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Directors Cup Update – Wolfpack dead last in ACC
A couple of weeks ago we posted somewhat of an ‘open entry’ to allow the community to discuss some of the chatter that is out there regarding Lee Fowler and the NC State Athletics Department. We have a ton to say about that topic and the reaction to the topic and will most definitely re-address [...]
Continue reading...NC State All-Sports Look-In
Monday, April 6, 2009
From February 16, 2004’s edition of The Wolfpacker magazine’s Q&A with NC State Athletics Director, Lee Fowler: More from this interview by clicking here Question: What are your goals as an athletics director for the upcoming year, in terms of improving athletic programs and in improving facilities? How will those goals be measured? – Herb, [...]
Continue reading...Many In Wolfpack Nation Are Saying They’ve Had Enough
Thursday, March 12, 2009
To say that Wolfpack Nation is seething mad tonight would be akin to calling the eruption of Mount St. Helen’s in 1980 a loud bang. It simply doesn’t begin to cover it. This is not about losing a game in the first round of the ACC Tournament, not even the fact that it is the [...]
Continue reading...On the Cheap: NC State’s Athletic Budget vs. the ACC
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Sometimes it helps to see things in black and white, spreadsheet style. From Forbes.com, here’s a listing of ACC school athletic department budgets and the salaries of each Athletic Director: ================= ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE ================= --------------------------------------------------------------- Athletic Yrs at No. of Dept. Guaranteed School Director School Teams Budget Base --------------------------------------------------------------- Georgia Tech Dan Radakovich 3 [...]
Continue reading...Amid woes, comparing behaviors that feed NC State’s failures become more clear
Friday, February 6, 2009
Here’s an article that you just can’t ignore – Amid woes, U.Va. AD needs to act Before we get going here… please allow me to remind you that the University of Virginia has one of the best overall Athletics programs in the entire country. It isn’t like they struggle as a department nor as a [...]
Continue reading...What If Our Athletics Were Graded By State’s Academic Standards? (11am Update)
Monday, January 26, 2009
I’ll make this short and sweet and let you add in your thoughts in the comments: What if NC State’s athletics were graded and a GPA built using essentially the same standards that each student at NC State faces in their classes? I think that overall, the Athletics Department’s GPA would hover around a 1.0 [...]
Continue reading...Laugh. Think. Cry.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
V himself had said that team wasn’t very good. After a 6-8 conference record, State was seeded sixth for the 1987 ACC Tournament in Landover. But somehow – not unlike a few years earlier on an even bigger stage – Jim Valvano’s Cardiac Pack had survived and advanced to the title game, where they would [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading...AD Quote of the Day: ‘Performance-based profession’
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Back in September we made a really big deal about Coach Tom O’Brien’s comments regarding his program’s position as a ‘Performance-based organization’. The entry and the good conversation that resulted can be viewed by clicking here. “McKeen played very well. He’s got a lot of pass rushing ability. I think he performed better than Markus [...]
Continue reading...Non-Revenue Sports Update; Kerrigan steps down(updated)
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Here is an update on how State’s non-revenue sports are doing so far this school year plus a few other tidbits at the bottom. Men’s Cross Country • Finished 2nd in the ACC Championships • State has finished at least 3rd in the ACC for the past 20 years, including finishing 1st or 2nd in [...]
Continue reading...The Don of Donations (must read)
Friday, September 19, 2008
Out of all fundraisers in college athletics, the Wall Street Journal chose our very own Bobby Purcell to feature in this article. Some may be surprised that there wasn’t a single mention of Lee Fowler and others probably wonder how Bobby can raise so much money since NC State has such “bad” fans. Maybe the [...]
Continue reading...“Next Year” – Fowler’s 9th – shaping up to be sadly similar to past
Thursday, August 14, 2008
If you visit regularly visit SFN then you know how to search our archives to find any of our many articles on the current position of NC State’s poorly performing Athletics Department. But, if you need some quick help you can click here for just a sampling of some entries that might be of interest [...]
Continue reading...The State of State Part Five – ACC Rankings (Bar Graphs Galore)
Friday, July 18, 2008
How do NC State’s ACC winning percentages and conference finishes compare to the other schools in the conference during Lee Fowler’s tenure as AD from 2000-01 to 2007-08? Below are winning percentage statistics in ACC play for the 13 sports that have win/loss records and average finish for the 8 sports that do not have [...]
Continue reading...ACC Expansion Revenue Comparison
Monday, July 14, 2008
The ACC hasn’t gotten appreciably richer than any other conference lately. ACC membership is the best thing to happen to Virginia Tech since Frank Beamer. Boston College is another big winner. Miami will have to get used to smaller payoffs for success in return for revenue certainty. Please note – the information contained in this [...]
Continue reading...We’re #56!!! NCSU finishes 53rd of 66 BCS Schools (must be the ‘fuhcilities’)
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...NC State supporters highlight Lee Fowler’s 2007-2008 annual report
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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; [...]
Continue reading...Pack Nine One Game Away From the College World Series!
Saturday, June 7, 2008
The Wolfpack baseball team beat Georgia on Saturday10-6 and can punch their ticket to their first College World Series in 40 years with a win in Athens on Sunday!! We cannot over-emphasize the significance of today’s opportunity is for the entire NC State Athletics Department. Since Lee Fowler became Athletics Director at NC State, Virginia [...]
Continue reading...All Focus on…Lee Fowler, of course!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...UNC Fires Lacrosse Coach Who Lost In NCAA Tournament
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...The State of State Part Three–Meet The Standards
Thursday, May 22, 2008
“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, [...]
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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