Dear Coach K

Yes, that really is what the paper printed...

Stop. Before you think this is a disparaging, hating-ass letter, think about this. Since 1980, you've coached Duke University into 4 National Championships, 11 Final Fours, 12 ACC Regular Season Championships and 12 ACC Championships. That basically means for the past 30 years, you've probably been the most dominant coach in college basketball (there, I said it). That's easy to hate on, especially if you're one of the squads, coaches or fans that have been getting the business from Duke. In fact, that's only the first reason that people dislike Duke Basketball and you, Coach K.

The second reason is that your players have bad NBA careers. I mean, for a program with as many accolades over the past 20+ years, shouldn't there be a few stars at the next level to show for dominance in college? Elton Brand, Carlos Boozer and Grant Hill are cool. But JJ Redick?? No. Chris Duhon?? Chill. Shelden Williams. Please. Dahntay Jones Ehh.. Sorry Coach K. Your recruiting is less based on who the best player is and who can fit into your system. No isolations. Just off-ball screens and long sets to free up shooters. That's why LeBron James and Shaun Livingston decided not to go to Duke. They realized they'd have no place at Duke. Smith, Scheyer & Singler could have okay NBA careers, but they don't seem like they've got much for teams.

Coach K, there were at least 5 times in the past month I thought your team should have lost to a team that was a little more talented and athletic. Lo and behold, Duke won not because of talent and athleticism, but because of superior coaching. I can't knock you for that, even if the Duke logo makes me sick. You won this championship with a tried and true formula. Why should you try and take it to the NBA and have some overpaid schmuck screw it up? I'm still hoping you don't win the NCAA next year. I can respect you though, especially when you say stuff like this:

We have great kids who go to school, who graduate. If we're going to be despised or hated by anybody because we go to school and we want to win, you know what, that's your problem. Then you have a problem, because we're going to go to school and we're going to try to win. You don't like it? Keep drawing pictures. Just keep drawing pictures. Try to do them a little bit better than that, though.

via USA Today