So I was just reading about the US basketball team's game against Greece. Blah, blah, blah. But then I came across something very interesting:
The U.S. is not a big team but Bosh, who has sparked the U.S. with his defense and energy in two of three games in Beijing, said he hopes Thursday's win quieted doubters who believe a lack of size will eventually undo this team."
"Wonder why Krzyzewski and senior men's managing director Jerry Colangelo were so insistent about getting quick versatile players with size rather than traditional big men? That's why.
The U.S. is not a big team but Bosh, who has sparked the U.S. with his defense and energy in two of three games in Beijing, said he hopes Thursday's win quieted doubters who believe a lack of size will eventually undo this team."
That was a from a article in the N&O. And it struck me as appropriate. Everyone who follows college hoops knows the style of ball coach K likes. He loves for his annoying, bad-sportmanship-type guards to fly down the court and shoot as many 3's as humanly possible. He runs tight man-to-man defense and instructs his slower and smaller players to tug on jerseys and do anything else to cheat in order for it to appear that they play "tough D."
Truth is, though, that Coach K is a tired, boring coach who hasn't come up with a new or good idea in well over a decade. He does the same thing year after year. And he doesn't know how to recruit or coach a big man. The haven't had a true big man at Duke in so long no one can remember. I mean, why have a big man when your entire offense is based around 3's?
So now you have the all-powerful Coach K who had pick of the litter in the NBA and the little rat weasel skips all the big men. He wouldn't know what to do with a good big man anyway. And so now we just have to hope and pray that some other team beats it into the paint over and over- like college teams have been doing for years- and Team USA loses and everyone points their finger at Coach K and blames him and finally realizes that the sorry son of a bitch really isn't the end-all-be-all of college coaches................
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