I win again.

11/29/2006 5:04:56 PM

PackPride What's your reaction to being at the top of the NC State search?
Cowher First of all, let me just say I have great admiration and respect for coach Amato and what he's done since he went down there. I'm very flattered to hear some of the things that have been coming out, but I'm not a candidate. I have a job here and my focus really is on this job right here, so you can take me off the list. I am flattered. It's a super program and I'm sure that they'll get a very qualified coach who's going to walk into a good situation.

PackPride Does it interest you at all?
Cowher No.

PackPride Has anyone tried contacting you about it?
Cowher No. Like I said, I've been getting a lot of contacts about it; I've heard about it. But like I said I've got a job here. Can you envision some day being a college coach? I don't know. I don't look that far down the road, I really don't. I guess those are times when you get in that reflective mode. The only thing I'm reflecting on now is that feeling we had after last Sunday's game and trying to rectify that. That's where the focus is at. Is it because of the logistics?

Cowher I'm here. I'm a coach here, as much as that may disappoint some people, but I am the coach here and I want to win these last five games. I'm going to do everything in my power to do that. Like I said, my focus, I've been here for awhile and I like it. It's a good job. I don't like the way we are right now and I'm going to do everything in our power to finish this thing up strong and see where the chips fall.



[Edited on November 29, 2006 at 5:30 PM. Reason : ..edited for names sake]

11/29/2006 5:07:41 PM

Cowher is likely telling the truth that he hasn't been contacted because we're having a search agency find us a new coach.

They don't have collective downs sydrome like our fan base and shit themselves over a championship NFL coach who was never planning to coach here.

I'm sure any realistic search agency is working on other candiates, and we'll hear about it when they're done.

Now STFU ABOUT COWHER AND FOCUS ON ACTUAL POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR NEW COACH

11/29/2006 5:07:45 PM

this is the Cowher thread,

11/29/2006 5:10:25 PM

^ hahahah

11/29/2006 5:13:00 PM

Quote :

"Cowher is likely telling the truth that he hasn't been contacted because we're having a search agency find us a new coach. "

If you think we haven't contacted Cowher you're higher than a fucking kite

11/29/2006 5:13:17 PM

go to around the horn on ESPN

3 minutes

11/29/2006 5:18:12 PM

"chances that NC State replaces the shades with the chin"

this should be interesting

11/29/2006 5:19:06 PM

yup

11/29/2006 5:20:39 PM

Cower reported saying not coming to State....

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/today/s_481956.html

11/29/2006 5:24:18 PM

Awesome

We get publicly rejected thanks to our fanbase again.

How many coaches will say "no" to us nationally this time?

11/29/2006 5:28:00 PM

how the hell is it our faults Cowher rejected us?

11/29/2006 5:29:31 PM

/thread

but i'm sure it'll go on for several more pages filled with very informative posts

11/29/2006 5:29:51 PM

Quote :

"We get publicly rejected thanks to our fanbase again."

WTF are you talking about? How exactly did this particular rejection have anything whatsoever to do with our fanbase.

11/29/2006 5:38:33 PM

You think Cowher saying no to us is bad?

That doesn't make us look so bad whatsoever. Everyone who follows college football expected him to be our #1 phone call, and if we hadn't contacted him then we'd be idiots.

Now, if #2 and #3 publicly decline, then we're in trouble

11/29/2006 5:43:57 PM

wawa wewa....sucks for all the fans who were screwed into buying lifetime rights

dont worry, with the canidates on the list now we are sure to make the tire bowl again

11/29/2006 5:44:38 PM

Dear SandSanta,

You really need to get laid.

Thanks,
BEU

PS: Clean out the sand in your vagina

11/29/2006 5:47:14 PM

Anyone who is pissed off or upset about this is a complete moron.

This was less than a 1% chance of happening... and now all of the stupid 'doom-and-gloomers' come out of the woodwork whining about how we missed out on Cowher.

There are plenty of very good coaches on our list who are interested in the position. If you're going to do nothing but whine about how we're going to suck becuase we didn't get Bill Cowher maybe you should find another hobby.

11/29/2006 5:47:21 PM

ok....we are going to suck without Bill Cowher

11/29/2006 5:48:58 PM

im just afraid we dont come off as an attractive enough school for a proven winner, especially with the the other schools that are coachless.

11/29/2006 5:59:54 PM

MY LIFE IS OVER BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE HAD A SHOT AT ONE OF THE BEST FOOTBALL COACHES IN THE NFL JUST BECAUSE HIS WIFE LIVES IN RALEIGH JESUS SOMEONE PUSH ME OFF THE LEDGE THIS MAKES NC STATE LOOK TERRIBLE



all things considered



If I had to take a public rejection by Bill fucking Cowher or have some stupid bitch in the technician publish an article trashing every aspect of NC State athletics as it relates to fans, alumni, and the fucking vet school, I'd take the Cowher rejection any day.

People at our school actually have control over the technician. Thats just sad.

