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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
1. I am not a dumb fan, and furthermore not a Duke fan.
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I never said you were either of those things.
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2. I am glad Duke lost, and Connecticut was one of my finalists in the bracket.
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Okay. You and I are on the same page with that.
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3. I have not said Duke lost because the game was poorly called.
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Yeah - don't think I ever accused you of that.
There's going to be lots of discussions on the Duke/UConn game, suffice it to say "how do we know who's right?"
The only thing I REALLY disagree with is your assertion that they made a lot of calls they didn't need to make, and missed a bunch. And the bit about how everyone was confused. Calhoun wasn't confused - he adjusted his game plan, and it worked. Coach K left his three big men in the game - a game where he knew calls were going to be made - and paid the price.
You talk about officials' unwillingness to say when we've had an off-day. Let's just say you know better than to say something like that HERE, where you've witnessed the contrary hundreds of times now.
I think Mike Krzyzewski got out-coached. I think Duke had three trips on offense in the final 2:00 where they jacked up stupid shots instead of working the clock.
Having said all of this - a couple other posts implied that I don't value your contributions here. Nothing could be further from the truth. Time and time again, I've said how great it is to have good, open-minded coaches like you (and P.C.) that we can have honest discussions with. Hmmmm, like this one.
Warm up the couch! Ice up the beer!