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AW, gee, Mikey goes out with a loss
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2 years 7 months ago #29003
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
Let me start with this littlle note -- no one ever talked about the fact that K had previously gone on record that he did not want to have a "farewell tour" season. Guess he changed his mind after Duke's lousy 13-11/9-9 2021 season.
The hypocrisy that screamed out at me last night was that after Duke announced in June 2021 that this season would be his last, we have put up with over 9 months of the media and Duke fans slobbering all over K in his "farewell season" -- only to endure his audacity when the final game had been lost as he tried to tell the media "It's not about me, it's about these kids."
Bull puckey -- this whole season has been about him.
Ferret faced sourpuss saw a chance to get one more title, and he took it.
I will say this -- he is right that it SHOULD be about the kids.
But by announcing ahead of the season that this would be his last, he obliterated any chance of this season being about anything but him. And if he were to say he never saw that coming, I would call him a bald-faced liar.
I will give him credit for one thing and one thing only - he has been the best coach in D1 MBB since the beginning of the "modern era" (1985 on, with the establishment of the 64 team field in the NCAAT and the shot clock [45 seconds, then 35 in 1993 and 30 for the 2015-16 season] and then the 3 point shot in 1987).
I will note with some pleasure that after our coach left us and gave us the opportunity to get Bill Self, in his new job Roy out performed K in every critical way. K won more games over those 18 years, both in total (507 to 485) and in head-to-head competition (22-18) but...
Say "bye bye"...
The hypocrisy that screamed out at me last night was that after Duke announced in June 2021 that this season would be his last, we have put up with over 9 months of the media and Duke fans slobbering all over K in his "farewell season" -- only to endure his audacity when the final game had been lost as he tried to tell the media "It's not about me, it's about these kids."
Bull puckey -- this whole season has been about him.
Ferret faced sourpuss saw a chance to get one more title, and he took it.
I will say this -- he is right that it SHOULD be about the kids.
But by announcing ahead of the season that this would be his last, he obliterated any chance of this season being about anything but him. And if he were to say he never saw that coming, I would call him a bald-faced liar.
I will give him credit for one thing and one thing only - he has been the best coach in D1 MBB since the beginning of the "modern era" (1985 on, with the establishment of the 64 team field in the NCAAT and the shot clock [45 seconds, then 35 in 1993 and 30 for the 2015-16 season] and then the 3 point shot in 1987).
I will note with some pleasure that after our coach left us and gave us the opportunity to get Bill Self, in his new job Roy out performed K in every critical way. K won more games over those 18 years, both in total (507 to 485) and in head-to-head competition (22-18) but...
2004 thru 2021 ROY K
ACC 1st place 9 3
NCAA titles 3 2Say "bye bye"...
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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