It's not going to happen overnight. We keep expecting the light switch to go on and begin seeing an all NBA team. There are areas we need to focus on for sure and most of them are on defense. If we get punched in the mouth enough hopefully we learn to fight back. We don't play nearly tough enough
***DUKE VS FLORIDA STATE OFFICIAL GAMEDAY THREAD***
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Yes agreed but we're supposed to be too and getting beat by double digits and giving Florida State uncontested access to the basket is hard to watch without some complaining.
We would be a better team with the "superstars" still out and developing our team that played against Kansas
Same old dog and pony show again Saturday? Funny how everyone was so high on this team against GT. This team is missing the IT factor. They can't take a punch in the mouth and fight back for 40 minutes. Right now they can be really good for 25 and fold against talented teams
Florida State is playing real good just like Va Tech did at home.
That's the issue the ACC and NCAA tourney aren't played at home and this team can't play on the road.
Worst part our basically whole bench of five star players are getting out played by three and four star players with a couple of five stars.
That's the issue the ACC and NCAA tourney aren't played at home and this team can't play on the road.
Worst part our basically whole bench of five star players are getting out played by three and four star players with a couple of five stars.
Well I'm depressed and amongst the doom and gloom crowd now. I just don't see a silver lining even when Coach K comes back. Hope I'm wrong
I couldn't of said it better Denver. With all the injuries and Grayson's suspension, how many games have we had everyone playing together?
A total meltdown by our fans on here. Call me a homer, but I still believe it will all come together. Heck, I don't think there were many fans on here that gave us a chance before the game started. Gonna be tough to win on the road this year for everybody.
The lack of toughness & basketball IQ with this group is astounding. Frosh are in AAU mode & vets are clearly not leading.
Gonna be a long month.
Gonna be a long month.
Much more fun to make disparaging comments about Duke players people don't like.
Oh I'm not saying you can't complain. Cripes, complain away. We've been bad. I was just pointing out that FSU is pretty good, as well.
They are way overrated. Still living off of the preseason expectations. I think the only one that are playing to their potential have been Kennard and Jefferson. They sure miss Jefferson tonight but don't think it would of matter. FSU is just a better team.
Be proud to be a blue devil. We will be relevant every year.
Oh I know what you meant and I try to keep my griping to a minimum when we lose but damn, tonight we are just plumb awful. Case in point is that one handed dunk we just got thrown down on us.
FSU is good but I didn't come away overly impressed. Most of it is what we let them get away with. Question why is fsu calling a timeout with 38 second after a dunk
Haha. Gonna be tough when all they are shooting is dunks and lay ups.We just need them to shoot 30% for the game again
You guys that have been here a while know I dislike stall ball unless you use it to score and extend the lead. FSU executed stall ball to perfection tonight. Also I talk about clutch time free throws. If you look at the stats FSU's percentage wasn't that great overall but they hit those clutch time free throws. Fats off to FSU. They man handled us tonight. I really thought we would win. Next game. OFC
My sports teams have me very sad! I might stop watching sports all together and start reading books, or doing home improvement projects, or die of a broken heart!
Soft. As it stands right now, every single game in the league will be similar to this. Jefferson makes a huge difference, I know, but it is very telling when the absence of one guy dismantles a team so thoroughly on one end of the floor. They simply can't stop anyone and it looks like they know that. The answers need to come from the guys. They must respond to this with some fight and some fire! That aspect is sorely lacking on this squad.
This definitely taints the expectation from a great recruiting class. On paper and pre-season had this as a super team. It looks a shadow of that now and i dont think any team will be scared to face them. The coaches have to figure out how to get them to gel quickly or the players need to hash it out themselves or these nights will happen when they play road games every night
Thought we would lose. Hate how we lost. The minute things got tough, all fundamentals went out the window.
I wish I had your confidence I lost a lot tonight after that defensive effort. Mainly because we will take Louisvilles best shot and Duke can't absorb that right now