That's not what I thought this thread was going to be about....thank God.
I know the title sounds a bit strange, but this is how my good friend Charles Roos described the following article from the NY Times and I simply had to agree.
There is no better way to slug this thread than K porn. What an amazing article. It is almost unfathomable that a kid could read that article and decide to play for someone other than K. Sure, if you are a 2-guard and do not want to compete with Rivers for minutes next year or something like that, but if it is a choice of the best coach, the best leader, the guy who is most likely to make you into a success -- it is a no brainer.
Oh, and as an aside, we should be eternally glad that Tom Butters is a way, way, way smarter AD than just about everyone else on the planet.
--Jason "we are truly blessed" Evans
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
That's not what I thought this thread was going to be about....thank God.
got to admit for a second i thought this was the latest Duke scandal.
Thanks for the link - great article - but I'm pretty sure that if I started a thread on this board with the word "porn" in the title, it'd be taken down within minutes.
Great article. Great man. Bad thread title.
Butters was not a particularly popular choice within the Duke community at the time of his appointment, apart from the Iron Dukes which he founded. Most members of the Athletic Council were lobbying for a big time outsider to shake things up. Though not directly on Butter's watch, he was nevertheless considered guilty by association by many with Duke's relative mediocrity in football(as it was considered at the time) and disastrous period in basketball. Several candidates that were approached, fortunately, either feigned interest or declined outright.
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Curious: Do any of you know much Coach K earns from USA Basketball?
~rthomas
Wow, I had no idea the reach of K's nefarious powers! I mean, to wield his machiavellian influence even over the New York Times?! Amazing. So, not only does he control the ACC refs, the NCAA selection committee, CBS, and ESPN...he controls the gold standard of American print media as well!
I'm starting to wonder...was it really Mr. Obama's choice to have Reggie Love in the White House. Or did K put him there...?
Jason,
Thank you, it is an excellent article, and we really truly blessed (in way that are much more profound than Duke Hoops and Coach K, although this may be a poor time to suggest it). Warm regards.
The REAL K Porn -- at 2:15.
(Ok, one of my personal favorite episodes and what I immediately thought of when reading the title of this thread)
In case anyone was still worried about this:
Coach K would turn down Lakers
Link directly to 2:15.