When he was hired he told some cheesy joke about NC State and said his household grew up hating State.


That said, I think he puts it equally on both... but it's easier to get the team up for Duke, for obvious reasons

[Edited on February 24, 2006 at 2:50 PM. Reason : ]

2/24/2006 2:50:00 PM

Herb doesnt speak in a squeaky voice and cook ravioli for the team

3/12/2006 10:50:17 PM

shouldnt have to put much stress on either....

he beats both teams regularly

3/12/2006 11:54:05 PM

He isn't amphibious.

3/13/2006 1:20:17 AM

When you can't motivate a starving man to eat, it tend to be a reflected in your team when they go into halftime down by a billion points.

3/13/2006 1:37:40 AM

He pronouces "Tournament" as "Tooooooornament" instead of "TURNament"

3/13/2006 1:45:35 AM

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"hen you can't motivate a starving man to eat, it tend to be a reflected in your team when they go into halftime down by a billion points. "

.... what ?

3/13/2006 1:47:26 AM

He doesn't look like a rodent or a cartoon dog.

3/13/2006 1:50:38 AM

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"When you can't motivate a starving man to eat, it tend to be a reflected in your team when they go into halftime down by a billion points."

a coach shouldn't have to motivate his players for them to want to win a national title. that just doesn't make sense.

3/13/2006 4:12:45 AM

for ( year=1989; year<POSITIVE_INFINITY; year++; )
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Quote :

"this isn't the peak, he is we are still climbing. we have awesome recruits coming in the next few years, and there is no reason why this success should cease to continue"

}

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"...once our program is reestablished as a perennial top-25, top-15 type team (and it WILL be under Herb), that's when we can start worrying about rivalries created by our fans as more of a priority."

Seems like a home loss by 20 points to UNC was one of the reasons we were bumped out of the top 25 at the end of this season. Rivalries created by the fans should always be a priority. Fans bring the money to the table. Rivalries bring money to the table. Do you have any idea what kind of boost UNC and Duke got when they set the record for most viewers during their last match? Things like that make recruiting easier.

Once upon a time (80's) NCSU could compete with its rival. Now we can't. I remember watching the UNC v. NCSU games as a kid and actually getting bragging rights every once and a while. Now it's just sad. I don't even watch the UNC game anymore because I know I'll just end up with anger management issues.

Point is if you don't beat your main rival at least once in a while you will have upset fans, myself included. And you will never be a national contender when you can't even beat your rival - your rival will always be better than you.

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"i'm sorrry but going 2-14 in the ACC and sweeping UNC is NOT a success in my book. Potentially finishing 2nd with a record of 12-4 and getting swept by UNC is... "

I'd rather not deal in the absolutes because that scenario isn't realistic but seeing how our seasons always end up in the toilet we might as well go 2-14 and beat UNC twice. We'd end up in the same place come March. When was the last time we beat UNC in bb anyway? What year? Maybe some fans would settle for not being disappointed by yet another rival loss is we beat them once every 3 or so years.

Don't expect to win against UNC in the near future. All I ever hear nowadays is "one team is not the big picture" or similar loser talk.

[Edited on March 13, 2006 at 10:28 AM. Reason : -]

3/13/2006 10:27:06 AM

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"Seems like a home loss by 20 points to UNC was one of the reasons we were bumped out of the top 25 at the end of this season."

The reason was more like "we haven't won a game in three weeks."

3/13/2006 10:28:08 AM

^ I said "one of" the reasons, not "the" reason.

3/13/2006 10:29:01 AM

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"a coach shouldn't have to motivate his players for them to want to win a national title. that just doesn't make sense."

that is the worst defense I've ever heard of Herb

3/13/2006 10:34:53 AM

he doesn't have massive titties

3/13/2006 10:41:11 AM

He can't incorporate "Dairy Queen" into a press conference or interview.

3/13/2006 10:55:21 AM