March 27, 201115 yr Athletes at Duke have lower academic requirements for admissions than the regular student body. As with most Universities in Division I......is that all you have to contribute? With that, would you say that most Duke players aren't good students? Or even above average?
March 27, 201115 yr As with most Universities in Division I......is that all you have to contribute? With that, would you say that most Duke players aren't good students? Or even above average? You asked me what my point was to a post where I quoted someone else... I gave it. I do not know the players academic background or what progress they make. In fact, I do not care if they can spell their name and that is not limited to just Duke players, it is any college player, any school.
March 27, 201115 yr How would Duke fans feel if Coach K ended up coaching at UNC? Or if Dean Smith comes out of retirement to coach at Duke? Yeah, I'm sure at the time that Georgia fans were happy with Tubbys move. No way that UNC fans, or Duke fans would have the hatred toward Coach K, or Coach Smith that UK fans have toward Rick considering everything those coaches have done for their respective programs.
March 27, 201115 yr I've told this story before, but while living in North Carolina and being around several Duke fans I can guarantee you that several of them dislike UK. Still to this day the most pathetic act I’ve ever seen from a fan came in 2001 from a Duke fan who vandalized my friend’s truck and UK license plate. Personally I don’t buy the opinions on here from those that have never felt the pulse of a fan base other than UK’s. I’ve lived in Missouri, North Carolina, Kentucky and California and been exposed to every major fan base in the country through the people I’ve been surrounded by, and the one thing I think I’ve learned is all your winning programs have a portion of the fan base that seem like elitist and arrogant as well. Thank you. Next.
March 27, 201115 yr Top program in the last ten years, as bad as I hate saying it, probably is Duke. However, think North Carolina in a close second and some could even argue Florida within the past five years.
March 27, 201115 yr Top program in the last ten years, as bad as I hate saying it, probably is Duke. However, think North Carolina in a close second and some could even argue Florida within the past five years. Hard to tell.....it is quite fun to be a fan of the hated. I have grown quite used to it, with Trinity and all.
March 27, 201115 yr I think Duke fans have more class than most Kentucky fans and they are no where as big as a cry baby as Kentucky fans are. I say this after being in North Carolina for one basetball season and after meeting many Dule fans from down there. Crazy post. UK fans seem bad because you live in KY and they have a large fan base. Go to Durham and you'll find some crazies and crybabies.
March 27, 201115 yr I honestly don't get the hate of UK fans toward any school or coach. The one that baffles me more than any is the extreme hate displayed toward Rick Pitino and Louisville. Where would the UK program be today if it weren't for Coach Pitino? He brought the UK program back pretty much from dead, and made it a national power again. Who cares if he went to an in state rival. A lot of my friends and family say he has no class because of that move. They call him a traitor. The Cats play Louisville once a year, and the game means nothing but state bragging rights. Yet these same people thought nothing of the move of two former UK coaches who went from a SEC rival school to become a Kentucky coach (Bill Curry and Tubby Smith). I can understand UK fans not liking Christian Laettner, but why so much hate toward Duke? Coach K has always been a class act toward UK, and their fans whether he has beaten the Cats, or lost to the Cats. The only honest reason so many UK fans hate Duke so much is because they feel threatened by the Duke program being superior to the Kentucky program. All of these means very little in the grand scheme of things. Get over it, and enjoy life. Pitino has always been scum, most of us just overlooked it while he was at UK.
March 27, 201115 yr Fact is, Duke has been the best basketball program of my lifetime. That is why they are hated by peers my age group.
March 27, 201115 yr Fact is, Duke has been the best basketball program of my lifetime. That is why they are hated by peers my age group. Simple enough.
March 27, 201115 yr Pitino has always been scum, most of us just overlooked it while he was at UK. Fair enough.
March 27, 201115 yr Pitino has always been scum, most of us just overlooked it while he was at UK. Typical reaction. I guess you'll be saying the same thing about Cal when he's gone.
March 27, 201115 yr What's funny is he doesn't know where the term 18% came from... :idunno: :lol::thumb:
March 27, 201115 yr Hard to tell.....it is quite fun to be a fan of the hated. I have grown quite used to it, with Trinity and all. Sure is, UK is hated on all the time.
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