N.C. State Hires Former Alabama Coach Mark Gottfried

• Azubuike24

  

  http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=ap-ncstate-coach
  
  Is it possible to downgrade from Sidney Lowe?
  
  Another school striking out with coaches. First Missouri hiring Haith and now N.C. State hiring Gottfried. Heck, Tennessee's hire of Cuonzo Martin actually looks decent. Oklahoma getting Lon Kruger looks GREAT in-comparison.
• OSH

  

  There's a reason why NC State is a second-rate basketball program...
• Little Danny

  

  The Wolfpack faithful were sweating this one out. They contacted a boat load of coaches and they all said they were not interested in the job. Gottfriend was probably not even one of their top 10 choices in the beginning. There was an email that went around the other day from their AD were she admitted to their fans they were having a tough time finding someone who wanted the job. Here is a link from their Scout Board which outlines the utter dispair from the folks over there.
  
  http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=178&f=2515&t=7395813&p=36
• Mulva

  

  Gottfried is a decent hire IMO. It's absolutely an upgrade from Lowe. Wouldn't be my first choice, but he could get them back to the Herb Sendek level of winning 18-20 a year and challenging for the NCAA.
• swamisez

  

  Herb went to the tournament six? years in a row with State. Now they haven't been since 2007
  
  State is a great job, rabid fans, nba arena, raleigh nc. Why not.......oh wait K and Roy less than 20 mins down the road.
  
  Good luck Gottfried. Basketball is much better in the triangle when State is viable. I hope he wins.