Team USA: Coach K's initial message misses the mark

There is nothing past the 120dB voice, because he is a shock jock. He was brought on to ESPN not for his analysis but because ESPN has decided that it wants to be the sports version of Fox News with quasi-authorities arguing from extreme viewpoints over minor issues. I will never understand why they let Aldridge go...

 

Yeah, it's weird how they called Lebron for every travel, yet Manu comes from international basketball, and he takes 3 steps every time he drives.

 

Actually, Coach K rarely loses to an inferior team in the tournament. His teams have always made it in recent memory (past 10 or so tournaments) to the Sweet 16, and if they do lose that early, its to a team that ends up going deep (Florida a couple years back and LSU this year).

Also, no Duke team Coach K has ever had has had as much relative talent as Team USA.

 

Ok, so the U.S. team has to go out being aware of their recent struggles and exercise some caution about the opponents they are playing. But the opposing teams they are saying to themselves when they face the U.S let's go out and DOMINATE this team now! And thats alright?

All these teams now can go out with the mentality to dominate. So what if you come up short? Its fire with fire now. It was the whole 'The U.S. is so great, we're slightly inferior" mindset that worked AGAINST all the teams playing against the U.S. for so long anyways. Its just gonna be tough to win anyway you slice it.....Its like a top ranked college football team that has struggled one year, but then they get the top recruiting class. They know now they are good and say to themselves we got the players, now lets go out and whoop some A--!!. Yeah the article is nitpicky.