AD & Department

Amid woes, comparing behaviors that feed NC State’s failures become more clear

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 […]

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What If Our Athletics Were Graded By State’s Academic Standards? (11am Update)

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 […]

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AD Quote of the Day: ‘Performance-based profession’

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 […]

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You thought we had bad attrition? or, Todd Turner is not a sports handicapper

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 […]

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