http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin?disp=comments en-US-utf8 http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:26:18 +0000 Brandon [Visitor] c63582@http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/ It's easy to whine about a team like Duke. It's easy to point to truthaboutduke.com. By the way, Duke basketball is a corporation just like every college basketball team in the big conferences. http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin/2006/03/14/duke_coach_mike_krzyzewski_sports_ultima#c63582 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:06:58 +0000 WFdeacon04 [Visitor] c30037@http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/ Oh my god. The comments on this page make me sick to my stomach. I can't believe there are idiots out there that believe in this phony rat faced loser. He is everything that is wrong with the world today. Horrible human being. http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin/2006/03/14/duke_coach_mike_krzyzewski_sports_ultima#c30037 Mon, 08 May 2006 19:24:05 +0000 Duke fans are blind [Visitor] c17975@http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/ I just have to say its amazing to see all of these Duke fans come on here in defense of their savior. Did someone seriously compare him to General Patton? What this writer is saying is true. Coach K is notorious for his bad language, most any coach, player or writer can back that up if they choose to be honest and not PC. Just ask Elton Brand his true feeling about Duke. He hated that place, why do you think he left early? I love seeing people pull up his stats, but what have those numbers done for them lately. Typically you dont consider a season a success at Duke simply by just reaching the Sweet 16 (which isnt hard for Duke to do most of the time because they usually face a 15 or 16 seed in the 1st round and then another low seed in the 2nd round). And pulling out his graduation rate means nothing. Because look at the Duke players who eventually go on to the NBA anyway, they are busts (Brand being the exception but he left after a year so he doesnt count). The reason they stay to graduate is because they arent good enough to play at the next level so they need something to fall back on. <br /> <br /> All of you claim he is wrong but how do you know this for sure? Are any of you writers trying to get an interview? Are any of you close enough to hear coach rat during the games? And i don't want to hear that you were a student there and sat in the student section so of course you could hear him because unless you have the hearing of a dog you can't hear what he says over the crowd. But there are even videos that float around the internet where you can read the lips on exactly what Coach Rat is saying as well as his other so called class acts such as JJ Redick. The words they use are words that you would not want to teach your kids.<br /> <br /> You people claim he is just bitter because Coach Rat wouldnt give him a face to face interview and thats because he is smart enough to know that all you'll do is take what he says out of context or change his words to make him look bad. But why is Coach K the exception, and why if he is so loved and has nothing to hide and is so successful, should he be concerned with things being taken out of context. If every other coach in the country does it, why not him?<br /> <br /> The majority of the people who responded on here and prob. the same people who actually got scared and thought their beloved Coach Rat would leave them for the Lakers, not realizing it was just a strategy to raise his contract and get a new practice facility. Or actually believe the garbage he spews out in his credit card or Chevy commericals.<br /> <br /> Open your eyes and mind people, Coach K is not as clean as you all think he is.
All of you claim he is wrong but how do you know this for sure? Are any of you writers trying to get an interview? Are any of you close enough to hear coach rat during the games? And i don't want to hear that you were a student there and sat in the student section so of course you could hear him because unless you have the hearing of a dog you can't hear what he says over the crowd. But there are even videos that float around the internet where you can read the lips on exactly what Coach Rat is saying as well as his other so called class acts such as JJ Redick. The words they use are words that you would not want to teach your kids.

You people claim he is just bitter because Coach Rat wouldnt give him a face to face interview and thats because he is smart enough to know that all you'll do is take what he says out of context or change his words to make him look bad. But why is Coach K the exception, and why if he is so loved and has nothing to hide and is so successful, should he be concerned with things being taken out of context. If every other coach in the country does it, why not him?

The majority of the people who responded on here and prob. the same people who actually got scared and thought their beloved Coach Rat would leave them for the Lakers, not realizing it was just a strategy to raise his contract and get a new practice facility. Or actually believe the garbage he spews out in his credit card or Chevy commericals.

Open your eyes and mind people, Coach K is not as clean as you all think he is. ]]> http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin/2006/03/14/duke_coach_mike_krzyzewski_sports_ultima#c17975 Mon, 08 May 2006 15:27:11 +0000 Glad my name's not Marty [Visitor] c17959@http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/ Nice generalities, tool-Mart. I'm supposing that great sportswriters like Peter King and Dr. Z are pretty much worthless, according to your comments. Just because a guy gives an opinion that differs from your own, you automatically label him as a loser with no athletic talent. If you revile writers so much, why bother reading sports articles like this in the first place?<br /> <br /> Apparently, donating money to charity makes up for being a fraud. Again, reasoning that is pure genius.
Apparently, donating money to charity makes up for being a fraud. Again, reasoning that is pure genius.]]> http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin/2006/03/14/duke_coach_mike_krzyzewski_sports_ultima#c17959 Fri, 05 May 2006 23:54:26 +0000 Marty [Visitor] c17668@http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/ Wow, what a loser. So you are angry because Krzyzewski wouldnt let a deadbeat loser writer like yourself meet him face to face? I personally love writers. They are the kids on the high school team that sat at the end of the bench. They couldnt make it as athletes/coaches so they bash the people that did make it and are better than them which is about 99% of the worlds population.<br /> <br /> <br /> Coach K has donated millions to many charities. Him and his wife even had their own. What have you done to help out your fellow man other than being a complete douchebag?

