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Coach O’Brien’s comments don’t fit NC State

Published by StateFans on 09/02/2008 in General, NCS Administration, Quotes of Note and Tom O'Brien. 34 Comments

Some great quotes and information came out of Coach O’Brien’s press conference yesterday and can be seen and heard by clicking here.

Fortunately for all of us - Coach O’Brien’s comments indicate that he employs a management style that in no way is consistent or congruent with the value structure with Lee Fowler’s Athletics Department or within the entire University since the departure of Bruce Poulton in the late 1980s - excluding the Marye Ann Fox years.

“McKeen played very well. He’s got a lot of pass rushing ability. I think he performed better than Markus Kuhn did. We’re a performance-based organization here so he moved up.“

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US News and World Report College Rankings Released

Published by BJD95 on 08/22/2008 in General, Media, NCS Administration and Rankings / Lists. 23 Comments

NC State is ranked #83. For the record, I think these rankings are incredibly biased against land grant universities, especially those that place heavy emphasis on science and engineering.

That said, NC State is more than 10 slots behind #71 Virginia Tech, and more than 20 slots lower than #61 Clemson. I consider these schools very comparable in geography and mission.

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GoPack.com proclaims graduated quarterback will help State at receiver in 2008

Published by StateFans on 08/18/2008 in '08 Football, General, Media, NCS Administration and Non-Revenue. 52 Comments

We didn’t cover the re-launch of the ‘upgraded’ GoPack.com this past week despite the obvious opportunities they provided us to criticize the website for the minimal coverage that they provided NC State alumnus, Cullen Jones, after Jones was a part of one of the most significant moments of this year’s Olympic games.

GoPack’s insignificant vanilla coverage of Jones paled in comparison to coverage other college sites like Auburn gave their swimmers in Beijng. Jones represents EVERYTHING that is right with collegiate athletics and I just don’t understand why NC State would not want to do everything in their power to be married to him privately and publicly.

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The Mary Easley Entry

Published by StateFans on 07/13/2008 in Campus News, General, NCS Administration and Politics. 33 Comments

We obviously were busy last week and didn’t have a lot of time to post things on the blog.

(Calling all people who have author access out there!?!?!? Anyone home?)

But, we wouldn’t really be following NC State appropriately if we didn’t at least provide one entry about this Mary Easley mess going on in Raleigh. There are so many articles on the story in the local papers that I don’t know which one to link. (Feel free to link insightful perspectives that you find).

NC State has announced that it will review over 800 employee contracts in the aftermatch of the fiasco.

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Nora Lynn Finch Leaves NC State For The ACC

Published by StateFans on 07/07/2008 in General, Kay Yow, NCS Administration and Non-Revenue. 50 Comments

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford announced today that Nora Lynn Finch has been chosen to fill the position of Associate Commissioner for Women’s Basketball Operations and Senior Woman Administrator.

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Ray Tanner to the rescue?

Published by StateFans on 07/07/2008 in AD and NCS Administration. 50 Comments

I’ve spoken with a few Wolfpackers through the years that have often referred to Ray Tanner as one of their top choices to replace Lee Fowler as the next Athletics Director at NC State. This article/entry had some interesting comments that may give us some hope that help may be on the way:

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We’re #56!!! NCSU finishes 53rd of 66 BCS Schools (must be the ‘fuhcilities’)

Published by StateFans on 06/26/2008 in ACC, AD, General, NCS Administration, Rankings / Lists and Stat of the Day. 39 Comments

The final ‘all-sports’ intercollegiate Directors Cup for 2007-2008 has been released and is accessible by clicking here. (Looks like Lee Fowler’s second embarrassment in one day.)

NC State didn’t obtain extra credit for our great ‘fuhcilities’ or our fantastic fans and therefore finished the year ranked 56th in the country and next to last in the Atlantic Coast Conference, besting private institution Boston College.

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NC State supporters highlight Lee Fowler’s 2007-2008 annual report

Published by Daily Update on 06/25/2008 in AD, Fans, General, NCS Administration and Non-Revenue. 25 Comments

Athletic Director Lee Fowler released the 2007-2008 annual report for NC State Athletics. Except for a few individual student-athletes and a couple individual programs, it was the accomplishments of NC State’s fantastic supporters and fans that received the most attention in the report.

