Comments for Duke Blue Devils Rant

Comment on Is Alex Murphy Joining Duke A Good Thing? No. by Tom

Tom — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:34:32 +0000

I think it’s great that he comes. He seems like he is as physically ready as any freshman is prior to that first season. I’m pretty sure he is about the same size as Singler was his frosh year since you are mentioning him as a clone. Also the same size and approximate incoming rank among his class as Hairston was. Who knows what the year brings? There could be injuries, other players not playing up to their abilities, etc. Despite the hype of the incoming class (i.e. Rivers), I believe they have some questions as to who will truly step up to be “the man”. At least they will have an abundant amount of resources to try figuring it out.

Comment on Is Alex Murphy Joining Duke A Good Thing? No. by ted.swedalla

ted.swedalla — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:56:36 +0000

I’m pretty sure that kids come to Duke for the game time minutes, not the practice minutes. They want their talents on display for the scouts in the stands, not the janitors in the gym.
Ask any of them the question, ‘did you come to Duke to play on the big stage on TV 30 times a season, or did you come to practice against other great college plpayers?’
We all know what the answer will be.

Comment on Is Alex Murphy Joining Duke A Good Thing? No. by Tommy

Tommy — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:04:23 +0000

It’s not the game time minutes thats important, its getting to have a practice where 5 great players guard 5 other great players. iron sharpens iron

Comment on Is Alex Murphy Joining Duke A Good Thing? No. by Sanbodukie

Sanbodukie — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:45:20 +0000

Opinions are like A…………. Everybody has one.
Let the coach decide X&O’s and yes we want all the toys, Andre Daniels Come on down.

Comment on Is Alex Murphy Joining Duke A Good Thing? No. by ted.swedalla

ted.swedalla — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:36:44 +0000

Murphy taking a red shirt would be the best of both worlds. He would get to practice and train with the Blue Devils, get stronger and learn Coach Ks offense and defense.

Comment on Is Alex Murphy Joining Duke A Good Thing? No. by Cmon

Cmon — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 03:57:47 +0000

There’s a good likelihood Murphy will redshirt (he could burn the redshirt if there’s an injury crisis and help out). Much better to practice for a year at Duke and really learn the system than play high school ball for that year. Not to mention being a Duke student is an absolute blast.

Comment on Is Alex Murphy Joining Duke A Good Thing? No. by ted.swedalla

ted.swedalla — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:43:49 +0000

I also make the point that he will be undersized and not as strong as he will need to be to stand up to ACC play at the small forward position. Another year of seasoning would help him out.

Comment on Is Alex Murphy Joining Duke A Good Thing? No. by Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:04:51 +0000

This is dumb reasoning. If you would have mentioned that now we might lose Deandre Daniels then yes maybe I would agree, but other than that there is no argument. A kid who is still a top 50 player a year early and you wouldn’t want him why? He gives us a shot at having a true small forward with size and athleticism and may be one of the few that can guard guys like Harrison Barnes. If he ends up being good enough to steal minutes away from a guy who chooses to transfer then so be it, alls that means is the better player is on the floor. We were gonna have log jams anyways even if Murphy didn’t come a year early so your point is completely moot…

Comment on Best Conference? ACC. Biggest Joke? Big East. by ted.swedalla

ted.swedalla — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:24:19 +0000

This year you can argue that the Big East was the best conference, but I made the point that they were best is a weak season. Also, what good is it if I placate to everybody and not have people like you argue with me? Those are my opinions and until every D1 team plays each other once a season, there will never be a solid answer to which conference is best. You can’t base that on the polls, which are human generated and usually filled out by an assistant in the head coaches office.
Thanks for reading.

Comment on Best Conference? ACC. Biggest Joke? Big East. by Jack

Jack — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:12:25 +0000

Ted, the Horizon League has ten member institutions. If you want to pretend 9 of them don’t exist when you’re rating conferences, and because of that state that the Horizon League is the best conference, you’re not just unfit to man a blog- you’re delirious