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Unsure of when Duke will be full strength

A ridiculous answer in my humble opinion. They're physically fit 20 year old men. Plenty of sleep, proper nutrition. Say we will be full strength by January 24 .
 
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Is he serious with this answer? It was a week long break, we are talking about guys who are 19 to their early early 20s. I mean Duke usually has long breaks this time of year anyways. Something is up if a weeklong break is throwing a team off this much.
 
A ridiculous answer in my humble opinion. They're physically fit 20 year old men. Plenty of sleep, proper nutrition. Say we will be full strength by January 24 .
Thank you ged!!!! Conor I heard the presser, and shook my head disgustingly at K's reaction. GREAT AND TIMELY QUESTION! Typical K type answer. He's got the best med team and facilities in country, and had no reason to react that way. OFC
 
Not to disagree but when my daughter got Covid she barely had any symptoms but now has issues with her chest to where she sees a specialist since getting over Covid . Just saying to that point I can say is correct .
 
Thank you ged!!!! Conor I heard the presser, and shook my head disgustingly at K's reaction. GREAT AND TIMELY QUESTION! Typical K type answer. He's got the best med team and facilities in country, and had no reason to react that way. OFC
What is he supposed to do, come out and say that his players need to do better or not playing to their potential? That will break the trust of his players and how hard are they going to play for him after that? I am sure the stuff you want to hear him say publicly is being said in practice and behind closed doors. Most of the time, those things are kept internal.
Sometimes it is difficult to listen to everyone bash the goat and question his decision making. He has only won the most games ever in college basketball. Most say this guy needs more playing time and Coach K needs to play more players or have a deeper bench. Are you at practice? There are things that happen or don’t happen behind the scenes that cause players to not get PT. There are over 300 teams in Division 1 basketball and only one team wins a national championship each year and most of the time it is not the best team. As Aaron Rodgers would say, RELAX!
 
I have no doubt that the players aren't at 100% yet. We don't know how many were symptomatic. We don't know how long they couldn't/weren't allowed to even leave their rooms to run around or shoot baskets. After all, they are being asked to play at a high D I level after an extended layoff.

Having said that, I'm a little tired of the excuse. Xavier played at Butler after a 17 day COVID layoff and beat Butler soundly. It can be done. Miami beat Duke as much based on focus and concentration (turnovers and back doors) as on physical stamina.
 
What is he supposed to do, come out and say that his players need to do better or not playing to their potential? That will break the trust of his players and how hard are they going to play for him after that? I am sure the stuff you want to hear him say publicly is being said in practice and behind closed doors. Most of the time, those things are kept internal.
Sometimes it is difficult to listen to everyone bash the goat and question his decision making. He has only won the most games ever in college basketball. Most say this guy needs more playing time and Coach K needs to play more players or have a deeper bench. Are you at practice? There are things that happen or don’t happen behind the scenes that cause players to not get PT. There are over 300 teams in Division 1 basketball and only one team wins a national championship each year and most of the time it is not the best team. As Aaron Rodgers would say, RELAX!
My premise was merely defending Conor's question. I wasn't specifically addressing a particular player's PT, etc. I stand by my point and my blood pressure is fine. OFC
 
What is he supposed to do, come out and say that his players need to do better or not playing to their potential? That will break the trust of his players and how hard are they going to play for him after that? I am sure the stuff you want to hear him say publicly is being said in practice and behind closed doors. Most of the time, those things are kept internal.
Sometimes it is difficult to listen to everyone bash the goat and question his decision making. He has only won the most games ever in college basketball. Most say this guy needs more playing time and Coach K needs to play more players or have a deeper bench. Are you at practice? There are things that happen or don’t happen behind the scenes that cause players to not get PT. There are over 300 teams in Division 1 basketball and only one team wins a national championship each year and most of the time it is not the best team. As Aaron Rodgers would say, RELAX!
Couple points here I’d like to point out. Your first statement,” players need to play better and they aren’t playing to their potential!” K’s said it last season and a couple more times prior. It’s not throwing them under the bus or anything. It’s called tough love and it won’t be anything they wouldn’t hear at the next level.
He has won the most games in college basketball and has been at Duke for 42 season.
the whole practice thing needs to be done away with. So your saying out of the 300 programs in division one, who still make the tourney but doesn’t bolster one five star but a bunch of three stars or less , even unranked players. Don’t have problems in practice because they all play. And by your statement alone , your saying that the other seven players on the roster are doing something wrong compared to the six receiving meaningful minutes either in practice , class or something else.
mid that’s the case why during the VT game was there a quote from Scheyer saying Blake’s was a good player and be a big part of the team going forward! Only to ride the pine. Also by your statement that means Coleman was doing something wrong last season but is playing good for his new school same with Brakesfield.
Some need to get off when people say something about K he’s not without fault .
I don’t agree with the tourney phrase either . When it starts it’s teams that have never played one another like K says,” it’s a new season your 0-0 . If your standing at the end just like Baylor was last year then I’m sorry you are the best. You beat every team in front of you to get there.
your only bashing if it’s very negative pretty sure he hasn’t gotten to be who he is without criticism.
It was some of the new posters that ran the old posters off . It the fact that some can’t handle criticism of K and I’m on here a lot and it’s not bashing in most post it’s literally nothing different then what’s being said on sports news outlets or social media pages by commentators.
 
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A ridiculous answer in my humble opinion. They're physically fit 20 year old men. Plenty of sleep, proper nutrition. Say we will be full strength by January 24 .
This kind of logic makes sense in your head but is far from true. I studied Kinesiology in college. One of my professors said if you miss an entire week of training and do absolutely nothing it’s equivalent to losing 5 weeks. These kids were in hotel rooms for 5 days straight. Think they were getting a lot of movement,? Plus couple the fact that they had covid, political differences aside, it really does hit some harder than others. It’s tough.
Not to disagree but when my daughter got Covid she barely had any symptoms but now has issues with her chest to where she sees a specialist since getting over Covid . Just saying to that point I can say is correct .
Exactly. Some people it’s like a random cold. Others it’s much worse. We just don’t know how it affected our guys
 
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