Duke Travel? NO Never!

[IREFU2]

I have to agree with Sallender, when they are winning everything is all good, but when the games is tight and Coack K tries to work his magic and starts working the officials. IMO, the best way to referee this play is from the baseline, where ther camera was. So many times I have seen trail officials even or ahead of the play. Thats one thing I have been working on this year is trailing the play so I can pick these types of violations.

[TussAgee11]

YouTube - Flagrant Elbow - No Call; No Review; No Outrage

This is why its annoying. Nobody will ever pay any attention to this and it will just go down as "Duke is a bunch of wusses."

On the pick earlier in the week vs. Maryland, we had a pretty good debate on whether it was clean or not.

The point is, the first words out of everyone's mouth are "WHAT A GREAT PICK. HE LAID HIM OUT!" If the Duke player sets that pick, it's "WHAT A DIRTY PLAY! SUSPENSION!"

The officials should just call the game, which is what they do at that level. From an officiating standpoint, that is the best thing I can take away from all this. Just referee. By and large, the officials at the NCAA level do a great job calling an ever changing game. The close calls in every game - fans see what they want to see. And since 95% of them hate Duke, you can see where the real bias is!

Done!

[Berkut]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

On the pick earlier in the week vs. Maryland, we had a pretty good debate on whether it was clean or not.

The point is, the first words out of everyone's mouth are "WHAT A GREAT PICK. HE LAID HIM OUT!" If the Duke player sets that pick, it's "WHAT A DIRTY PLAY! SUSPENSION!"

That is awesome that you know what "everyone" says and it is always the exact same thing, because "everyone" is incapable of objectivity.

Except for you. I guess?

I find it ironic when people make these kinds of arguments where they are complaining about how "EVERYONE" is unfair to their particular group. Irony much?

[JPaco54]

Great coach! But, but I lost some respect for him last year, when I heard him drop the F bomb a few times during an interview and with players during a time out. Also, this hit home a little more, is when he visited my sons HS on a recruiting visit. It was a Saturday morning practice and all the kids (HS players) were excited to meet Coach K. Even the freshman team showed up just to meet Coach K. He was polite but refused to have pictures taken with the kids and gave them a hard time about signing autographs. The kids were disappointed in his visit. Now when, Coach Williams(UNC)came to visit, he sat with the kids, engaged with them, took pictures and looked liked he was having as much fun as these high school kids were. Duke's a great school and Coach K a great coach, just a little more guarded in public, which I can appreciate.