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Tell that to the posters who are freaking out about "What's wrong with Henderson" and the endless posts of Zoubek after only one game. With your logic, we shouldn't even have a post-game thread.
If you read my post, I say that Greg is better running the offense "at this point in the season." And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that Paulus, who has been running this team since his Fr. year is better right now than Nolan at running the offense as a whole.
I don't disagree with Nolan starting, I'm just saying that Paulus starting and Nolan finishing may have its advantages.
Well, first of all, it sounds like you think Paulus plays no defense at all, which is not my impression.
Second of all, as long as you make two three-pointers for every three easy baskets you let up, it's a wash.
If you're down two with 15 seconds to go, would you rather have a defender or a three-point shooter on the floor? It's all about situations.
I was watching ESPNU today and Colin Cowherd of ESPNRadio was talking about Charlie Wies and the poor job he was doing at Notre Dame. He said he felt that Wies' job was on the line. He also talked about how the media has talked about how good Notre Dame's recrutting classes have been but have not lived up to expectations. He said he compares that to Duke basketball recrutting ever year. He said Duke goes after the Wendy's All American class but just because they're recrutted by Duke the media makes them McDonalds All Americans. He said he was sure he would get bashed for saying that, but look at what caliber of players ever make it in the NBA from Duke. Don't you just love these sports (Duke Hater) experts.
Of course in that situation I would want Greg in the game, but we're not talking about the last play of the game but rather the last 5 minutes or so, when defense and taking high % shots (e.g. non-3 point shots) matter most.
Defense wins championships, not 3 point shooting, especially this year with line being pushed back.
Normally I would not comment on poll results, especially this early in the year when they are essentially meaningless. But... I find it interesting that the coaches kept Duke at #5 while the media dropped Duke to #10 after yesterday's scare from URI.
So, are the coaches wrong? Or is this a case of the media having a good time with a little early hating on Duke? UCLA barely held off Miami (OH) at home but didn't budge from their #4 spot in the media poll. Hmmm...
Maybe they just don't watch west coast games...I was at the UCLA game, and while Miami played well, UCLA didn't look like a top 5 team in that game. It's funny to contrast the comments on here following the RI game with what I thought of the UCLA game. Put simply, I thought that Duke played significantly better than UCLA, although both were pushed to the limit by a game opponent. If Miami had shot anything like RI did, UCLA wouldn't be in the top 10 anymore (and I wouldn't get to see them in NYC).
I think that the coach's poll votes much earlier, meaning that the voters had less time to learn about the game.
We were completely lost on offense and defense for long stretches of the game. Being number 10 is mostly on potential, and not reality, right now.
I actually thought we played decent defense, hit a team with a couple of players who were very hot-it happens and it will get better !
Okay, now that's pretty darn interesting that Gary Williams was saying the same thing about Duke and UCLA's rankings by the media this past week. I can't believe I'm agreeing with something he actually said!
Not sure if this has already been posted, so forgive me if it has, but this is a horrible article by SI.
While her general argument may have some truth to it, the points she brings up to back it are terrible. She didn't even notice that we outrebounded them. Crazy.
The good thing at least is the comments on the article generally feel the same way I do about it.
http://www.fannation.com/si_blogs/in...-still-wanting
Why is there so much complaining on this site ("whining" is probably a better word for it). First, the media in general, then the fans of other teams, then Jay Bilas, then Jason Williams, then the referees, and now the posts on DBR (this last one is courtesy of me).
I completely agree that there's too much whining around here. That said, it really was a terrible article - the writer apparently forgot the less than impressive performance of UNC's frontline against Wake in a similar effort.
Despite crowing from The Chronicle about Duke Blue Planet lessening the hate, the Duke gets all the calls meme is getting more play in the blogosphere today (e.g., The Big Lead and Deadspin) on account of this video. Has it been altered?
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