Especially since he spend the better part of Tuesday morning flaming NC State fans on Twitter. Of course that’s not exactly a bad thing right?
Ah Twitter. That crazy little social media outlet which tears down the walls between a former UNC basketball coach/player and rival fans. In this case, you have Matt Doherty who tweeted this.
Julius Peppers was one of the smartest players I ever coached. He remembered plays better than anyone. He was a good person and a worker…
— Matt Doherty (@DohertyMatt) August 21, 2012
…I wish I had a team full of players like Julius Peppers!
— Matt Doherty (@DohertyMatt) August 21, 2012
Needless to say this caught the attention of pretty much everyone following Doherty and why not? Peppers has been put through the media ringer now for over a week characterized as too stupid to be in college. Doherty disputes that and the result is plenty of raised eyebrows. Of course Twitter being Twitter meant NCSU fans in particular were not going to pass on the chance to rip Doherty for what some might call an empty defense. Doherty, as it turns out, doesn’t mind mixing it up.
@austin_johnson can’t believe a Pack fan is taking shots at UNC’s education? Really? Stay tuned for some famous NC State quotes!— Matt Doherty (@DohertyMatt) August 21, 2012
A famous NC State player once said, “I can go left, I can go right. I be amphibious!” Go Heels!
— Matt Doherty (@DohertyMatt) August 21, 2012
An NC State player said in response to a question on why he chose State, “I always wanted to go to school in the North.” He was from SC!
— Matt Doherty (@DohertyMatt) August 21, 2012
State fans are so easy!Fun to mess with them.
— Matt Doherty (@DohertyMatt) August 21, 2012
If you read the replies and retweets for some of these you see Doherty does a fair job at riling up the masses. I don’t know if Doherty is trying to get back in the good graces of UNC fans or he simply was bored and decided to poke the bear. Not that I have any problem with Doherty flaming NCSU fans, because he does correctly note they are “easy” when it comes to getting them to respond to most basic ribbing.
Whatever the case, Doherty is clearly enjoying life despite his coaching career coming to a grinding halt. While that sucks to some extent the fact he’s still getting paid and has time to mess around with rival fans on Twitter isn’t a bad way to live.
