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FanInNC said:
I see you and Triad already pointed out Wake does not exist in Raleigh. Not even the same county.

But, Raleigh isn’t in the triad. In fact wake moved TO the triad.

Raleigh is part of the triangle. Raleigh, Durham and chapel hill make up the triangle. (Homes of State, Duke and that other school).

The triad is made up of Winston Salem, Greensboro and High Point. Home of the aforementioned Deacs, unc G and of course high point university.

To make matters more confusing, Raleigh is in wake county. Wake forest is a town in wake county - but wake forest university is in Forsyth county - previously they were in wake county, thus the name, but moved away a long long time ago and didn’t change names.

So our friend triadbluedevil must live in the triad while rooting for a school located in the triangle. Clear as mud?
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Just when I thought I had this straight, you make these points. Dang it, back to my notes and a remedial US geography class.
 
FanInNC said:
I see you and Triad already pointed out Wake does not exist in Raleigh. Not even the same county.

But, Raleigh isn’t in the triad. In fact wake moved TO the triad.

Raleigh is part of the triangle. Raleigh, Durham and chapel hill make up the triangle. (Homes of State, Duke and that other school).

The triad is made up of Winston Salem, Greensboro and High Point. Home of the aforementioned Deacs, unc G and of course high point university.

To make matters more confusing, Raleigh is in wake county. Wake forest is a town in wake county - but wake forest university is in Forsyth county - previously they were in wake county, thus the name, but moved away a long long time ago and didn’t change names.

So our friend triadbluedevil must live in the triad while rooting for a school located in the triangle. Clear as mud?
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My medium-term memory is getting hazy since my younger son graduated from Wake almost 10 years ago.
(I did know the campus was uprooted and moved to the triad.

I do know this: ND has got to fly to either the Triad or The Triangle to play up to permutations of various ACC opponents and then back to the Triad for the ACC Championships. And you can drive to all of them by using Rte. 40. (I think that's right....;))
 
Flying into the triangle is just as confusing. Always ruffles my feathers to hear people claim they were in “Raleigh Durham” over the weekend. Raleigh and Durham are 2 separate cities - 20ish miles apart! Yet because the airport is “RDU” the two get lumped together and people make the mistake of claiming to be in two separate cities at the same time.

Greensboro also has an airport - but I can’t lay claim to ever having flown into or out of Greensboro (the triad). Though Jim Boeheim has made it clear he has no love for Greensboro or the Triad.
 
FanInNC said:
Flying into the triangle is just as confusing. Always ruffles my feathers to hear people claim they were in “Raleigh Durham” over the weekend. Raleigh and Durham are 2 separate cities - 20ish miles apart! Yet because the airport is “RDU” the two get lumped together and people make the mistake of claiming to be in two separate cities at the same time.

Greensboro also has an airport - but I can’t lay claim to ever having flown into or out of Greensboro (the triad). Though Jim Boeheim has made it clear he has no love for Greensboro or the Triad.
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I've flown into Greensboro a few times to head west to Winston-Salem. My brother's daughters were avid swimmers and major meets are hosted in a Greensboro facility, so he's gone there...a lot.
 
FanInNC said:
Flying into the triangle is just as confusing. Always ruffles my feathers to hear people claim they were in “Raleigh Durham” over the weekend. Raleigh and Durham are 2 separate cities - 20ish miles apart! Yet because the airport is “RDU” the two get lumped together and people make the mistake of claiming to be in two separate cities at the same time.

Greensboro also has an airport - but I can’t lay claim to ever having flown into or out of Greensboro (the triad). Though Jim Boeheim has made it clear he has no love for Greensboro or the Triad.
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Similar to Dallas-Ft Worth. They’re also 20 or so miles apart and served by DFW.
 
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FanInNC said:
Flying into the triangle is just as confusing. Always ruffles my feathers to hear people claim they were in “Raleigh Durham” over the weekend. Raleigh and Durham are 2 separate cities - 20ish miles apart! Yet because the airport is “RDU” the two get lumped together and people make the mistake of claiming to be in two separate cities at the same time.

Greensboro also has an airport - but I can’t lay claim to ever having flown into or out of Greensboro (the triad). Though Jim Boeheim has made it clear he has no love for Greensboro or the Triad.
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And to add to it...Winston-Salem, the home of Wake Forest, is one city with two names joined together when the towns of Winston and Salem merged a long, long time ago.
 
