Had a solid season & won their conf. tourney to go dancing.Interesting route to take. Did FGSU lose a lot this season?
Rumors are Lutz is gone to GT.
Had a solid season & won their conf. tourney to go dancing.
Bobby Lutz would be an INCREDIBLE Xs & Os hire. Former HC at Charlotte where he had a solid record & current Associate HC at NC State.
Once Charlotte moved from C-USA to the A-10 things went downhill. I think he hit his plateau and his stock has faded in value. Good game coach, but could not get quality players often enough.I know. That'd be too good to be true. I'm actually surprised he hasn't gotten any looks as a head man since his Charlotte days.
Once Charlotte moved from C-USA to the A-10 things went downhill. I think he hit his plateau and his stock has faded in value. Good game coach, but could not get quality players often enough.
Gottfried gotta be a dead man walking. Abu didn't get an invite to the NBA combine.
Gottfried gotta be a dead man walking. Abu didn't get an invite to the NBA combine.
I shoulda made you a wager about Gott midseason. I knew he wasn't long for Raleigh.
Gottfried is signed for $2.5M per year through 2020. I don't think he is going anywhere soon
that is more money than i think Chairman Yao is willing to write off. She is also supporting the restart of the coaching staff with money and finding a slot for Lutz. don't see her jettisoning him after this year. That would be a Hewitt level buyout plus some.
It's interesting to live in NC and not pull for any of the teams. It is my impression the NCSU fans are more up in arms about the lenient NCAA findings at UNC than almost anything right now. The defections off this year's team have melted them into the background quite a bit. My neighbor is a grad of USCe and NCSU. The other day I asked him what he thought about all the transfers etc, and he said, "I'm a Gamecock fan." This after the dismal way their season ended. So you can get the drift of the NCSU mood from that.Actually I would put the pre game beer for the NCSU game on whether he gets fired next year or not.
FWIW it is my perspective that GT folks are a lot more up in arms about NCSU stuff than the NCSU fans/donors I know. I can paint a pretty sleezy picture of Gottfried without much trouble - and I have some pretty good local sources whose stories I won't even quote about that. But end of the day the guy has actually done pretty well so far and IMHO has 2 years minimum before he would get wacked. That is on a BB level as Chairman Yao doesn't seem to care about the sleezy stuff. At least so far.