Originally Posted by
DukeTrinity11
Dr. Kalman-Lamb tweeted lashing out against a bunch of media heads including Seth Davis, Jeff Goodman, Dakich, etc. for "punching down on an unpaid college athletic laborer" like Jalen Johnson for his decision to opt out and Dakich took offense to that.
He then got into a heated debate with Dr. Johanna Mellis, a former collegiate swimmer, saying she doesn't know the sport like he does and she brought up her swimming accomplishments and suggested that Dakich and she "go at it in the pool" to which Dan thought it was inappropriate and said "he'd have to get divorced first".
Context is often lost online on social media, especially on Twitter, so its certainly a strange story.
I will say that anyone who insinuates that Duke did JJ wrong since he's "unpaid worker" seems to be off base to me. JJ agreed to come to Duke on a full ride scholarship with access to world class facilities and was given a platform to advertise his skills. He chose to forego that opportunity which is certainly within his right but lets not act like the decision had the best optics with the opt out coming towards the end of the season and him cleaning out his locker immediately after.
I side with Dakich and Seth on this JJ saga but now I would like to "opt out" of further Jalen Johnson discussions.
Can we cut out this "JJ" stuff. That's Redick and only Redick.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013