OT: Coach K dispenses wisdom to Oregon player

His interview before the 2nd half when he threw the whole group of his kids under the bus was pretty disturbing.  The reporter asked a followup about changes they may make and he emphasized, "It's not X's and O's" as if to say that his greatness is too much for that team to comprehend.

HahahahahahahHhHahahahahHa Fuck Duke, Fuck Coach Special K and fuck their fucking fans. Up yours, fuckers.

I hate piling on. There are two exceptions. The first is when the 2nd or 3rd string is in, and the scrubs actually score, sometimes their only points in the tourney (or game, etc.). The second is when you are a long time natural rival, and you don't care that what goes around, comes around (Woody scenario). I would be happy to see Michigan beat OSU 42 - 13 or worse next year. As to Duke - Oregon, maybe it was a shot that just happened to go in. But man, I'd try to avoid taking shots at that point in the game, when the outcome is a foregone conclusion.

I'm no fan of Duke, or Coach K. But I don't fault Coach K for something said in private, nor do I fault the kid for not wanting to embrace at the end of the game. A handshake is one thing, but that embrace was over the top, imhe. Crean was a jerk with what he said to Coach Jeff Meyer after beating Michigan a couple years back. But this was just a bit of private friendly advice. It'd be like Kyle Connor and the CCM line pouring it on in the last minute when they're winning 6 - 2. Don't do it.

There are a lot of sore losers out there. I don't think that Coach K (or Izzo) are usually among them. Grayson Allen? Borderline sore loser. Still don't think he needs to embrace. Cam Newton losing the Superbowl? Now there's a jerk sore loser. And that's gonna hang around his neck. I've never been a big Cam Newton fan, and his behavior was just the icing on the cake. I think Lebron can be a sore loser sometimes. People will be watching to see how Stephen Curry responds if the Spurs knock them out.

So the story is that Dillon was getting lessons on how to be classy from Grayson Allen's coach, Mike Krzyzewski?

OK.

The real story is that Oregon's coach did not upbraid Krzyzewski for being such a goddamned hypocrite.  If Oregon's coach was a Twitter maestro like Jim Harbaugh, he'd tweet something along the lines of "Thanks, Coach K., for your concern about our players being classy.  Be sure to share that advice with your own team!  #HeBeTrippin'".

I'm sure Dillon Brooks was beheld the powerful words of Coach K too.

Coach K is one of the biggest assholes in sports. His media image is fraudulent. That guy is a snake and will do whatever it takes to recruit and win basketball games. Fuck Duke.

Man is he a smug ahole. You can't learn a lot from coach K about class.

be a shame if anything happened to it.

 

There's no doubt that you could go back and find dozens of Duke games where they were piling it on late in the game against their opponents. If he doesn't like a late three in NCAA competition, then block the fucking shot.

Guy's a douche

From the Rat King.  That is all.

I was at the game with another Michigan fan. We snuck down to sit maybe 20 rows behind the Dook bench, but we left the game with about 90 seconds left to beat traffic. It was interesting to watch Dook during timeouts. When the TO is called they have a littl red haired kid immediately sprint over to the scorer's table, studied something Oregon was doing, took notes, then ran back and slipped a paper to Jeff Capel. Capel would take a look at it. We came to the conclusion that the kid was writing down the opposing players that were sitting in the 5 chairs around the Oregon coaching staff, effectively relaying which players were going to be in the game so they could make their own personnel adjustments. Also interesting during their TOs Capel did most of the yelling/coaching, then Coach K would jump in the last 30 seconds and do his yelling. Wonder how much Capel is getting paid to take an assistant position after being a head coach for years.

Coach K is the GOAT, plain and simple

Coach K sucks

It was not Oregon's job to stop Oregon from scoring, it was yours.  Seems like you didn't quite get that done.  Enjoy the time off.

Sincerely,

Everyone (other than Duke fans)

Nobody takes a shot clock turnover in that situation. It prolongs the game. Coach K is a fuck.

This story is otherwise known as "Guy whose fans pride themselves on researching opponents' personal lives in order to be the best dicks anywhere lectures other teams on sportsmanship."  It's like a verbose Onion headline.

Is it good sportsmanship to lecture another teams player?

Instead of teaching the Oregon players respect maybe he should focus on his own team.

Saw it live and thought it was total BS.  Guard him if you don't want him to take an open shot.  Imagine both the coach and star player throwing hissy fits over something that trivial.

Coach K can lick a camel's ass.

...many great coaches whine to officials, and sure he looks like he may be part rodent, but Coach K is a complete winner. Hate Duke all you want (I did when we played them at Michigan almost every year), but proven winners are something most people on here usually respect.