Cal to NC State?

[hatvol96]

It appears that Lee Fowler and Co. are fans of The Godfather. State is offering a package that, with some easily reachable incentives, would pay Cal 2+ million a year. Tough to refuse an offer like that. I'm stunned the Pack would go above 1.5 million, and I'm not the only one.

 

[GAVol]

Wow!? I guess the NC State people think they can buy their way to respectability.

 

[hatvol96]

Wow!? I guess the NC State people think they can buy their way to respectability.

I think the only way they can get an established coach interested is to put together an overwhelming financial package.

 

[GAVol]

Makes sense. It's got to be tough constantly playing 3rd fiddle and having the 1st and 2nd fiddle that close.

 

[hatvol96]

Makes sense. It's got to be tough constantly playing 3rd fiddle and having the 1st and 2nd fiddle that close.

They offered Rick Barnes a package that would have topped out at about 2.2 mil.

 

[GAVol]

Do you think it even matters who they bring in? No doubt those guys would be a huge upgrade and improve the program, but that's a big hill to climb recruiting-wise.

 

[vols kick balls]

if he ends up going to nc state tennessee might end up being the best team in tennessee for a long time

 

[hatvol96]

Do you think it even matters who they bring in? No doubt those guys would be a huge upgrade and improve the program, but that's a big hill to climb recruiting-wise.

I'm obviously biased, but Cal will hold his own against anyone in the recruiting game. Look at the guys he's brought to Memphis. Most of their players are from somewhere other than the Bluff City.

 

[vols kick balls]

if he leaves for nc state do you think that will enfluence willie kemp in any way and if it did would we take him?

 

[hatvol96]

if he leaves for nc state do you think that will enfluence willie kemp in any way and if it did would we take him?

It would really depend on who Memphis brought in as a replacement. Also, schools are usually reticent to release players in order to allow them to follow a coach that just left them.

 

[hatvol96]

if he leaves for nc state do you think that will enfluence willie kemp in any way and if it did would we take him?

As to UT, it would depend on timing as well. Even if Kemp were released by Memphis, we might be out of scholarships. Further, I don't think Memphis would release him to either follow Cal or attend UT.

 

[Low Country Vol]

Calipari currently has a contract with adidas. NC State is the only ACC school with adidas. Rapid State fans have also been monitoring a private plane flights which university officials use and it shows a flight to memphis which is owned by a big donor to the University, Wendell Murphy. This was the same plane confirmed in the Memphis paper.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N88MF

http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/tigers...4609467,00.html



N.C. State talks ball
Mark Weber
The Commercial Appeal

John Calipari earned a minimum of $1.3 million this season, thanks to NCAA Tournament bonuses. N.C. State could be looking at an even higher sum. Perhaps much bigger bucks are in the air for Tiger coach Calipari

By Gary Parrish
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April 10, 2006


North Carolina State University officials flew to Memphis on Sunday and discussed the school's basketball coaching vacancy with John Calipari in a development that could lead to the end of his tenure as the University of Memphis' coach.
The meeting lasted about two hours, and consisted of Calipari, N.C. State Chancellor James L. Oblinger, athletic director Lee Fowler and other university officials. As of presstime, no deal had been struck, sources told The Commercial Appeal. But it's clear Calipari is N.C. State's top priority as it searches for Herb Sendek's replacement. Texas coach Rick Barnes reportedly turned down an offer worth more than $2 million per year.


"It's uncertain whether a similar offer was or will be extended to Calipari. Upon returning to Raleigh, N.C., via a private jet owned by a prominent Wolfpack booster, Fowler -- a former Tiger assistant on Dana Kirk's staff in the 1980s -- declined comment to the assembled media, though sources said he and Calipari could speak again as early as today.
"We were aware of the meeting," UofM athletic director R.C. Johnson said Sunday night. But beyond that he declined comment while continuing to attempt to rework the contracts of Calipari and Memphis football coach Tommy West.

Calipari did not return a phone message seeking comment.

