(01-28-2018 06:56 AM)82hawk Wrote:  Beyond attacking him personally, I also heard how he went to a graveyard at NCSU and could never win there. That his style of play worked in the CAA but wouldn't work in the ACC. That he couldn't keep up with the big dogs in the ACC. That he didn't know the x/o's of the game.

Face the facts, Keatts is a winner. I knew it the first day I met him at a practice. He is a great x/o's guy. He is great with donors and fans. He is a great recruiter and knows how to spot talent others may miss. He's a great motivator and knows how to get his players to give everything they have and play fearlessly. He has fantastic connections at the tip of the HS level. And he has proven his ability to field winning teams everywhere he has gone.

It's time to drop all the nonsense of what he should or shouldn't have done with Bryce and how he did the program wrong when he left. It's ridiculous. Anyone asked how he was treated on the way out the door? I still remember the full page thank you ad he put out to the fans and the city. Anyone ever heard of a coach doing that before on their way out?

All the crappy coaches at state before him had a mild level of success before falling on their faces, let’s see how it plays out first. They have had some good wins but also some terrible losses. I’m really not sure how anyone could debate that State has been a coaching graveyard, proof is in the pudding. As far as the ad, I’ve seen it before and it was a crappy attempt to save face and make us forget that he was negotiating a contract with State while he should have been prepping us to play UVA