Don't forget about Fuquay-Varina...that's always a fun one to hear the northern transplants try and pronounce.
 
FanInNC said:
Don't forget about Fuquay-Varina...that's always a fun one to hear the northern transplants try and pronounce.
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How far north are we talking? ;).

At first glance, my brain has a couple interprations in mind. This reminds me of the confusion tourists have saying Queen's Quay when in Toronto. :D
 
If BC were smart, they'd be using backchannels to talk with Carly Thibault-Dubonis, to go from one New England Catholic to another.
 
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What do folks think about Kelly Rae Finley's job security at UF? She' looking 3 straight 5-11 seasons in the SEC dead in the eyes, and there are only 6 underclass players on her roster this season.
 
dws3665 said:
What do folks think about Kelly Rae Finley's job security at UF? She' looking 3 straight 5-11 seasons in the SEC dead in the eyes, and there are only 6 underclass players on her roster this season.
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To me, it will depend when her contract expires as she is still living off the NCAA bid she earned 4 years ago, which for Florida may be enough…it shouldn’t be but as we’ve seen with so many schools, they have completely different priorities.
 
dws3665 said:
What do folks think about Kelly Rae Finley's job security at UF? She' looking 3 straight 5-11 seasons in the SEC dead in the eyes, and there are only 6 underclass players on her roster this season.
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She should be on tenuous ground given the success of Todd Golden (men's basketball coach) and Billy Napier's rise from the football "dead", but we'll see. I think she gets one more season to try to turn it around. It's not like women's team sports can't do well there (see the softball and volleyball teams, for example).
 
dws3665 said:
What do folks think about Kelly Rae Finley's job security at UF? She' looking 3 straight 5-11 seasons in the SEC dead in the eyes, and there are only 6 underclass players on her roster this season.
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I think Coach is safe for a few more years. She has the players support, which is always a plus especially when the season is tough. Her 2026 potential target list of talented players look real, just a matter of reeling those potential players, especially the right ones, in but I think she should be good for a few years.
 
dws3665 said:
What do folks think about Kelly Rae Finley's job security at UF? She' looking 3 straight 5-11 seasons in the SEC dead in the eyes, and there are only 6 underclass players on her roster this season.
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She's pregnant and due in April. So no way you can fire her before the end of next season, in good conscience
 
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Firing season is almost upon us.

Some teams won’t even make their conference tourneys which 3/2 will be their last game .
 
LETTERL said:
And to add to it...Winston-Salem, the home of Wake Forest, is one city with two names joined together when the towns of Winston and Salem merged a long, long time ago.
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And isn't Wake Forest (the city) over in the RTD?
I'm easily confused...:rolleyes:
 
FanInNC said:
Flying into the triangle is just as confusing. Always ruffles my feathers to hear people claim they were in “Raleigh Durham” over the weekend. Raleigh and Durham are 2 separate cities - 20ish miles apart! Yet because the airport is “RDU” the two get lumped together and people make the mistake of claiming to be in two separate cities at the same time.

Greensboro also has an airport - but I can’t lay claim to ever having flown into or out of Greensboro (the triad). Though Jim Boeheim has made it clear he has no love for Greensboro or the Triad.
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Greensboro airport (GSO) also known as PTI - Piedmont Triad International.
 
It's already year 3 for Katie Abrahamson-Henderson. She did make the 2nd round in year one, with the UCF mercenary crew
 
12au said:
She's pregnant and due in April. So no way you can fire her before the end of next season, in good conscience
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I'm not sure I follow the logic here. It's not like she's an hourly wage employee.
But to be clear, I'm not advocating for her firing. Just curious about her perceived level of safety.
 
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dws3665 said:
I'm not sure I follow the logic here. It's not like she's an hourly wage employee.
But to be clear, I'm not advocating for her firing. Just curious about her perceived level of safety.
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My logic is, if I were AD, I'd be morally troubled by firing the prospect someone pregnant or post-partum. I don't know Stricklin, but have to imagine he thinks about this?
 
Coaches at San Diego and GW are out. Southern miss coach retiring.
 
Round 2 as an interim for Doug Novak at GW
 
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