Students react to Will Wade leaving after one year with NC State
>> NUMBER ONE SOURCE FOR LOCAL
NEWS. THIS IS WRAL.
>> WOLFPACK FANS ON NC STATE'S
CAMPUS CALLED THE NEWS OF WILL
WADE'S DEPARTURE. A TOUGH PILL
TO SWALLOW AFTER ONE SEASON
WITH THE PACT ILL TELL WRAL
THEY THEY TELL US THAT THEY
FEEL LIKE THE MOVE IS A
BETRAYAL. THANKS FOR JOINING
US. I'M MICHELLE MACKONOCHIE
WRAL. ISRAELI DANILEE HAS BEEN
ON CAMPUS ALL DAY SPEAKING TO
STUDENTS WHALEY. THEY'RE
FRUSTRATED. WHAT ARE THEY
TELLING YOU?
>> FRUSTRATED TO SAY THE LEAST.
MICHELLE, THIS RIGHT HERE IS
COACH'S CORNER. THIS IS
RECOGNIZING SOME OF THE BEST
BASKETBALL COACHES IN NC STATE
HISTORY. FANS TELL US THAT THEY
HOPE THAT WILL WADE'S NAME
WOULD END UP HERE ONE DAY.
BUT AFTER TODAY, THAT'S VERY
UNLIKELY. THEY SAY THEY'RE
EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. NOT
ONLY DID HE LET DOWN THE TEAM,
HE LET DOWN THE WHOLE
UNIVERSITY.
>> THE DISAPPOINTMENT WAS
NOTICEABLE ON CAMPUS TODAY
AFTER WOLF PACK HEAD COACH WILL
WADE ANNOUNCED HE'S LEAVING THE
PROGRAM TO COACH THE LSU TIGERS
AFTER JUST ONE SEASON. STUDENTS
CALLED THE MOVE OF THE TRAIL.
HE HAD ALL THESE PROMISES THAT
HE WAS GOING HOME. FIX OUR
PROGRAM. GET US BACK INTO THE
FINAL 4 AND EVEN MAYBE GET A
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> AND NOW HE'S LEAVING US
AFTER WE PAY TOO MUCH MONEY
TO GET HIM OVER HERE. SO I KIND
OF FEEL LIKE MY TUITION WAS
WASTED. MY TIME WAS WASTED AND
I'M NOT VERY HAPPY WITH HIM
AS A GUY.
>> VANCE TOLD WRAL THEY THOUGHT
THE FUTURE OF THE MEN'S
BASKETBALL PROGRAM WAS LOOKING
UP AFTER A CLOSE GAME AGAINST
TEXAS IN THE FIRST 4 NATHAN
COHEN TELLS ME HE'S UPSET AND
FEELS WAIT. LEVERAGE HIS
POSITION WITH THE PACK FOR A
JOB WITH THE TIGERS, EVERYONE
AROUND CAMPUS MATTER. AND I
MEAN, YOU HAD ALL THESE PLANS
FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN
TURNING GAMES WHEN ACC
TOURNAMENT. AND IT'S LIKELY
THAT THE YEAR.
>> I FEEL PRETTY PRETTY MUCH
A DRY NIGHT AFTER AFTER ONLY
ONE YEAR. IT'S CRAZY. SOME
STUDENTS EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION
SAYING THE TEAM HAS BEEN LEFT
HIGH AND DRY. LOOKING FOR A
NEW HEAD COACH AT THE LAST
MINUTE.
>> NOW THEY'RE HOPING THAT THE
NEXT PERSON IN WADE SHOES IS IN
IT FOR THE LONG HAUL.
>> WE NEED TO AND THAT EVEN
AIMING TO JUST BE A TEAM THAT
IS THIS PUMP AND DUMP. YOU
KNOW, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT
ALL THIS MONEY, PUT ALL THESE
PLAYERS JUST TO LEAVE IN, TAKE
THEM WITH YOU.
>> SO WHAT NOW FANS TELL US
THAT THEY STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN THE TEAM. THAT IS THE NC
STATE BASKETBALL TEAM. AND
THEY'RE JUST HOPING THAT THE
NEXT COACH THAT THEY FIND IS
DEDICATED TO THE PROGRAM WILL
BE DOWN THE WRAL NEWS IN THE
STATE.
>> NC STATE DIRECTOR OF
ATHLETICS. BOO. CORRIGAN SAID
WADE RESIGNED WITH AN E-MAIL
FROM HIS AGENT AND WADE SKIPPED
A RECENT SCHEDULED MEETING
TODAY. WE ASKED CORRIGAN IF
HE HAD ANY REGRETS ABOUT HIRING
WEIGHED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> DO YOU REGRET HIRING HIM IN
THE FIRST PLACE?
>> GOING BACK TO THIS PAST
YEAR, HE DID. A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE EXCITED ABOUT AND SEE SAY
BASKETBALL. RIGHT AND EXCITED
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
THIS PAST YEAR. I'M
DISAPPOINTED THAT IT ENDED THE
WAY THAT IT THAT MORE THAN WISH