A83 wrote:

phil95 wrote:

Saul's A Team wrote:

Coaches are allowed to curse. Lighten up.
Try sitting behind the Duke bench and listen to Saint Mike.
You'd have a heart attack.

I am well aware of of classic "coach speak", I saw the same Coach K video you did + plus have seen that show live, & am a skilled vulgarian in my own right.

I played for several, hard-nosed bastard coaches & have worked in professional kitchens for more than 40 years. I know what an avalanche of out of control screaming looks like.

I have NEVER seen a coach scream at his players like that; not even in practice. Not Bobby Knight; not anyone. He silenced his own meagre fan base with it & shocked his coaches.


In 2021, coaches get fired for public displays of this kind.

P.S. Don't tell me to lighten up.

Really didn’t need to know the gory details. I think you made your point without repeating them. I would have been offended as well if I heard the second remark.

So let me get this straight: You've never heard of a coach talking to his players like that before? With all the Coach K's and Coach Cal's and John Woodens and Bobby Knights and all the thousands and thousands of maniacal coaches out there through the years, Keith Dambrot exhibited the worst tirade in the history of coaches? Maybe the empty gym was a bad place to let fly that sort of language, but it's his team and I'd bet the guy was not having a five-game losing streak. I agree. Grab the "freaking" rebound!
And, please, lighten up.

Tejas_Duke wrote:

Double digit second half leads blown in 2 out of 4 games. Anyone else having Jim Ferry flashbacks?

Actually, no, I'm not. Not at all. There is no comparison between the two men. Ferry was out of his league in the A10 and apparently he's out of his league in the America East. UMBC lost to powerful Longwood by 27 yesterday. His team's two wins are over a Penn State campus school (York) not affiliated with NCAA or NAIA and over a very bad Western Carolina team. I'm with you, El Presidente: Saw a lot of good things vs. Colorado. The Dukes, with their very young (playing together and some freshmen, too) lineup showed me a lot with their response after playing so poorly and so disjointed against Northeastern. Easley and Williams are the real deal. Spears and Johnson will be tough to beat when they get it going together. I thought Duquesne played a heckuva game yesterday vs. that Power 5 conference school, even though they aren't very good as a Pac-12 team. That was a bad sequence at the end of regulation, for sure. Nobody knows what was said in the huddle, do we? Does anyone know if the plan was to guard the perimeter and not gang up on one particular player? Don't think so. Maybe someone here has some inside knowledge on that. None of us were there. So why does everyone assume the coaches didn't know that? Veteran coaches, no less. Perhaps it's us who are clueless. The Dukes were the better team in that game, as I'm sure most will agree. Just wish folks here would be objective instead of impulsively railing against every single thing that goes wrong. The "I'm done" comments on this board crack me up. If you're done, then go. See ya! Don't return and keep commenting. You're done, right? Oh and ahem, GO DUKES!

DuqHasBeen wrote:

It amazes me that after 40 years + of lackluster play, people on this board think it should only take 1/8th of that time to turn the entire program around. We are trending upwards in terms of talent, we just got a new stadium...investments are being made in the program. As more money is put into the program, higher expectations will be set for the performance of players & coach, gameday operations, etc. 

When you flew by the seat of your pants for 40+ years a lot of bad habits are created. Takes time to generate change. Be patient, enjoy where the program is headed and understand that if you wanted to root for a perennial powerhouse you wouldn't be rooting for Duquesne in the first place. 

With that being said, if we are going to continue to play Bekelja for his defense (which i think is good) coach needs to give him some sort of offensive confidence. At least get him shooting open 3s. No need for Larson to be on the court ever. Should be treated like a walk-on. Practice only.

Yes indeed it is truly amazing that after 40 plus years anyone would think the deeds of this sorry-A--- program could be undone just like that. This is the best post I've read in quite some time here. Was trying myself to make this point and didn't do it because I didn't think I'd be able to articulate it properly. Well DuqHasBeen, you did it. I dont see this season as being a major fix at all. As some have said and I agree, you have to develop chemistry. Having JJ out there running the show was just another element in a game situation that had never occurred beyond a few minutes. We're 3 games in. This board has been a circus for years, fun and interesting. But the ill-informed stuff that keeps coming by is amusing. Everyone read DuqHasBeen's  post again, especially the clowns in this circus. You know who you are.

