The Coach K Offensive

[SMU Section F]

Duke Class of '92, SMU lifetime fan here. Three things:

(1) The responses to this thread have been overwhelmingly thoughtful, and entertaining.

(2) Wearing my Duke fan hat, I really want K to talk less about the ACC and prep more for Lehigh and Mercer.

(3) Wearing my SMU fan hat, is something I will definitely be doing when SMU plays Duke.

(4) I remember when K's first great team made the ncaa finals, losing to Louisville and Pervis. I remember when the ACC all collectively hated Carolina, not Duke. I remember when lots of America rooted for scrappy underdog Duke against might unlv in '91. My point is, I hope SMU enjoys a decades-long run of success like Duke has, and don't forget to enjoy the time on the rise--where SMU is just starting to be. It's the best part.

I <3 this post.

[Dukie]

Thanks Section F. But now you need to pray for the Ponies. I will be watching the LSU game from Vail. I have watched exactly one SMU game from Vail, and it is a famous SMU game, but we only scored 36 points and lost.

[gostangs]

Maybe you should skip watching then.....

[OhioBrownFan]

DBB, I'll side with you, always liked Coach K. He did what he's supposed to for his fellow ACC coaches. Thad does it for the B10, Self does it for the B12. Duke is always a polarizing team and K's comments are under a microscope on this board because it may have kept out SMU and in reality, probably did have something to do with NC State getting in. It's certainly not K's fault that NC St got in but his comments definitely did not hurt their chances of getting in. People need an outlet with the jab that came at the AAC. I get that and you're just not going to find a lot of love on here right now. But I think most 99% of people, like/hate Coach K, got respect for his ability to coach. This is about his conference having a team get in the field that should not have been looking at the resume.

OBF:

K, Matta, Self all need to shut up and coach. They are great coaches. They need to stick to that. The constant politicking of which conference is better than the other needs to be left to the pundits.

Isn't that their job? Isn't getting their conference teams in what validates their conference being good? Isn't that what Pitino said in regard to SMU not getting in?

It's part of their job...The tourney committee is supposed to be the group on folks that are not politicking and unbiased.

Oh, and above poster that was talking about K ripping the A10, the A10 is doing awful in the tourney FYI. 2-4 in the first round I believe. Dayton is the only team left as of today.

[OhioBrownFan]

DBB, I'll side with you, always liked Coach K. He did what he's supposed to for his fellow ACC coaches. Thad does it for the B10, Self does it for the B12. Duke is always a polarizing team and K's comments are under a microscope on this board because it may have kept out SMU and in reality, probably did have something to do with NC State getting in. It's certainly not K's fault that NC St got in but his comments definitely did not hurt their chances of getting in. People need an outlet with the jab that came at the AAC. I get that and you're just not going to find a lot of love on here right now. But I think most 99% of people, like/hate Coach K, got respect for his ability to coach. This is about his conference having a team get in the field that should not have been looking at the resume.

So the only guy to side with DBB is an OSU fan who started a thread complaining about "my team" losing. Cool. This is ponyfans, not reacharoundsforcoachk.com or blowjobsforbuckeyes.net

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I laffed

[CalallenStang]

DBB, I'll side with you, always liked Coach K. He did what he's supposed to for his fellow ACC coaches. Thad does it for the B10, Self does it for the B12. Duke is always a polarizing team and K's comments are under a microscope on this board because it may have kept out SMU and in reality, probably did have something to do with NC State getting in. It's certainly not K's fault that NC St got in but his comments definitely did not hurt their chances of getting in. People need an outlet with the jab that came at the AAC. I get that and you're just not going to find a lot of love on here right now. But I think most 99% of people, like/hate Coach K, got respect for his ability to coach. This is about his conference having a team get in the field that should not have been looking at the resume.

OBF:

K, Matta, Self all need to shut up and coach. They are great coaches. They need to stick to that. The constant politicking of which conference is better than the other needs to be left to the pundits.

Isn't that their job? Isn't getting their conference teams in what validates their conference being good? Isn't that what Pitino said in regard to SMU not getting in?

