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Tears For Coach K

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Hi-Low said:
When you have ESPN in your pocket and pumping you for 30 years and can have any recruit you want, fair argument K should have won more titles.

What Calhoun did UConn more impressive to me but biased obviously.
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Yup, and I admit to jealousy over reloading 5 stars year after year while we get none.
ESPN is biased in telling that story about Duke and Kentucky.
 
Watching at a bar with no sound, really enjoyed seeing them get their arses kicked. Smooth of coach K to not take himself so seriously, what was that an hour and a half suckathon?

I was never a Roy fan but he's cool as hell for just calling it quits.
 
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To paraphrase the well known poet Ryan Boatright….Coach K left Cameron with a bad taste of UNC in his mouth.

It could not have ended better. Always happy that UConn prevented him from 2 more titles. If Calhoun had all the Duke 5 stars……..
 
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NCCT said:
Can't wait to see the downfall of Duke under Scheyer over the next few years. They may deny it, but no legend is ever followed by someone just as good
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Heard the standup interview with Scheyer on the way to the locker room at halftime and was underwhelmed. For all I know the guy may be a coaching savant but he wasn't exactly Jay Bilas / Grant Hill / Jay Williams level articulate, as Duke BB alumni go.
 
K was put on the pedestal and compared to Wooden etc. ESPN and Dickie V led the charge
To me, he has done less with all the talent he has had than many coaches
Those 1st round losses in the NCAAs are legendary
Yeah he won a ton of games but so didn't the Picker.............................
No program has done what UConn has done in the past 23 years - except for the Wooden UCLA era
K is in the HoF and should be but I would take JC over him any day
Good riddance Rat Face - I won't miss seeing you on the sidelines
 
gtcam said:
K was put on the pedestal and compared to Wooden etc. ESPN and Dickie V led the charge
To me, he has done less with all the talent he has had than many coaches
Those 1st round losses in the NCAAs are legendary
Yeah he won a ton of games but so didn't the Picker.............................
No program has done what UConn has done in the past 23 years - except for the Wooden UCLA era
K is in the HoF and should be but I would take JC over him any day
Good riddance Rat Face - I won't miss seeing you on the sidelines
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Not to mention dook and uncheats getting home games for every tournament.
 
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His career achievements speak for themselves, but you almost have to split it into two halves. Up thru the '01 Championship his track record was incredible. After that, he did add 2 more Titles, but the trips to the Final 4 slowed down dramatically, and he hardly ever won his own conference over the last 20 years. I don't think the talking heads ever talk about that. Still won a ton of games on the back half, but very spotty performances in the Tourney.

I think Calipari's early success at Kentucky goaded K into going all in on one and doners, and it's not really a winning formula.
 
At our best our forwards and centers were tougher and our guards were more skilled and grittier. JC and crew proved it on the floor in the biggest stage. K has always been 75% coach and 25% politician. JC was always 100% basketball coach. Even the Dukies know this is true. I'm very thankful I got to watch the JC/UCONN ride.

Even in retirement JC was more interesting and devoted to his players. JC wasn't healthy and saw an opportunity to give his guy an opportunity. An opportunity that maybe didn't exist without our tournament eligibility issues. No stupid vain going away tour. Just an simple offseason announcement and was over.
 
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NCCT said:
Can't wait to see the downfall of Duke under Scheyer over the next few years. They may deny it, but no legend is ever followed by someone just as good
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And let's hope the same for Cuse. Would really like Cuse to sink even further after Boeheim leaves.
 
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Still in my mind is the regional final vs duck. We just beat I think Clemson via the pass. Duck is coming down court and Tate George reads a pass is coming. He seps in front of the duck player and intercepts the pass but momentum Carrie’s him out of bounds. Laitner throws the inbound pass and the ball is returned to him and duck beats us. If tate stays in bounds we are on the way to the final four. Instead we suffer 30 years if coach k and how great he is
 
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NDakotaHusky said:
At our best our forwards and centers were tougher and our guards were more skilled and grittier. JC and crew proved it on the floor in the biggest stage. K has always been 75% coach and 25% politician. JC was always 100% basketball coach. Even the Dukies know this is true. I'm very thankful I got to watch the JC/UCONN ride.

Even in retirement JC was more interesting and devoted to his players. JC wasn't healthy and saw an opportunity to give his guy an opportunity. An opportunity that maybe didn't exist without our tournament eligibility issues. No stupid vain going away tour. Just an simple offseason announcement and was over.
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Imagine K taking a random D3 startup job. And being wildly successful.

Wouldn't and couldn't.
 
jayfromfla said:
Still in my mind is the regional final vs duck. We just beat I think Clemson via the pass. Duck is coming down court and Tate George reads a pass is coming. He seps in front of the duck player and intercepts the pass but momentum Carrie’s him out of bounds. Laitner throws the inbound pass and the ball is returned to him and duck beats us. If tate stays in bounds we are on the way to the final four. Instead we suffer 30 years if coach k and how great he is
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jayfromfla said:
Still in my mind is the regional final vs duck. We just beat I think Clemson via the pass. Duck is coming down court and Tate George reads a pass is coming. He seps in front of the duck player and intercepts the pass but momentum Carrie’s him out of bounds. Laitner throws the inbound pass and the ball is returned to him and duck beats us. If tate stays in bounds we are on the way to the final four. Instead we suffer 30 years if coach k and how great he is
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I believe it was during the 2004 NCAA Final Four rematch that K admitted to Calhoun and the media that their teams' history trajectories might have been different if Tate George had secured that loose ball near the end of the game in that 1999 Christian Laitner deflater. With the time running out in that game, all Tate needed to do was push the ball further down the court away from Duke's basket and let the time run out. It took 9 more years and more deflating losses in the Great 8 (against Florida, Mississippi State and UCLA) for UConn to finally reach the Final Four. In that 1999 Great 8 resurrecting game against Gonzaga, Kevin Freeman had the presence of mind to grab the ball and throw it high in the air (keeping it away from Gonzaga players) to let the clock run out. After that, the pressure was off and Calhoun's teams went on to win 3 of the 4 (75%) Final Fours we participated in - a better winning percentage than what K has done with all of his 5-star recruits of privilege.

While its understandable that K was upset about the momentous loss in his final home game to arch rival UNC, I was surprised at the lack of sportsmanship displayed. First by his assistant coaches snubbing Hubert Davis in the hand-shake like and then by K not openly congratulating Davis and UNC players for their play in his farewell speech at Cameron. Duke's defense may have uncharacteristically broken down late in the second half, but North Carolina came out and won that game. K benefitted from that rivalry over years and he could have acknowledged it.
 
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