[Edited on November 29, 2006 at 6:14 PM. Reason : ]

11/29/2006 6:12:42 PM

well we have a TON of young talent on the team that should be attractive to most coaches

we have a plethora of QB's that with any decent O line should be ok especially with Burke and Beck this year

who wouldnt want to work with Burke, may be a big timer in a few years.

and with the facilities, support and pay that we could offer...I would think its a pretty good job.

11/29/2006 6:14:31 PM

Burke's gonna start playing baseball

11/29/2006 6:17:21 PM

^ you are ruining my good name

11/29/2006 6:19:09 PM

hahaha we suck at life

11/29/2006 6:26:28 PM

I don't believe this propaganda. Cowher is coming!!!!

11/29/2006 6:35:21 PM

its on espn he's not coming

11/29/2006 6:36:43 PM

bill cowherd

the story of the coach we never had.

11/29/2006 6:37:32 PM

Cowher on being asked about coaching NC State in the future

Quote :

""I don't know. I don't look that far down the road, I really don't," he said. "I guess those are times when you get in that reflective mode. The only thing I'm reflecting on now is that feeling we had after last Sunday's game and trying to rectify that. That's where the focus is at.""

If he is only looking to the next 5 games, and hasn't thought about next year yet............I think we all know what that means for our coaching position vacancy come January.

11/29/2006 6:46:53 PM

i do think the interview could have come off as coach-speak just to get the media off his back(see Roy Williams) but i still dont see him here as coach

11/29/2006 6:50:33 PM

yeah i was thinking that too but i doubt it.

i mean i'm sure he can't really say anything till his season is finished

11/29/2006 6:50:45 PM

Hes not coming, so don't get your hopes up.

11/29/2006 6:53:06 PM

thats why i said i dont see him here as coach. just saying it could be viewed as coach-speak if you wanted to

11/29/2006 6:54:20 PM

from what ATH said...there is no way he is coming here...said its "too hard to win there" and made it sound like there are a million better places to coach than here

[Edited on November 29, 2006 at 6:55 PM. Reason : /]

11/29/2006 6:54:33 PM

Hey PEOPLE. aTLEAST HE DIDN'T SAY "I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT NC STATE RIGHT NOW"

11/29/2006 6:55:41 PM

FUCK, it on ESPN football page now...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2680354

11/29/2006 7:00:01 PM

he said no right now

lets wait a couple months and see if it changes

11/29/2006 9:00:26 PM

will chuck take us back?

11/29/2006 9:23:19 PM

well I called it, we are fucked. Chuck was the best thing to happen to this program and that isn't saying much.

11/29/2006 10:15:35 PM

call me when frogs start falling from the sky

11/29/2006 10:19:15 PM

with the way the Steelers are playing right now, what do you expect him to say?
There's no way giving hope to the job here will generate a turnaround in PA...right now I'd say he's probably completely focused on trying to end the NFL season on a positive note, and not dealing with our search...we might get attention from him later, but who knows if we'll wait it out for the slim chance that he'd accept

11/29/2006 10:20:29 PM

PJ

11/29/2006 10:20:34 PM

woaaaaaaaaah. we're far from fucked here, not yet anyway. calm down.

11/29/2006 10:21:25 PM

yes, we aren't FUCKED

11/29/2006 10:26:06 PM

Quote :

"lets wait a couple months and see if it changes"

awesome idea, lets just sit on our asses and wait around for cowher, thats the best hiring strategy I've ever heard. I mean we do have the luxury of just waiting around and picking who we want cause everybody wants to work here. "naw guys its cool, we're glad you're interested in the job and you're very qualified, but we're waiting for cowher".

I mean cause we had that same luxury when looking for a new basketball coach....

11/29/2006 10:50:57 PM

If you thought that Cowher was coming, you were naive and overly optimistic.

If you think we can't get someone better than Amato, then you're a fucking moron.

11/29/2006 10:57:44 PM

i hoped but didn't believe

we can get better though, we can't get really worse.

well, mr. roof

11/29/2006 11:04:18 PM

Quote :

"If you thought that Cowher was coming, you were naive and overly optimistic. If you think we can't get someone better than Amato, then you're a fucking moron."

That pretty well sums it up.

11/29/2006 11:08:20 PM

Quote :

"Sorry that we are late on this. We are only bothering to put it up so that we can say that it is up there. Bill Cowher evidently said no to the Wolfpack in public today. However, after the public comments Chris Mortenson commented on Erik Kuselias’ radio show (ESPN) that Cowher to State is still a possibility - not a certain ‘no’ yet. Honestly, we have no clue if there is anything more to Mortenson’s comments regarding the chance that Cowher could still end up at State; Cowher’s comments certainly didn’t sound like they left much room for interpretation. So, we don’t want to try to talk ourselves into a situation where we try to convince ourselves that Cowher’s press conference was a tactic to get out of the spotlight. "

It's all a tactical ploy by Cowher, he's such a genius. I can't wait til he gets here in January.

[Edited on November 29, 2006 at 11:45 PM. Reason : sorry....source is statefansnation.com]

11/29/2006 11:45:21 PM

http://www.wral.com/sports/10424631/detail.html

Cowher, you are NOT the father.

11/29/2006 11:56:42 PM