Vitale: Lowe Returns to NC State

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Chris Wright visited Raleigh this weekend for the NC State-App State football game — a sport and piece of the student experience that Georgetown cannot offer. By most accounts, the visit went great and a lot of Wolfpackers had the chance to see Wright at the game on Saturday night.

Before Wright got to Raleigh on Friday, State received some good news in his recruitment when Wake Forest appeared to have fallen out of the running for his services. (This is why you should always go back and review old entries if you don’t visit for a few days!)

By most accounts, the Wolfpack is still very much in the mix for two of the top high school post players in America – (F) Tracy Smith and (C) JJ Hickson. By choosing not to aggressively pursue Jamelle McMillan, Coach Lowe and NC State have obviously chosen to put all of the Wolfpack’s “point guard eggs” in Wright’s basket. The potential addition of Wright to State’s existing class (see Johnny Thomas) would be a huge boon for Coach Lowe’s recruiting and the momentum of the program.

In other basketball news today, ESPN’s Dick Vitale has penned a great piece about Coach Lowe’s return to Raleigh. (Link). The timing of the piece coming off of Chris Wright’s visit and just before other visits in the coming weeks couldn’t have been better!

The following are some excerpts from Vitale’s piece:

Sidney Lowe is getting ready to start his career as a college coach. He has a great passion and love for his alma mater, N.C. State. He displayed it by representing his university in a classy way as a player. He was the quarterback, the guy who made it happen magically in 1983 when Jimmy V’s Wolfpack stunned the basketball world by beating Phi Slamma Jamma in Albuquerque.

Lowe created opportunities for his teammates as a leader on the court. He was very cerebral, had a great mindset of the game and the team concept. Lowe has had no problem adjusting to his new challenge.

He has formulated an outstanding staff with about 100 years of basketball experience. Larry Harris remains from the Herb Sendek era and he brings a wealth of knowledge and familiarity with the NC State program. This will be his 22nd season as a collegiate assistant coach.

Monte Towe was a vital part of the Wolfpack history and he gained experience as the head coach in New Orleans. Remember how Towe teamed with David Thompson to lead NC State to the national championship in 1974. He also played two seasons in the ABA under Larry Brown, a very good coach in his own right!

Peter Strickland played at DeMatha and was the head coach at Coastal Carolina for seven seasons. Quentin Jackson was a starter on NC State’s 1987 ACC tournament championship squad. He’ll contribute as director of basketball operations.

Lowe was smart to put together a group that can provide all sorts of basketball information. They will be familiar with the NCAA rules.

The new head coach said he is excited and thrilled to represent his university. He has a love affair with the alumni. The staff is working hard to bring in new players and recruiting has gone well.

I can tell you that Mr. Lowe is a class act. When I mentioned to him the President’s Club with the Jimmy V Foundation, which entails a five-year commitment, Lowe gladly accepted a role. My friends, he cares about people.

Lowe helped N.C. State win the championship under Jimmy V. He also played for a Hall of Famer at DeMatha in Morgan Wooten. I spoke to people in the NBA and they said Lowe had a great basketball mind. His record in the pros was very misleading because of a lack of personnel.

One key to NC State in the upcoming season is the status of Andrew Brackman. Lowe feels he will be an NBA first-rounder. The coach also realizes he throws a 97-MPH fastball and a lot of major league people are interested in him as well.

After all the waiting and chasing, N.C. State athletic director Lee Fowler appears to have hit a home run. He has a guy with tremendous enthusiasm and energy. Lowe has received rave reviews as he has been accepted by the fans down in Raleigh. In time he will get players and his NBA experience will help him as he teaches future stars.

There certainly was confidence in Lowe as he received a six-year contract. N.C. State did well by getting a guy who will be a positive force. Lowe is a flat-out winner. Just look at his success as a player and understand he will do it as a college coach as well.

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71 Responses to Vitale: Lowe Returns to NC State

  1. class of 74 09/06/2006 at 7:14 AM #

    Frankly I did not need confirmation from Vitale to know we now have the right guy as our head BB coach. Unless caught cheating, I’ve never heard Vitale say anything but good things about coaches. ever! And on the recruiting end, I’m certain in time we will have all the talent needed to compete both in our backyard and nationally with or without Chris Wright.