Coach K has donated millions to many charities. Him and his wife even had their own. What have you done to help out your fellow man other than being a complete douchebag?]]> http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin/2006/03/14/duke_coach_mike_krzyzewski_sports_ultima#c17668 Fri, 05 May 2006 16:36:45 +0000 Nate [Visitor] c17612@http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/ The definition of fraud as given at www.dictionary.com is as follows:<br /> <br /> A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.<br /> <br /> Given this definition and the context in which the term fraud was used in Mr. Baldwin's blog, I think it's safe to say that Coach K is indeed a fraud. Although berating players on the sidelines during games while subsequently preaching values and piety during press conferences does not necessarily constitute fraudulent activity, working officials during games (even Billy Packer admits that Coach K does that) and promoting oneself and institution during a nonrecruiting period (the ever popular American Express commercials) definitely do fall into that category. I'm not quite sure why so many of the "educated" Duke supporters fail to see this, although it is much easier to simply say, "You don't know what fraud is, Coach K is a legend," and spew a variety of vulgarities than to actually offer up a thoughtful rebuttal.<br /> <br /> In addition, Mr. Baldwin's expereince with Coach K was questioned, and he gave a rather exhaustive list of his experiences with college basketball and Coach K. How individuals can post that he is just some dumb golf shmuck with no NCAA basketball experience is beyond me. Also, he never claimed to be spurned by Coach K himself but that some of his colleagues were. Please get the facts straight before heaping criticisms on the man.<br /> <br /> Furthermore, concerning Coach K's "tremendous success," I think it's safe to say that he definitely did not live up to expectations this year. Anything short of a Final Four appearance has to be considered a failure with the talent they had. Also, any mark of a good coach is how well he prepares his players for the future, as Coach K himself so eloquently waxes in his American Express commercial. Not only are the majority of his players NBA busts, but so are the majority of his players who wind up as coaches (Quinn Snyder being a prime example).<br /> <br /> But I'm sure these comments are all incorrect since they don't fall in line with the views of most egotistical Duke fans.
A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.

Given this definition and the context in which the term fraud was used in Mr. Baldwin's blog, I think it's safe to say that Coach K is indeed a fraud. Although berating players on the sidelines during games while subsequently preaching values and piety during press conferences does not necessarily constitute fraudulent activity, working officials during games (even Billy Packer admits that Coach K does that) and promoting oneself and institution during a nonrecruiting period (the ever popular American Express commercials) definitely do fall into that category. I'm not quite sure why so many of the "educated" Duke supporters fail to see this, although it is much easier to simply say, "You don't know what fraud is, Coach K is a legend," and spew a variety of vulgarities than to actually offer up a thoughtful rebuttal.

In addition, Mr. Baldwin's expereince with Coach K was questioned, and he gave a rather exhaustive list of his experiences with college basketball and Coach K. How individuals can post that he is just some dumb golf shmuck with no NCAA basketball experience is beyond me. Also, he never claimed to be spurned by Coach K himself but that some of his colleagues were. Please get the facts straight before heaping criticisms on the man.

Furthermore, concerning Coach K's "tremendous success," I think it's safe to say that he definitely did not live up to expectations this year. Anything short of a Final Four appearance has to be considered a failure with the talent they had. Also, any mark of a good coach is how well he prepares his players for the future, as Coach K himself so eloquently waxes in his American Express commercial. Not only are the majority of his players NBA busts, but so are the majority of his players who wind up as coaches (Quinn Snyder being a prime example).

But I'm sure these comments are all incorrect since they don't fall in line with the views of most egotistical Duke fans.]]> http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin/2006/03/14/duke_coach_mike_krzyzewski_sports_ultima#c17612 Fri, 05 May 2006 08:04:38 +0000 Andy [Visitor] c17571@http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/ Dook fans need to kill themselves, that's the only conclusion I can make after read all this drivel. Maybe your self important loser asses can realize that what this guy said is true. That Coach keryeyrsayrdasydswski (sorry, I didn't know how many Ks or Is or Ys is in his fucking last name) has more security than most military installations because his job is THAT much important than protecting the country. You know what, if you supposed recruit two to three All-Americans every year, maybe you are supposed to win and not be beatem by a completely flawed LSU team in the NCAA tournament. Ask Casey Sanders, Chris Burgess, Chris Carrawell, Michael Thompson, Elton Brand, Eric Meeks, Jason Capel, and a bunch of others about how they felt at Dook. Fucking loser fans, get a life and not try to look down on people, fucking douchebags. http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin/2006/03/14/duke_coach_mike_krzyzewski_sports_ultima#c17571 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:13:58 +0000 Hoyt Bailey [Visitor] c14184@http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/ Read on the Duke site that Chris Baldwin had a lot of negative things to say about Coach K. "Who is Chris Baldlwin?. I clicked on the link, and Hey!, I still don't know who he is. http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin/2006/03/14/duke_coach_mike_krzyzewski_sports_ultima#c14184