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HuffyJB

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There are some guys there with some irrational and comical levels of hatred, but the Gary stuff is what cracks me up more than anything. The notion that there is ANYONE, much less the bulk of the board, who actually puts stock in the things this guy says and believe the idea that he is connected in any way just blows my mind. The people who believe that should be embarrassed, but if they think he knows anything, then they probably don't have sense enough to be embarrassed.

Maybe I'm a homer, but I don't think we have anyone like that here, meaning the internet guy desperately trying to create the persona of an "insider." There are people here who share information and answer questions, but they don't present it with the winks and the coy stuff, nor credit a "mafia" or whatever garbage he has going. The people here are just people who are members of premium sites, know where to look for information, and follow those things closely so are more informed. They aren't program-connected, and they aren't trying to pretend they are. It reeks of insecurity.
 
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gottagonow

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tarh33ls said:
Yes but when you weren't regularly landing those guys, many of your fans did understandably hype up the kids you did get. The rise of the OADs has obviously bolstered your recruiting because K has been able to adapt very well with a good mix of 3-4 year guys and handpicked OADs. Obviously when UNC was landing a number of 5 stars each year there is less of a need or even desire to hype up the guys that had been signed.

To be fair I don't think it's an exaggeration, it just seems that way since you've been rolling in terms or recruiting for the last few years. Every single fan base has groups of posters who can be accused of frequent hyperbole, unrealistic expectations and the like. To act like you guys or any fan base is above doing that is just ignoring facts. There are these types of fans in every single fan base, there is just less room for those types of posts when you are actually landing a number of top 10 recruits.

An example that comes to mind was when a number of posters here claimed that Thornton was a better college player or would be superior to Kendall Marshall. Kendall was not a superstar one and done like a Kyrie but there were plenty of guys here who said that he was better than Marshall when it was just flat out untrue and unrealistic to expect him to be that.
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I don't think we have a Duke fan on here who ever said Tyler Thornton was or would be superior to K Marshall. We all knew Thornton had some limited ability even though he was a very good player for us. I just don't think we have any fans that naive, foolish or that big of a homer. UNC probably has Duke beat in homers 100 to 1. I haven't seen any Dukie nearly as stupid as some of the UNC homers.
 
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dukiejay

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Singler, like Hansbrough, was a very highly ranked 5-star player who most saw as a potentially exceptional college player....while at the same time not having the highest of ceilings at the next level. Part of that being, he was ranked in a top six that included Michael Beasley, Eric Gordon, Derrick Rose, Kevin Love and OJ Mayo....all of whom were considered sure one-and-done players at the time and future NBA'ers.
 
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denniden

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Mark Gastineau said:
#5 recruit in the country is a lower 5-star?
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To be fair to tarh33ls, He explained more clearly what he meant is a later post.

I tend to agree with him in regards to Hicks becoming a good player. The kid was highly thought of coming out of high school. He has yet to be given as much of a chance yet because Brice and Meeks are decent enough to take time from him. Now if he comes out of this year showing little, i may change my opinion but i want to wait until I call him a nothing. Where I disagree is a senior Hicks and a healthy freshman Giles comparison. Even if Hicks shows out well this year and next, a healthy Giles (a big if at this point) should still be the better player. That is how good he is, when right.
 
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gottagonow

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dukiejay said:
I remember the Thornton/Marshall comparisons. At the time the hype for Marshall had really died down. If I recall (and this is off the top of my head, so I acknowledge I could be wrong), but wasn't Marshall one of the top prospects in his class as a sophomore but then slid into the 40s by some rankings as a senior?

My point is, Marshall's stock had gone down (which we found out to be silly) and I think Thornton had stayed in that 75-100 tier. So yes, I do remember some Duke fans making comparisons between the two....and some, looking back now, were kind of silly. But I also remember UNC fans before Marshall had ever played a game saying they may need to recruit another point guard because he wasn't viewed as a sure-thing anymore.

For the most part I don't disagree with tarh33ls much....every fanbase has their nuts. It's just that right now, because of how things are going for them in so many ways, UNC fans are clearly winning in the 'nut' category. That said, when DSouthr and Gary-7 are two people that board really fawns over I think it adds to the element. Plus, keyser and chapelheeled....oh man. Not much to say about that. More than anything, I think the conspiracy theories run very deep over there. For a blue-blood program, UNC has a lot of insecure fans. A lot.
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When you say "Oh Man" when you discuss DSouthr, Gary-7, Chapelheeled and Keyser you have really said a mouth full. If there are 4 THR fans that are wacko its these 4.
 
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timo0402

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denniden said:
To be fair to tarh33ls, He explained more clearly what he meant is a later post.

