here for all 10 of Herb's years. You probably threw a flag at him.

4/6/2011 12:15:30 AM

hey, after wins, we can all hold up signs saying

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"YOU GOTT FRIED!!!"

^HAHA, had to check for script, lol

[Edited on April 6, 2011 at 12:29 AM. Reason : ]

4/6/2011 12:28:51 AM

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"Which brings me to the question and the focal point of this article: Who can we get that is any better? This is a sad situation. What up-and-coming coach would want to come to a place where, at best, you are an afterthought, even in the best years. "

sounds like that came from an article during the sendek fiasco...

4/6/2011 1:21:47 AM

Sounds like that was written about dook 30 years ago.

4/6/2011 4:30:32 AM

still credible

4/6/2011 6:07:04 AM

[Edited on April 6, 2011 at 7:30 AM. Reason : Let's jump to conclusions]

4/6/2011 7:27:50 AM

Why not, Harrow did?

LOL

jk

4/6/2011 7:33:41 AM

Did Gottfried kick Harrows dog?

4/6/2011 7:43:04 AM