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WE GOT PUNK'D!!!!!

4/11/2006 10:55:41 PM

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4/11/2006 11:24:14 PM

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We got fucked, and it looks like Cal didn't even pay for the lube.........

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"Calipari Down, Fans Cold on Brady (10pm Update)

John Calipari is staying at Memphis.

With that comes the conclusion of the John Calipari 2006 Contract Renegotiation Tour Ultimately, the guy ended up being the slimeball that so many people warned us that he was.

We don’t express these sentiments out of frustration for Calipari’s rejection of NC State. We say this because of they way that all of this went down. We also hope that our leaders at NC State take advantage of the opportunity to publicly call out Calipari for his behavior during the conversations - what the hell do you have to lose?

We aren’t going too much of our breath on the media whore, but we are going to do some re-capping for you so that you know the truth:

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Last week as NC State was engaged in legitimate conversations with Rick Barnes, John Calipari had multiple “friends” contact various NC State people expressing Calipari’s significant interest in the NC State job.
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As we reported, the NC State search committee doesn’t seem to multi-task and explore conversations with more than one coach at a time and was therefore ignoring Calipari’s overtures This only served to raise the chatter on Calipari’s interest and the intensity in which his representatives were pushing Wolfpackers.
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After Barnes and State parted ways, the conversations finally turned to Calipari heading into the weekend at the urging of many people who were assured by “Cal’s people” that Calipari was chomping at the bit for the job.
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You know most of the developments by following our reports here. What you don’t know is how “committed” Calipari indicated that he was to the NC State search committee. From every source with whom we have spoken, Calipari talked the talk and to walked the walk that (paraphrased) “money was not an issue as he was attracted to the sleeping giant at NC State and wanted to compete in the ACC against the best”.
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Unfortunately, Calipari’s destructive wake also includes the carcasses of many prominent and valuable Wolfpack Club members who stuck their neck out for him in the process.
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Confirmation is blurry on a report that a verbal agreement was reached with Calipari during Sunday’s meeting. The plan was for Calipari to visit Raleigh on Monday night (as he did) and at that point he would be presented a formal offer which he indicated that he would accept. Obviously, Calipari had engaged in such detailed negotiations that the offer was able to be drawn.
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We started smelling a rat yesterday afternoon. Here is why — nobody from NC State leaked Calipari’s visit to the media. When Andy Katz reported Calipari was going to visit Raleigh in the middle of Monday afternoon, we started being very concerned. Calipari’s only reason to leak the news (which is what we presume happened) was to keep Memphis’ wheels rolling.
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If what Calipari had been telling NC State was true…then it wasn’t going to matter what Memphis ultimately counter-offered. This is why the leak was concerning. There was a reason for it. Now, we know the reason for it.
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You have to realize, John Calipari initiated contact with NC State. John Calipari pursued NC State. John Calipari verbally committed to NC State. John Calipari lied to everyone.
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Many fans are trying to blame this on Lee Fowler. We don’t think that is fair. The search committee swung for the fences, and lost. It sucks. John Calipari lied, and lied, and lied some more. Maybe you can criticize Fowler for the manner in which the conversations were executed (is - waiting until late in the week, getting caught by the media, etc), but you cannot criticize Fowler for trying.
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Additionally, you can’t criticize any Wolfpackers for getting caught in Calipari’s trap. Where we come from, people don’t behave this way.
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Dave Glenn’s blog has an evening update which includes an interesting tidbit:

A league source with knowledge of the situation told ACCSports.com at 3 p.m. that ACC associate commissioner Fred Barakat, who has been assisting the Wolfpack with its search, sounded “angry” and “upset” when he reported his findings that Memphis and Calipari appeared to be on the verge of a new agreement. The league source said Barakat and “everyone” at State had been extremely optimistic about landing Calipari when the day began"

4/12/2006 12:03:42 AM

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fuck him....and we definitely should call his ass out

he just wanted to get more money out of Memphis by scaring them into thinking he was leaving...what an ass

[Edited on April 12, 2006 at 12:06 AM. Reason : .]

4/12/2006 12:06:09 AM

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yeah, I liked both the sportsfannation and ESPN post-Calipari articles....

