Buckeye Devil
06-26-2008, 07:46 AM
Has the Decourcy article on the impact of Coach K's involvement with Team USA been erased from the board already? In it he suggests that Duke has not benefited from this but has suffered instead, primarily in recruiting.
For example, per the article, Team USA training camps are in July at the same time of many summer tournaments, etc. with elite prep players, making it difficult to do both. He cites the lack of frontcourt power as the cause of tournament problems the past 2 years and basically says that there is a lack of ability to identify what players fit the system (the reason for this being the number of players transferring out, esp. T. King). Decourcy also mentions that in spite of the praise of LeBron, D Wade, for Coach K that it is no "cooler" now to come to Duke than it was before.
Then in a bit of a strange turn, he says that last year was a great accomplishment given the lack of frontcourt depth and says that it was among Coack K's most impressive coaching performances. He finishes by saying that Duke fans might conclude that Team USA was a factor in the tournament results of the past 2 years, even though it is somewhat of a leap to do so. He clearly believes that it was a contributing factor when he says that Duke fans will fairly be able to claim a greater share in the glory obtained by Team USA than other college programs who have not had the same sacrifice.
It's just his opinion, obviously. Thoughts..?
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For example, per the article, Team USA training camps are in July at the same time of many summer tournaments, etc. with elite prep players, making it difficult to do both. He cites the lack of frontcourt power as the cause of tournament problems the past 2 years and basically says that there is a lack of ability to identify what players fit the system (the reason for this being the number of players transferring out, esp. T. King). Decourcy also mentions that in spite of the praise of LeBron, D Wade, for Coach K that it is no "cooler" now to come to Duke than it was before.
Then in a bit of a strange turn, he says that last year was a great accomplishment given the lack of frontcourt depth and says that it was among Coack K's most impressive coaching performances. He finishes by saying that Duke fans might conclude that Team USA was a factor in the tournament results of the past 2 years, even though it is somewhat of a leap to do so. He clearly believes that it was a contributing factor when he says that Duke fans will fairly be able to claim a greater share in the glory obtained by Team USA than other college programs who have not had the same sacrifice.
It's just his opinion, obviously. Thoughts..?
www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=427542