Amato finished at FSU after bowl

Lol, I brought up the topic of Chuck coming back to coach our defense a few days ago as a joke! While he did good things for our program and coached us to one of the best defenses in the country for a couple years, it's just not in the cards. Like JPDOhio is saying, it just isn't realistically possible. Think about it like a bad breakup...sometimes you just know that you will never get back together with someone.

Chuck is a jerk, he didn't do anything for the wolfies but leave them with a crappy team. He did get Rivers and he wouldn't have won ten games the whole time he was at state without him. He was the one who said state was a "football school",
excuse me! Of course coach Tom "who licked the red off my candy face" O'Brien still has a long way to go. The current wolfies stink and if wilson opts out they will be even worse.

When all is said and done, Chuck deserves credit for the excitement he helped bring to Wolfpack football and the impact he had on the new facilities. He also had the good sense to lock up Philip Rivers when most college coaches questioned whether Rivers could be a productive college QB. Chuck also was able to recruit amazing talent on the defensive side.

The reality is that there is simply no way he comes back to State in a subordinate capacity. For all his talent as a coach and recruiter, Jimbo is giving him the boot, even though they need a defensive coordinator. Why? Could it be that working for Jimbo Fisher is not the same as working for your mentor and that the lifelong loyalty that Chuck had for Bobby does not exist with Jimbo?

It is well documented that Chuck's coaching staff was a revolving door. He obviously did not inspire loyalty in his assistants. His teams were famous for having a lack of discipline. Chuck also seemed to relish the spotlight. These are not qualities that would indicate to me that he would be a good fit for TOB's staff.

So, it is fun to explore these what ifs. But it is more likely that Urban Meyer will leave Florida for NC State than for Chuck to find his way back to Raleigh as a Wolfpack coach.

Give him a fake title like the one he had at FSU and let him recruit Florida.

He has a good defensive mind and he could help in recruiting.

He has one major failing (in my opinion), and it is not necessarily his ego.

He either coaches players to be (or recruits players that are) hyper-aggressive. While this seems like a good quality for a football player, it unfortunately means that you will have a lot of penalties. State was plagued by penalties during his tenure. His players seemed to be practically in a frenzied state; hair-triggers ready to go off. And go off they did. A lot!

I have read that Amato's name has come up as a head coach candidate at Marshall.

I think he could be a very good head coach (or DC) if he can keep that hyper-aggressive thing in check.

Chuck will always be heavily regarded for what he did to get Carter-Finley to where it is today. Chuck, while not a very good game day adjustment coach or disciplinarian, is a pretty good defensive mind. It's dumb to think that NC State would ever try to get him back--nor would Chuck want to come back.

If Mike Archer did get the heave--which he won't, unfortunately--I'd rather State go get Reggie Herring. State finished ranked 7th in overall D when he was the D coordinator.

BTW, how did the N&O resist putting in some unrelated spot on what Herb is doing out at ASU? Hmm. I guess they're too busy with the story that's sure to come out next week. "Herb Sendek likes the food in Arizona better than Raleigh." Dun dun dunnnnnn.