  2. PBdafan 09/06/2006 at 8:50 AM #

    “I don’t have a gut feel either way, but I hope Chris Wright realizes that Georgetown will ALWAYS be thought of as Big Man University, Patrick Ewing”

    Didn’t some kid named Iverson go to Georgetown?

  3. packpigskinfan23 09/06/2006 at 10:03 AM #

    WP4Ever~ I am not so into Fowler as you, but I would say that he has brought in and allowed coaches to really improve the LOOK of our teams and arenas… we have the coaches to reach the next level now, and I think we as fans really need that to happen SOON. I have all confidence in Lowe… my confidence in Amato fluctuates like a roller coaster, but I know he has the potential to do it. If he dosnt soon he will be on the block like Sendek was… and NO ONE wants another coaching search again!!! dont you just wish sometimes that we had one huge meeting with the coaches and we could just somehow communicate what WE HAS THE FANS want and expect from the coaches?! Fowler seems to have the idea that as long as we arent completly embarrased, then everything is ok….. he isnt very dynamic. (all that said, I have complete respect for all of the Ath. Department… except possibly Trustman)

  4. ShootingGuard 09/06/2006 at 11:38 AM #

    PB,

    Sure, Iverson played at GT. But, Iverson has his own “cottage industry,” HIMSELF and his clothing lines, etc. that have long since replaced the image of Iverson in a GT jersey (not winning or having the chance to win titles or having that “one shining moment” that lasts a lifetime and is shown every March). Most people don’t associate Iverson so directly with Georgetown anymore like they do Patrick Ewing. With John Thompson’s help, Patrick Ewing put GT on the bball map—he won the Title there, he played in another memorable title game, he set the stage for Mourning and Mutombo to come in and try to wear his big shoes as well as other future pros to follow like even the Jahidi’s and Othello’s—as well as Iverson. Patrick Ewing’s son is there right now. Patrick Ewing will supposedly be there for Midnight Madness. I was always more worried about Chris Wright potentially looking to be like Chris Paul and go to Wake than ever worrying about him wanting to be like Iverson at GT. Hopefully, Chris Wright will enjoy meeting Patrick Ewing during his visit to Big Man U, but come back to State where he can start from Day 1, build his own legend, and set the stage for other great point guards to look to be like him at NC State in the future…I’m sure Jon Wallace and Jeremiah Rivers, current point guards recruited ahead of him at GT, would appreciate him doing so…

  5. Wulfpack 09/06/2006 at 11:40 AM #

    Interesting post WP4EVER. The criticisms of Lee have been quite harsh. He did hire Chuck and Sidney, and Chuck has done a solid job.

    SFN: Lee Fowler did NOT hire Chuck Amato. Les Robinson & Mary Anne Fox hired Amato after our back-door deal with Bill Cowher fell through 3 days before Christmas.

    Sidney, in time, will bring excitement back to Wolfpack basketball. Granted, Chuck’s tenure has gone from great to good, but any manager has to instill confidence in his or her employees to do their jobs to the best of their abilities. I do agree that LF takes the high road on many occasions and takes the heat for his staff. If Chuck can put together a strong season, all criticisms will fade. Of course, that’s a big if. I appreciate your comments. They are very well thought and you are a supportive fan.

  6. redfred2 09/06/2006 at 11:59 AM #

    “Yeah, I think I remember a similiar article about Quinn Snyder.”

    Dan, to agree with you, and also similar comments gushing forth year after year about a recent, and former, NCSU coach.

    Vitale does get it right sometimes, not in certain incidences though.

    ^wolfpack4ever

    There are decent people with the best of intention everywhere on the planet, ones who just aren’t quite up to the task at hand.

    Admittedly, I don’t have to answer to thousands and thousands of rabid fans, only a vicious woman of a wife and three great children. I do alright at what I do, but I was never qualified for an AD position, don’t make that kind of money, and surely couldn’t handle that responsibility.

    Lee Fowler susposedly is, does, and apparently can’t either. If you think otherwise considering all of his well publicized boondoggles, and he is just now about the business of getting started at it after all of this time, I’d have to say that NC State AD’s position has one of the longest apprenticeships in the history of any profession.

    Wait…just a damn minute…I forgot all about coaching at NCSU.

  7. ShootingGuard 09/06/2006 at 1:08 PM #

    Wolfpack4ever,

    Interesting post. In fairness, I have defended Fowler and Sendek against personal attacks that I thought unfair and have been quick to criticize Valvano for bringing in guys like Washburn, Drummond, etc. So, I think I call it pretty straight (although, I concede, I may be biased about that…).

