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Best Lateral Move 2006: Tom O'Brien to NC State
Posted: December 6th, 2006, 10:21 pm
by The Ancient Enemy
Figure this one out. Tom O'Brien leaves Boston College, who is basically an ACC powerhouse, to go coach at NC State, a conference rival, where the grass can't possibly be much greener. Tom O'Brien turned down the Notre Dame job, and yet he takes the NC State one? Is the money really worth it? I'm talking both parties, here.
Posted: December 7th, 2006, 8:57 am
by abpk2903
I would not be surprised if this was a deal where BC is about to get in some kind of recruiting trouble so he got out. Other than that I am clueless with this decision.
Re: Best Lateral Move 2006: Tom O'Brien to NC State
Posted: December 7th, 2006, 10:59 am
by footballfan1
ESPN has a nice article about this. Coach O'Brien is 11th out of 12 ACC coaches salary wise. He is not happy about the fan support and has to fight with the pro teams getting all the attention. If get the chance read the espn article as it brings up some good points. I was wondering why he left also. After reading the article might not be a bad move.
Re: Best Lateral Move 2006: Tom O'Brien to NC State
Posted: December 7th, 2006, 11:39 am
by vman
Man I got to agree with TAE here...I think he should have been the 12th lowest pd. coach in ACC. Now keeping in mind that recruiting has been going well in recent yrs for BC, Vman put his on crack....errrr crack research staff members on this one, knowing that this joker has not done squat. What did they discover??
Won/Loss Record versus teams that were ranked in the AP Top 25 when BC played them during the season:
8-21 27.6 % Overall
5-19 20.8% in Conference.
1997: 0-2 Losses: Syr., VT
1998: 0-4 Losses: Miami, Syr., ND, VT
1999: 0-2 Losses: Miami, VT
2000: 0-3 Losses: VT, ND, Miami
2001: 1-3 Wins: Georgia. Losses: VT, Miami and Syr.
2002: 1-2 Wins: ND. Losses: Miami, VT
2003: 1-2 Wins VT. Losses: Miami, Pitt
2004: 2-0 Wins: ND and WVU
2005: 0-2 Losses: Florida State and VT
2006: 3-1 Losses: Wake Forest Wins: Clemson, Virginia Tech, Maryland
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CAREER LOWLIGHTS:
>>TOB NEVER WON 5 Big East Games in any season.
>>TOB NEVER WON a Conference Championship 0-10
>>TOB NEVER had more than 1 win in any season over Miami or Virginia Tech in the Big East Conference.
>>TOB LOST HIS LAST 17 out of his last 23 versus the TOP 5 peer teams in the Big East: Miami, VT, Pitt, Syr, and VT. -- 26% -- Abysmal.
>>TOB HAS NEVER BEAT MIAMI. --0-8--
>>TOB was an overall 12-26 32% versus Big East Peer Teams.
>>Clemson was the first TOP 25 Home win in 10 years in 2006.
>>TOB is 3-16 versus VT, FSU and Miami; including Penn State and ND, 10-19.
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WTF is N C St. thinking??
Re: Best Lateral Move 2006: Tom O'Brien to NC State
Posted: December 7th, 2006, 12:50 pm
by The Ancient Enemy
That's unbelievable.
And to think he turned down the Notre Dame job!
Re: Best Lateral Move 2006: Tom O'Brien to NC State
Posted: December 7th, 2006, 4:21 pm
by vman
What was ND thinking?