all bad things aside



some fans are thankful that we had something to believe in... it had been a while


Chuck took NCSU to another level and I think we should be grateful at least for that

[Edited on November 26, 2006 at 9:53 PM. Reason : sefsdgfsdgdefgzdfg]

11/26/2006 9:52:27 PM

i agree

11/26/2006 9:53:01 PM

i second this...we have great facilities, a recruiting pipeline, and national noteriety...he's left us something to build on for sure.

11/26/2006 9:53:14 PM

what is going through your head when you make ANOTHER thread about this after seeing others get nutted on for all their bullshit threads... seriously... what goes through your head?

11/26/2006 9:53:32 PM

he did everything but coach. now to find someone that can do that and we'll be good to go.

11/26/2006 9:54:08 PM

this is a serious thread


it's not a chuck bashing thread


I would hope that ONE thread like that can stay on the page

11/26/2006 9:54:20 PM

it IS accurate, he did do a lot for the program, or should we say him recruiting philip and letting philip play 4 years did a lot for the program

11/26/2006 9:55:21 PM

Yeah, but Chuck will be remembered as a failure, that 75% of his success was due to Rivers, after Rivers, it was proven he was a phoney, and that he couldnt coach.

7 straight losses, a level not accomplished since 1959, thank god the clown is gone.

11/26/2006 9:56:01 PM

he didn't actually recruit rivers. i do feel bad for him though.

11/26/2006 9:57:42 PM

yep you did your job....thanks


honestly he would make a cool AD

i'm just sick of his dom capers coaching style

11/26/2006 9:57:46 PM

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"i do feel bad for him though."

How can you feel bad for him, when he makes the kind of money that he makes???

He tried, but fuck'em.

11/26/2006 9:59:24 PM

i wonder if he is just gonna retired, living right down the road from the stadium might be tough.....I would figure he would want to move to S Florida.

i dont feel sorry for him one bit, he got what he deserved....

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11/26/2006 9:59:46 PM

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11/26/2006 10:03:02 PM

I'm sad to see him go, even though it is probably for the best.

11/26/2006 10:04:20 PM

i have to say that if our football program flourishes under our next coach...all the roots will have chuck amato's name on it. thanks chuck for all you've done for nc state and let's look forward to the next era in nc state football

11/26/2006 10:05:38 PM

/blog

11/26/2006 10:06:14 PM

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"honestly he would make a cool AD"

i'd take him for ad, if it was a drama free hiring. he can basically do everything except coach... and talk to the media.

11/26/2006 10:06:19 PM

If ya'll are going to sit here and thank Chuck, then you better show to some to Mike O'Cain as well. After all, he recruited P. Rivers and if it wasn't for him who knows how bad we would have sucked Chucks first four years.

11/26/2006 10:07:47 PM

I support this thread...Thanks....but nice to see you leave before it got worse


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11/26/2006 10:07:55 PM

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"he's left us something to build on for sure."

Why didn't people say this for Herb?

11/26/2006 10:08:03 PM

Joe Pate recruited Rivers^^^


^ Herb took us to another level also

[Edited on November 26, 2006 at 10:09 PM. Reason : we know that]

11/26/2006 10:08:30 PM

Statement from Chuck Amato:

“When I came to North Carolina State University, I set my dreams very high,” said Amato. “My vision was to take this program to places that it had never been before in 100-plus years of playing football. We really don’t know how long or how difficult it is to be able to attain those types of goals because we’ve never been there before in football.

“I didn’t come here to use this job as a stepping stone like many others have or could. I wanted to surround myself with people who would help me stretch my vision and not choke my dreams. This is obviously a disappointing decision for me, but I would never do anything to hurt North Carolina State University. This season was a big disappointment but I’m very proud of what I accomplished during my tenure. I believe that my relentless persistence and my passion have brought an enthusiasm, an energy and an emotion that couldn’t be equalled. Those same qualities are just as strong in me today as they were the first day I took this job. I haven’t lost my passion, my will to succeed, or my joy.”

11/26/2006 10:08:45 PM

^^^people did, faggot. Everyone said and believed that he took us up to a level and plateaued.

[Edited on November 26, 2006 at 10:10 PM. Reason : get his dick out of your brain]

11/26/2006 10:09:47 PM

i always wanted to like amato, but i knew he couldnt coach. id love to see him stay on with the university, but he'll go on and do something else to make money, since thats what its really all about.

11/26/2006 10:09:55 PM

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"national noteriety"

Only in the minds of some of our fans. Most people outside the state think our colors are blue and white.

11/26/2006 10:11:42 PM

I dont think he would be good for AD solely because we fired him, and he probably has a bad taste in his mouth about firing coaches.

11/26/2006 10:16:12 PM

he cant even finish a sentence when he talks, why would he be a good AD... idiots

11/26/2006 10:17:10 PM

I agree with this thread. You can't knock his passion or his ability to "get great facilities". His offense is another story.

11/26/2006 10:20:27 PM

I wish nothing for the best for Chuck, and Im glad to see people post good things and not just good riddance and stupid shit like that.

11/26/2006 10:22:45 PM

Great job Chuck! Despite our record you brought a lot of opportunities to state football.

11/26/2006 10:27:16 PM

I feel bad for Chuck Amato the man, but not for Chuck Amato the coach. Chuck Amato the man was a fiery person that loved NC State about as much as any one of us, and went to great lengths to get other people to believe in Wolfpack Football. Chuck Amato the coach was an average at best coach who could recruit his ass off, and whose teams more often than not came out on the losing end of any given 50-50 situation for any number of reasons.