FAM wrote:

Iron Duke - in relation to your comment on EW, Sincere Carrie was excellent last night as Kent State played Xavier. LaMar Norman also scoring well at WM. . I will be unpopular with this comment, but why can the coaches at Oregon and Kent State handle EW and Sincere- two starters and high scorers, and LN doing well and Dambrot couldn’t?

FAM, sorry for jumping into your conversation with Iron. Personally, I don't take your comments as unpopular. Contrary. I'd say others here feel the same way as you.
Just seemed like Carry was fine his first year here. He's played one game at Kent State. Give it time. On Norman? Western Michigan isn't the A-10. Didn't seem like Norman was a misfit, like the other two. He was a decent player. He just wasn't good enough to play in a league at this level and make the team a contender. In the MAC, he can get away with that more, right?. On EW? Oregon has been ranked the entire time he's been there. Things seem to always go better when you're winning. Oregon is a Power 5 conference team with a history of recent success. Duquesne is none of that. Apples? Oranges? Dambrot seems to be trying to change it and make Duquesne relevant again. Maybe the guys on this year's team will buy in to whatever their current coach (Dambrot) is requesting. Obviously, that wasn't the case with these other fellows, at least Carry and EW? And Baker. And Weathers. And Dunn-Martin. And ... 9-9 is .500, Dukes record last year.  Duquesne's current team is my focus.

FAM wrote:

The article was well written.  God Bless Him in whatever he pursues.

As is the case usually with this outfit, there is no attribution to the "facts." In other words, this is basically another social media post. Austin's anticipated departure from the team is the worst-kept secret in Duquesne basketball, yet the school has not officially made any announcement and Austin's name continues to be listed on the team's official roster. If you just "learned" this now, you're not paying attention. Why not write this article way back when it first was talked about? That's been months ago. I'm OK with reporting something that has a source linked to it - anonymous or not - but to say that you've learned something with no source, no quote, no attribution. .. I guess this is journalism today. I call it GOOFY!

1111 Vickroy wrote:

I was there this past weekend. Please forgive me, but I wasn't impressed. It's Palumbo with makeup. I ended up taking seats in the 100 level Same as what I had before.

True, it is on the same spot as the former Palumbo Center. The makeup that was applied is so spectacular that the place looks like, um, Palumbo Center ... with makeup. That's a good description. However, Vickroy, I am very impressed. Did you check out all the amenities? Did you see the weight facilities? Did you stand in front of the place and admire the structure? It's incredible what Duquesne has done with that place. I'm not sure how you couldn't be impressed, but everybody has their own opinion. If you're looking for a Big Ten or ACC facility, well, good luck finding it on Forbes Avenue. I just feel like if you're not impressed with what they did with ol' Palumbo, maybe you just didn't really take a good look around. I prefer to be objective. The place looks great compared to before. It's not even a contest.

Rayrich wrote:

Duques102 wrote:

CLK wrote:

Transferred to Rider

https://twitter.com/Miller_Report/status/1410008310141628419?s=20

 
Can’t say I understand the pushback, this is good information. For all the noise that was coming out of his camp after transferring, and some of the names that were being bandied as options, it’s clear that was an effort on his part to “upsell” himself in his recruiting process. Rider is worse than the names that I initially heard, and they were still mostly downward moves.

This also validates Keith’s decision to not play him and ultimately let him walk last year to me. Clearly based on that sample size and where he ended up, the kid ended up being nowhere near A10 caliber, despite what some were hoping. The recruiting process is a cut-throat business, and it is only becoming more so that way under this new model. Hopefully it works out the best for all involved, but to me this shows no one else thought he could cut it at this level either. He is now playing in one of the lowest ranked D1 conferences out there.

Dambrot’s depth of quality in recruiting classes and especially retention of key talent has frankly been pretty poor to this point, and that does need to change. All the success he has had here has had more to do with his coaching than his ability to acquire talent to this point IMO. He is an incredible basketball coach, and I blame DUs profile more than his ability to recruit for some of the shortcomings in this area to date. I personally think the new facility is going to go a long long way with recruiting, and a successful season this year could catapult us into league favorite status next year. We are slowly moving in the right direction but it’s tough when we have essentially been a sinking ship for the past 40 years. It does feel like that is starting time change though.

“There’s something happening here, what it is, ain’t exactly clear”.

Again, time will tell.

Really like this po

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