Tag Archive for 'Tom O’Brien'

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. 32 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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Audio from Tom O’Brien interview on 850 am (Updated 9:45am)

Published by Daily Update on 06/25/2008 in '08 Football, General and Tom O'Brien. 21 Comments

Coach Tom O’Brien was interviewed on Adam’s Gold radio show today. This is the first time I have ever been to 850’s blog, so I must give them credit for its content. There is a lot of good stuff over there.

Check here for the full audio.

* ECU expects to have their best team ever.

* South Florida is ranked in some people’s Top 10.

* Clemson is picked in most Top 10s and chosen by many to win

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Chip Alexander Q&A with TOB

Published by StateFans on 04/24/2008 in '08 Football, Media and Tom O'Brien. 37 Comments

LINK. Not much news, but does provide another good window into Coach O’Brien’s steady, cerebral mindset. The Dick Sheridan comparisons look more apt every day. He also says we should expect to win championships. Imagine that!

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Coach O’Brien Keeping Pack on the Track to Coming Back (Updated with 850 Audio Link)

Published by StateFans on 04/16/2008 in '08 Football, General and Tom O'Brien. 48 Comments

The Red & White football game is approaching this weekend and Wolfpack fans are starting to look ahead to the 2008 season. (That’s what we do as NC State fans - look ahead…OR…look very far in the past).

I just had to tell you how impressed I continue to be with NC State’s Head Coach, Tom O’Brien.

About this time last year we were basking in the love of a lot of national praise for TOB. You will be interested in the entry which is accessible by clicking here.

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TOB: FBall Coaching Rankings Shine

Published by StateFans on 05/04/2007 in ACC, Football, General, Rankings / Lists and Tom O'Brien. 48 Comments

In recent years, Sports Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel made quite a name for himself with his rankings of the best - and the WORST - college football coaches.

Perhaps NC State fans followed Mandel’s rankings a little closer than other schools because of the presence of our own Chuck Amato. In June of 2005, Mandel listed Chuck Amato as the nation’s most over-rated coach; in June of 2006, Mandel demoted Chuck Amato and called him the nation’s worst coach. (Link)

Before anyone mistakenly claims that Mandel harbors an anti-NC State bias as opposed to anti-CTC feelings, you need look no further than Mandel’s recent comments praising NC State’s program

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Mandel: NC State is ‘That Kind of Place’

Published by StateFans on 12/28/2006 in Fans, Football, General, NCS Administration and Quotes of Note. 23 Comments

Just your average, Wolfpack-promoting entry here.

This one is brought on by CNNSI’s College Football writer, Stewart Mandel. Mandel runs a ‘mailbag’ column every now and then and this week he was asked the following by Mike E. in Ringwood, N.J.:

It strikes me as curious: Why would Tom O’Brien leave BC for an intradivision N.C. State team in what seems to be at best a lateral move?

Mandel’s reply to Mike’s question struck me as a nice synopsis of some of TOB’s compliments of NC State’s fans and facilities (built by the fans).

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David Glenn on TOB (Part II)

Published by StateFans on 12/21/2006 in ACC, Football, General, Media and Tom O'Brien. 12 Comments

Your link is here. Money quote:

One of the biggest complaints about O’Brien among Boston College fans was that he didn’t take the Eagles to any big bowl games, which is sort of like Billy Joel blaming Christie Brinkley whenever the pair failed to win the Most Beautiful Couple award.

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Some TOB Follow-Up

Published by StateFans on 12/14/2006 in Fans, Football, General and Tom O'Brien. 44 Comments

As some of the better bloggers out there reflect on last football season there continues to be a lot of Tom O’Brien news to make sure we don’t ignore over the last day or so.

I think that Pack Pride has been doing a good job of breaking down certain aspects of the TOB hiring. One topic that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention (because there is little to be said right now) is the potential composition of TOB’s staff in Raleigh. ACCNow tackles the topic in this blog entry today.

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