Tag Archive | "Coaches"
Shocking – Lee Fowler Still Doesn’t Get It
Lodged deep within the N&O’s write-up of the upcoming Wolfpack hoops season (all WTNY, all the time, just like the buffoonish duo of Fowler and Lowe want it) is this little gem from Fowler’s always jabbering mouth: Too many times, loyalty’s a one-way street. Fans want the coach to be loyal to them, but they’re not [...]
Continue reading...Jacobs: Is succession planning really successful?
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
The idea of “coaches in waiting” has evolved into prominence within the world of college athletics. The first ‘big’ one that I remember that was both formal and not family driven was in Purdue’s basketball program when Matt Painter was hired to ride shotgun alongside Gene Keady. Since then, the idea has taken [...]
Continue reading...Agreeing with the Blogosphere
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
You have probably noticed a little less activity on the front page of the blog in recent days. We encourage you to remember that we are supporting our new message boards with a little more depth and breadth of topics as opposed to diluting the front page of the blog. So, PLEASE help us out [...]
Continue reading...NCAA strikes a much needed blow against injustice, SEMOST style
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
“The NCAA hasn’t busted a single big-time men’s basketball program in nearly two years. It hasn’t nailed a major football program in nearly 15 months. It’s the longest stretch of compliance for the once iron-fisted organization in 46 years and the second longest ever according to an analysis of the NCAA’s major infractions database.” - [...]
Continue reading...Dienhart: ‘Expect a breakout this fall’
Monday, April 13, 2009
A couple of years ago we highlighted various media exercises where Tom O’Brien was garnering praise and high rankings. It may be worth some of your time to do a little surfing. As you can see from some of the previous links, Tom Dienhart was writing for The Sporting News in the past. Today, [...]
Continue reading...Virginia fires Leitao as coach
Monday, March 16, 2009
Fox Sports is reporting that Virginia has fired Men’s Head Basketball coach, Dave Leito after four years on the job. Link to Fox article. Of course, Leitao officially ‘resigns’ so that he can receive his more money for going away nicely ($2.1 million). Leitao made the NCAA tournament once in four seasons [...]
Continue reading...ACC Coaches on the Hotseat? Debated (Updated 2:10pm)
Monday, February 2, 2009
One has to wonder what the brain trust at the News and Observer knows that we don’t: “With at least four ACC basketball coaches in some degree of trouble — Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, Maryland’s Gary Williams, N.C. State’s Sidney Lowe and Virginia’s Dave Leaito” — Caulton Tudor, in “Finding The Next Coach” This list is is [...]
Continue reading...It’s Official – Jagodzinski Out at BC
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Here’s your link. I suppose once DeFilippo went public with his insane threat, he kind of had to go through with it. For the idiots in BC’s fanbase, it is probably a proud chest-thumping moment. For the rational folks, thoughts of “who would work this Al Davis-like guy?” are in the forefront. We [...]
Continue reading...Heather Dinich ‘Heart’ David Cutcliffe
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
She’s at it again. The woman who originally ranked Carter-Finley Stadium the ACC’s 11th toughest place to play while ranking Kenan Stadium 4th because of its scenic beauty… This place is just the right size, and the picturesque pine trees make this one of the nicest venues in the league. Butch Davis has an amazing view of [...]
Continue reading...Wall Street Journal Looks At Coaches’ Pay (w/ NC State mention)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
An interesting article popped up on the radar from an unlikely source: the venerable and staid Wall Street Journal. In “Who Pays The College Coach,” author Mark Yost takes a look at Alabama’s Nick Saban, among others (including Coach Kommercial.) When North Carolina State thought it would take at least $2 million to find a top-notch [...]
Continue reading...Report: Skip Holtz Going To Syracuse
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Sunday morning: Michael Bradley from the NFL Network reports that Skip Holtz will be named Syracuse University’s football coach on Monday. Link from Syracuse, NY television station The Wiz of Odds is also covering it Published on 12/05/2008 at 3:35pm There might be trouble on the Pirate ship, as it looks like there’s some substance behind the rumors that head [...]
Continue reading...Report: Notre Dame To Retain Weis
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
WNDU and Irish Eyes website are reporting tonight that Charlie Weis will return next year. (Links through The Big Lead) We didn’t want to alarm the Wolfpack faithful when we floated this entry earlier in the day; but, as with much of what we report here there was a lot more going on behind the [...]
Continue reading...Rivals: If ND Fires Weis, Irish Might Make a Run At TOB (Updated 7pm)
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Final Update: Irisheyes.com, the Scout Notre Dame football franchise, reports that Charlie Weis is set to return for 2009. The discussion below is not for nothing, however, as the fact is that Tom O’Brien will become a person of interest for bigger programs looking to improve their coaching situation. While O’Brien has said that NC State [...]
Continue reading...Holland on Money Matters
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I wish this one could be bronzed for the ages. Terry Holland in October 27, 2008’s The Sporting News The administration, with $100 million or more recently invested in facilities and a $50 million annual budget, cannot afford to keep a coach who is not producing a return on that investment. If donors and season-ticket purchasers vote [...]
Continue reading...ORLY? (Updated @ 1:20pm)
Friday, November 14, 2008
This sort of thing drives me crazy: unsubstantiated speculation that is 100% paradoxical to reality. From a (supposed) ‘professional journalist’: Fox/Goodman: 65 Things to Watch For This College Season Three ACC coaches — Maryland’s Gary Williams, N.C. State’s Sidney Lowe and Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton — are feeling a little heat to win. My guess [...]
Continue reading...Andrew Jones: Butch ‘Davis part II(updated)
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Just ask any Tarheel fan and they will be sure to tell you that there is nothing to the story. And, of course, why would anyone ever leave Chapel Hill by their own choosing. (Shhhh…don’t mention Mack Brown). Link to story Tennessee has tabbed North Carolina coach Butch Davis as the leading candidate to replace [...]
Continue reading...Tell me again why UT didn’t want to hire Lee Fowler in 2003?
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
A few months ago we ran the following comments in this entry comparing Lee Fowler to Joe Alleva in light of the LSU Athletics Directorship: Lee Fowler’s interest in other Athletics Director jobs have not been a secret since his arrival in Raleigh in September of 2000. In the seven-plus years of Fowler’s tenure, the man [...]
Continue reading...ESPN: Tennessee’s Fulmer Stepping Down At End of The Season
Monday, November 3, 2008
The Rumor Mill just got officially interesting for Butch Davis and David Cutcliffe: ESPN.com: Sources: Fulmer To Step Down Phillip Fulmer, who a decade ago brought Tennessee its first national championship in 47 years, will not return as the Volunteers’ coach next year, multiple sources told ESPN.com. Questions immediately come to mind: Will Butch Davis not officially express [...]
Continue reading...You thought we had bad attrition? or, Todd Turner is not a sports handicapper
Thursday, October 30, 2008
As we highlighted in this entry last week, injuries and attrition have been a major topic in WolfpackNation over the last couple of years. Our numbers are not a pretty sight; but, we’ve surprisingly found another program that has had it worse. Of course, that program has fired their coach (who will stay on until the [...]
Continue reading...The Fall Guys
Monday, October 27, 2008
After a busy weekend of college football, we are a week closer to the cranking up of the coaching carousel. The Wiz of Odds has an interesting entry this morning on college football coaches and their coordinators. Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News surveyed 120 I-A teams for the number of coordinators since 1999, [...]
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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