This was pulled from an ESPN story on State's vacancy
This is from an insider article that ranked NC State as the #3 job available to win right away, based on polling former coaches
3. North Carolina State Wolfpack
Current coach: Tom O'Brien | Current record: 5-4
This is the only school on this list with a winning record and, quite frankly, wasn't on my "Would you take this job?" list when I started calling around. But nearly everyone I talked to brought it up as a position they expected to be opening, and one they would salivate over.
"Have you seen the facilities in Raleigh?" a West Coast coordinator asked. "If you were at that stadium 15 years ago and then you were there over the last year, then you can see how committed they are to the program. That fan base is a sleeping football giant. And there is a ton of talent in North Carolina that leaves every year. O'Brien is a good X's and O's guy but he's never taken to recruiting. Get a real recruiter in there and he would mop up."
From the outside, the idea of taking an ACC job might seem like the wrong direction. But everyone I talked to said the opposite -- as long as it's the right ACC job.
"That conference is ripe for the picking," the West Coast coordinator continued. "It would take no time at all to start racking up big numbers and getting BCS berths. You can make a hell of a living doing that. Just ask Virginia Tech. NC State is the kind of place that can get to that level, and in a hurry. The other ACC jobs that might be out there -- Boston College and Maryland -- they're a hundred miles behind State."
RE: This was pulled from an ESPN story on State's vacancy
How could this be??? I mean, isn't State ALWAYS the worst ever job opening???
:)
RE: This was pulled from an ESPN story on State's vacancy
The facilities are great. We can thank Chuckie A. for that. However, they were great when Tom "THE MAN" O'Brien came as well. I'm not holding out any hope for the future of State football.
RE: This was pulled from an ESPN story on State's vacancy
Surely Hansy will call BS on this National writer's clearly wrong opinion!!
Lol
Oops.... Too L8!
RE: This was pulled from an ESPN story on State's vacancy
The facilities are great. We can thank Chuckie A. for that. However, they were great when Tom "THE MAN" O'Brien came as well. I'm not holding out any hope for the future of State football.
- Posted by Hans
Who was the AD that hired TOB?
RE: This was pulled from an ESPN story on State's vacancy
The facilities are great. We can thank Chuckie A. for that. However, they were great when Tom "THE MAN" O'Brien came as well. I'm not holding out any hope for the future of State football.
- Posted by Hans
How the heck did I know I'd find you posting in here, Eeyore?
#UNCFan
RE: This was pulled from an ESPN story on State's vacancy
The facilities are great. We can thank Chuckie A. for that. However, they were great when Tom "THE MAN" O'Brien came as well. I'm not holding out any hope for the future of State football.
- Posted by Hans
How the heck did I know I'd find you posting in here, Eeyore?
#UNCFan
She's an embarrassment to the two people close to her.
Both of 'em!
RE: This was pulled from an ESPN story on State's vacancy
The facilities are great. We can thank Chuckie A. for that. However, they were great when Tom "THE MAN" O'Brien came as well. I'm not holding out any hope for the future of State football.
- Posted by Hans
How the heck did I know I'd find you posting in here, Eeyore?
#UNCFan
She's an embarrassment to the two people close to her.
Both of 'em!
I swear to God if he won the publisher's clearinghouse sweepstakes he'd complain that the now deceased Ed McMahon didn't deliver the check.
RE: This was pulled from an ESPN story on State's vacancy
How could this be??? I mean, isn't State ALWAYS the worst ever job opening???
:)
- Posted by TruthBKnown Returned
No chit! lol
RE: This was pulled from an ESPN story on State's vacancy
NC State is the most desirable vacancy there is! Nick Saban is coming to Raleigh! Give me my Lunatic Fringe card right now, and I don't care if McMahon delivers it or not. Beaten by UNC in football. Obama term #2. The reality of State basketball. Tom "THE MAN" O'Brien canned. The meltdowns are hilarious, though not unexpected.
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