This was posted by one of the most respected posters on Dukes board . Thoughts ?
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Bull$hit post, and I'm a veteran. There are other ways to protest, besides disrespecting our National Anthem. Cal has no BALLS. If he had, he would explained to these young men, that is not the way to protest. Probably most of them do not know who started BLM, or anything about BLM. If they really care about Black Americans, as most of us do, then stop the carnage in the cities, such as Chicago, St. Louis, and other cities. To many young Black Men are dying for NO reason. Kids 12 to 16 years old. I don't hear the NBA players talk about stopping the killing of young Blacks. WHY! I also don't hear anything from the CROOKS in Congress. It truly is a disgrace, what is happening in the cities
OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!
By “their” numbers, wouldn’t surprise me if this was “their” total. Truly unbelievable what some people will buy into. Again, “their” numbers are complete and utter horse shit! Period.
Please tell me you dont think Zion is better than AD........or are you talking about somebody else?
Guess we're all actually dead. I had no clue. I see dead people all around me.
EDIT: Good news is, we can still vote. ...but still pay taxes too.
cool crticial race theory bro
You must live a sad, miserable life when your whole thought process is about perceived racism. So now, you are berating a 1/4 of the country. Pitiful, plum, pitiful.
Honestly, if I was a coach, I'd run as fast as I could away from the kid. What coach in their right mind wants Big Mouth Lebron interfering all the time? Lavar Ball on steroids.
Yeah the part that the Duke poster got wrong was that K's attitude to the season DID have something to do with his lack of enthusiasm for the team he'd put on the floor this year. Whereas Cal thought he had the all the horses and was excited to get going.
I think K is getting worn down, but that has been escalated by him jumping into the one and done pool which I think he personally detested having to do. Think the Jalen Johnson thing is a sign of that fatigue on his part. So add that to the fact that he didnt feel real good about his roster this year and its not surprising at all he was trying to deep six the season.
You may be right about the lack of players knowing and trusting each other. But here's my question: how do you blame Calipari when his hands were tied in so many ways?
There is no question, the established teams with the most returning experience this season have thrived, even more so than other years. Teams with young talent and new players have struggled. That always seems to happen in early season games but usually by March the younger teams have caught up. This season, the catch up hasn't happened.
Cal missed on his biggest recrutis this year
Ashton Hagans
Quickley
Richards
Montgomery
Neither, I was referencing Lebron. K stayed on as an Olympic coach (still think this shouldn't be allowed), made buddies with Lebron and basically had Lebron say all these nice things about him to help his recruiting.. not that coaching the olympic teams full of NBA stars to gold medals didn't hurt.
Lebron never needed K for a thing.. but Coach K certainly utilized Lebron when he was getting his ass kicked by John Calipari on the recruiting trail.
But what's Bronny going to do for Coach K? He's still 2 years out, barely top25 in ranking. I don't think Lebron is just going to hand Bronny over to K, especially with their program looking like crap at the moment. And even if he did, meh. you could make the argument that a recruit like Bronny will be overhyped and bring along baggage and scrutiny.. personally? No thanks.
I guess what I'm trying to say.. I'm not worried about K and Lebron's relationship at all when it comes to Lebron's kid.. who, thinking about it.. I bet goes to an HBCU, or to a young and/or black coach like a Juwan Howard, or maybe goes right to the G-League.
Yeah, I won't argue that. What might have been, eh? Quickley and Richards seem to have made the right choice for themselves, though, and it's clear they were ready. The 2 guys there who should have come back are Hagans and Montgomery. I'm not sure what thought process went into their decisions.
But given where the team was when the dust settled and all the new players, I don't see how Cal could have improved team chemistry. The loss of the cupcakes this season killed this team's chemistry. No blue white game, no exhibitions, no cupcakes to gain confidence and build chemistry, no eating out or going out together, no get togethers, and so on. Teams with new players have struggled across the board, and we had more newcomers than anyone.
Add in the fact that our newcomers couldn't shoot the ball and what you end up with is a disaster.
Evidently there is a condition plaguing the Duke fan base called “Zion Hangover” , it was referenced a few times by posters . Probably similar to my “2015 Wisconsin loss hangover “ .
Go spew your ignorance toward someone else. Your indoctrination is so laughable that you think your views are enlightened. You're just another sheep in the herd.
Because it was cals choice. He said that in either a press conference or on the radio. Once he changed his policy, things immediately improved. Also important to note no covid issue even with relaxed policies.