First, the NC State fans helped land Head Football Coach, Tom O’Brien; now, the support of the very fans that Lee Fowler so often criticizes provides his athletics program its primary success story of the year. (Oh the irony)

Here are a few of the highlights:

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Sam Jones Update (Updated 11:30 am)

Published by StateFans on 06/25/2008 in ACC, Basketball, Football, General and NCS Administration. 19 Comments

Yesterday’s entry regarding Sam Jones sparked conversations along a few different fronts.

SFN has confirmed that a significant portion of the Sam Jones rumor is true. Jones and his family were surprised to recently learn that Sam must still pass an Algebra II math class to gain admission to NC State. He will take the class this summer and hopefully become eligible before the season. Anything included in the rumor that goes beyond the information that we just shared - such as mentions of Florida State - are unfounded and incorrect. There is NO REASON to think that Jones is going to be suiting up anywhere but in west Raleigh at this point.

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Newsflash - Paying Customers Don’t Like Being Treated Like Naughty 8-Year Olds

Published by BJD95 on 06/23/2008 in Campus News, Football, General, NCS Administration and Tradition. 44 Comments

We saw this nugget from The Technician a few weeks ago, but didn’t have the time to express our thoughts at the time. In a finding which no doubt caused Bob Kennel to close his eyes and shake his head disapprovingly:

The WITH program has not received as much positive feedback as Student Government would have liked, according to Dawkins, and therefore the committee discussed having the WITH program organizers obtain more corporate sponsors, cutting back on policing, distributing water and koozies at games and trying more to encourage positive sportsmanship.

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The State of State Part Four - AD Battle Royale

Published by WV Wolf on 06/17/2008 in ACC, AD, Baseball, Basketball, Football, General, NCS Administration, Non-Revenue, Rankings / Lists and Stat of the Day. 62 Comments

In previous entries, several commenters had expressed an interest in some historical statistics for comparison purposes. Below are some conference title and winning percentage stats over the last 22 years for the past five Athletic Directors at NC State.

Notes:
• For the 1989-90 season, Jim Valvano was AD until October, Harold Hopfenburg was interim AD until April when Todd Turner was hired. For this analysis, since he was AD for the majority of the season, Hopfenburg will be considered the AD of record for 1989-90.

• ACC championship stats are only for the 20 sports in which all 5 ADs fielded teams (Softball is excluded).

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Lee Fowler appearance on 99.9FM Wednesday morning

Published by StateFans on 06/17/2008 in AD, General, Media and NCS Administration. 13 Comments

No…you read that headline correctly.

One of the only Athletics Directors in the country to have his own television show needs to make another radio appearance.

Update: You can click here to hear the interview.

In addition to his regular column in the Wolfpacker magazine and the recent tour of the entire State of North Carolina with the Wolfpack Club Caravan, NC State’s Athletics Director has made appearances and given thorough interviews to GoPack.com, PackPride.com, the News & Observer and WRAL-TV5.com in just the last 60 days.

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Report: Tarheel Trio To Return Despite Criticisms & Attacks of UNC Fans

Published by StateFans on 06/16/2008 in '08-09 Basketball, AD, Fans, General, Media, NCS Administration and Rivals. 57 Comments

Inside Carolina is reporting that Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green will all return to Chapel Hill for the 2008-2009 college basketball season, virtually guaranteeing that the Tarheels will hold the #1 preseason ranking as the heavy favorite to win the 2009 National Championship.

Lawson, Ellington and Green had become the targets of significant criticism brought about by UNC-CH fans, students and internet community members. The situation between Tarheel faithful and the players got so nasty that CBS Sportsline actually elevated the fans’ criticisms in a national article discussing the situation and criticizing the Tarheel faithful.

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All Focus on…Lee Fowler, of course!

Published by StateFans on 06/03/2008 in AD, Baseball, General and NCS Administration. 24 Comments

At a time when all focus should be on the quest of NC State’s Baseball to reach the College World Series - the Pack will travel to Georgia this weekend - our ‘esteemed’ Athletics Director turns some attention on…HIMSELF, of corse

Yesterday, Pack Pride highlighted an ‘extended interview’ that Lee Fowler gave WRAL-TV5 over the weekend. WRAL-TV also ran similar video interviews with Tom O’Brien and Sidney Lowe. The reason we aren’t criticizing Coach Lowe and Coach O’Brien for their inverviews is because (1) they are actually COACHES and don’t just play one in their fantasies and (2) they haven’t been interviewed at extreme lengths by GoPack.com, PackPride.com, 850TheBuzz and the News & Observer in just the last six weeks!

