While I think we all know that Fowler is a complete fuck up, but let's look at the fact that Mr. Grace got called out two separate times on his improper use of the word "its". I think that deserves a thread to itself.

2/16/2010 12:02:49 PM

There was an article in the Technician about him getting fired. Shitty article. Great idea.

2/17/2010 9:55:50 AM

Quote :

"Technician Shitty article. "

Redundant

2/17/2010 10:08:26 AM

column

not article

2/17/2010 10:17:07 AM

Who cares if its not world class material - the message is quite clear and that is all that matters...I wish more articles/columns would show up with this message

2/17/2010 11:03:39 AM

No, it was actually a pretty good article. I think the fact that it was in Technician tainted people's view, but the guy is a good writer and the message was right on the money:

Quote :

"If you were the new chancellor at N.C. State, what would be the first thing you’d change? I asked students this question and to my surprise I heard the same answer: replace Athletics Director Lee Fowler. I would think most students would be frustrated, but students and fans have had just about enough of being at the bottom of the ACC without a national ranking. The recent loss to the Tarheels had patrons at a local tavern yelling at the television screen and cursing the name of Lee Fowler. When I asked a Wolfpack fan why he was yelling about the athletics director his reply was, “winning is not a priority for Mr. Fowler because he does not hold coaches accountable.” "

http://www.technicianonline.com/viewpoint/help-wanted-hiring-a-winner-1.2156790

2/17/2010 1:19:34 PM

Quote :

"Chancellors today are not just looking at ticket sales - - they want to see tournament wins and national championships."

I think Chancellors could care less about sports and game outcomes, but that opinion is obviously subject to a bias from being an NCSU fan for so long.

http://twitter.com/Lee_Folwer

Quote :

"anybody want to buy the technician's old tickets? they ain't gonna be needing em anymore...how do ya like them apples, jimmy olsen?"

Quote :

"props @AGoldBuzz! they're lunatics, but they'd buy tickets by the dumptruck load to watch two chimps box if one of them wore a state hat.lol"

[Edited on February 17, 2010 at 2:18 PM. Reason : -]

2/17/2010 2:16:38 PM

Quote :

"I think Chancellors could care less about sports and game outcomes"

Really? Because that brings in a shit ton of money for the university.

2/17/2010 8:54:20 PM

Quote :

"props @AGoldBuzz! they're lunatics, but they'd buy tickets by the dumptruck load to watch two chimps box if one of them wore a state hat.lol"

lulz

2/17/2010 9:56:27 PM

ryan harrow to write letter #2 in support of Lee Fowler today...

2/18/2010 8:50:37 AM

I know I'm a little bit late, but I have to get in on making fun of Mr Grace

(btw...wheres the punctuation in your own name? IDIOT)

Quote :

"i think where you all fail is thinking that message board posters and those that complain are indicative of the general population. you people who like to hear yourself bitch and moan are the problem, and certainly dont represent me."

"you people"

You are on TWW. You are 'you people.' If you'd like to distance yourself from the people on message boards...DON'T BE ONE OF THEM

2/18/2010 9:16:47 PM

yeah, excellent point lion4russell!

2/18/2010 9:39:16 PM

2/19/2010 9:17:16 PM

haha! won't the water put out his cigar?

2/20/2010 2:18:52 AM

thats why he is wearing a life vest durrrrrr

2/20/2010 8:53:14 AM

^^^ if anyone saw this really happen, would you offer him help?

2/20/2010 5:16:56 PM

the chancellor was on the pregame on the radio today. He even stated athletics was extremely important. Coming from purdue he knows how big bball is.

2/20/2010 6:02:17 PM

^^of course yes.

2/20/2010 6:43:09 PM

Quote :

"^^^ if anyone saw this really happen, would you offer him help?"

only if he promised to step down as AD

2/20/2010 6:46:11 PM

2/21/2010 2:29:03 AM

^5 help him out of that lifejacket maybe HEYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


but seriously though, only if he promised to step down as AD

2/21/2010 12:00:23 PM

Latest Directors Cup standings. State is #99 nationally and dead last in the ACC. Fire Lee Fowler.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nacda/sports/directorscup/auto_pdf/D1Mac24standrelease.pdf

3/29/2010 2:05:31 PM

I want to hear someone in the athletics dept. talk about what Fowler has done that is any good without using the terms "promise for the future" or "facility improvements". FIRE LEE FOWLER.

3/29/2010 3:39:06 PM

http://twitter.com/Lee_Folwer/status/11255120433

ahahaha

3/29/2010 4:54:29 PM

99th in the directors cup. Are we ahead of any other BCS conference schools? I cannot access the list from work.

Regardless we might as well be in the SoCo and start getting paid to be beaten by real schools.

3/29/2010 5:02:10 PM

^ Just skimming, I see Wash St. at 110, but that's it.

I also happened to see App St. at 91.

3/29/2010 5:05:02 PM

^ super depressing. Wasn't WSU winless again in the Pac-10 in fb this year and last in bball too? Give Fowler an extenstion yesterday!





[Edited on March 29, 2010 at 5:10 PM. Reason : dgf]

3/29/2010 5:10:09 PM

I mean, Lee Fowler sucks dick and all, and we were only ranked #85 in the final fall standings, but you can't really expect much improvement when we don't participate in half of the sports included in this standings update (that Track & Field listed is Indoor T&F, FYI).

