Press Conference Notes

by Akula Wolf on Jul 19, 2011 3:56 PM EDT

Mark Gottfried's press conference went pretty much exactly how you'd expect a press conference in July to go. He took the opportunity to stay on message about the quality of his first team ("long way to go") and spoke a bit more about his scheduling philosophy (got to avoid those teams in the 250+ RPI range). He also said he thinks both Alex Johnson and MegaHorse De Thaey can contribute this season:

"Both guys, Thomas [De Thaey] and Alex Johnson, both can contribute this year. Thomas is a 20-year-old freshman. He's a physical guy who can really shoot it. We're excited about him. Thomas had a lot of options, we were excited to get him. He can be a contributor."

Which is good since if they can't, we're in worse shape than I thought.

Gottfried spoke a bit about Richard Howell, who he said is down to about 250 pounds from 271. So that's great news. A little more quickness should help him at the defensive end and on the glass. Someone (Giglio?) pressed him a bit after his "long way to go" comments, noting that the core of State's team (Brown, CJL, Howell) can be as good as anybody not named Duke or UNC. Gottfried didn't change his tune, said he hadn't really looked at the rest of the league and didn't know where to put his team, but I suspect he knows better than that.

Tweet Comment 10 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

Subject

I don’t think he’s really sandbagging. We have a lot of raw talent, but nobody on this team knows what winning feels like, and Gott knows it. I think our league record is going to be about the same as last year, maybe a game or two better, but I think by the end of the year there will be a better feeling about it somehow.

by bms on Jul 19, 2011 4:05 PM EDT reply actions

I had forgotten about MEGAHORSE

My excitement level is now through the roof!

MEGAHORSE!

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Jul 19, 2011 4:10 PM EDT reply actions

Any chance the weight drop will translate to Richard getting his shit swatted less?

I get awfully tired of watching a beast get rejected like a little schoolgirl…

by wolfonthehill on Jul 19, 2011 5:38 PM EDT reply actions

I think it was Gold

yesterday, when they were discussing Howell’s weight loss, who said, “I was talking to an ACC assistant coach after they had played NC State last season, who told me, ‘that team is out of shape, that shows they are not working hard in practice.’”

We all knew the team was out of shape, other coaches knew they were out of shape, why was our staff so incapable of seeing or correcting this problem?

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Jul 20, 2011 10:28 AM EDT reply actions