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Hello Coach Rick !!
Back just in time for a big finish to football and the start of roundball…
Hey bill,
I took a break for a while. I was pretty frustrated about how the coaching search played out. I have made my peace with it but frankly I am not sure how much I will watch bball. I am struggling to get excited about a past time that has more in common with pro wresting than a real sport.
I have been trying to watch the football team when I am away from the soccer field. They are an enjoyable team to watch and seem to be the antithesis of past “great” Wolfpack teams.
Thanks for asking as you are one of the posters I missed the most.Grey is looking very prescient right about now. He has stuck to his “DD is doing it right” guns despite some serious grief from many posters. I never saw what he did but I also have never claimed to know that much about football.
I have come to the conclusion that we are a “build to a year” program and I am OK with that as long as we make that occasional year a good one. It seems we have the opportunity if we can just grasp it. Win one of the next two and I think we are going to have that special year.BTW I don’t believe DD is here for the long haul. He seems too upset about fan’s past lack of confidence in him. My guess is he is gone at the first good big job but if he leaves us better off we can’t be too upset.
This is what I told you would happen. The NCAA is a joke as is college sports. Full of corruption and cheating and no one cares.
I told you guys nothing was going to come of this despite the “insiders” on this board claiming they were going to get hammered.
This is why I have basically given up on college sports. Why watch a rigged game.Truth is… I dunno enough to really speak intelligently
You know more than most. I wish those who are so sure of everything had this outlook.
He’s a four star kid who is the top PG in NC so I’m pretty sure he can play to some degree. I have read somewhere that he isn’t the best shooter in the world. Hopefully he can work on that.
I’m sure he’s a great guy, but that shot is uugglyy.
I haven’t seen his shot but that is one of the easiest things to fix. Anyone can learn to shoot, it just takes good form and repetition.
There is a ton of talent in the state and if Keatts can dominate recruiting here and coach well he could be very successful.
From what I have read Batts wanted to come to State but Gott never offered.Keatts checked the three boxes for the easy hire.
1) Murphy like him
2) he was cheap
3) he would say yesI keep thinking about this and laughing. We should have hired an expensive coach who said no, and that our biggest athletic donor doesn’t like.
I can see how YOU would come to that conclusion.
I read just about every thread on the various State websites and it sounds like Keatts was the only candidate where Yow had a face to face interview. Is that an accurate assessment or not?
Keatts checked the three boxes for the easy hire.
1) Murphy like him
2) he was cheap
3) he would say yesShe locked onto him and did nothing else.
Like Rick says, if you became a Top 25 by talent alone, then Sid and Gott would have done it with ease. Recruiting has never, ever been a problem here…which is again, why I scratch my head at DY/WM being dazzled by a recruiter-type instead of a proven tactician/motivator.
When Keatts was at Hargrove he practically had a new team every year from what I read. I get it that we are talking Hargrove but to motivate new players every year and have a winning percentage of 90% plus then somehow he is getting these kids to buy in.
I am not sure I buy this but we shall see.
My point I was trying to make is that Keatts isn’t just a recruiting magician as it was stated above. He was able to get 6 to 8 guys EVERY year to learn the system and play the way he wanted them to play. Win at a high level. Again every year it was a different squad. You and others make valid point that past success doesn’t guarantee future success. All I am saying is Keatts has a lot going for him. This is not a bad hire in my opinion.
Fair point. I think we all want him to succeed and he is by far the best hire we have had in the past three searches and arguably in the past four.
When Keatts was at Hargrove he practically had a new team every year from what I read. I get it that we are talking Hargrove but to motivate new players every year and have a winning percentage of 90% plus then somehow he is getting these kids to buy in.
So Keatts did all the above and won 2 national championships, what does that prove? Exactly nothing.
It proves he can win at that level. Winning at that level does not guarantee a translation to this level. It certainly gives us some hope but you cannot apply the transitive property to this situation.
Like Rick says, if you became a Top 25 by talent alone, then Sid and Gott would have done it with ease. Recruiting has never, ever been a problem here…which is again, why I scratch my head at DY/WM being dazzled by a recruiter-type instead of a proven tactician/motivator.
When Keatts was at Hargrove he practically had a new team every year from what I read. I get it that we are talking Hargrove but to motivate new players every year and have a winning percentage of 90% plus then somehow he is getting these kids to buy in.
I am not sure I buy this but we shall see.
Recruiting at NCSU has never been a problem. The past three coaches have all recruited well. I am not concerned about recruiting. What I am concerned about is building a program with an identity as well as development and continuity of players. Look at SC for example. They play some of the best defense I have ever seen. Not the grabbing and clutching defense of UVA but hard nosed, in your face help defense. They all move like a team. That is their identity. And his players stay for four years. If you play defense like that and can develop offense in players you can work towards special seasons. So I really don’t care that Keatts has high school contacts or “knows the area”. What I want to see is if he can coach.
when does K2T2 staff start appearing?
My assumption is this
Kevin KeaTTs (2 Ks and 2 Ts)expect to be called an idiot too.
Name number three.
Hypocrite much?Ah you edited out the snowflake name calling .. good for you
Yes I have been bad about retaliating like this in the past and i am trying to avoid calling people names. So I changed it, unfortunately I wrote it in the first place.
I have edited several of my posts for this very reason.
expect to be called an idiot too.
Name number three by the snowflake.
Whatever … your way past name number three on here with anyone that might have a slight difference of opinion. It is all good …
If it’s all good why are you whining so much about it?
expect to be called an idiot too.
Name number three.
Hypocrite much?alright i’m done, not trying to give the mods a dilemma, but cmon, that is just ridiculous
I think logic is in short supply on all sides of the arguments.
You know I will get blamed for the deletions.
Always do.
Not this time.
When (not if) it happens this time, I’ll leave a personalized msg in place of everythign I cut. Then the thread gets locked.It’s like fucking kindergarten around here ffs. No wonder it took me this long to read this piece o shit thread.
I was trying to lighten things up. Please don’t take that wrong.
Gowolves…and this goes for everybody else too….
You need to recognize that this thread is becoming….let’s call it incendiary. Which is fine, I love a good debate. But for now let’s say there’s a higher standard of “being courteous” than usual. Where the personal attack line usually is….take two steps back. No shit.
I and probably VA too, will not hesitate to lock down this if it gets out of hand.
You’ve been warned. Play nice.
You know I will get blamed for the deletions.
Always do. 🙂In order to buy into him referencing Yow, one would have to buy into a notion that Yow does not have a coach’s back…You see, that would fly in the face to the most common criticism of her.
IE: High pay and extended contracts, riding the same horse too long.
It can’t be both.
Consistency? In my SFN thread? It’s less likely than you think.
If you believe contracts are the only part of a working environment then this argument holds sway.
