The IronDog Chronicles

Red Auerbach, 1917-2006

If there was ever anyone who typified basketball, that person would be Arnold ‘Red’ Auerbach.
He was the true essence of the city game and ‘winning.’ There are few characters in sports who speak with truth and authority in their professional game.The Boston Globe did an incredible job honoring ‘Red’ on Sunday. […]

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What do you think of these?…
Good article in the Greensboro News & Record about football coaching searching consultant, Chuck Neinas. Damn, this guy is ‘deep cover’, right?
Great hire with the Giants hiring Bruce Bochy as their manager. Wow…Talk about ‘deep cover.’ Damn, Brian Sabean is one helluva GM. Stable, solid, moves […]

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Major daps to Health Sciences Library and the School of Information and Science at UNC-Chapel Hill for pulling this lecture tomorrow…
If you’re around, maybe you can grab a standing room only slot for Google CTO, Craig Silverstein. The lecture is entitled “Organizing the World’s Information, Google’s Vision for the 21st Century.”
If you miss […]

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I understand certain moves need to be made…But when is the right time?
Well, when it comes to timing and handling, the UNC athletic department didn’t do so well with the timing of firing of John Bunting on Sunday night.
Undoubtedly, John Bunting had to go…We all knew that it was coming after the Clemson and Miami […]

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One wonderful NBA world may be coming to an end…
Yes, the wonderful world of former UNC point guard, Jeff McInnis, may be over…No, this time he didn’t go after a coach or do a pump and run at McFarling’s.
His feud with New Jersey Nets head coach, Lawerence Frank, and the upper management of the Nets […]

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Pencil this one on your calendar…
If you want to know what innovative people and projects are emerging out of Chapel Hill, you need to check out what’s going on with Fred Stutzman.
He’s shining bright with his thoughts on social networking. Now, he’s announced the ‘Social Software Symposium’ at UNC Chapel Hill on December […]

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With the Bobcats and the Wizards coming into the Hill tomorrow night…
I thought that I would feed you some notes from Sam Smith. Here’s a chock full-o-info from his column today in the Chicago Tribune.
I like this one…
“Pistons players close to (Ben) Wallace say he has bemoaned the Bulls’ rule that precludes him from […]

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I didn’t see this one coming…
I really didn’t expect the A’s to fire their manager, Ken Macha, this afternoon. Especially, when you consider the A’s pulled off one of the better second-half performances in baseball over the past decade.
Yet, you never know what’s going on behind closed doors in organizations. Check out the […]

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