According to sources, if Calipari remains at Memphis it will be because he doesn't want to leave a potential Final Four team even though he would likely be compensated at a lower rate than what N.C. State could pay. Calipari makes a salary of about $1.1 million, and there are

incentives that can push his total package to as much as $1.5 million annually. He earned a minimum of roughly $1.3 million this season, thanks to $200,000 in NCAA Tournament bonuses.

Johnson has indicated multiple times that he will rework Calipari's contract, which runs through the 2009-2010 season and features a $2.5 million annuity that can be collected if Calipari fulfills what would be his 10th season at Memphis. Johnson canceled a scheduled trip to Georgia on Sunday to remain in Memphis and focus on rallying donors to upgrade the package. But it's now been two weeks since Calipari first publicly expressed his desire to remain at the UofM so long as the school is "fair" and "committed to being a Top 10 program," meaning it's safe to suggest negotiations have not gone as smoothly as either side had hoped.

Calipari is 148-59 in six seasons at Memphis. He's reached the NCAA Tournament three of the past four years, achieving what was ultimately a first-round loss (to Arizona State in 2003), a second-round loss (to Oklahoma State in 2004) and an Elite Eight loss (to UCLA in 2006). In Calipari's three other seasons, the Tigers went to the NIT, reaching the semifinals twice (in 2001 and 2005) and winning the event once (in 2002).

-- Gary Parrish: 529-2365

 

[jakez4ut]

Cal's biggest problem at Memphis is that it's in the C Usa which is obviously down after being raided by the Big East. He could probably continue to be top dog in that conference, but the lack of conf. competiton week in and week out will hurt Memphis at some point in time.

NCSU presents the kind of challenge that i think he would love. As far as NCSU being mediocre, that's not exactly accurate. mediocre compared to the neighbors UNC and Duke, yes. Mediocre compared to their actual competition, not so much. they are one of only 15 teams to make the tourney each and every year for the past 5 years.

NCSU fan's biggest gripe with Herb was that he lacked fire and didn't seem to recognize how important it was to compete with Duke and UNC. and if he did, he never verbalized it. His goals were to make the tourney as often as possible. ACC regular and tourney championships were, somewhat, secondary.

people over hear that are NCSU fans love the idea of Cal. and get this...they only reason they wanted Rick Barnes was because of the time when he was HC at Clemson that he got in to Dean Smith's face during a game, a game that Clemson lost btw.

if NCSU offers Cal that much...i say go....but get ready, if he loses to Duke and UNC with an consistency, it won't be long before the red and white natives in Raleigh start calling for his head too.

 

[hatvol96]

Cal's biggest problem at Memphis is that it's in the C Usa which is obviously down after being raided by the Big East. He could probably continue to be top dog in that conference, but the lack of conf. competiton week in and week out will hurt Memphis at some point in time.

NCSU presents the kind of challenge that i think he would love. As far as NCSU being mediocre, that's not exactly accurate. mediocre compared to the neighbors UNC and Duke, yes. Mediocre compared to their actual competition, not so much. they are one of only 15 teams to make the tourney each and every year for the past 5 years.

NCSU fan's biggest gripe with Herb was that he lacked fire and didn't seem to recognize how important it was to compete with Duke and UNC. and if he did, he never verbalized it. His goals were to make the tourney as often as possible. ACC regular and tourney championships were, somewhat, secondary.

people over hear that are NCSU fans love the idea of Cal. and get this...they only reason they wanted Rick Barnes was because of the time when he was HC at Clemson that he got in to Dean Smith's face during a game, a game that Clemson lost btw.

if NCSU offers Cal that much...i say go....but get ready, if he loses to Duke and UNC with an consistency, it won't be long before the red and white natives in Raleigh start calling for his head too.

I think the fact he's from North Carolina and his recent trips to the Final Four and Elite Eight have something to do with Pack fans wanting to bring Barnes to Raleigh.

 

[jakez4ut]

I think the fact he's from North Carolina and his recent trips to the Final Four and Elite Eight have something to do with Pack fans wanting to bring Barnes to Raleigh.

i'm sure it does, but when you hear the NCSU fans call in to the shows over here, that's all they talk about is the fact that Barnes "stood up" to Dean Smith....i agree that it's ridiculous....but you ought to hear'em.