gonna talk about why he passed up on us

4/14/2006 11:11:31 PM

says we are a top 15 job
says he wasn't the right guy for nc state
memphis and him aren't done
thinks he can win a national championship with his memphis team
said our accomodations were nice
had nothing to do with money
just wasn't right
says our coach is going to do well, whoever it is
close to accepting the job
admitted that he doesn't think he could beat unc or duke
considered his staff and players
made the right choice for nc state
accepted the memphis offer they gave before he talked to us

4/14/2006 11:28:28 PM

close. close. close

4/14/2006 11:30:23 PM

How can he say he can't compete with UNC and Duke, yet 20 seconds earlier he said he expects to win an national championship at Memphis????????????????????? He's such a god damn competitor, but he doesnt want the challenge of competing with those two teams. I dont get it.


Maybe he's not a fuckhead for not leading us on, cause it sounds like he was truly torn. But if this was one of the deciding factors, then I dont want him anyway.

[Edited on April 14, 2006 at 11:34 PM. Reason : ]

4/14/2006 11:32:44 PM

hopefully he will lose to unc or duke in the coming years at a critical moment

and you can all masturbate together


and by "you all" i guess i mean the people that are actually mad about the decision the man made for himself and his family

[Edited on April 14, 2006 at 11:36 PM. Reason : .]

4/14/2006 11:36:15 PM

aha

sam cassell is like chicken

4/14/2006 11:38:01 PM

i'm not mad because frankly i've quit caring

but weren't there rumors that he made us believe he was coming here before he left to go back to memphis

then when he got back he changed his mind?

4/14/2006 11:39:33 PM

coulda been but i dont really know

but a 400k raise would prolly help me make up my mind too

4/14/2006 11:42:11 PM

^^yes, thats what I'm mad about. I dont care that he's not here, but everyone and their mothers (literally) KNEW he was ours....then no.

4/14/2006 11:45:01 PM

"next time I see you Ima gonna kick your ass!" hahaha GG Chaney.

4/14/2006 11:58:16 PM

he was leading us on. All this stuff is just damage control. I think the line about not competing with duke and UNC is purposefully designed to give us a reason to no feel bad about not getting him.

4/15/2006 12:17:30 AM

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"accepted the memphis offer they gave before he talked to us"

so why the fuck did he lead us on like he would come here then??

THIS is the reason I hate the guy...I really really hope we play Memphis in the NCAA's next year (when we make it) and blow them out

4/15/2006 12:19:48 AM

that was a damn good interview though

makes me really wish we landed him

....even though he's Italian

4/15/2006 1:04:25 AM

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"thinks he can win a national championship with his memphis team"

Because all the hot recruits want to play in CUSA...

4/15/2006 1:23:25 AM

or because he knows that he'll pretty much own the conference and sure up a #1 tourney seed every year

and that'll make his chances of making the Final Four much easier...and after you make it that far, it's a crap shoot

4/15/2006 1:27:47 AM

^true


And, I dont think this bullshit is damage control. He doesnt have to say shit to our fans, and the less he talks about it, the better for his own fans.


I think it might have been a publicity stunt to get the memphis name out there and do a little horn tooting.

I mean he's on ESPN what is this...4 days later?... talking about what a great job he has and he has national championship aspirations and the program is in such great shape and buddying up with Stephen A.....

to me that sounds like "I just turned down a great opportunity (bullshitting obvoiusly, he never wanted the job) to coach at a big time college basketball program in a big time basketball conference to stay at this top school in a shithole conference...and I want recruits now damnit"

4/15/2006 1:42:49 AM

if calipari thinks he can win at memphis...


then we should all be happy we didnt hire an autistic fool. if he makes the final 4 in the next 5 years i will be SHOCKED

4/15/2006 4:06:31 AM

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"or because he knows that he'll pretty much own the conference and sure up a #1 tourney seed every year"

pay attention to sports, then talk

k, thx

4/15/2006 4:07:09 AM

THATS who we were going after?

guy looked like a total douche

4/15/2006 5:16:07 AM

All indications were that he originally contacted us about the job, not the other way around. Sadly, he did seem like the kind of guy who could florish at NC State if he wasn't such a chickenshit.

4/15/2006 6:55:46 AM

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"he was leading us on. All this stuff is just damage control. I think the line about not competing with duke and UNC is purposefully designed to give us a reason to no feel bad about not getting him."

in a rare turn of events, i agree with skokiaan.

4/15/2006 8:40:27 AM

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"pay attention to sports, then talk"

what the fuck is that supposed to mean, hippy?

who else is standing in his way of winning C-USA every year?

4/15/2006 9:34:53 AM

i saw memphis' last game

IM NOT DISSAPOINTED IN THE SLIGHTEST

4/15/2006 10:15:48 AM

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"How can he say he can't compete with UNC and Duke, yet 20 seconds earlier he said he expects to win an national championship at Memphis"

i guess he thinks his memphis team is better than state?

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"Because all the hot recruits want to play in CUSA..."

you're right

all the "hot recruits" want to play at carolina or duke

4/15/2006 11:39:26 AM

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"i guess he thinks his memphis team is better than state?"

That's the point exactly. Memphis wasn't shit before he got there. We're in much better shape, and he could have us at the same level in 3 years.

4/15/2006 11:42:07 AM

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"you're right all the "hot recruits" want to play at carolina or duke"

Yeah I mean look at the teams with the best recruiting classes, UNC, Duke, Kansas...... Ohio State? Georgia Tech?

Not all recruits can or even want to go to the dominant programs.

4/15/2006 11:45:12 AM

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"who else is standing in his way of winning C-USA every year?"

Nobody. That's the problem. Crap conferences don't always get #1 seeds.

4/15/2006 12:21:22 PM