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"He had a HORRIBLE record as a head coach. He might have had a horrible team...but definitely never overachieved while he was coaching."

m'fucker, he took the grizzlies to the franchises two best seasons EVAR!

3/7/2008 6:56:50 PM

bttt for ending the regular season in last place. GG Sidney.

3/8/2008 2:04:04 PM

woot woot

3/8/2008 2:13:05 PM

personally he just doesnt give me the "i'm a college coach" vibe =/

3/8/2008 2:15:10 PM

it's definitely a trial by fire, he's got a lot to learn considering most college coaches are at least assistants for a good while before they become head coaches

nba coach != college coach by any stretch

hopefully he can learn quickly from his mistakes in this abortion of a season because a few more years of this and i think both his and fowler's seats are going to be getting pretty hot

3/8/2008 2:18:27 PM

So when Costner, Hickson and Grant officially are off the team in a few weeks and with Fells looking more and more fed up with the program every day, what are the prospects for next year? 8 wins? You think we can give UNC a run for their 8-20 money?

3/8/2008 3:03:38 PM

Remember this thread was created because of a fluke loss.

Lock and suspend the original poster please.

3/8/2008 3:06:53 PM

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"Two fucking NIT wins aren't good enough this season."

hah

3/8/2008 3:22:31 PM

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"i got those figures from the official ACC site"

so are you claiming that you are too stupid to think for yourself and just go by who acc shows at the bottom

or are you claiming some weird theory that while we are the #12 seed out of 12 teams, we are somehow not in last place?

3/8/2008 3:27:40 PM

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"So when Costner, Hickson and Grant officially are off the team in a few weeks"

what you mean Costner?

3/8/2008 3:34:45 PM

Costner I believe is fulfilled all graduation requirements...at least that's what i've heard.

Though I don't think he's going anywhere

3/8/2008 4:06:26 PM

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"Remember this thread was created because of a fluke loss. Lock and suspend the original poster please."

you very well may have gotten the last laugh on this one

3/8/2008 4:38:52 PM

Rally gets trolled a lot but he really knows sports...more than 99% of posters on here. Some of us knew this team was not going to be good after witnessing the NC Central, Western, Presbyterian games but a lot of idiots came in here saying shit like you guys are dissing a team that is winning and shit like that when we were really barely squeaking by some of the worst teams in D-1.

3/9/2008 12:54:58 AM

i've said it before, rallydurham is the best poster in ST.

3/9/2008 8:08:26 AM

if you're high on blow and dig trolls...

3/9/2008 8:19:38 AM

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"m'fucker, he took the grizzlies to the franchises two best seasons EVAR!"

I don't think thats right. They went to the playoffs at least once when Mike Fratello was coaching them.

3/9/2008 9:11:19 AM

^ they were their best seasons at the time.

Season W L % Playoffs Results
Vancouver Grizzlies
1995-96 15 67 .183
1996-97 14 68 .171
1997-98 19 63 .232
1998-99 8 42 .160
1999-2000 22 60 .268
2000-01 23 59 .280
Memphis Grizzlies
2001-02 23 59 .280

3/9/2008 9:31:41 AM

http://www.firesidneylowe.com/

these guys have really stepped up their game. they have message boards now.

3/9/2008 11:10:40 PM

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"i've said it before, rallydurham is the best poster in ST."

i wont disagree

^ya that site is totally awesome

3/10/2008 3:16:22 AM

ya right

3/10/2008 3:54:55 AM

bttt?

3/13/2008 1:47:51 PM

you are fired at the end of next season lowe unless we go 10-6 or better regular season.

this season has been shit. and it only keeps getting worse.

3/13/2008 2:23:46 PM

you are fired now Sidney

3/13/2008 2:59:49 PM

TWW fires j00

and we dont' want Costner back next year.

3/13/2008 3:01:22 PM

So which former player do we try next?

3/13/2008 3:04:25 PM

Unreal. This is the worst garbage I've ever seen.

3/13/2008 3:06:02 PM

3/13/2008 3:08:37 PM

just terrible. Sid, you are OFFICIALLY on the hot seat.

3/13/2008 3:09:11 PM

So the credibility watch is at an all time high.

And the credibility is at an all time low.

Right???

3/13/2008 3:16:00 PM

That seems accurate, jbrick.

Lowe should now be officially on watch.

3/13/2008 3:23:47 PM

WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR.

3/13/2008 3:26:10 PM

So, I haven't posted on this board in any sort of support til now. I think now his credibility is at stake 100 percent. If he doesn't make the ncaa next year I say good ridance. There will be NO EXCUSES. Even if 2 point guards go down with injuries there is no excuse for farnold went down and we dont blahblahblah.

3/13/2008 3:33:44 PM

i just want to see improvement. we had a rough start this season and i was just asking for improvement then too, but it was the complete opposite.

and next season, a .500 record will not qualify as 'improvement'.

3/13/2008 3:41:31 PM

maybe we can get turned down by 30 coaches after next season too

3/13/2008 3:41:35 PM

FIRE LOWE! Somebody make the thread, no longer a credibility watch.

