Greywolf, what is your point? Are you just stirring the point to see who will bite? We get that you have a great dislike for Coach Doeren and you don’t miss many opportunities to let StateFans Nation readers know about it. I’m having a hard time understanding expectations. Other than Earle Edwards, Tom O’Brien, and Dave Doren, NC State has never had a football coach stick around long enough to implement a complete college football program. Either the administration and supporters of athletics become inpatient and fire the coach or the coach moves on for one reason or another.
First and foremost I love Wolfpack football. We are nearing the end of spring practice and I was trying to stir up some football talk. And while I was about it, needle some of those who had sold out on the Pack when this thread was originally started.
You may be the only member of StateFansNation that thinks I dislike Doeren. Actually I neither like nor dislike him personally. I do believe he has slowly but steadily put together one of the better football programs in the ACC. I didn’t say he had some of the better teams in the conference but our program is one of the best.
You mentioned Edwards, O’Brien and Doeren as coaches who have been around long enough to have built a program. Coach Edwards actually built a program and some great teams, being ranked as high as 3rd in the nation one year. (Earle’s son, Bob, was a Jr. in HS in 1954 when Edwards came to State. Bob and I were classmates and neighbors in those days.)
I would have to say that Coach Amato was given ample time and support in building a program here but failed. Coach Sheridan was also here long enough, was successful and only left due to either health or personal reasons.
Thank you for your comments but we need some resistance such as 13OT provided to keep the conversation alive. (I’m not sure 13OT actually feels the way he spoke but it did keep the conversation going.)
