I will be honest here – I am so inured to the culture of corruption, and Monty Python’s Black Knight caliber of willful and idiotic denial…I didn’t think anything UNC scandal related could shock me anymore. Then I read this, and you should as well: Prepare to be disgusted. Horrific doesn’t even begin to describe [...]
YOU Write the Story – How did UCLA and UNC-CH do it?
As many of you already experience and recognize, we feel this blog has some of the most insightful readers and commentors of any fan blog on the internet. It is a regular experience to read an entry on our blog and learn a lot more from the resulting conversation in the comments section than you [...]
Fowler F&*$#’d; Lavin AND Beilein Say No (9:45pm)
Introduction What a day! Lee Fowler may go down in history to be the only Athletics Director to be foolish enough to allow himself to be publicly turned down by two candidates in the same afternoon. He will definitely be the only AD in history who was a coach on a staff that was so [...]
Lavin Turns Down NC State (Update 4:50 pm)
Headline on ESPN.com “Lavin will stay in broadcasting; turns down NC State” StateFansNation comments on Monday: If NC State really did offer the job to Lavin, then the offer should have been pulled the moment The Sporting News reported it on Friday night. Everyone knows that the leak came from Lavin’s side. Why are we [...]
Lavin Not the Guy? Lavin the Guy? (Updated 4:45 pm)
In the middle of this afternoon, a few rumors started spreading that Steve Lavin will not be NC State’s next coach. However, the circus continued because other reports from Pack Pride and The Wolfpacker’s Message boards partially contradicted the rumor and indicated that Lavin would be the next coach under the caveat that “certain terms [...]
Not Lavin? Beilein? (10:30am Update)
Contrary to The Sporting News‘ report last night, The Winston-Salem Journal reports this morning that NC State may be focusing on West Virginia’s John Beilein: The Sporting News reported that State has offered the job to Steve Lavin, who is an analyst for ESPN and a former coach at UCLA. But sources close to the [...]
Sporting News Report: State Offers Lavin
Nothing on ESPN as of 8:30pm as Andy Katz is still waiting for John Calipari to tell him what to write. N.C. State offers Lavin coaching job Mike DeCourcy Sporting News Former UCLA coach Steve Lavin has been offered the opportunity to return to coaching by the N.C. State Wolfpack. Lavin has been out of [...]
Spotlight Back on Lavin?
Steve Lavin is the hot name of the day, as evidenced by Pack Pride’s front page feature on the coach that produced the worst season in the history of UCLA Basketball a few short years after inheriting a squad that one a National Championship. We’ve recovered from our vomitting spell brought on by the sickness [...]
Is Fowler Talking Lavin?
About 4 or 5 years ago when Lee Fowler was still relatively new to his position at NC State, a friend of mine whom Fowler knew well had the ‘pleasure’ of spending some time with Fowler. We will call my friend, Mr. X. (Quotes are paraphrases here since I am only relaying a story from [...]
Lavin: Don’t Lose in the First Round
“You don’t want to lose in the first round at UCLA because your whole offseason is miserable. Talk Radio. Letters to the editor. Wooo!” Former UCLA Head Basketball Coach, Steve Lavin on ESPN Television talking about the standards of the great programs. Related Kentucky quotes here. Similar Carolina quotes here. Lavin was 5-1 in first [...]