I don't really care about the star-level, I just want one of our guys to become a STUD in the NBA. That would help our recruiting more than anything. It doesn't exactly help (from a recruiting standpoint) that our two best NBA Heels right now are the two quietest, least-flashy guys you'll find in pro sports in Barnes and Green.
This is the biggest issue in my opinion. UNC fans use to make fun of duke not really having a huge NBA presence while UNC had Jordan, Carter, Jamison, Stack, Wallace, etc. playing at the same time. Duke doesn't have that type of list, but it's a decent list. It's easier to sell a kid on their NBA future if you can point to an NBA player that's a current difference maker. I'm hoping now that Barnes isn't buried behind so many people that he can become that type of player. Not sure if he has the type of mentality needed to become that all star caliber player though.
there's plenty of Walmart dook fans in eastern N.C. , everydody loves a bandwagon. I always ask them what possible connection could they have to dook? I often tell them if they were caught on campus without a ticket stub they would probably be escorted off the premises.
Oh absolutely true. I get Duke's national appeal, but I don't understand how any native North Carolinian (like a multi-generational one, not the son of a transplant) could pull for the Blue Devils. Duke University doesn't. give. a. shit. about the state of North Carolina. If it was economically and financially feasible, Duke would absolutely relocate to the Northeast.
I think you may be underestimating the power of dook's med school, law school, and, particularly, seminary. While there are probably not a lot of doctors in eastern NC that attended dook, there used to be more, and, also, some folks have an affinity for "the dooks hospital" because either they or a relative may have been treated there. Similarly, while there may not be a ton of lawyers in eastern NC that went to dook, I have known several and I don't get out much. Finally, the Methodist Church is pretty established in eastern NC and quite a few of the clergy either went or have connections to the seminary. I grew up with folks who were dook fans during the Bubas era and continued even though they have no direct connection to dook. I respect that if they have always been dook fans. The ones that really irritate me are the Walmart/bandwagon types that have become more prevalent and the "Oh, I pull for ECU in football, but I'm a dook basketball fan" types. Hope this explains it a little.
If you don't get out much those duke lawyers must not be good at their job.
Totally totally forgot about the seminary school. Thanks for reminding me. That's certainly an outlier compared to the rest of the university.
Yep. It says a lot about their good character but doesn't mean diddly squat to the youngsters. They couldn't care less about good character. In fact, bad character seems to be a positive factor in this era.
Yes, and it's all about how quickly you can get someone into the NBA these days.
It just occurred to me that @Archer2 has posted on the OOTB basketball thread. I think we should call the OOTB Council of Elders together to decide if he should be named an honorary member of the OOTB clique.
It just occurred to me that @Archer2 has posted on the OOTB basketball thread. I think we should call the OOTB Council of Elders together to decide if he should be named an honorary member of the OOTB clique.
Um... didn't I get called a traitor for posting over there before? Now all of a sudden you want me over there? I've been lurking some and liked a few posts. Haven't posted that much though.
I tried. But the more I read, the more I wept for humanity. It made me depressed and I retreated into a shell of my former self. After trying to forget it all with a three week smack binge I woke up under an overpass in New Jersey and checked myself into a methadone clinic. With their professional help and by the grace of His Noodly Appendage I believe I have returned to something resembling sanity, although there always seems to be a dark shadow lurking at the edges of my consciousness. Please don't make me go back.
@Dattier created a thread a few days ago on OOTB. He has always seemed like a decent poster. I think he and @strummingram would get along pretty well.
So, I shouldn't be civil to most of the posters like you have been?