3/29/2010 6:15:14 PM

: By the way, the latest Directors' Cup standings are out. The only link I could find is a PDF file, but here it is, current as of March 25th.

http://www.learfieldsports.com/resource/20100325/3 c218437-c290-eaba-6487741fcee567a6/091005/march25. pdf

Here's how the ACC teams break down in the overall rankings:

4. Virginia
7. UNC
8. Florida State
13. Maryland
18. Va Tech
35. Duke
45. Wake Forest
51. Boston College
61. Clemson
65. Georgia Tech
77. Miami
99. NC State

NC State is actually tied for 99th place with American and Drexel.

3/29/2010 6:37:10 PM

^i can't say i'd want to trade athletic programs with virginia

3/29/2010 9:21:16 PM

^ At least they have a great soccer and baseball program. We have a solid baseball program and a soccer program that won't ever get any better with the current head coach. FLF.

3/29/2010 10:45:31 PM

isnt that just measuring dumb sports like wrestling and indoor track though? who cares about that

3/29/2010 10:50:24 PM

The issue is still that it is part of his job description to have good athletics programs across the board. Not just football and basketball. It is just too bad Fowler sucks at all of it.

3/29/2010 10:51:25 PM

We are several spots behind App State and barely clinging to the top 100. Are the wheels off yet?

3/29/2010 11:28:30 PM

Fowler will only leave when he wants to

3/30/2010 4:14:34 AM

Quote :

"4. Virginia 7. UNC 8. Florida State 13. Maryland 18. Va Tech 35. Duke 45. Wake Forest 51. Boston College 61. Clemson 65. Georgia Tech 77. Miami 99. NC State"

Other notables

William & Mary - 48
Northern Arizona - 56 (there's a NORTHERN Arizona?)
Montana State - 84
St. John's - 98


Thank God ECU is 163, or else then Fowler's job might be in trouble, but since he can just point to them as doing worse I'm sure his job is safe.

3/30/2010 7:33:20 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/01/nc-states-refreshable-braille-display-could-revolutionize-readi/

Quote :

"NC State's refreshable Braille display could revolutionize reading for the blind While many in Raleigh are wondering whatever happened to the glory days of 1983, Dr. Neil Di Spigna and company are doing far more productive things at NC State. It's no secret that the holy grail of Braille is a tactile display that could change on a whim in order to give blind viewers a way to experience richer content (and lots more of it) when reading, but not until today have we been reasonably confident that such a goal was attainable. Gurus at the university have just concocted a "hydraulic and latching mechanism" concept, vital to the creation of the full-page, refreshable Braille display system. As you may expect, the wonder of this solution is the display's ability to erect dots at the precise points, retract them, and re-erect another set when the reader scrolls through a document or presses a "link" on a website. We're told that the researchers have already presented their findings, and if all goes well, they'll have a fully functioning prototype "within a year." Here's hoping a suitable replacement to Lee Fowler is also unearthed during the same window. "

4/1/2010 9:37:48 AM

^^ Northern Arizona Lumberjacks located in Flagstaff, AZ

4/1/2010 9:40:07 AM

Another SFN article showing the incompentency that is Lee Fowler. EVERYONE should read this. It makes me angry to see our university allowing crap like this to happen without anyone being held accountable:

http://www.statefansnation.com/index.php/archives/2010/03/31/required-reading-athletics-department-annual-report-critique-comparison-conclusion/

4/1/2010 10:12:25 AM

^^^ Was about to post that. When engadget is calling out your AD, it's probably time to fire his ass

4/1/2010 11:33:48 AM

for the 234823749th time, that's a TWWer writing that on engadget (I can't never remember the name of who it is)

4/1/2010 11:57:39 AM

You would think you would remember his name if this is the 234823749th time you've told us all.

4/1/2010 4:45:03 PM

*raises hand*

thanks for reading!

4/2/2010 10:35:57 AM

I finally read the SFN story about the 2008-09 annual report. This thing has to be seen to be believed. Looks like something I would have put together in middle school:

http://www.gopack.com/fls/9200/pdf/Annual%20Report%2008-09.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=9200

4/2/2010 2:18:07 PM

^yeah pretty embarassing.

4/2/2010 2:24:29 PM

any 2nd year design student could have done a 10x better job with that report. Holy crap.

4/2/2010 2:27:28 PM

I don't know how much help it would do but the new Chancellor guy seems pretty cool with all the stuff he's said about his plans for NCSU. He starts Monday, what if on Tuesday his inbox was full of 100's of emails about firing Coach Fowler?

Give me Microsoft Publisher and I'll churn out a better report than that in 2 hours. That's embarrassing. Fowler keeps giving everyone excuses for why he needs to be fired and yet he still soldiers on.

4/2/2010 2:43:33 PM

Wow, I thought you people were exaggerating...that shit IS bad. You could make most of the graphics in paint.

4/2/2010 2:44:48 PM

dear god that this is pathetic.

4/3/2010 8:01:47 PM

Every time I see this thread near the top, I get my hopes up.

4/3/2010 8:26:59 PM