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What do you do with the folks like Martin? I would say that he has been complicit in the cover-up. He had to have known much more than Dan Kane. What do you do with the coaches that direct the AD (Smith, Williams, Gutheridge, Davis, etc)? It’s been in effect for so long, the AD was programmed and the coaches didn’t need to extend themselves.
Alpha- Great posts….thank you. Hadn’t had much time to think about Folt but you nailed it. These folks will be rewarded with six figure pensions like Dick Baddour. You’re right. They should be in jail.
This is terrible to say…but hey!….Dean Smith is entering a new phase in his life. At a time when he is being asked to come to the White House and treated like a god in Chapel Hill (been like that for 30+ years but it’s different lately because of health issues and he looks different), the truth of his practices are finally coming to light. I don’t have venom in me but I do like to see karma come knocking every once in a while.
This is his program even when Roy took the reigns. Signs point to this being Dean’s design. Matt D might be looking pretty good by the time this is said and done. Didn’t he try to fight the “Carolina Way”, which po’d the boosters.
I wish Smart would just take ANY upper-level D1 job, so we wouldn’t have to talk about this anymore. The fellow can probably go wherever he wants…..GO THERE. He either has a plan on which school he wants to be at (including being the fat cat where he is) or he is a very indecisive person. He’s definitely reached his ceiling at that school. It’s silly having these same discussions about the exact same situation for years. I think that coach has a lot of player in him. He’s had his name tossed around for more jobs than HWSNBN.
What a great kid. I am really going to miss watching him play at the RBC Center. If he did come back…wow, we would be nearly unstoppable with the development of other players.
Intimidation is a key factor in the deny and deflect strategy, which has worked pretty well for them.
From an accreditation angle, I don’t understand how SACS can just walk away too. But then…think of all the politicians that have done the same thing. Where’s old Erskine? Marshall? Martin? These folks know.
This has got to be an embarrassment to all these third parties including the NCAA. The local press certainly is bought and paid for by UNC-CHeat. Too big to fail.
If this is a low point and the most disappointing event in your State history. You must have forgotten the last 30 years.
Sorry for the long post….woman’s prerogative. To me this is what I saw.
Last night’s game illustrated why it is so important to do well in the regular season. That’s why I get so PO’d about the ref situation. When we have games literally stolen from us, it puts our team in an awful position. If you don’t fight for our team about that injustice, I don’t want to hear crap from you in the post season.
If you start the ACCT playing on Weds, there’s only a slim chance that you will make it to Friday much less Sunday. Why? Stamina. A game is not just physical but even more so, psychological. These are kids. These players are not robots that perform at optimal level every game. That’s why teams have “let downs” after playing really great. It happens to the best of teams. A coach has to know his team. Gott did his job. His team peaked for the NCAAT on Tues. That was our BEST game of the season.
A loooooooooooooong, loooooooooooooong time ago when I played basketball (and I’m sure other folks that have played sports can attest), I attended a HS basketball prep camp near Andersonville, GA. It was one of those elite scouting, meat-market camps. I TRAINED just for this camp. (A local HS coach got me the invite) When I saw the schedule, I thought that I was going to have all this spare time. Two games a day. Bleachers lined with coaches. In between games, time was distributed with group talks from coaches about the sport an “light” interviews to gauge interest. There weren’t so many coaches in the beginning. Towards the end of the camp, the bleachers became fuller.
After about the third day, I was sore as could be. My feet felt like concrete. My mind was telling me where I needed to be (training from 5am practices when your mind really isn’t there but you are physically going through the motions- ok there is a slight robot factor) but my body just couldn’t get to all the spots on the floor where I needed to be. Tyler was taking shortcuts. Raulston too. I wasn’t thinking about team. I was thinking about positional space because of exhaustion. I was hoping my teammate would be at certain spaces to compensate for my not being where I needed to be. We were all tired and hadn’t played together so that was tough.
I really just wanted to tackle the amazing point guard from Philly really. Hated her- cocky, talented little XXXXXX. My strategy was to find the weakest 1-3 player on the other team so that my skills could be highlighted. In the end, it was just an attempt to not embarrass myself. I was looking for the path of least resistance. That’s what I saw out of State last night.