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UNC Fires Lacrosse Coach Who Lost In NCAA Tournament

Published by StateFans on 05/28/2008 in ACC, AD, General, NCS Administration, Non-Revenue and Rivals. 37 Comments
Haus, 46, compiled a 58-52 record in his eight years at UNC following two as head coach of Johns Hopkins, which went to the NCAA semifinals both seasons.”Obviously, we’re not at the level we would like to be,” UNC athletic director Dick Baddour said Tuesday. At the same time, Baddour made it clear that the Tar Heels should be competing for the national championship.

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Another chance for baseball to deliver

Published by StateFans on 05/27/2008 in ACC, Baseball and NCS Administration. 24 Comments

Last week we ran a great entry highlighting the NC State Baseball program’s opportunity to deliver a much needed ACC Championship in a major sport. (If you missed the entry then you are not allowed to read further until you go read it).

Coach Avent failed to win his first ACC Championship in twelve years over the weekend, but the Wolfpack’s hosting of the “Raleigh Regional” provides an opportunity for the Wolfpack baseball program to at least make some kind of tangible progress towards something worth celebrating - the school’s first College World Series appearance in forty years.

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The State of State Part Three–Meet The Standards

Published by WV Wolf on 05/22/2008 in ACC, AD, Baseball, Basketball, Football, General, NCS Administration, Non-Revenue, Rankings / Lists and Stat of the Day. 58 Comments

“My goals have always been to be in the top three in the conference. If you’re in the top three you always have a chance to win the championship. That’s an obvious goal as well. Minimum goals, we don’t want to be in the bottom-half of anything.. the bottom-half in any sport.”
–Lee Fowler, PackPride.com, 5-22-08

“Our minimum should be middle of the conference, not last in the league”
–Lee Fowler, Technician, 8-31-07

These statements lead to three questions.

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The State of State Part Two–Improvement

Published by WV Wolf on 05/21/2008 in ACC, AD, Baseball, Basketball, Football, General, NCS Administration, Non-Revenue and Stat of the Day. 45 Comments

Disclaimer: Only facts and statistics will be stated below, you the reader can draw your own conclusions and opinions.

Did NC State’s athletic programs make progress and do better this school year than they did last year? One metric (and certainly not the only one) is to look at regular season conference standings.

State competes in 21 different ACC sports plus gymnastics (EAGL) and rifle (SEARC & GARC). In the 2007-2008 school year, 6 out of those 23 programs finished higher in their conference standings than they did the year before, 11 finished worse and 6 maintained the same standing. All 12 ACC schools compete in the sport unless indicated.

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Fowler receives vote of confidence from Faculty Senate

Published by Daily Update on 05/21/2008 in AD, Campus News, General and NCS Administration. 43 Comments
RESOLUTION OF EXPRESSION
OF CONFIDENCE IN LEE FOWLER
Whereas: The Council on Athletics has expressed to the Chancellor that Lee Fowler “…is an outstanding Athletics Director and has the absolute support and confidence of the Council on Athletics,” andWhereas: Lee Fowler has maintained close contact with faculty through regular attendance at Faculty Senate meetings, and

Whereas: Throughout his tenure as Athletics Director at NC State University he has consistently demonstrated his commitment to the integrity of the athletics program being of paramount importance, therefore be it

Resolved: The Faculty Senate of North Carolina State University endorses the position of the Council on Athletics and expresses its confidence in Lee Fowler.

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The State of State Part One — Overall ACC Records

Published by WV Wolf on 05/20/2008 in ACC, AD, Baseball, Basketball, Football, General, NCS Administration, Non-Revenue, Rankings / Lists and Stat of the Day. 32 Comments

Disclaimer: Only facts and statistics will be stated below, you the reader can draw your own conclusions and opinions.

Listed below are the overall ACC records for NC State’s team sports (teams that have a won-loss record) for the eight year time span Lee Fowler has been AD (2000-01 to 2007-08).

Revenue Sports
• Football: 28-36 (.438)
• M Basketball: 60-68 (.469)
• W Basketball: 63-57 (.525)
• Baseball: 109-104 (.512)

Both of the high profile revenue sports, Football and M Basketball, have losing records in ACC play.

Both W Basketball and Baseball have winning records in ACC play.

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