‘Egalitarian’: Mack still fired up over Doeren speech

• Andrea Adelson, ESPN Elder WriterDec 20, 2023, 07:11 PM ET

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coach Mack Brown called NC State coach Dave Doeren “classless” on Wednesday following a postgame video celebration last month in which Doeren utilized negative language to explain the Tar Heels.After NC State liquidated the routine season with a triumph over its rival, Doeren attended to the group inside the locker room, and his comments were captured on cam by the ACC Network.”It’s been 1,460 days given that those

pieces of s– beat us,”Doeren informed his team.Brown raised the topic Wednesday at his national

finalizing day news conference.” I have actually never heard something like that before,”Brown said.

“I’m dissatisfied. I believed it was classless. It’s not real. We didn’t play well in the game. We didn’t coach well in the game. It’s been extremely well-documented, and I got that, however you do not call kids a piece of s–, and I have actually addressed it with our team. I asked forgiveness to them. “These kids are one of the top scholastic groups in America. They got an award for AFCA

‘s leading 13. They have actually won a Coastal division. They have actually won a bunch of games. They’ve been to an Orange Bowl, been to 5 straight bowls. They represent us. And from me speaking for them and their parents, they actually didn’t value being called a piece of s–.” Doeren, saying he was uninformed that video cameras remained in the locker space, on Wednesday said he had called Brown to apologize.”Undoubtedly, if I understood I was on camera, my language would not have been what it

was, “Doeren stated.”Does that make it any better? No. I did call coach and say sorry since I could have used a lot of different words. They caught me in a heat-of-the-moment circumstance in the locker space commemorating a substantial win, and I was fired up about how we played. I have regard for coach, so the last thing I wanted for him to feel that, and again, it’s not a reason, however it shouldn’t have been on TV.”I might have said that in a much more professional method, and I are sorry for not doing that. What I do not regret is having passion with my players and commemorating a big win. I’m going to continue to do that. Hopefully down the road we’ll get the courtesy that we should have when we’re going to be on TV in those moments.”