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From: mauney@ncsu.UUCP (Jon Mauney)
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Subject: Re: Observations the last week
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Date: Mon, 16-Jan-84 17:09:03 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 16 17:09:03 1984
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I would like to take this opportunity to explain Coach Valvano's
strategy for the NC State Wolfpack.  You must understand that a
winning coach usually tries to repeat his success by doing whatever
he did last time.  When Norm Sloan won the championship he had an
amazingly tall center and an amazingly short guard, and when those
players graduated he recruited more of the same.

Last year,  NCSU got off to a poor start,  but finished red-hot.
(well,  hot enough to win, anyway)
This year, Coach V figured that he would probably have a regular
season conference record of 7-7,  so he says "why not lose the
first 7,  then we can finish with seven straight wins, which will
set us up for another tournament sweep."  This strategy, coupled 
with a guard even shorter than Monte Towe,  should put the Wolfpack
in position for a gold medal in LA this summer.

I'm surprised you didn't realize this yourselves.

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_Doctor_                           Jon Mauney,    mcnc!ncsu!mauney
\__Mu__/                           North Carolina State University