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<blockquote data-quote="spdrama" data-source="post: 992864" data-attributes="member: 3280"><p>Nobody exclaimed “Damon who?”, so maybe this is just one crazy example why mid-season 1 might be a premature time to question the hire. </p><p></p><p>1979-80 Duke went 24-9, won the ACC championship & reached the Elite 8. In March 1980 Duke needed a new HC & hired a Bobby Knight assistant & former Army player. Alumni & fans exclaimed “Mike who?” After all, the guy didn’t have the bonafides to be a HC anywhere, much less the ACC. </p><p></p><p>This new coach followed his predecessor’s conference championship & 24-9 Elite 8 in 1980-81 with 17-13 (8-8). Don’t think the Duke faithful was very happy with that. Just imagine how they felt the next two seasons when the new hire coached the team to 10-17 (4-10) and 11-17 (3-11). </p><p></p><p>A new freshman recruiting class arrived in season 3, 1982. And there began the rest of the story. Now I’m not naive enough to think CDS will lead GT’s program to the same achievements as Duke attained with Coach K. I am no basketball wizard. Merely a logical fan of a sport that has a way of defying logic. So left with only my own opinion and misguided assessment, I think Damon Stoudamire was a brilliant hire, has and is doing the best he can with a team that is mostly a carryover with fill-in spare parts and taking giant leaps on the recruitment trail, with his truly first incoming freshman class having the potential to begin the return of GT basketball to what CDS stated his intent was when hired.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spdrama, post: 992864, member: 3280"] Nobody exclaimed “Damon who?”, so maybe this is just one crazy example why mid-season 1 might be a premature time to question the hire. 1979-80 Duke went 24-9, won the ACC championship & reached the Elite 8. In March 1980 Duke needed a new HC & hired a Bobby Knight assistant & former Army player. Alumni & fans exclaimed “Mike who?” After all, the guy didn’t have the bonafides to be a HC anywhere, much less the ACC. This new coach followed his predecessor’s conference championship & 24-9 Elite 8 in 1980-81 with 17-13 (8-8). Don’t think the Duke faithful was very happy with that. Just imagine how they felt the next two seasons when the new hire coached the team to 10-17 (4-10) and 11-17 (3-11). A new freshman recruiting class arrived in season 3, 1982. And there began the rest of the story. Now I’m not naive enough to think CDS will lead GT’s program to the same achievements as Duke attained with Coach K. I am no basketball wizard. Merely a logical fan of a sport that has a way of defying logic. So left with only my own opinion and misguided assessment, I think Damon Stoudamire was a brilliant hire, has and is doing the best he can with a team that is mostly a carryover with fill-in spare parts and taking giant leaps on the recruitment trail, with his truly first incoming freshman class having the potential to begin the return of GT basketball to what CDS stated his intent was when hired. [/QUOTE]
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