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There is absolutely no other determination you can make on Redick except to say he has been a failure in a Magic uniform. He's played two seasons under two different coaches and still occupies a seat at the end of the bench. He couldn't get on the floor for the defensive-minded Brian Hill and couldn't get on the floor for the offensive-minded Stan Van Gundy.
What's it say when Redick, one of the best pure long-range shooters in college basketball history, can't play for Van Gundy, whose system puts a premium on long-range shooters?
--Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel
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A fan writes in:
I've always disliked Duke's basketball program, but I've never been as heated as I was after Gerald Henderson's elbow to the face of Tyler Hansbrough in the closing seconds of UNC's 13-point win. The elbow had me upset enough, and I would've liked to see Hansbrough retaliate, but I guess the kid just has too much class for that.
But what was more frustrating was Billy Packer's refusal to acknowledge that it was a dirty play. How many times did we have to watch Henderson in slow motion whipping his arm into Hansbrough's nose, with the commentary "clearly unintentional" over it. Sure, Billy. Everyone takes unintentional swings at the opponent in the closing moments of a blowout.
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Coach K and the media -
Coach K doesn't think he has to talk to the media. This article gives many examples of his ridiculous and selfish policies.
He regularly declines to participate in events that promote the sport that made him a multimillionaire, got him a lucrative shoe endorsement deal and gave him a forum to become one of college athletics' most recognizable spokesmen. At this point in his career, he turns down TV interviews, radio interviews, print interviews, sideline interviews and the rest.
Coach K also had a famous incident with Duke's student newspaper - the Chronicle:
In 1990, The Chronicle, Duke's student newspaper, published a midseason report card giving the Blue Devils a B-plus on their basketball performance.
In a meeting with Chronicle staff members that was taped and later excerpted in several publications, Krzyzewski occasionally used profanity in berating the students in front of his team, saying the team deserved straight A's. Later he met with the same students and apologized for the profanity but not the message.
NY Times article on incident
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