They were probably depressed as much as anything. Imagine never seeing anyone outside the two hours of practice.
Yes it was a had situation but he made it worse by mishandling and isolating these kids. Sounds like K did the same thing. They were overly aggressive in their protections and it cost them.
Ohh what college hoops has come to coach K’s old self doesn’t want to coach his teams anymore & Cal can’t coach at all 🤦♂️. Both have been riding the backs of one and done NBA players in past decade especially cal
No they did not lol Jeffrey Jordan was a 3 star with one offer to Loyola of Chicago. Bronny is a 5 star who will be offered by nearly every blue blood.
I agree. What is really weird, before I knew the coach K we know today, I actually like the 80s Duke teams. Johnny Dawkins was one of my favorite players regardless of school attended. He was a bad ass, those early 80s Duke teams where actually entertaining to watch, without all of the rah rah, fake bull shit.
The team with Dawkins, Bilas, Amaker, Mark Alarie, Dave Henderson was bad dudes.
I've died twice over the last year myself, but due to the effects of isolation from covid lock downs.
kb, I'm from Eastern Kentucky, and evidently your not. I may be wrong, but I believe your talking about the UK fans in Southeast Kentucky. I don't know why you would make a stupid statement like that, unless you live there and know racists. Eastern Kentucky and Southeast Kentucky, both have Black citizens. We are not racist, and it's BS like you just posted that gives people bad thoughts of Eastern Kentucky. There are good and bad, just like everywhere in the USA. There are drug problems, alcohol problems, just as there are in Louisville and and everywhere else in the USA. There are no riot problems like there are in the cities. We don't care what color a player is, if he can put the ball in the basket. We only care about winning. In the Air Force, 99% of the people I knew, were not racists, even the ones from the deep South. I had friends who were black, and I and them, only cared about one thing, and it damn sure was not the color of his skin. All that mattered to him, or me, was if we could protect each other in combat. Nothing else. We do care about the Constitution, Freedom, Family, Respect, Our Flag, Our National Anthem, and most of all, GOD.
OLD STOLL FIELD GUY!
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I absolutely hate Coach K but I would never compare him to a pedophile like Ted. I know you didn't, just saying that's a line I won't cross.
Bet he is one of those types who spends his time trying to get Pepe Le Pew and deodorant cancelled.
You will survive.......I hated Digger Phelps.......
One can only hope ! I don’t think I will be able to stomach the year long love fest that we will be subjected to by ESPN when the Rat Faced Bastard does retire.
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People don't want to silence the players.........I don't tune in for there opinions......I want to watch basketball.........I don't give a flying F'uck what nationality they are.......what color they are.........how big or how small.........I want to watch basketball............I can turn on opinion shows on the TV/radio......they are just kids and I don't care what their opinion is.......on anything but basketball.........I don't tune in TV/radio opinion shows to hear about basketball.....it isn't about "silencing" anyone............so the hicks in the SE are not as "woke" as people from your area or other areas........
The Dems have had dead people voting for them for decades........why do you think they fight so hard against cleaning up the voter rolls or voter ID......
I don't want to see it as the game is getting going...........the national anthem is part of the game........
Didn't realize Sleepy Joe was a RR poster.
Dude must not have watched the Duke game I just watched.
First call of the game, 20 seconds in, is a foul on Duke.
K met the official in front of the scorers table and proceeded to berate him all the time the official was trying to communicate with the scorers table who the foul was on.
At the first TV time out at 4 minutes into the game, K has a group session with all three officials who were nodding their heads and wagging their tongues like little puppy dogs.
K continued to "coach up" the official nearest to him on the sideline the whole game.
K's greatest coaching strength is his ability to intimidate, humiliate, and berate officials and still convince those officials that they need to pay attention and call the game the way he wants it called.
The ability to control the officials has won K many more games than his ability to coach his own players.
First call of the game, 20 seconds in, is a foul on Duke.
K met the official in front of the scorers table and proceeded to berate him all the time the official was trying to communicate with the scorers table who the foul was on.
At the first TV time out at 4 minutes into the game, K has a group session with all three officials who were nodding their heads and wagging their tongues like little puppy dogs.
K continued to "coach up" the official nearest to him on the sideline the whole game.
K's greatest coaching strength is his ability to intimidate, humiliate, and berate officials and still convince those officials that they need to pay attention and call the game the way he wants it called.
The ability to control the officials has won K many more games than his ability to coach his own players.
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