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Praise for Roof from Pack's O'Brien
The most unexpected college football news conference quotes Monday probably came from the Murphy Center conference room when N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien was asked about Duke’s success under David Cutcliffe.
After praising Cutcliffe, O’Brien had kind words for Ted Roof, who was 6-45 as Duke’s head coach.
This wasn’t intended as a slight of Cutcliffe. O’Brien has admired Cutcliffe since they became acquainted as assistants coaching Tennessee (Cutcliffe) and Virginia (O’Brien) in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 1991. With Duke at 5-3 with three straight ACC wins under Cutcliffe, O’Brien was asked about Cutcliffe’s success.
"He went to Mississippi,” O’Brien said. “God only knows why they let him go. He’s a good football coach. He’s got some good football players, too, and that helps. He’s done really a fabulous job.”
But O’Brien also had kind words for Roof, whose firing after the 2007 season paved the way for Cutcliffe to take the helm. Roof recruited top Blue Devil veterans such as quarterback Thaddeus Lewis and defensive linemen Vince Oghobaase and Ayanga Okpokowuruk.
"I think Ted Roof did a pretty good job recruiting some guys, too,” O’Brien said. “There are some guys on that football team that if they didn’t have (them), they may not be playing the way they are. Thad Lewis has learned a lot in four years. He’s taken his beating, but four years later he’s dishing out some beatings. And that’s all part of growing up, and that’s all part of maturity, and that’s all part of execution. He’s in a good offense for him, and that’s all a part of good coaching, too.”
Ken Tysiac
Ken Tysiac has covered the ACC for The Charlotte Observer since 2003, and spent the previous eight years covering Clemson for the Anderson Independent-Mail and then The State in South Carolina. He grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
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Mon, 11/02/2009 - 23:14 — RexJYeah, Ted recruited some good players, but he and his staff couldn't coach them to a win versus a Pee Wee team! Being a great recruiter means nothing if you cannot then lead the team to victory. See "Ron Zook" for another example.
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Tue, 11/03/2009 - 09:19 — YAR8packDon't forget how good of a recruiter Chuck was, Tom.
The last part of that quote is hilarious. When TOB says Duke turnaround is how "it's all part of good coaching too." TOB needs some of that for his defense. FIRE Mike "I refuse to run anything but soft zone coverage and I can't get my defense in place" Archer. That dude is not a coach.
We're Number 1!
Tue, 11/03/2009 - 12:32 — SurferYes, but at one point in time, didn't NCSU have the #1 defense in the country? And the best "Program" in the State of NC?