As so many people said for Herb Sendek - Amato could only take us so far. It makes me a little sad that a fellow Wolfpacker had to be a casualty in our quest for a top tier football program, but it boils down to meeting the goals we set out for the program. If we hire Coach XYZ, and he takes us to a National Championship in 5 or 10 years, we have Amato to thank for laying the groundwork and getting us one part of the equation in place.

For anybody that can sit there behind your keyboard and say that you hate Amato, and are glad he's gone, please put your life in perspective. He put his heart out there on his sleeve and came home to try and do what he could for all of us and for the university that we all love. It sucks that he wasn't the one who could get us to the top.

11/26/2006 10:31:44 PM

^ no doubt


like everybody rational has been saying, what would NC State be now without Amato, we haven't been taken seriously in a while, and Amato brought alot of clout with him, a swagger we needed.

Unfortunately, that swagger got to alot of our players heads and made us play like boneheads, but you take the good with the bad.

At the very least, people can say we're better off now than before he came here. without him, would we have sent 5 players out in the first round? be seen as a threat? have the recruiting power we had?


I wish him well

11/26/2006 10:37:42 PM

yeh it'll be hard to find someone who was that big of a cheerleader for ncsu. any publicity was good publicity.

11/26/2006 10:38:54 PM

What's up with all this pity shit for Amato. The dude make almost $1,000,000 a year. In the end he's gonna end up rich for the rest of his life and had a job most people only dream of.

11/26/2006 10:41:35 PM

^^^ and ^^ posts are good.


Chuck did so many good things for this football program, but he killed himself on the field with the lack of discipline and "swagger" that the players take too far and start looking stupid. You can't talk trash when you're the one getting stomped at the end of every game.


I wish Chuck the best, but I think this is the right decision for the program.



^if you wanna be a faggot and kick a guy when he's down, be my guest. But nobody wanted to win more than chuck, nobody wants what is best for this university or the football team more than chuck, and chuck was the one that got everyone excited about NC State football again. He's a victim of his own success right now...basically b/c he couldnt live up to his own expectations and the expectations the HE HIMSELF...to his own admission....created. Chuck is a good guy and doesnt deserve to be treated like a Jerk. It would be nice if our fans could respect the guy after he lost his job.

[Edited on November 26, 2006 at 10:44 PM. Reason : ]

11/26/2006 10:41:49 PM

11/26/2006 10:42:28 PM

Thanks Chuck!

11/26/2006 10:47:53 PM

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"Chuck is a good guy and doesnt deserve to be treated like a Jerk. It would be nice if our fans could respect the guy after he lost his job."

Exactly. He poured his heart out for this university moreso than anyone on this damn messageboard, that's for sure, and if you can't recognize that then you need to take your head out of your ass.

11/26/2006 10:48:29 PM

philip rivers was CLEARLY the best, AND WORST thing to ever happen to chuck amato

11/26/2006 10:49:40 PM

^haha, good call

w/o Rivers he would have been long gone



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11/26/2006 10:52:35 PM

thanks for the time chuck, sorry it had to end this way

11/26/2006 10:54:32 PM

I feel the same way.

Same with Herb. They both did many good things for their respective programs. I wish them both well, Herb at ASU and Chuck wherever he does end up.

11/26/2006 10:54:43 PM

I hate the way they just announced that on ESPN...sounds bad and makes me feel worse for the him.

11/26/2006 10:56:29 PM

Props to the good times Chuck!

11/26/2006 11:09:10 PM

I support this thread.

11/26/2006 11:09:40 PM

I felt worse for Herb because I think he endured a lot more criticism than Chuck.

I feel a different sadness for Chuck because he's an alum. I know I'd feel bad if I went back to coach my school and failed.

I wish both coaches the best of luck wherever they go. However, I don't know what's next for Amato. I can't see this being anything but a pretty big fuck-up on his resume. He could be relegated to a lifetime as an assistant coach now.

11/26/2006 11:34:58 PM

I feel bad for Chuck. He had a lot of passion for this university, often referring to it as "this great university". He really cared for the players, and tried to make them feel as much like family as possible. He seemed very personable in real life. I remember walking into Amedeo's one day and seeing him. He looked at me and said "Hey how's it going." I'm sure he didn't remember me from going to like 2 of his radio shows, or being one of the 50 some odd thousand people in the stands for nearly every game. He knew I was a student, and tried to be nice to one of the people that are what this university is all about. I wish him luck in the future, and would love to see him not even worry about money and just retire here, and maybe stay around the program.

11/26/2006 11:59:59 PM

chuck did do a lot for the program and he should be thanked

11/27/2006 12:05:02 AM

glad he is gone...but agree with this thread

11/27/2006 12:07:01 AM

Jbrick...

When I think of how bad I feel for Herb and Chuck....I think that Herb decided to leave....so I let the door hit him in the ass on the way out.


Chuck is one of us, and I wanted to see him succeed as much as anyone. I feel bad that he couldnt get it done, and I wish it didnt have to be like this. He was fired.

Both put up with a lot of criticism...but I feel way worse for Chuck b/c he wore it all on his sleeve when it came to NC State.

[Edited on November 27, 2006 at 12:07 AM. Reason : ]

11/27/2006 12:07:16 AM