^ CJ Williams breakout year?!?!

5/20/2011 12:24:18 AM

Mark_Gottfried Mark Gottfried
Thank you to our men and women who are and have served! And to all those I visited in Kuwait and Bagdad. Your the best!

lack of grammar credibility?

5/30/2011 2:15:33 PM

I don't care anything about his grammar as long as he turns out to be a good coach. Maybe the title should read, "Mark Gottfried Coaching Credibility Watch".

5/30/2011 2:38:02 PM

damn, maybe SID should be checking that shit over

5/30/2011 3:03:21 PM

MY THE BEST

this gives me great hope in our APR

5/30/2011 3:06:53 PM

also its Baghdad

but whatever

he's a basketball coach, not an English professor

5/30/2011 3:41:21 PM

we need a list of majors where it's acceptable to misspell stuff and a list of majors where it's not acceptable

5/30/2011 6:00:05 PM

I think it's quite possible Gottfried isn't the one actually tweeting things...he could just be telling some lackey "tweet this shit" and that dude is the one who can't spell.

5/30/2011 6:04:18 PM

^That's what I think...not that it really matters.

5/30/2011 7:49:14 PM

Also, there is no profession at as high a level as Mark Gottfried is in where it is acceptable to have such a poor handle on spelling, punctuation, or grammar.

English teachers are not the only people required to use english.

5/31/2011 10:23:09 AM

i would imagine his twitter account is handled by NCSU media personnel? though i have no idea.

5/31/2011 11:15:01 AM

don't know, it seems to be him doing it. why would an assistant misspell something and make the coach look bad?

5/31/2011 11:21:19 AM

wat?

5/31/2011 11:51:32 AM

I've been using an assistant to post on TWW since 2005

5/31/2011 12:03:12 PM

Slave's assistant here confirming a similar arrangement

5/31/2011 12:09:39 PM

What's he paying you? I'll double it!

5/31/2011 12:10:29 PM

I've fired three assistants for trying to undermine me by misspelling

those sons of bitches

5/31/2011 12:16:40 PM

each of [my] posts crosses [my] desk before they are ratified into a thread

5/31/2011 12:21:18 PM

get off my lawn!

5/31/2011 12:22:25 PM

good interview with Coach

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/ncsu/audio/9668547/?id_related=3297567

- Lorenzo Brown will be PG
- not a deep team and probably won't contend for anything this year, haha
- it's gonna take time to change the player's mindsets so that they'll know what it takes to win at this level

6/1/2011 10:24:33 AM

on Dick Vitale:

"People see him on TV jibber-jabberin' all night long but he's got a great heart."

Translation: He's annoying as shit, but he means well.

6/1/2011 11:17:40 AM

^ lolol, truth

6/1/2011 11:19:17 AM

Our new coach actually used the words "jibber-jabberin'"?


+10,000 credibility (and also hilarity)

6/1/2011 11:28:11 AM

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/ncsu/story/9668609/

Quote :

" "Lorenzo Brown will be our point guard. I've known him since he's been in high school. I've got a lot of faith in him. I've got a lot of confidence in him. I believe that he's going to blossom like a flower in the springtime." "

LOL

6/1/2011 6:30:33 PM

And he is so excited.


Gottfried not afraid to look a little ~

6/1/2011 10:59:52 PM

no habla jibber jabber

6/2/2011 8:38:19 AM

^^you're usually not afraid to say the word. you know what i'm talking about.

6/2/2011 9:14:41 AM

Quote :

"Also, there is no profession at as high a level as Mark Gottfried is in where it is acceptable to have such a poor handle on spelling, punctuation, or grammar."

maybe you weren't around for the 2000 and 2008 elections

6/2/2011 1:51:16 PM

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6/2/2011 2:26:20 PM

Quote :

"When studying the ACC and returning rosters, I think this league gets 6 or 7 in the NCAA tourney next year"

hmmm...

6/3/2011 7:49:15 AM

Quote :

"2000 and 2008 elections"

I am assuming you are referring to Bush. Obviously he was elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004, not 2008. Unless you are bashing Obama or maybe Palin? Regardless both Bush and Palin are good at slaughtering the spoken English language, not necessarily the written.

6/3/2011 8:02:10 AM

dan quayle ran in 2008?

potatoe

6/3/2011 8:30:21 AM

Joe "3 Letters - J.O.B.S." Biden ran in 2008. So did Barrak "All 57 States" Obama.

6/3/2011 9:24:46 AM

Soap Box bullshit? In MY Sports Talk? It's more likely than you think.

6/3/2011 9:37:12 AM

^^guy doesn't even know how to spell the president's name.

6/5/2011 5:53:17 PM

^^^ Yeah can you believe that guy used fucking hyperbole in jest during a campaign? What a moron.

