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"After spending more than a month looking for a men's basketball coach and enduring a couple of rejections along the way, N.C. State finally has its man:
So... yeah. The heavy spin on all versions of this story is the emphasis on Lowe as a leader of the Pack's last glory team back in 1983. Hometown boy returns in triumph, fans dancing in the streets of Raleigh, etc. It makes for some good headlines and I really want to share the optimism. But...
I still need to be sold. I'm thinking of the recent article by Seth Davis on SI.com about the oft-criticized Herb Sendek (the coach who just left). Yes, Sendek had trouble winning against UNC and Duke. Yes, his Princeton offense was boring and perhaps overly technical. But he did manage to put up a 191-132 overall record and five consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Sendek didn't exactly run the program into the ground, so I'm having trouble seeing how turning it over to a guy who has never coached college constitutes a win.
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