{"id":232,"date":"2010-09-14T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsports.us\/?p=232"},"modified":"2010-09-14T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T14:47:00","slug":"obriens-complaints-are-ill-timed-with-thursday-game-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"O’Brien’s complaints are ill-timed with Thursday game ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien missed the mark this week with his complaints about Thursday night’s game with Cincinnati in Raleigh.<\/p>\n

O’Brien, speaking to the Wolfpack radio network after Saturday’s victory at Central Florida, said the ACC made N.C. State “a sacrificial lamb” by scheduling a Thursday game following a Saturday contest.<\/p>\n

Whether O’Brien is right or not isn’t the point. The bottom line is, the game was scheduled months ago, and O’Brien and his staff have had plenty of time to prepare. Complaining on the radio – and sending a negative message to your team – is no way to spin the situation.<\/p>\n

This is the type of situation where Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski is superb. Krzyzewski takes a situation, even a negative one, and finds a way to use it to his advantage. In this case, for example, O’Brien could have praised the toughness of his team, applauded the depth he has seen develop, and said this was a great opportunity for the Pack to showcase its talents. He could have said the Wolfpack program and fans are ready for national recognition and, despite the short turnaround, will be ready for opportunity.
But he didn’t. And even though he didn’t expound on his postgame comments when meeting with the media Monday, he essentially framed the game in a negative light.<\/p>\n

O’Brien knows better. He’s a smart guy and savvy coach. There’s no ACC conspiracy to hold down the Wolfpack. Sure, State has a tough turnaround, but it is part of the sport when television dollars rule. The Wolfpack should embrace the opportunity, rather than whine about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien missed the mark this week with his complaints about Thursday night’s game with Cincinnati in Raleigh. O’Brien, speaking to the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}