    I can’t speak for how “nice” Sendek and Fowler really are nor can I speak with regard to their “souls”…What I can say is this…

    Sendek was given 10 years, and, although he improved State from terrible to mediocre and should be applauded for getting State back into the NCAA’s after a long draught, he never won any titles nor did he ever create a March Madness run. No one ever considered his teams dangerous or a contender. Opposing players said in the papers on multiple occasions that they knew Herb’s teams would choke. Opposing players voted Herb the coach they would least like to play for. Opposing fans wanted Herb to stay forever. Herb could not get enough of the best players in the nation to consider much less commit to State (Chris Wright being an exception, not the rule), and he couldn’t hang on to many of the players that did commit to him once they arrived at State. None of this could possibly be random over a 10 year period. It was what it was, not good.

    As for Lee Fowler, it doesn’t matter if he is human or mutant, you can’t have an AD who refers to parts of the fanbase as lunatic fringe or constantly feels the ego need to remind everyone that he knows basketball because he was a basketball coach. You would think that he would want people to forget his tenure as assistant for one of the biggest cheaters and a convicted criminal at Memphis State. But, that is just how poor LF is where it matters in public relations, a huge part of his job. When the entire sports press corp from East Coasters like Andy Katz and Greg Doyel to West Coasters like Jim Rome are trashing State from coast to coast and publicly broadcasting all of the 100 hiring whiffs, the AD can’t be doing a good job. You need only look down the road to Winston-Salem and think about how quickly and quietly Ron Wellman at Wake Forest hired and had 2 pretty good coaches on the podium at Wake Forest BEFORE anyone else in the world had time to think to see how a good AD performs a coaching search. Wake Forest and Georgia Tech pushed out basketball coaches with multiple ACC Titles, the winningest bball coaches in their histories, and got zero flack for it compared to the bombardment of negative press State got for not being happy with Sendek’s annual diet of cupcakes early and quick exits from the NCAA’s later. LF said he was doing the coaching search alone and, as such, all of that bad PR and marketing must ultimately fall at his feet. Not good…

    In the end, I don’t care if LF is nice enough to get me some punch at the next caravan or speaks from a flawed human soul like all of us do everytime he talks, I just want him to do his job. I committed and have paid thousands of dollars toward those lifetime rights Lee Fowler has me locked into to pay for all of the great sports infrastructure he brags about making happen by working my tail off in my job days/nights/weekends as needed, and, nothing personal, I want to see him work hard in his job to live up to his commitment of a better product on the fields and courts. It would be “nice” to see that Kentucky matchup or something similar in the RBC as my “soul” has certainly longed for it since the 80’s, and I hope Lee Fowler doesn’t make me wait another 10 years and force me to pay to go to anymore barnburners with Coppin State…

  8. Dan 09/06/2006 at 1:53 PM #

    Both VT and GT (GT should always stand for Tech btw) both just added Rivals Top 100 PG’s.

    The ACC is loading up once again this year. This is THEE destination for the best talent in the country. Paul Hewitt is becoming a recruiting monster.

  9. packbackr04 09/06/2006 at 2:43 PM #

    what are the dates of midnight madness-???? is wright expected to commit by then? i would think, as some have previously posted that he would wait until the spring so the scholly situation in gtown would be more clear

  10. Dan 09/06/2006 at 2:57 PM #

    Jarai Grant just committed to Klemsun, which is fine. Other news is that the Pack is at the same time receiving interest from a couple of other similiarly rated PF in the ’07 class. Jeff Brooks and Jamar Samuels. But Jarai’s committment would certainly seem to put a larger emphasis on Tracy Smith and to a lesser extent JJ Hickson (the home run).

    But really, we dont lose anyone in the frontcourt after this year (assuming B-Rack doesnt play this year anyway). I’d be fine with Sid holding the scholarship for a ’08 PF if he doesnt get his guy.

  11. redfred2 09/06/2006 at 4:28 PM #

    Dan

    Nothing new with the ACC soaking up the talent, it always has, just to greater and lesser extents at times. Raleigh is right in the center of it all, the ACC and NCSU will become selling points again, and our sponge will be soaking in the near future.

    As far as Paul Hewitt, he is a man on a mission and has shown signs almost from day one. He’s solid, in every aspect. The Yellowjackets will be pushing others out the way to reach their regular seat in the upper tier of the ACC as long as he is there.