When you’re tired, you find yourself thinking about every minute details and forgetting the big picture. Taking the extra step to meet the ball. Lining up with your man on defense. Standing on the line and thinking of every shooting mechanic and then thinking, man my legs feel wobbly- that’s ok- concentrate on the front of the rim. But you fell out of rhythm, shot disjointed and miss free throw. Another example is guessing where the ball is going to be thrown on defense vs playing denial, thus taking yourself out of team defense position on man coverage. No help defense. I also saw the wrong people standing underneath the basket.
Also when your legs aren’t moving the way they are supposed to, your shot comes up short. In your mind, you know that you are spent so you overcompensate. Did you see how high Raulston got on that last shot? He was overcompensating. He gave it all he had and very nearly came through. That was good form.
I also saw Tyler dribbling to much and his teammates not cutting the way they were on Tues…they were hoping Tyler would just create the passing lanes for them (and this was early on). They were tired. At the end of the game, Tyler ran away from the ball. He didn’t want the ball. That’s not Tyler. Exhausted.
For folks that thought Beejay should have been in the game at the end…maybe, but the kid couldn’t make it up and down the court at the 10 min mark. Unless we planted him at one end of the court, the outcome wasn’t going to be super great. He was spent. Gott realized this. Usually this is not a problem for the big, fuzzy guy but 5 games in 7 days and everything that came with it….he did good.
THIS TEAM HAS HEART. That’s what got them the lead. The stamina is where they lost it. The problem was when it went bad. It went really bad. It hurts. I guarantee it hurt them more than us. It’s like a train wreck. That happens to “connected” teams. Young teams feed off of each other. TJ was a leader out there. He did the best he could motivating these guys. He had buy-in. I am SO going to miss him. He is FANTASTIC. The best player I have seen in years at State. Phenomenal.
That’s what we saw last night from TJ and Tyler. Vandy’s long skinny heart wanted that win more than anybody on the court badly. As a result, he was out of position for the plays which we needed him to make (post area). He was trying to help his little buddies on the wing and high post protecting against the 3 point shot- he was more rested than they were. He really is a “person pleaser.” That’s enduring- I will miss him too. His little buddies weren’t helping him. Exhaustion.
Again, I don’t think this is a result of conditioning but schedule. Regular season and NCAAT positioning matters. REFS MATTER. I wasn’t expecting them to make the dance. They’ve exceeded my hopes. They are not rebuilding a team but rebuilding a program. It takes time and we have already seen immediate results. Amazing.
After Low and Sendeck, Gott looks like Phil Jackson. He’s had to completely change the culture of that program and has done an awesome job so far. Change like that doesn’t happen overnight. After being last in the conference year after year (and RECENTLY), that would be my most embarrassing moment in NC State history. Losing to BC with a team full of talent under Low. How does that happen?
Concession speech translation above: We got spanked and we acknowledge that. My team will pay DEARLY in tomorrow’s practice.
However the Dean Smith school always invoked: We just didn’t do the things we needed to do to win. (meaning: the other team still sucks.)
EAS if we put in the waterboy, they would not have been able to bring the ball up the court. They would have dribbled it off their own leg or thrown it away. No contest. Gott did not have a choice. We are not that deep.
He was the only one that showed any damn sense out there. Tyler had feet of cement and couldn’t get the ball to him. Cat….had better be sick.
What I was afraid of…..they gave out of gas. Physically and mentally. Dumb azzes. They had all sorts of opportunity. Tyler ran away from the ball the last 1:20. Scared and pooped. Cat…..he had better been sick. Turner gave out. Vandy and King Hippo were on empty. I don’t even want to talk about Lee. He should have to lap it back to Raleigh twice. WTH. Warren was on empty. How could the team let Warren get that last foul? He was smart enough to avoid it at the last second before they called the timeout. To be put in that position twice by his dumb ass teammates. Really?
The zone was good. Yeah- probably should have seen more of it but it did throw off the bunions.
I’m leaving now.
Where the hell was Tyler…..our freaking point guard. Cat and he should NOT have been on the floor together. ARRRRRGH.
