Friday, December 4, 2009
David Glenn Interview With Sidney Lowe
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I caught most of this on my lunch break yesterday. It's good stuff. Sidney is a great interviewee and you can tell folks like David Glenn love interacting with him.
Here's a link to the ACCSports.com page with the audio link, and for those that can't listen at work, some of Sid's quotes are transcribed.
Here's a link to the ACCSports.com page with the audio link, and for those that can't listen at work, some of Sid's quotes are transcribed.
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Dereck Whittenburg Fired From Fordham
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Sad, but not surprising, news in the Wolfpack coaching tree:
My guess is that, in an ever-competitive coaching job market, the folks at Fordham wanted to give Whitt time to get off to a blazing start but short of that they were probably going to ahead and get out in front of the job search process. You never want to be the last program looking to fill a vacancy, so in some senses, firing a guy-mid-season gives a program that headstart on other programs that may make a move after the year ends. It's sad, but it's business, too.
If he's planning to stay in coaching, here's hoping Whitt can land somewhere as an assistant with a top-level program and start working back up that ladder.
Dereck Whittenburg has been fired in his seventh season as the basketball coach at Fordham after the Rams' 1-4 start.The timing is a little interesting. Five games in? Really? Did you find out something in the fifth game you didn't know before the season started?
Athletic director Frank McLaughlin announced the move Thursday and said assistant coach Jared Grasso will take over on an interim basis.
Whittenburg, the player who took the long shot that led to the winning basket for North Carolina State and Jim Valvano in the 1983 championship game, was 69-112 at Fordham.
His only season with an over-.500 record was 2006-07, when the Rams went 18-12. Fordham was 3-25 last season, including 1-15 in the Atlantic 10.
Whittenburg was head coach at Wagner for four seasons before going to Fordham. He led the Seahawks to the NCAA tournament in 2003.
My guess is that, in an ever-competitive coaching job market, the folks at Fordham wanted to give Whitt time to get off to a blazing start but short of that they were probably going to ahead and get out in front of the job search process. You never want to be the last program looking to fill a vacancy, so in some senses, firing a guy-mid-season gives a program that headstart on other programs that may make a move after the year ends. It's sad, but it's business, too.
If he's planning to stay in coaching, here's hoping Whitt can land somewhere as an assistant with a top-level program and start working back up that ladder.
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Set Your DVRs: Bass Pack To Be On TV Dec. 6th
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The Versus network will be airing on Sunday afternoon coverage of State's regional bass fishing title from lake Norman that occurred earlier this fall.
National Guard FLW College Fishing Northern Regional - Lake Norman Davidson, N.C. 12/6/09 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ETIn other news, congrats to the fellas for getting the Wuffies right...someone must've busted their chops from the last time they took the stage.
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Big 10 Takes The Challenge Title For First Time, 6-5
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And good for them. The way some of the teams played (Clemson, I'm looking right at you), the ACC didn't deserve to win it. Kudos to the Big 10 for taking the title and giving the ACC its first opportunity to reclaim it in 2010-2011.
I can't remember there being this many upsets in the matchups in recent years. State, Duke, Michigan St., Michigan, Minnesota and Clemson all dropped games to underdogs, with State, MSU, Michigan and Clemson all losing on their home courts. Credit to the unlikely victors in Miami and Boston College for keeping the score close.
In a way, I'm glad that the Big 10 finally won. It gives ACC schools something to get riled up about next season--reclaiming the "title." I know a lot of folks think that the Challenge is hokey and made-for-ESPN (which it is), but at this time of year leading up to exams, are there any other compelling storylines to talk about? Would folks rather talk about Georgia Tech's 13-point route of Siena last night? Just like the preseason tournaments, the Challenge doesn't mean much more than bragging rights, but at least it's something.
Hats off to the Big 10. We'll get you next year.
I can't remember there being this many upsets in the matchups in recent years. State, Duke, Michigan St., Michigan, Minnesota and Clemson all dropped games to underdogs, with State, MSU, Michigan and Clemson all losing on their home courts. Credit to the unlikely victors in Miami and Boston College for keeping the score close.
In a way, I'm glad that the Big 10 finally won. It gives ACC schools something to get riled up about next season--reclaiming the "title." I know a lot of folks think that the Challenge is hokey and made-for-ESPN (which it is), but at this time of year leading up to exams, are there any other compelling storylines to talk about? Would folks rather talk about Georgia Tech's 13-point route of Siena last night? Just like the preseason tournaments, the Challenge doesn't mean much more than bragging rights, but at least it's something.
Hats off to the Big 10. We'll get you next year.
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