  12. dombalis 09/06/2006 at 5:11 PM #

    Speaking of Sidney Lowe, does anyone have the “Cardiac Kids” song from 1983, the one produced by WRAL? Somebody with the user ID “Jeff” stated they had it under the “4/4/83” entry, but i can’t figure out how to email him. Thanks in advance!

    SFN: Jeff is an author on SFN, so just email us at [email protected] and he should get it.

  13. Wolfpack4ever 09/06/2006 at 9:29 PM #

    Shooting Guard: I generally have no problem with people criticising the job that Lee Fowler does, has done or will do in the future. I do have a problem with the personal attacks I frequently see here, the references to the kind of man he is etc. I truly regret the foot-in-mouth incidents. I also wonder if he had any support at all if he would feel the need to defend himself. I’m just not a much of an anonymous, shielded by the internet, go for the juggler critic.

    I was on the freshman team at UH for a short time and didn’t play a minute so my personal knowledge of the game is suspect at best. I acknowledge that before I weigh-in with my comments about the coaching at NCSU.

    I’ve been here through Coaches Everet Case, Press Maravich, Norm Sloan, Jimmy V, Les Robinson and Herb Sendek and probalbly some I don’t remember. As I understood it when it went down, Sendek was first and foremost hired to restore the program to some degree of academic and other integrity, and respectability to the team. I don’t recall a huge clamoring for that job by the nations elite coaches at that time.

    I firmly believe that Sendek did fulfilled on his mandated task. I also believe that he failed to grasp what style of play it would require to attract the elite players it would take to have the kind of team capable of winning a national champianship.

    The trouble didn’t start with Sendek, however, it started with Roy Clogston and carried out to the fullest by Willis Casey. Casey’s cheapskate approach to hiring coaches and spending on facilities sowed the seeds of a weak Department of Atholetics. What was not to like about NC State basketball? Reynolds was top of the line in its day. (Back in those days we didn’t have blogs so nobody the real answers to why this or why that like we do today. ) However, after Coach Case we didn’t spend the money to maintain what he built.

    God Bless Earl Edwards and Al Michaels for coming here in spite of the facilities. I was a high school classmate of Earl’s son Bob and I can tell you for sure that Coach Edwards wasn’t well compensated, not by comparison to others of his time.

    Jim Valvano jumped at the chance to coach on Tobacco Road, regardless of the salary. Valvano was a fluke in the sense that he wasn’t a high profile winner when he was at Iona. There may have been many like Valvano who would have taken the State job but there is absolutely no guarantee anyone of them would have turned the job out. He also was a master of nuturing players when that was what was wanted and needed. REmember during the ’83 champianship run during a timeout with Lorenzo Charles about to shoot 2 huge free throws? V says to Charles, “Lo, after you make those 2 free throws we are going to…” and then grabbing Lowe by the arm, pulling back and saying, “When that sombitch misses those free throws…”

    But back to Sendek and Fowler. The handling of the recruitment of Jamelle and the eventual signing with Sendek in Arizona was first class. Like it or not it occurred on Fowler’s watch. What we don’t know and never will know is was Sendek’s “relocation” to Arizona State orchestrated in the same high-class manner.

    There seems to be little appreciation for class on this please-me-with-high-scoring-wins-or-pay-the-price-of-my-wrath blog and I don’t expect anyone here to think Sendek deserved decent treatment. We have to treat the Sendeks the same as we treat the Roy Williams or the word will get out fast in the coaching fraternity. The treatment of coaches by the AD has got to be a consideration for any coach coming to a school. A dog that will bring a bone will take a bone.

  14. Luke12321 09/06/2006 at 10:33 PM #

    I hear Smith is visiting this weekend? I also have heard rumors that he is the most likely out of the three (cw,jj,smith) Personally, I have not heard him say anything about N.C State being his favorite. JJ seems to be the longshot still, I would settle for CW and Smith to go along with Thomas. Anyone know the scoop of Smith??

    SFN: Last week Smith stated that NC State and Oklahoma State were his two leaders.

