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Message: [QUOTE="Scrutineer, post: 5004594, member: 8240"] I don't understand all the animosity for Coach K (other than the agony of 1990). It's not his fault Vitale and ESPN put him on a pedestal and raised his profile so high kids were flocking there. Maybe they just wanted to help the ACC and not look like they were licking the boots of the local team and league (UConn and the Big East). Vitale is the big villain to me for the constant ACC hype and lack of recognition of UConn's success. Bilas and others have made up for it to a degree with their praise for what JC did for a little state university outside the major basketball footprint. When K lost to JC in 1999 and 2004 he didn't breeze by and say nothing in the handshake line. In fact, he's been a gentleman towards UConn, gracious in defeat, and has helped Dan Hurley from what Dan Hurley has said. - He got off to a slow start at Duke and was almost fired while going 38-47 his first three years but then took off. There were some here getting edgy about Dan Hurley because of first round NCAA tournament losses in his third and fourth years. K took eleven years to win his first NCAA title. Dan Hurley only five. Now if you want to discuss Scheyer that's another story. I'm not wishing him ill will because I don't want to trigger bad karma but he's getting all kinds of positive media coverage so far and it's mainly related to the position he holds and the halo effect. [/QUOTE]