Should Cuse honor Coach K during his visit to the Dome?

[grepal]

I don’t know why people say Coach K cheats. Is there evidence of such? I think sometimes he acts like a jerk, but so does our coach. I have a buddy who LOVES Duke and goes to all of their games, but he thinks K is kind of crappy to the players and doesn’t like him for that.

Fierce competitors are often mistaken as jerks. Comments and actions right after a hard fought or disapointing loss should not be the measuring stick. Sure, we all want to act with class and dignity all the time but how many of us measure up to that.

 

[721Comstock]

Fierce competitors are often jerks. Comments and actions right after a hard fought or disapointing loss should be the measuring stick. Sure, we all want to act with class and dignity all the time and many of us measure up to that.

FIFY.

Adversity does not build character, it reveals it.

*Disappointing.

I often wonder what's worse:
a bad winner
a bad loser

And, like with many other things, the answer is:
yes.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Fierce competitors are often mistaken as jerks. Comments and actions right after a hard fought or disapointing loss should not be the measuring stick. Sure, we all want to act with class and dignity all the time but how many of us measure up to that.

Duke plays by different rules than any other of school. That’s why I don’t like him. It has zero to do with how he acts.

There‘s nobody I dislike more in sports.

 

[sutomcat]

Coach K has been one of JAB's best friends for a long time, is one of the greatest coaches in the history of the sport and has been a huge reason the US is again dominating basketball on the international scene.

If it were up to me, yes, I would honor him. Make an announcement before the game. Show a video (mostly featuring the winning olympic teams, with some shots of Coach K and JAB together).

Give him a nice gift. Nice but not too nice.

Whatever that do, a jersey with his name on it should not be given. For obvious reasons.

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[UpstateSM]

Honoring K would be worse than giving up a hundo to Colgate

 

[HtownOrange]

Coach K has been one of JAB's best friends for a long time, is one of the greatest coaches in the history of the sport and has been a huge reason the US is again dominating basketball on the international scene.

If it were up to me, yes, I would honor him. Make an announcement before the game. Show a video (mostly featuring the winning olympic teams, with some shots of Coach K and JAB together).

Give him a nice gift. Nice but not too nice.

Whatever that do, a jersey with his name on it should not be given. For obvious reasons.

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Agree with all of it, Tom. Though a jersey with four or five crossed out attempts to spell his name and a final line of "K" would be amusing.

 

[MSOrange]

 

[Deleted member 8116]

Hasn’t Duke and Coach K been given enough gifts by the officials over the years? Screw that.

 

[BigNastyJon]

A gigantic orange dildo

 

[MadNY3]

Coach K has been one of JAB's best friends for a long time, is one of the greatest coaches in the history of the sport and has been a huge reason the US is again dominating basketball on the international scene.

If it were up to me, yes, I would honor him. Make an announcement before the game. Show a video (mostly featuring the winning olympic teams, with some shots of Coach K and JAB together).

Give him a nice gift. Nice but not too nice.

Whatever that do, a jersey with his name on it should not be given. For obvious reasons.

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I love this.

 

[kcsu]

A gigantic orange dildo

Shaped like a huge

 

[SUbear]

UNC not planning to but Louisville did. Not sure we need to but we are classy enough. Maybe something with his name spelled wrong would be appropriate.

UNC Is Completely Snubbing Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski During His Final Away Game Vs. Tarheels UNC Completely Snubs Mike Krzyzewski During Final Game In Chapel Hill

No, nope, and hell no.

 

[Halfmooncuse]

Let’s be nice to one another…… Maybe it’ll catch on.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

I'd rather not because what if JB leaves and we don't honor him a week later.

After the game in the locker room with a picture maybe but I don't think he should get a montage on the video board.

 

[Gotothehole]

NO

 

[Day2]

Coach K is bringing his family to the game and for the first time at the Dome. I think that’s a pretty good indication that he’ll be honored at some point and in some way.

 

[pfister1]

Coach K has been one of JAB's best friends for a long time, is one of the greatest coaches in the history of the sport and has been a huge reason the US is again dominating basketball on the international scene.

If it were up to me, yes, I would honor him. Make an announcement before the game. Show a video (mostly featuring the winning olympic teams, with some shots of Coach K and JAB together).

Give him a nice gift. Nice but not too nice.

Whatever that do, a jersey with his name on it should not be given. For obvious reasons.

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Any chance we can have a name plate with K’s name added to the Rocking Chair?

 

[dollarbill44]

I think during one of the timeouts, we have a little Harlem Globetrotter like gag with the bucket of water/confetti. JB gets the confetti first and then they go to K. But instead of water, it's orange slime.

 

[kcsu]

Yes SU should. Mike is arguably Jims closest friend from the sport. The two of them have shared so many great experiences together that honoring K tomorrow is honoring their joint accomplishments and friendship. Its what good friends and competitors do.

 

[chugg21]

Yes SU should. Mike is arguably Jims closest friend from the sport. The two of them have shared so many great experiences together that honoring K tomorrow is honoring their joint accomplishments and friendship. Its what good friends and competitors do.

I'm pretty against most anything honoring another school but this is a clear yes to me. Doesn't need to be a video montage but the public address announcer should make some kind of mention at some point to draw attention to it being his final visit and have the 25-30,000 give a standing ovation for it.

I hate Duke as much as any other sporting entity but you need a villain to chase and beat in order to raise the ceiling of your enjoyment level. Without Coach K, the moment Gillon hit that half-court shot at the buzzer would have been unbelievably great but because of who it was against, it brought tears of joy out of my eyes. Was my boys 1st Duke game as 9 & 10 year olds and they still talk about that being the most incredible thing they've ever witnessed.

 

[DoctorBombay]

I like Coach K & think he’s Top 3 in the history of cbb.
But Duke has never been and is not a rival to us- we only started playing them regularly when we joined the ACC.
If we’d played UNC the year Roy or Dean Smith was retiring would we have “honored” them? Or how about Bob Knight at IU, John Thompson at GTown, Calhoun at UConn, or Louie at St John’s?
Other than their personal relationship, why would Syracuse basketball treat Coach K any differently than those other great HCs? To jump on the bandwagon, maybe?
Sorry, nothing personal- he’s been great for the game & all, but Coach K is not that important to our program specifically, & certainly not to where he deserves special acknowledgment on his way out. Pass!

Note: I do agree w/ @chugg that a public address announcement after player introductions seems about right. Brief and to the point.

 

[OrangeMon]

I say NO to the RAT!!!

 

[Goin' Deep]

K has done more for Duke b-ball than JB for CUSE.
There ought to be something quick and classy.
When they do player introductions, don't they say the team is coached by fill-in-blank?
Something right then...maybe CUSE players/staff go over and shake K's hand.
A photo of K and JB sitting in rocking chairs next to each other with the teams
and staffs behind them.
Classy...then onto the game.

 

[Bayside44]

If JB wants to sure. K is a titan in the sport and more importantly JB's great friend. In the limited amount of games we've had against them there have been some real barn burners.

 

[Shenexon]

Man, this is a tough crowd. We have the last game between our hall of fame coach and Duke's hall of fame coach and spite is the preferred response? This is the game to celebrate college basketball and the people that created great games for us to enjoy. Let's honor coach K, then beat Duke in his final game against JB. This will be a crowd and game to remember. LGO!!