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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4181749, member: 289"] PART 2 “I don’t mind seeing Coach K. I just wish he wouldn’t bring his players with him.” On NIL: “The NCAA and Athletic Directors don’t listen to coaches. They didn’t play or coach and don’t listen to those who did. Foreign players can’t work without permits and they are considered employees. Our guys are getting no money. Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe, (from the Congo), has had 92 different offers. Some players are getting hundreds of thousands. Just $10,000 would be great for some players.” Matt pointed out that Tshiebwe, who leads the nation in rebounding, has 428 rebounds so far and has five games with 20 rebounds and a high of 28. He’s averaging 15.3. JB: “Just think if we had a guy who could get 15 rebounds.” Wayne in the truck, (the perfect name for a radio talk show caller), asked Jim if there were any “fiery” guys on the team. Contrary to his Orange Nation interview in the afternoon, Jim responded “there aren’t many of those guys anymore. We never really had that guy. They let me do that. That’s my job. Today’s athlete is a little different. Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird used to go after people. Kobe and Lebron to some extent. These men are 30 years old. It’s hard for a 20-year-old college kid to go after another 20-year-old college kid.” Kyle in Carthage wondered if Cole Swider could “pound it inside” the way Jimmy Boeheim does. JB: “he’s not really good with the ball. In three years at Villanova he never did that. He’s not a good post-up guy. Buddy can back them down to get that shot. For use to be really good we need our four scorers to score. Then came the discussion of the Juwan Howard situation. “It’s about calling off the dogs or trying to teach. The other coach doesn’t want to get embarrassed. Don’t fall behind by 19.” See above for the rest of that conversation. Then came the “roster revamp” discussion. “He had a big turnover this season and the early schedule was too hard. People don’t realize that Marek was probably our MVP on both ends of the court. Without Jesse we miss him even more.” On Twitch, Jim said “Duke is the best team. They have the best players. Everybody is going have some slips during the course of the season. Williams is a lottery pick. Keels will be in the top 10-12 picks. Joey Baker can shoot. It’s a very challenging team. They are better defensively with a big-time shot blocker. AJ Griffin is a great shooter, better than Allan and he's bigger and stronger." Allan Iverson may be at the Dome Saturday. He's "the hardest-nosed, toughest player who ever played." But he doesn't like practice. "The pros are different. LeBron doesn't do a lot of practice. Allan is 5-11 and 100 nothing. He gave you everything he had on the court." They talked about Tom Butters, who was the Duke AD who hired Coach K and stuck with him through some tough early years. (K had losing records his 2nd and 3rd years there: after the 1982-83 season, Jim was 159-54 and Mike 115-106 in their coaching careers.) The “Iron Dukes”, their fund-raining organization, publicly stated they wanted K out at that time and K has never spoken with them in four decades since. JB said that he’s “one of the two smartest guys he’s ever met with Dave Gavitt. He later became head of the NCAA selection committee. Butter was asked to lead the fund-raising campaign and said he would but he’s got to have a cut. That year he produced $40 million in contributions and earned $2 million when Ads were begin paid $75,000/year. They never made that deal again.” Providence is having a heck of year. They are now in the top ten {probably for the first time since they had Marvin Barnes]. “They are 14-1 in games decided by 5 points or less. They have exceptional guards, 5th year guys.” They also have Brycen Goodine! Matt, (who did all three segments – Gomez is on vacation), had a trivia question- in 25 years, four frits time head coaches in the ACC have won 20 games. Can you name them? [/QUOTE]

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