Duke- Dick Vitale and others

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 What a joke,D.V. and others making excuses for why Duke lost. Comments ,such as they did not have the talent this year when they have probably at least 5 all americans on the bench and at least 2 who don't get any time when it is a tight game. Their excuse is really a joke when compared to the talent on Lehigh ,I guess they believe that Lehigh recruited better . THE GAME WAS PLAYED IN NORTH CAROLINA .
 
 For my money..the most over-rated coach on the planet.
 

With the talent he gets yr in and yr out it is hard to have a losing season. There are a lot better coaches out there Let him move to a Div 2 or 3 team and lets see what numbers he puts up
 
It's disingenuous for the analysts to make excuses for Duke, and especially for them to say they don't have the talent this year.

But every team will lose once in a while in a single elimination format. Coach K should be compared to his contemporaries; UNC, Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA all have the same talent he does coming in every year - and yet he's been to more Final Fours and Sweet 16s since he got to Duke then any of those programs I believe.  
 
 For my money..the most over-rated coach on the planet.
 

Excellent post. Couldn't agree more. I mean all he's accomplished is a gold metal, 900 plus wins (first all time) four NCAA Championships, 11 Final Fours, 12 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season titles, and 13 ACC Tournament championships. The guy is clearly a creation of the media.
 
 For my money..the most over-rated coach on the planet.
 

With the talent he gets yr in and yr out it is hard to have a losing season. There are a lot better coaches out there Let him move to a Div 2 or 3 team and lets see what numbers he puts up
 

Duke was a horrible when he took over. The reason he gets the talent is b/c of his coaching ability. If you want an accurate gague of his coaching ability, look at Duke's record the year he was out with back trouble. The team was horrible.
 
 The point of my post was not wheather he was a bad coach. He gave no excuses when he lost and he is a classy guy.It is the media ,ncaa and referees that give unfair advantage to Duke.Almost every year in the NCAA tournment they play the first game in North Carolina ,it as appear to me that more likely a controversial will go more than 50% Duke's way,etc. Let's play the game more fairly
 
 Mike K is a great person and outstanding coach in a great program.. However, he has flaws and ain't perfect for sure.

He should win more and go deeper, but doesn't. I think your right about his stubborness. Think d'Antoni.
 
 For my money..the most over-rated coach on the planet.
 

With the talent he gets yr in and yr out it is hard to have a losing season. There are a lot better coaches out there Let him move to a Div 2 or 3 team and lets see what numbers he puts up
 

Duke was a horrible when he took over. The reason he gets the talent is b/c of his coaching ability. If you want an accurate gague of his coaching ability, look at Duke's record the year he was out with back trouble. The team was horrible.
 

Of course many believe he got back trouble because the team was horrible.
 
 Mike K is a great person and outstanding coach in a great program.. However, he has flaws and ain't perfect for sure.

He should win more and go deeper, but doesn't. I think your right about his stubborness. Think d'Antoni.
 

Think Robert Montgomery Knight.
 
 For my money..the most over-rated coach on the planet.
 
Yeah, thank God we didn't have him for the past 30 years-we would have missed out on the Mahoney, Jarvis and Norm errors. :dry:
 
ummm, he's only second to John Wooden. I would take him over any of our last coaches after Looie, that is except our current up and coming coach!!!! LAVINWOODEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 
I'd take Calhoun and Pitino over him, and that's it in terms of active guys. But of the three, I'd least like to play for Calhoun. 
 
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