Coach K

[Adam]

Originally Posted by OldFanDan

Nowhere did I say that they had to like him or his program. If someone is so willing to bash a coach and 'prove' that they 'hate' him, why would they even want to work his games. Revenge, or a 'I'll show him' attitude?

First of all, relax. Coach K will be coaching the New Jersey Nets before I get a chance to work a Duke game.

Second, what you're reading here is nothing more than a bunch of officials tired of hearing how great a person he is. He may well be a good person off the court, but the way he acts on the court negates (or at least mitigates) all that.

If you think we truly "hate" Coach K, then well, I can't help you. Maybe you just need a humor upgrade. What we're engaging in here is called "hyperbole."

Note: I'm not speaking for Jurassic Referee here, as he pretty much hates everyone; but he hates us all equally. Although I do wonder if Jurassic's hatred isn't something like Dante's Hell.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Second, what you're reading here is nothing more than a bunch of officials tired of hearing how great a person he is. He may well be a good person off the court, but the way he acts on the court negates (or at least mitigates) all that.

This post gives me a chance to share without baiting trolls.

'Mitigate' comes from a Latin root meaning to soften or lessen the harshness of something bad or painful. So one can't mitigate something good.

In another thread, you used the term 'fluxuation', employing an archaic spelling that I actually like. Takes me back to Hume and reading of causal "connexions" and such...

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mbyron

This post gives me a chance to share without baiting trolls.

'Mitigate' comes from a Latin root meaning to soften or lessen the harshness of something bad or painful. So one can't mitigate something good.

In another thread, you used the term 'fluxuation', employing an archaic spelling that I actually like. Takes me back to Hume and reading of causal "connexions" and such...

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...

1. "moderate"
2. "fluctuation." (I knew better as I was typing. My sentence was in a state of flux up until I sent it and I was too lazy to fix it.)
3. Shut up.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

1. "moderate"
2. "fluctuation." (I knew better as I was typing. My sentence was in a state of flux up until I sent it and I was too lazy to fix it.)
3. Shut up.

1. "diminish" would be better.
2. I said I liked it!
3. Tu quoque.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Tu quoque.

Tu quoque or tu volleyball - those are always tought decisions at our family picnic.

But isn't that a little off-topic?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Tu quoque or tu volleyball - those are always tought decisions at our family picnic.

But isn't that a little off-topic?

Maybe not as some on here claim to officiate quoque.

[TussAgee11]

I wrote out a pretty detailed response JR, but I won't get preachy on you!

I will disclose that I root for Duke, have familial ties to Duke and to the basketball program under K. I will not pretend to know everything that goes on there, but I do understand most sides of the anti-Duke issue, including the program's side of it.

I could tell stories about alot of good K has done with this world. I'm not going to defend him for "sticking up for his kids" or "a drive to succeed" when he gets on officials, because I think that is crap. But that same attitude serves a coach well in all other facets of coaching. It does produce a negative on the officiating crew on any given night. It isn't desirable, and it doesn't have to be that way. But unfortunately with K, it is.

For me, the good far outweighs the bad. I could tell countless good stories, some well-known, some not. For me, the good outweighs the bad because I choose to evaluate him not from an official's standpoint but at overall face value. Overall, I think he's been good for the university, good for the kids in his program and their families, and good for the community in Durham.

Its not to discredit your opinion JR, you choose to evaluate him with the criteria which is important to you, the officiating portion. That's fine, and I respect that as long its not done with blind dislike like it is for many others in regard to all things Duke.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Tu quoque or tu volleyball - those are always tought decisions at our family picnic.

But isn't that a little off-topic?

Is Elmer Fudd part of your family?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Is Elmer Fudd part of your family?

Shhh...I'm hunting wabbits.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by mbyron

'Mitigate' comes from a Latin root meaning to soften or lessen the harshness of something bad or painful.

One of my favorite words. I love it when the judge, at my sentencing hearings, starts off with the phrase, "Due to mitigating circumstances...".