But yeah, I think it was an ASSHOLE's move to make us think he had so much consideration towards the job (flying personally to Raleigh to visit the NC State campus and facilities), and then announce that he was staying at Memphis almost instantaneously after the Memphis raise offer...

For all that said, FUCK CALIPARI! It's time to just accept it and move on Wolfpack, hope for best and keep our heads up... An friend close to mine said... "FREEDOM IS NEVER GIVEN, IT IS WON.." We make our own future, and hopefully Lee Fowler will make the best decision with the resources (and choices) that he has left...

LOCK NOW CarZin !!! I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS SHIT ANYMORE!

Goodbye and goodnight!

[Edited on April 12, 2006 at 12:23 AM. Reason : JOHN CALIPARI IS A BASTARD!]

4/12/2006 12:18:04 AM

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many people were saying Calipari was a slimeball.... many people didn't believe it.

i think NC State just found out the hard way.

4/12/2006 12:30:25 AM

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I know who we can hire now that we have an extra million dollars...

4/12/2006 12:38:49 AM

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My favorite part was the group of people that claimed to have had "inside information".

[Edited on April 12, 2006 at 8:39 AM. Reason : P.S. I missed the "press conference [that will be] held this afternoon"]

4/12/2006 8:36:48 AM

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I just looked at conference USA, man I knew they were sad, but they were not on TV much this year so I really wasn't aware of how bad it had gotten......

Central Florida
East Carolina
Houston
Marshall
Memphis
Rice
Southern Methodist
Southern Mississippi
Texas-El Paso
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB

Damn, that is a terrible conference!

4/12/2006 9:24:31 AM

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apparently he didn't play us as much as we thought he did. memphis got him to stay for only a base salary of $1.3 million with incentives to push it up to a max of $1.7 million. so basically he got a $200,000 pay increase.

4/12/2006 9:26:54 AM

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fuzzy math

4/12/2006 9:33:45 AM

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the math can be manipulated

i heard herb's deal is not even a million, these contracts include so many sources/income streams/incentives that it is hard to fucking tell

you can bet that our deal was not in "streight cash homie" either, probably 2 million with shoe deal/camp shit/licensing/incentives/etc.


but anyways....conference USA sucks ass, why would you want to stay there????

4/12/2006 9:44:09 AM

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These coaches don't give a shit about their conferences (really K, Boeheim, and Roy are the only 3 that come to mind that constantly mention conference loyalty). He is recruiting just fine, has a great returning team, and makes a ton of money.

It's like he isn't going to be able to compete for national championships because he plays in C-USA...

V yea I agree about that.. definitely

[Edited on April 12, 2006 at 9:48 AM. Reason : x]

4/12/2006 9:45:44 AM

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no, i am not saying he should care

just my opinion, from the outside looking in, that conference blows ass, the Big East raped them

i fully believe that Cal has a great situation in Memphis, he is king there, recruits great athletes, and has a fat annuity comin up in about 3 years

4/12/2006 9:47:42 AM

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no doubt, he actually has better chance at national titles from that conference, because with the stacked record he is gonna have in that conference year in and year out, he should end up with a lot of 1,2,3 seeds in the tourney!

4/12/2006 9:48:59 AM

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factor in the 8.25% sales tax + his retention bonus and they pretty much matched our offer.


either way, you have to be a pretty greasy person to choose a town like memphis over raleigh

4/12/2006 10:02:50 AM

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"no doubt, he actually has better chance at national titles from that conference, because with the stacked record he is gonna have in that conference year in and year out, he should end up with a lot of 1,2,3 seeds in the tourney!"



I guess this is how the Mid-Majors will stick it to the MAN after losing all those BCS bowl bids in football.

[Edited on April 12, 2006 at 10:06 AM. Reason : .]

4/12/2006 10:05:52 AM

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Carzin, please trash this so we dont have to look at it...as creator of this thread, please!

4/12/2006 2:16:25 PM

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We got Fredo'ed (corleone) that is

4/12/2006 2:24:48 PM

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we herb'd

4/12/2006 2:28:34 PM

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i hate to bring this up....and i hope this is false!!...but i found out from a very reliable source in the wolfpack club that we are thinking about offering calipari more money....so this might get interesting this weekend....i know you guys are over calipari...but he might not be gone yet ya'll

4/12/2006 9:33:11 PM

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I really wish we would leave that man alone.

