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3 takeaways from NC State coach Will Wade’s radio show: ‘We’ve got a long run in us’

image_6483441 (3)by: Noah Fleischman8 hours agofleischman_noah
Will Wade
NC State coach Will Wade and the Wolfpack pulled out a 88-86 win over South Carolina on Sunday at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum. (Katie Dugan/GamecockCentral)

As NC State coach Will Wade sat inside The Pit barbeque restaurant in Downtown Raleigh for his first weekly radio show of the season, a fan in the audience asked the Wolfpack’s new coach where he thinks he’ll be in 10 years from now.  And Wade didn’t miss a beat. “Hopefully sitting right here — unless they fire me. I hope not,” Wade said with a chuckle. “This has been great. This was just the start on Monday night. We've got a long run in us.” NC State, which opened the season with a 114-66 win over NC Central in front of a sold-out crowd on Monday night, has officially entered Wade’s “Red Reckoning.” Now, UAB is set to visit the Lenovo Center on Friday night (9 p.m., ACCN). But before the Wolfpack hits the floor again for the second game of the Wade era, here are three takeaways from his coach’s show debut.

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