3/13/2008 3:42:20 PM

yea he's on it for sure

3/13/2008 3:43:52 PM

i made a thread once already and it got to 2 or 3 pages, but someone deleted it, prob bearfag

3/13/2008 3:44:05 PM

this guy's already won one NC for us as a player

its still too early to turn on him

3/13/2008 4:31:33 PM

WWTWD

WHAT WOULD TAMMY WYNETTE DO?

3/13/2008 4:33:30 PM

guess who is laughing all the way to the bank?

3/13/2008 5:34:36 PM

sidney lowe's terrible season doesn't make herb's one sweet sixteen in 10 years a good line for a coach.

3/13/2008 6:26:26 PM

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"Wolfpack program at a crossroads Lackluster ACC effort just the start of N.C. State's problems CHARLOTTE - Friday's excruciatingly hard to watch 63-50 ACC first-round tournament loss to Miami may have only been the end to N.C. State coach Sidney Lowe's second season at the helm, but it also squarely puts the popular former Wolfpack player's program at a crossroads. As if a nine-game season-ending, school-record-tying losing streak isn't bad enough, N.C. State's only effective player in their finale, freshman J.J. Hickson, may not return next season. Hickson confirmed as much afterward, saying he hadn't made a decision on his potential pursuit of the NBA after just one season in Raleigh. Lowe said he would consult his star and his family to come up with a decision that best suits Hickson. But, typically, when a college player talks as openly about leaving school for the pros as Hickson did this early in the game, their mind has already been made up. Besides, as many in the pressroom at Bobcats Arena wondered openly, why would Hickson want to return to this? The Wolfpack team that ended a 2007-08 season that started with such optimism ended the year with little to no ability to run an offensive play, hit a shot or play with enough intensity to overcome a host of overwhelming weaknesses. Lowe piled on in a season's assessment by saying a lack of leadership was a factor in the Wolfpack coming up far short of its lofty goals and expectations. That was interpreted as a shot at senior Gavin Grant, who boastfully predicted the Wolfpack would lose no more than four games in the preseason only to watch the final 12 ½ minutes of his collegiate finale from the bench on Friday. When asked what he thought of Lowe's assertion that he only played 13 minutes in Friday's loss because he "wasn't playing well," Grant refused to be critical of the coach he inherited in the middle of his Wolfpack career. "That's what a coach is supposed to do," Grant said of Lowe's decision. Grant added that he thought the cast he was leaving behind was good enough to improve on this year's 15-16 disappointment (4-13 against ACC competition). "I think they've got a lot of good talent coming back," Grant said. "I think if they do the right things and listen to the coach, they can be one of the best teams in the league." After watching Friday's frightful performance and imagining the Wolfpack without Hickson next year, few would agree with Grant. But Lowe would. "We just need to get better," Lowe said. "We all need to get better. I think this summer is going to be important for all of our players.""

[Edited on March 13, 2008 at 7:00 PM. Reason : /]

3/13/2008 7:00:08 PM

Fire Lowe. Beardawg is a douchebag.

3/13/2008 9:33:02 PM

Chuck gets "Chucked"

What should be Lowe's termination tag-line?

3/13/2008 10:12:13 PM

Off-lowed Lowe

3/13/2008 10:14:09 PM

^^good god what a fucking genius, that guy said 'friday' so much he had me doubting what day it was

anyway:

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"If he doesn't make the ncaa next year I say good ridance."

]

i think that is too much, going from last place to ncaa's is a big move. i'm sticking with what i said last page:

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"if we finish in the bottom 3 next year and he isnt fired i'll.... well, i have no power so i dont know what i'll do but i'll be pissed anything b/w from 6 to 9 and i would be ok either way. top 5 and he def gets another year"

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"this guy's already won one NC for us as a player its still too early to turn on him"

i cant stand this type of thinking. we already gave him a big break by giving a guy with a pretty terrible resume the helm of an acc team that had made 5 straigh tourney's. nobody is "turning on him." we will always love him for what he did for the university as a player, but you cant judge a coach with rose colored glasses. we don't owe him any more or less chances b/c of his past as a player. you need to look at him objectively.

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"maybe we can get turned down by 30 coaches after next season too "

or maybe we can get a new AD who knows how to run a major college program. ti seems clear that yo don't automatically go after the cream of the crop and chase coaches who already have consisten top 20 programs. we need to go after mid-majors who are looking to make the jump to big times, people with hunger

BUT hopefully all of that is moot and sid will turn it around next year.

3/13/2008 10:20:17 PM

We never looked at ANY lower college level coaches like Marshall, McKillop, Altman, or any of them. That was the problem. In our search our dumbass AD shot for the big names and once they said no he gave the job to the damn guy consulting him for it.

Lowe: What about me? Ill give it a shot.

Fowler: Okay, when can you start?

3/14/2008 1:11:05 AM

We should have hired Pearl when we had the chance


(And yes, I was saying this back when he was at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)



...and this doesn't mean I've given up on Lowe, just that I'm a big Pearl fan.

3/14/2008 7:43:53 AM

why are you people even posting in ST? i'm sick of all your bitching and whining

3/14/2008 7:49:35 AM

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"What should be Lowe's termination tag-line?"

Aim High.

Fire Lowe!

3/14/2008 8:06:12 AM