4/12/2006 9:37:08 PM

MrLuvaLuva85
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yeah me too man, i dunno if i want him as our coach now...not after what he did

4/12/2006 9:37:53 PM

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I've been saying for pages he was a shady fucker.

4/12/2006 9:41:17 PM

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once bitten twice shy

fool me once...

4/12/2006 9:41:25 PM

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has anyone else heard this at all?

4/12/2006 10:23:59 PM

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no...go for gillispie

4/12/2006 10:27:39 PM

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i still wouldn't mind if we kept trying for him, he didn't do anything wrong to us, he liked where he was and he was ok with the amount he will be making

4/12/2006 10:33:59 PM

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I don't want him now, but if the WPC feels like they wanna keep beating a dead horse, let em. Hopefully they'll just keep this in mind:


Good things about Cal:

1. Fire on the sidelines
2. Wont schedule bullshit cupcakes to pad record
3. Fun to watch playing style




Bad things about Cal:

1. Slimeball
2. Slimeball
3. See 1 & 2

4/12/2006 10:38:03 PM

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You people make me laff, you were all over his nuts and now that he isn't coming, you all just hose him and act like he was never gonna be a good coach.

4/12/2006 10:52:53 PM

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laff

haha

i laughed

4/12/2006 11:12:17 PM

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https://soundcloud.com/sportschannel8/sc8-2016-college-hoops-preview-with-matt-jones-and-ben-swain-pt-2

17:30 mark

We were $3.50 from getting Calipari

Lee Fowler strikes again.

11/3/2016 12:47:12 PM

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Came here to share just that


smdh

11/3/2016 12:54:46 PM

scotieb24
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Holy Shit, F Fowler

11/3/2016 1:28:41 PM

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care to share for those who can't stream at work?

11/3/2016 1:37:56 PM

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^Calipari visits NC State and loves it and is ready to accept the offer. Fowler took him to get a slice pizza somewhere on campus. Fowler makes Calipari pay for his own pizza. Calipari says right then he decided not to accept the offer. He said if Fowler was that clueless imagine what it would be like to work for him.

11/3/2016 2:52:44 PM

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hahahahahahahahahahahaha

11/3/2016 3:16:02 PM

GingaNinja
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If this happened to any other school, you could say: "You cannot make this up". Alas

11/3/2016 3:20:32 PM

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That is a truly amazing story

11/3/2016 3:24:01 PM

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Lee Fowler or Trump, who ya got

11/3/2016 3:34:31 PM

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Wait is this a real thing or just a troll job?

11/3/2016 3:55:13 PM

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I knew fowler was a joke, but my god.....

11/3/2016 4:01:54 PM

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^^

11/3/2016 4:12:56 PM

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So does this mean that Calipari is the Loch Ness monster?

11/3/2016 4:34:31 PM

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If true, that's fucking hilarious. Just goes to show how inept Fowler was.

We could cry about how we missed our chance, but let's be real, if Calipari comes here, we still find some way to fuck it up.

Either Cal's shady recruiting tactics leads the NCAA to investigate us instead of UNC's football program, or Cal uses us to get the deal of deals at Kentucky a couple of years later, or we make it to the Finals and shit the bed, a la Derrick Rose missing free-throws and not fouling Chalmers before he attempts the 3. We are NC State after all.

11/3/2016 5:03:48 PM

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^ yeah, let's not delude ourselves that calipari would not have been straight out the door to Kentucky anyways. So we would have gotten 3 years max

[Edited on November 3, 2016 at 5:12 PM. Reason : .]

11/3/2016 5:12:10 PM

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I'd trade the unknown of not getting Cal with UNC being in the NCAA mess they are

[Edited on November 3, 2016 at 5:15 PM. Reason : ]

11/3/2016 5:15:17 PM

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Y'all do realize what sports channel 8 is, right?

11/3/2016 5:22:08 PM

GingaNinja
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Who in the fuck is Ben Swain?

11/3/2016 5:23:06 PM

hey now
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It's a parody sports site you dumb fucks.

11/3/2016 6:01:42 PM

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