Probably not worth a new thread but what the heck - it probably wouldn't get seen otherwise.
I went to the ACC tourney games last night and sat next to a couple of older ladies who were pretty typical Duke fans. They found out I was a Wake fan and asked if I had been at our game. I said no and they said "just as well - it was awful".
When I said we, as a fanbase, were just waiting for Bzz to be fired, they kind of agreed but said things like, "Yea, I think he just had to be brought in to clean up after Gaudio." I didn't feel like asking them what exactly needed to be cleaned up. Then they brought out the old wisdom of "we would have fired Coach K after 3 years if it had been up to the fans, so you never know." Really? My only response was, "yea, sometimes you do know".
Revisionist history is revisionist - I don't think the Duke fans were really that upset with K after 3 years. Sure, there were grumblings over the record and such, but, during that 3rd season he also signed the class of Dawkins, Bilas, Alarie and Henderson which, to anyone that was paying attention, showed that the program was going in the right direction.
Their only description of Bzz was that he seems "flat" - which is actually a pretty good description of his personality. Not exactly what you want in a head coach.
Oh, and when I mentioned how bad we were going to be next year the one lady said "We, on the other hand, are going to be breathtaking next year!" That's right, she said breathtaking. And, she is holding out hope that Parker and/or Hood will stick around - I told her not to hold her breath.
I went to the ACC tourney games last night and sat next to a couple of older ladies who were pretty typical Duke fans. They found out I was a Wake fan and asked if I had been at our game. I said no and they said "just as well - it was awful".
When I said we, as a fanbase, were just waiting for Bzz to be fired, they kind of agreed but said things like, "Yea, I think he just had to be brought in to clean up after Gaudio." I didn't feel like asking them what exactly needed to be cleaned up. Then they brought out the old wisdom of "we would have fired Coach K after 3 years if it had been up to the fans, so you never know." Really? My only response was, "yea, sometimes you do know".
Revisionist history is revisionist - I don't think the Duke fans were really that upset with K after 3 years. Sure, there were grumblings over the record and such, but, during that 3rd season he also signed the class of Dawkins, Bilas, Alarie and Henderson which, to anyone that was paying attention, showed that the program was going in the right direction.
Their only description of Bzz was that he seems "flat" - which is actually a pretty good description of his personality. Not exactly what you want in a head coach.
Oh, and when I mentioned how bad we were going to be next year the one lady said "We, on the other hand, are going to be breathtaking next year!" That's right, she said breathtaking. And, she is holding out hope that Parker and/or Hood will stick around - I told her not to hold her breath.
