NCAA Hoops 2011-2012

[derspiess]

He is a total prima donna. Screams at officials, demands that he gets calls, acts like an asshole in press conferences,

Damn-- there are a lot of douches coaching college basketball, then.

[Admiral Yi]

Yeah, it seems to me the coaches who work the officials far outnumber those who don't, and K is not a particularly egregious example of the breed.

[Berkut]

Yeah, it seems to me the coaches who work the officials far outnumber those who don't, and K is not a particularly egregious example of the breed.

But he is - he is well known as being one of the most foul mouthed assholes on the court, at least amongst officials.

There are others like him, of course - his mentor Mr. Knight is a fine example, but the difference is that those others are also well known as being louts. While Coach K is held up as some kind of paragon of class and virtue.

[Berkut]

He is a total prima donna. Screams at officials, demands that he gets calls, acts like an asshole in press conferences,

Damn-- there are a lot of douches coaching college basketball, then.

True, but none have perfected the art like Duke and Coach K.

[Valmy]

And finally, of course, there is the media which fawns all over Coach and the precious Dookies every year. Vitale alone accounts for at least 30% of my contempt for Duke. Why do I have to hear about Duke in games that Vitale is covering that don't even fucking involve Duke?

They know what school drives ratings.  They smooch the hand that feeds them.

[Valmy]

Going to see Arizona play St. John's?

Yep, and then the finals or consolation game the next day.

Sounds fun...except the weird morning start times.  Does this happen every year?  Because we have games starting at like midnight and crazy stuff like that this year.  Maybe it has always happened and I just missed it but it just seems wrong for some reason.

[Admiral Yi]

But he is - he is well known as being one of the most foul mouthed assholes on the court, at least amongst officials.

Foul mouthed I can see.  I still chuckle when I think of that clip of K yelling "fuck you, Dean."

But I would be interested to know where you picked up that refs consider him an asshole.

[Admiral Yi]

Sounds fun...except the weird morning start times.  Does this happen every year?  Because we have games starting at like midnight and crazy stuff like that this year.  Maybe it has always happened and I just missed it but it just seems wrong for some reason.

The midnight games are usually for the first permitted day of competition.

[Valmy]

The midnight games are usually for the first permitted day of competition.

Midnight practices sure...for the traditional midnight madness.

But yeah this was probably just a gimmick to start the season.

[Berkut]

But he is - he is well known as being one of the most foul mouthed assholes on the court, at least amongst officials.

Foul mouthed I can see.  I still chuckle when I think of that clip of K yelling "fuck you, Dean."

But I would be interested to know where you picked up that refs consider him an asshole.

You don't watch much Duke basketball, I take it?

[Admiral Yi]

You don't watch much Duke basketball, I take it?

You take it wrong.

It sounds to me Throbby that when you see K working the refs, and his face scrunches up like a Slavic concentration camp guard and the veins in his head start throbbing like Gary Williams, you think to yourself that it would be particularly unpleasant to be the recipient, and therefore the refs must hate it too.

[crazy canuck]

The worst ref is a ref with a chip on his shoulder.

[Eddie Teach]

I think the general impression of Duke douchebaggyness(and Berkut's hardly the first person I've seen mention it) most likely stems from the fact that they're both from an academically prestigious school(with all the insufferability that comes with that) and have successful teams. Ivy leaguers don't have much room to put on airs about their sports teams.

[Valmy]

Ivy leaguers don't have much room to put on airs about their sports teams.

Harvard will always have its 1989 Ice Hockey National Championship though.

[jimmy olsen]

I think the general impression of Duke douchebaggyness(and Berkut's hardly the first person I've seen mention it) most likely stems from the fact that they're both from an academically prestigious school(with all the insufferability that comes with that) and have successful teams. Ivy leaguers don't have much room to put on airs about their sports teams.

Stanford often has good teams and they don't seem insufferable.