RALEIGH, NC (AP) North Carolina State University Director of Athletics Lee Fowler announced today the creation of an “All-Star Search Committee” to find a replacement for departed basketball coach Herb Sendek. Fowler announced that the committee was “yet another example” of what he called “great advice” from former Wolfpack basketball coach Les Robinson, whom Fowler […]
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Lee Fowler Talks To The N&O
Here is the first in depth interview with Lee Fowler, he must have felt he needed damage control after Wednesday, Bloody Wednesday. I thought the below quote was telling: Has it (coaching search)taken longer than he anticipated? “Not really,” he said. “I’m a realist. I knew the situation we were dealing with, so I’m not […]
Scoop & Analysis – How Fowler Flubbed Beilein
So, what happened yesterday to cause two coaches to back away from the NC State job at the same time? Well, we don’t have a clue what happened to Steve Lavin. We know that Lavin had already commenced in detailed and significant discussions with three prominent assistant coaches from three different schools which would have […]
The Tale Of Lee Fowler
Bravely bold Lee Fowler Rode forth from NC State! “I’ll find a top coach!” he cried. Oh brave Lee Fowler! He was not at all afraid To be spurned in nasty ways. Brave, brave, brave, brave Lee Fowler! He’d allowed our program, To be mashed into a pulp. Fans that had their eyes gouged out, […]
Fowler & Hire Inevitably Linked
Caulton Tudor weighed-in with more of his astute commentary related to the Wolfpack’s search for a basketball coach this moring. Link here. Additionally, I shared some comments that dovetail with the focus of Tudor’s comments earlier today. Selected excerpts from Tudor’s, “Hire will reflect on Fowler” are included below: Since landing the job in September […]
Fowler’s Comments, One Year Ago
I’ve been holding onto this entry for a year. I never had the opportunity to finish them off, so I decided to wait to our one-year anniversary. One year ago this weekend, NC State was participating in our first Sweet 16 in sixteen years. On the NC State pre-game radio show (pre-Wolfpack’s embarassing egg-laying against […]
Fowler Exaggerate Sendek? No way!
For years we’ve heard Lee Fowler yap and yap and yap about how well-respected and how valued Coach Herb Sendek is throughout the world of college basketball. Well, this year we are all finding out just how valued Sendek is on the open market as multiple jobs are being filled without the first mention of […]
Like Clockwork, Fowler’s Mouth Starts Running
It started today. Despite warnings to the contrary, I can promise you that it won’t be ending today. Lee Fowler issued the first of many “I support Sendek” statements this morning through the News & Observer. Can “Q&A with Lee Fowler” on GoPack.com or Pack Pride be far behind? I am going to venture to […]
Take A Lesson, Lee
Lee, pull up a chair and sit down. We’ve had our differences over the years. I’d be lying if I said otherwise. Given free reign over the athletics program I’d put you on a slow boat to China with a quickness. Trust me on this. But thanks to a feckless decision by our Board of […]
Fowler Jumps The Shark
“I don’t think Mike Krzyzewski is liked by all Duke fans,” Fowler said. Holy mother of pearl. The man’s finally lost it. Duke fans who don’t like Coach K? Where, precisely, are those people? Are they in the same magic box with the “moderate Arabs,” low-maintenance girls who use coke, and dignified leisure suits? I’ve […]