6/5/2011 6:02:13 PM

Quote :

"Gottfried Off to Busy Start Pack's new basketball coach has been on the job for two months June 6, 2011 RALEIGH, N.C. - It's been just two months since Mark Gottfried was introduced as the new men's basketball coach at NC State - 62 days to be exact. But if the hours of work that have been put in and the amount that's been accomplished in those two brief months is any indication of what's to come under his leadership, it's obvious that the Wolfpack is in good hands. Gottfried hit the ground running following the press conference announcing his hiring on April 5. Within a week he had taken and passed the NCAA recruiting test, hired three assistant coaches, met with support staff, taken a couple of recruiting trips and even gone on a quick jaunt out to Stanford University to watch his son Brandon, a tight end for the Cardinal, play his spring game. In the next few weeks he spoke at Wolfpack Club events, hired a Director of Operations and a Strength & Conditioning Coach, evaluated the facilities at the Dail Center and the RBC Center, signed a couple of players, attended an NABC function in New York City, the Dickie V Gala in Florida and ACC Meetings. In his spare time, he and his wife searched for and bought a house in Raleigh. "It's definitely been a whirlwind," says Gottfried. "But I feel great about the staff we've put together and I know that all of us are working towards the same goals - graduating our players and winning games." Although Gottfried says that there were many important things that needed to be done - and be done quickly - after he took the job, the number-one item on the agenda was to get to know and begin to develop relationships with the members of his team. "I can watch film and see what kind of players they are," Gottfried continued. "And that's definitely important as we build our program. But what I've wanted to do is just get to know them as people - talk to them about their families, their goals. I really wanted to get their take on what they were feeling and talk to them about my vision for what we're going to build together here at State." Senior C.J. Williams has been impressed. "The entire new coaching staff is very personable and outgoing. We are all very comfortable going to them and talking about anything. Coach Gottfried is very open, and learning from him has been such a positive in the short amount of time he has been here. The staff is constantly teaching us new things, and preparing us to become a better team." Gottfried considers himself a players' coach, a description that Mo Williams, who played guard under his tutelege at Alabama from 2002-03 and now plays for the L.A. Clippers, agrees with. "He is a players' coach. He took a personal interest in all of us, both on and off the court," said Williams following Gottfried's hire. "He took us in as family, and put us in a position to succeed. This is a great hire for NC State, they got a great coach and a great recruiter. He has the ability to bring in top talent, and to get players to the next level. He had a great track record at Alabama, and got the most out of all of us." Despite his busy schedule, Gottfried has tried to spend time with his players as much as possible, even if it's just yelling down into the gym to say hello when they're shooting around. On one recent afternoon, Gottfried, current players C.J. Leslie and Lorenzo Brown and former players Levi Watkins, Tony Bethel, Julius Hodge and Chucky Brown, were in the practice gym together, exchanging jibes and telling stories about past games and experiences. "That's what I love about being a basketball coach." Gottfried continued, "Getting to know players who helped build the program to what it is today and the ones who will carry on the tradition in the future. NC State has had a great basketball past and I know that our players are going to work hard to make the future bright as well.""

http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/060611aaa.html

6/6/2011 10:22:00 AM

As much credit as Gottfried deserves, an equal amount should be given to his assistants. They have been hitting up recruits since day 1 and working behind the scenes as Gottfried does the necessary PR campaign.

The future may be looking bright but I don't care how many 5* players we sign until I see some drastic improvement on the court. Stars from recruiting services don't win games or, at the very least, are competitive in a loss, which is what I want to see.

6/6/2011 10:49:13 AM

Obama was obviously counting the territories.

6/6/2011 11:37:54 AM

Quote :

"even gone on a quick jaunt out to Stanford University to watch his son Brandon, a tight end for the Cardinal, play his spring game."

didn't know that.

6/6/2011 11:47:54 AM

Quote :

"The future may be looking bright but I don't care how many 5* players we sign,,,"

i do. and i care about performance. i care about both.

6/6/2011 12:01:44 PM

^^I didnt know that either, I wonder how good he is

also, after reading Mo Williams comments I have a feeling that our on-court performance is going to be vastly improved. Trying so hard not to let my expectations get too high

6/6/2011 12:12:02 PM

on-court performance has no where to go but up. I think it's safe to say it will be automatically be better, the question is how much?

6/6/2011 12:22:54 PM

damn didn't know tony bethel was still hangin around

6/6/2011 12:30:10 PM

he was one of the assistants the last couple of years right? The same type of position that Levi Watkins has

6/6/2011 12:32:32 PM

yeah, he was hired as video coordinator in '09

6/6/2011 12:35:16 PM

Hell, even if Gottfried came in, ran the exact same offense as Coach Lowe but instead actually taught our guys how to set a screen, we'd automatically win 2+ more games.

Kinda disappointed that I'll be studying abroad for most of the basketball season

6/6/2011 3:56:03 PM

^ I'm going to be spending the next year in Israel

any way to catch the game online? Will the packpass thing on gopack show televised games?

6/6/2011 4:17:28 PM

I watched some games on theacc.com or whatever. Usually the thread will have a site to catch a webfeed

6/6/2011 4:28:26 PM

Quote :

"Kinda disappointed that I'll be studying abroad for most of the basketball season "

At least you won't have to deal with UNC fans

6/6/2011 4:51:40 PM