OT, Canes top Heels

It's not just them Coach, although they do seem to do that a lot. Today's players are simply athletes for the most part, fast runners and jumpers to the sky. Fundamentally, many of them are just above average. The ones to succeed are the ones that work to improve over their college days.

Look at the foreign players in college and the NBA, not flashy but they are workaholics.

 

I'm not surprised by this loss. As a matter of fact. I'll be surprised if they win 6 more games. They have no interior offense, and SEAN MAY is already sorely missed. UNC is another year, possibly two, from being a national contender. I do think that Sanders and Noel are developing at a nice pace and will be big time contributors sooner rather than later.

 

Byron Sanders is the biggest waste of space I have ever seen. He's like an untalented Ed Geth.

 

blueblood is right, the loss of May killed the Holes with nobody to go to inside. Too bad, cause I was looking forward to the Duke/UNC games this year. Now it'll just be another couple of blowouts unless May somehow returns before the 2nd game.

 

We played pretty good without him. We just got up on em and got complacent. Freshman tend to do that. If Mauel knocked down his ft's we wouldn't be having this conversation.

 

Even without May, Dook isn't good enough to blow the Heels out this year.

 

PR, I know I'm biased, and obviously you are too, but do your REALLY believe that dook will blow the Heels out? SERIOUSLY? I've seen dook play and they don't scare anybody. They can score but their freshmen have been way overrated with the exception of Redick. I stand by my statements about DUHON being a DOG.

 

Me biased Blue? Surely you jest!

Reddick has been a huge positive - don't know where the Devils would be without him. Dockery, as I've stated previously, scares me - with or without the ball.

Shav will improve - and he wouldn't have been overrated if he'd signed with the Heels, right?

I like Shelden Williams a great deal - he plays with a great deal of energy and crashes the boards.

In regard to the "holdovers" from last season:
Jones - scares me as well, but seems to be improving. He seems to have a higher opinion of his ability to shoot the 3 than I do;
Duhon - needs to continue to raise his game. Duke can win if he's not scoring or not shooting well - but he needs to set the tone on D, and distribute the ball;
Ewing - hopefully he can continue to shoot the rock and make big plays. He just seems more tentative.
Horvath - I had high hopes for him, but he and Casey Sanders have combined to form a dynamic "salt & pepper" combo...

Overall, Duke doesn't have the talent and experience of last season. I don't think Duke has the quality inside depth to handle injuries - but K proved me wrong when Boozer went down. I don't think this Duke team has the "killer" instinct yet either, on finishing games. But this is a very young team, and K will help them grow.

I think one of the Duke/Carolina games will be a blowout, in Duke's favor. Not sure which one yet. If Matt can get them focused, both games could be good. In retrospect, my support for Doherty may have been misplaced. Duke wouldn't have lost to Iona with K coaching, with Doh's talent on that team.

Duke doesn't scare anybody? I doubt K cares about "scaring" teams. And if they don't respect Duke, they will pay.