The ACC awards have been a joke for quite some time. What's it been, 20 years since K won COY? I guess he's no Dave Leitao or Seth Greenberg?
I have tried to block out most of the game from Saturday night but I believe Bilas needs to re-up his bar membership and start an investigation as Kenny Williams is not on the all-defensive team. I'm glad at least some people saw through his flopping...
I think a lot of these CoY awards come down to this - Who's getting the absolute MOST out of his guys night in and night out, while also living up to or beating expectations? UVA almost *never* has a wtf result (well.... in the regular season anyway), or a player who really disappoints compared to expectations. I feel like that's a huuuuuuge part Bennett winning these things over and over.
That's true, but Buzz lost his best player (Justin Robinson) and his sixth man/leading rebounder (Chris Clarke) after the poll came out, along with his most highly rated freshman (Landers Nolley). I don't think VT would have been picked fifth if those three were ruled out before the voting occurred.
I think Buzz would have been the easiest choice, and maybe the correct one. I really think his weirdo routine with them affected the voting.
Nike should be DPOY, they are the only ones who can shutdown Zion.
UVa also is playing with less individual talent (in terms of NBA prospects) than some of the other teams in the conference. That plays a big part in it.
Yes, we lost Zion for 5-6 games and Jones for 2-3. But with the exception of the loss to Syracuse, we were playing with at least 4 McDonald's All-Americans every time out. That's more top-end talent than anyone else had. UNC had just one, for example. UVa had just one.
So, I think voters are looking at it that way. Duke, even without Zion, was in theory still a stacked squad. So voters aren't going to give any sympathy for missing one of 5 mcdonald's guys when you still have 4 others. And the voters don't generally take into account experience as a factor in the equation. Nor do they take into account that recruiting is part of coaching.
Basically, I can't get too worked up about something as nebulous as a coach of the year vote.
Not sure where you're getting your numbers from. Duke was predicted to finish 1st. UVa 2nd. UNC 3rd. https://theacc.com/news/2018/10/25/m...edia-poll.aspx
I absolutely stand by what I said. Roy did a fantastic job coaching. Bennett is the most underrated coach in the ACC.
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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
President of the "Nolan Smith Should Have His Jersey in The Rafters" Club
How can you be the most underrated coach in the ACC when you've won coach of the year FOUR times in the past 8 years? What is your definition of underrated?
And what metric are you basing Roy doing a fantastic job this season on? I got my predictions from the Sporting News:
http://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-...31938rx7twiuv6
Even in your link, is finishing 2nd when you were projected 3rd really *that* impressive?
I'm not saying that K should have won COY this season; I just think it's ridiculous he's not even getting votes.
ACC Rookie of the Year
Zion Williamson, Duke, 47
RJ Barrett, Duke, 21
Coby White, North Carolina, 2
Somebody voted for Coby White over Zion and RJ? Coby White is a great player and killed us for about 5 minutes (too soon), but this and giving Nasir Little points for 6th man is taking the light blue bias a little far.
It's a pretty silly metric to base it on "talent you have to work with." It's a subjective metric. It should be results-based, along with factoring in adversity.
I'm not worked up about COY, nor do I think K should have won. I just notice that every year, he either deserves consideration and doesn't get it, or he doesn't even get a courtesy vote. He hasn't won in almost 20 years; it's very hard to believe he hasn't merited at least one win in that time.