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Coach K would be on the hot seat and potentially fired this year if he wasn't already retiring

I'm putting Coach K on the hot seat right now because of that performance [losing to UNC]. I think he'd be fired at the end of this year, even if he didn't retire.

Coach K's job was never in jeopardy despite the loss; he retired as planned after a Final Four run.

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Mar 7, 2022
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Coach K might coach the Lakers next year

Maybe a chance that [Coach K] goes and coaches the Lakers next year. Why not? LeBron needs a coach. LeBron basically went to Duke. LeBron did say he was his favorite coach he ever had.

Coach K did not return to coaching, and the Lakers hired Darvin Ham for the 2022-23 season.
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Mar 7, 2022
#7962
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Coach K’s legacy is shot because he lost his last game at Cameron Indoor to UNC

Give me your thoughts, so real on the game because you have to admit like [Coach K's] legacy is completely shot now. That's what everyone's going to remember about Coach K is [the loss].

While the loss was embarrassing, Coach K's legacy remains intact as one of the greatest coaches ever with 5 national titles.
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Mar 7, 2022
#7965
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The era of larger-than-life legendary college basketball coaches is dying

We're going to lose... an era because when Jim Boeheim goes out to pasture, Rick Pitino, who knows where he's going to go next, Cal... the era of these college coaches that are bigger than life, it feels like they're dying. The guys we have right now are not old school legends... they're not like these Titans that feel like hovering over it.

This is subjective, but many analysts agree that NIL and the transfer portal have shifted focus away from the 'czar' style coaches of the past.

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The ACC tournament belongs in Greensboro and it's not the same anywhere else

I grew up loving the ACC tournament. I don't love it anymore because it's not in Greensboro. The ACC is a North Carolina League. It's a tobacco league. Put it back in Greensboro.

This is a subjective preference about the historical home of a conference tournament.
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The Ravens failed Max Crosby's physical intentionally to pivot to Trey Hendrickson

It's almost like they had it ready to go. They pivot to Trey Hendrickson. It feels like they had, by the letter of the law, they had the ability to fail [Crosby] for the physical because he's not ready to play. Technically the Ravens didn't break any rules, they just used it to get someone better that just came available.

This is a satirical bit; Crosby and Hendrickson did not have these transactions in real life.
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The NFL will launch a spring game within a matter of years

We're a matter of years away, not decades, from the NFL doing a spring game. I think I might be into that. One spring game, just like college football. It would be kind of sick.

This is a long-term prediction about NFL business strategy.

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