Originally Posted by
greybeard
Here's my problem with this, I like K, I like what he displays through his players, I am entertained and impressed with how his teams present, so I don't want K to step aside because he only won 28 games this year. I really don't.
Besides, what would the sports writers for the Times have to write about if you had your way? Three of them wrote articles about Duke-WVa and none said anything meaningful about WVa's program or how they played. Three sports writers for the Times and they came up with nada, yilch, to say good about WVa. So I say, Catman, think of the writers; they have their beemers to pay for too, you know.
As for me, I thought that McClure, at least in the first half, was spectacular. He not only shut the guy with the mouth down, but rebounded the ball terrifically. So, I think that he should stay around; I love his game, think it is in the great tradition of defense-first stoppers begun in the K era with Billy.
Lance was in a tough spot this year. Playing in an offense in which the ball rocked, and inside out play was created by lateral penetration from the wings by three stellar players. Hard to find a spot to contribute in that. But, in the first Carolina game, K decided to hurt Carolina off the penetrating pass and Lance did not disappoint. Twenty years from now, when this Duke team gets together, they'll have many great memories, none brighter than that evening in Chappel Hill. Lance more than earned his spot.
In the end, do I wonder what might have been if PP had chosen Duke over Kentucky, as everyone in the Western world had expected he would. Not nearly as much as he does, Catman, not nearly as much as him.