  15. ShootingGuard 09/06/2006 at 11:20 PM #

    wolfpack4ever,

    I think you have made some good points about Sendek and Fowler and also offered some other good info and thoughts from your years following the Pack…

    The meaning of the typed word is hard to tell sometimes, so I don’t know if you were criticizing my post(s) or not…

    Class is important to me as it seems to be to you as I pointed out my criticism of Valvano recruiting Washburn, Drummond, etc. But, you can have class and win titles too as shown by David Thompson who opposing teams’ fans from the 70’s speak highly of to this day as well as Sid, Whitt, and Thurl who were as classy as any guys Duke or UNC or Kansas or any of the “golden boy” programs have won with…

    I definitely do not hide behind the “shield of the internet.” I made it a point to talk to Sendek every chance I got and have defended Sendek in the stands at my own peril when I have seen fans yelling at his wife and kids or at him in a manner that is nasty or classless. The same goes for Fowler. But, 10 years was far beyond any mandate Sendek had beyond winning. And, while sometimes fans and this blog can turn nasty (myself definitely included) or too passionate, the fact is that if Lee Fowler has no shame in asking for thousands of dollars in donations and tying people up with seat licenses, then fans should have no shame in giving 2 cents extra when they send in those thousands of dollars.

    I think we have a classy, personable coach. I hope he recruits well. I hope he wins big. I will be in the seats, as always…yelling…hopefully classy things…but, as a flawed human, I do slip every now and then…

  16. Wolfpack4ever 09/07/2006 at 12:14 AM #

    Shooting Guard: Peace! Many comments start out triggered by your or other sensible posts and then many other points get added in… BTW you and redfred2 seem to be in a serious minority when it comes to owning up to such as you did above.

    I can’t argue the point you make about the last years of Herb’s stay here at NCSU. Assume for a monent that LF did engineer the Arizona State thing for Herb, that would be something for all true Wolfpack fans to be proud of. So much better way to say thank you for the good things Herb did to restore some degree of order to our bb program. To the level we all aspire to? Absolutely not.

    SFN: LOL. Why assume something that isn’t true? Lee Fowler had ZERO role in engineering anything at ASU for Herb.

    Is the seat license thing really LF solely? I don’t know but it is a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation. If we (Wolfpack club) don’t raise the money to pay for top quality facilities, we can get used to average and expect mediocre.

    SFN: so many things to say, so little time

    SG keep up the great work posting here. I sense a kindred spirit over there. 😉

  17. class of 74 09/07/2006 at 6:16 AM #

    At this very moment our programs are average and mediocre and some of us would like to see better results! I have faith and respect for Coach Lowe but he still must prove himself. I do not have faith or respect for LF’s abilities as far as athletic director. He may be a very fine person but there are quite a few fine people that I know that would make awful AD’s. That’s the category I would place LF based on results!

  18. Wolfpack4ever 09/07/2006 at 8:20 AM #

    What results are we talking about here or is it lack of results that is the criticism? LF didn’t hire Herb Sendek and he didn’t fire him either so is the failure to fire HS one of the results referred to?

    Is or was LF in over his head coming in as NCSU AD? He for one thought so and only applied after the AD who recruited him assured Lee that applying was a formality. Some of us were not around and some of us forget what the condition of the Athletics Department was in top to bottom when LF took over. IMNSHO LF was the man for the job at the time he took it — the job needing a man with personal integrity and the guts to stand for what is “the right way” to do the job AS HE SAW IT. Ditto HS.

    Today NCSU could go out and woo a high profile AD who would present the correct public face and do everything with all the correct appearances like Baddeur (sp) at UNC. But LF is like that girl who went to the prom with us when we couldn’t get one of the ones we wanted to go with to talk to us much less be our date — not the best looking girl in school, not in the “right” social clique but a fine person and really the right choice for us.

    Now that we are on the rise with facilities, coaches, and programs (LF is hiring outstanding coaches for the minor sports IMO) he’s not what we want. Maybe not but like that girl who went to the prom with us that we married warts and all, we had best support him and get underneath his efforts as long as he is here. I got no problem with anybody complaining about what he does or offering alternate solutions. I got a problem with the constant riding his back for what he did or didn’t do 2, 3 or 23 months ago. What’s the point in that. I haven’t read and original thought about Fowler on this blog in all the time I’ve been lurking and posting. SAMO, SAMO is really getting old.

    Last shot for the morning: because we think something is true, doesn’t make it true. Chiming in as part of the mob out to lynch somebody doesn’t take smarts, courage or character. (What the heck am I thinking? Do I really expect to find smarts, courage or character on an blog that would let me speak my piece? NOT!!)