It's part of their job...The tourney committee is supposed to be the group on folks that are not politicking and unbiased.

Oh, and above poster that was talking about K ripping the A10, the A10 is doing awful in the tourney FYI. 2-4 in the first round I believe. Dayton is the only team left as of today.

Their job is to coach and recruit. Not pontificate

[OhioBrownFan]

Their job is to coach and recruit. Not pontificate

Can we at least agree that conferences get a lot of their reputation by teams in the tourney and how they perform? I would argue that is smart coaching to get your teams in so that your conference is justified as legit by the time next year rolls around. Just my opinion of course. And I'm not trying to get into the crossfire of all this, just saying I respect Coach K and would take him as my coach any day of the week.

[CalallenStang]

I'd say that it is mostly based on how your conference's teams perform in the tourney. Another reason K should STFU and coach. He could have crushed Mercer with a little more preparation and a better game plan, and I know that he is capable of out coaching anyone

[CalallenStang]

I'd say that it is mostly based on how your conference's teams perform in the tourney. Another reason K should STFU and coach. He could have crushed Mercer with a little more preparation and a better game plan, and I know that he is capable of out coaching anyone

[OhioBrownFan]

I'd say that it is mostly based on how your conference's teams perform in the tourney. Another reason K should STFU and coach. He could have crushed Mercer with a little more preparation and a better game plan, and I know that he is capable of out coaching anyone

I'll roll with this, at least we're agreeing on something. And yeah, still embarrassing. That Duke team should not have been beat with that talent.

[Treadway21]

Duke Class of '92, SMU lifetime fan here. Three things:

(1) The responses to this thread have been overwhelmingly thoughtful, and entertaining.

(2) Wearing my Duke fan hat, I really want K to talk less about the ACC and prep more for Lehigh and Mercer.

(3) Wearing my SMU fan hat, is something I will definitely be doing when SMU plays Duke.

(4) I remember when K's first great team made the ncaa finals, losing to Louisville and Pervis. I remember when the ACC all collectively hated Carolina, not Duke. I remember when lots of America rooted for scrappy underdog Duke against might unlv in '91. My point is, I hope SMU enjoys a decades-long run of success like Duke has, and don't forget to enjoy the time on the rise--where SMU is just starting to be. It's the best part.

Good on you. Good teams are love and hate. If we start winning everyone else will start hating us in a heart beat. Accept the hate for what it is, respect.

Now that I've been nice. I hope Duke loses every game for eternity.


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[CalallenStang]

I'd say that it is mostly based on how your conference's teams perform in the tourney. Another reason K should STFU and coach. He could have crushed Mercer with a little more preparation and a better game plan, and I know that he is capable of out coaching anyone

I'll roll with this, at least we're agreeing on something. And yeah, still embarrassing. That Duke team should not have been beat with that talent.

I'm mainly mad at him for two reasons: 1) I wanted SMU in the tourney, and 2) I had Duke to the Elite 8 in my bracket and he screwed that up

[OhioBrownFan]

I'd say that it is mostly based on how your conference's teams perform in the tourney. Another reason K should STFU and coach. He could have crushed Mercer with a little more preparation and a better game plan, and I know that he is capable of out coaching anyone

I'll roll with this, at least we're agreeing on something. And yeah, still embarrassing. That Duke team should not have been beat with that talent.

I'm mainly mad at him for two reasons: 1) I wanted SMU in the tourney, and 2) I had Duke to the Elite 8 in my bracket and he screwed that up

I understand, and yes, F Duke, had them to the Elite 8 as well. The ACC must be a lot worse than I thought they were.

[GallopingGuy]

I'm mainly mad at him for two reasons: 1) I wanted SMU in the tourney, and 2) I had Duke to the Elite 8 in my bracket and he screwed that up

I understand, and yes, F Duke, had them to the Elite 8 as well. The ACC must be a lot worse than I thought they were.

And way worse than Coach K thought they were.

[TidePony]

Coach K just flat sucks