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I think I figured the #NCAA out.
Imagine going out to a restaurant from your hometown. There's no prices on the menu. You ask what it costs to get the Thursday Special and they ask you what you'll pay. You look confused and say, "I don't know... How about $20?" The server brings you a paper plate with a bologna sandwich. Meanwhile, you look at your neighbor's plate and see they have a perfectly cooked steak.
"Excuse me, what did you order?" you ask.
"The Thursday Special," they reply.
Furious, you try to enjoy your meal, pay your bill, then go home. Outraged at the subpar performance, you leave a review on Yelp for the terrible product you received only to have an executive at Yelp contact you back.
"We received your review but we are confused why you only rated the restaurant 1-star." they say
"I only got a bologna sandwich, but my neighbor got a steak, but both were the 'Thursday Special'." you explain.
"Did you pay as much as them?" they ask.
"I don't know."
"Does your household make as much as them?"
"I don't know."
"How much do you think a good meal SHOULD cost?" they ask.
"I really don't know anymore..." you say.
"Exactly. And that's the point." They hang up.
This is how #NIL works.
I haven't had time to Tweet while doing family stuff with the kids, but it's been a bit mind-blowing to see the team (even against Cal) now compared to the last few games.
Yes.... Coaching was the problem.
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NC State's offense is humming in the second half, with three straight touchdown drives on 199 total yards of offense. Meanwhile, the Wolfpack defense has allowed just 39 total yards and zero points.
So this is what second-half adjustments look like.
NC State 31, Cal 10 with 9:05 left to play.
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Todd Goebbel joins Kareem Richardson as the only Wolfpack coaches to never lose a game. Absolute legends in Raleigh.
I don't know if it was Mike Waddell or not, but I remember thinking that NC Sports Network had a really dumb tweet in response to the presser so somehow it wouldn't shock me.
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Ok, counterpoint. Expectations changing after being "consistently good enough" is an obvious evolution of competitive occupations. A part of running any large enterprise is expectation management with your sponsor, employer, or governing bodiea. If Doeren felt the expectations were outpacing resources, it is reasonable that as "the guy in charge" it would be on him to actively manage those expectations with the administration.
This isn't a guy working a 9-to-5 making $90,000 a year to "just do his thing". His severance alone is more than many make in a lifetime so expecting him to do the same thing MANY senior professionals have to do in far less competitive situations isn't an unreasonable ask.
As someone who has consistently acknowledged Doeren is a "good coach", his fatal flaw was believing that consistently being "good enough" would buy him margin during down seasons. The issue with that is someone who is exactly "average" for 20 years and then has 1 extremely poor year is mathematically below average. Doeren was good enough to keep his job for 14 years, but not good enough to buy himself political capital to survive to a 15th. That's not on the admin.
Because this super stupid narrative is being propagated that wanting Doeren gone means you hate guy or don't recognize his wins. A ton of folks are treating this like breaking up with a high school girlfriend and it ain't that deep. This is a business decision, pure and simple.
This is 100% the right call. With conference realignment rearing it's ugly head, sticking with Doeren meant almost promising we'd become a mid-major because... Let's face it... Sticking with Dave due to "he's a great guy" is mid-major thinking.
BREAKING: In celebration of recent events, @Real_Pack_Man will now go by "Based Howell". Expiration of this name TBD.
GOOD.
NC State defensive coordinator DJ Eliot has also been fired by the Wolfpack.
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The fact everyone keeps citing Doeren as the winningest coach in NC State history for his 14 years of service is the physical embodiment of quantity over quality.
I hope all the sunshine fans who crucified this author at least have the decency to internally acknowledge that their blind adoration of Dave failed them.
And there ya go. Boo did the right thing but tipping his hat.