  19. yannes 09/07/2006 at 9:00 AM #

    “the fact is that if Lee Fowler has no shame in asking for thousands of dollars in donations and tying people up with seat licenses,”
    Isn’t one of the roles of an AD to raise money? People may not like the way that LF sticks up for certain coaches, but the man can raise money. He seems to be part of the old boy network here in NC, and I have found that that netowork is important in getting money and getting things done.

    Also, there haven’t been any major NCAA problems in his tenure.

  20. redfred2 09/07/2006 at 9:20 AM #

    Wolfpack4ever

    Good points all the way around. I think my main problem with the whole situation is the ducking and silence, sending in an assistant to speak with media when it’s bad news, and then pushing people out the way when there is an opportunity to speak on a generalized and non-threating topic. LF steps right up to the mic as spokesman for the whole ACC when a media source wants a generalized overview on a vague topic. HS would either shut down or absolutely talk down to anyone just making a good natured suggestion that he maybe something could work out better with a different approach. LF stood by his side through all of it, pushed the fans aside and labelled them lunatics, and ignored every sign that things weren’t as they should and could be. The media has always been treated with kid gloves by both guys, while the loyal fans and supporters have been totally ignored and spurned as unworthy of their considerations.

    I do not care what anyone says, wins and losses aside, those attitudes were as damaging as anything that occurred over Herb’s decade. To further that, their job descriptions require, and they get paid well to respond kindly to simple comments and suggestions. They can cuss under their breath and forget all about it as soon as they leave the room, but it is their job to answer to people who care about and support NC State University.

    The dreaded and over used word “CLASS,” does not enter into the formula anywhere in my mind.

  21. gopack 09/07/2006 at 9:44 AM #

    Shootingguard & WP4ever,

    I too am an alumni (63) so I have been around a while. Moreover I am a lifetime seat-owner. I agree with both of you and disagree to some extent on some things you write.
    More important than the fact that we all have an opinion and most of the time most of us are wrong I love it when two wolfpackers disagree but do it with such class. Sorry redfred. Hope you are not offended by this overused word.
    Bob S

  22. ShootingGuard 09/07/2006 at 10:34 AM #

    Yannes,

    Good points. I am actually not whining about paying the money—I like the seats I have at games and the money allowed me to have them, that’s real life, good or bad. The money part is a VERY important and necessary part of LF’s job, although you have to give a lot of credit to Bobby Purcell. I’m just saying that if they are going to ask people for a ton of their hard earned dollars, they should not get defensive or run or call passionate fans “lunatic fringe” when those donors offer up their 2 cents with their checks. Wendell Murphy is given huge access to everyone in the program and, for his money, that’s fine, that’s the American capitalist system way of doing things which I support wholeheartedly—but the RBC and CFS would be VERY quiet places and definitely not a home court advantage if you only had Wendell Murphy sitting in a box watching the games.

    wolfpack4ever,

    Even if your theory on LF engineering were correct, logically, that would look very bad on LF. You would be saying that he engineered Sendek’s exit ahead of time—and STILL guided State through a disaster coaching search. Your theory would make LF look worse, not better. In fairness, LF said himself that he knew that Sendek was going to ASU a couple weeks before it was publicly announced—which, again, just makes LF look bad for not preparing and managing a better coaching search.

  23. packbackr04 09/07/2006 at 10:42 AM #

    so is there any inside information on when CW, JJ and Smith will be making commitments? Also, shootinguard, great post with some actual info on seeing wright. i know you cant and wont jeopordize Wrights recruitment by spilling anything here but is there anything else to share on Wright when you saw him? ive been out a few days on vacation and am trying to catch back up on all the posts i missed! good stuff SFN, keep it up, wouldnt mind an updated post on where our BB recruiting, or what new news you have! i for the first time in a long time am beginning to get excited about wolfpack basketball!

  24. tcthdi-tgsf-twhwtnc 09/07/2006 at 1:16 PM #

    Sendek was given 10 years, and, although he improved State from terrible to mediocre and should be applauded for getting State back into the NCAA’s after a long draught.

    Do you commend a coach for breaking his own NCAA draught? It isn’t like he turned the program around in a year or two and had us back in the sweet 16.

    I’ll never understand the Robinson years. This is a man that said for 5 years that ‘I don’t need to be fired, I’ll resign if I don’t think I can get the job done’ and they actually let him stay until he resigned so he could be appointed AD.

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