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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 Ravens' fourth-quarter problems are moving earlier

Historically, the fourth-quarter Ravens have not been a great team. That fourth-quarter Ravens has started to creep its way into the third-quarter Ravens. And I think eventually it's going to keep creeping earlier and earlier in the game. I don't think it's going to get better because the defense does not look good.

This is a season-long assessment that can only be judged against Baltimore's eventual 2026 performance.
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Baker Mayfield has a real revenge game against Cleveland

This is like a big Baker revenge spot too. This is not a made-up Baker—I have a perceived slight against me because some team didn't trade for me when I was on the market. This is Baker Mayfield against Stefanski, and they haven't talked since he left Cleveland.

Whether the personal history materially affects the game is subjective, though the stated public grievance is part of the episode's context.
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The NFL should reduce the season to 16 games

I'm going to say it. I think that 17 games is too much. I like the scarcity. I like if you brought it back to 16, because the NFL's also been playing this game for a long time where they have to find safer-looking ways to do a dangerous activity.

The preferred NFL schedule is a policy judgment, though the player-safety rationale is grounded in the discussion's cited study.