I tend to agree with him in regards to Hicks becoming a good player. The kid was highly thought of coming out of high school. He has yet to be given as much of a chance yet because Brice and Meeks are decent enough to take time from him. Now if he comes out of this year showing little, i may change my opinion but i want to wait until I call him a nothing. Where I disagree is a senior Hicks and a healthy freshman Giles comparison. Even if Hicks shows out well this year and next, a healthy Giles (a big if at this point) should still be the better player. That is how good he is, when right.
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To be fair, i didn't call Hicks a nothing, i said to this point he's DONE nothing. And to the original point comparing it to the Singler/HB situation, coming into Jr. year, kyle HAD done something and in fact was a pretty stud player who we knew would be our BEST player jr year. Hicks can't say that....he might turn out to be a good player i dont know, i'm just saying to this point nada.
 
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timo0402

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Phiffr: "What is also funny is the other coaches comparing him to "Tyreke Evans" and "Victor Oladipo", while Roy is using "THE GOAT"."

Uhhhh probably b/c he's desperate. But it's cool that he is disrespecting MJ to try and land a recruit.
 
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dbav

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OldasdirtDevil said:
Okay, the Lance Thomas crap is getting old. There just isn't any evidence at all to say there was any kind of 'benefit', or crime, or whatever committed. Lance paid $35,000 down payment on $70,000 worth of jewelry. Anyone could have gotten a loan for doing that...especially when you're dealing with jewelry with such an incredible profit markup...the $35,000 was more than the piece was worth most likely. Again...anyone could get a 'loan' like that with that type of down payment on something that wasn't worth anywhere close to 70,000. That wasn't an impermissible benefit because anyone could have gotten that 'deal'.

Yeah, Key wants to believe that an agent or anyone loaned Lance the money. Preposterous! I think the world of Lance and I wouldn't have loaned him $500 based on his ability to play in the NBA...and neither would have anyone else.
What he conveniently leaves out is that his mother was the head manager of a Ford Motor plant in New Jersey. I think that safely put her above the minimum wage.

Now was Lance foolish for buying the jewelry and obtaining the loan...hell yeah imo. First, and I'm out of touch with the newer generation, but why blow that much on crap jewelry...why not maybe a nice set of wheels? And he should have known that something like that would place Duke in a harsh way...so it was stupid. Anyway, whether Key or any of the Heels like it or not there is no proof that anything nefarious happened whatsoever...but facts will never get in the way.

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The best part about inadvertently hijacking that thread was that I wasn't the one that brought up any type of scandal. Their own posters brought it up and I responded to it. It's kind of amazing.
 
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denniden

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timo0402 said:
To be fair, i didn't call Hicks a nothing, i said to this point he's DONE nothing. And to the original point comparing it to the Singler/HB situation, coming into Jr. year, kyle HAD done something and in fact was a pretty stud player who we knew would be our BEST player jr year. Hicks can't say that....he might turn out to be a good player i dont know, i'm just saying to this point nada.
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Oh, I know that, timo you are very fair when assessing players.

Singler and Barnes situation is completely different. I agree 100% with you.
 
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timo0402 said:
Unfortunately with Gary's track record of being right, he won't be playing.
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Seems like Gary was wrong again...no big surprise. With Paige out, Stilman is only averaging 2 minutes per game. Gary said that based on the LNWR scrimmage, Stilman should see the floor a lot. Guess he was wrong.

Or maybe he meant Stilman would look down at his feet and see a lot of the floor from the bench. This way Gary is never wrong.
 
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timo0402

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johnl1219 said:
Seems like Gary was wrong again...no big surprise. With Paige out, Stilman is only averaging 2 minutes per game. Gary said that based on the LNWR scrimmage, Stilman should see the floor a lot. Guess he was wrong.

Or maybe he meant Stilman would look down at his feet and see a lot of the floor from the bench. This way Gary is never wrong.
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johnl1219_

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Not really Duke related but it's Gary-7 related. It seems that Bam Adebayo is now going to sign with Kentucky, a lot of steam from recruiting analysts and he's supposed to announce at 9:30AM on Mike and Mike on ESPN radio. Also on at 9:30AM on Mike and Mike is Calipari...not a big surprise now.

I just remember Gary saying that Bam was only going to NC $tate becau$e of $$$, blah blah blah. He was implying that his people behind the $cene$ have told him that it'$ all about the money.

Wow, Gary is on a roll for being wrong so many times in a row. Maybe Gary should just say that it's just a guess instead of saying his coaching mafia and "insiders".
 
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Has anyone mentioned that "Roy's standards are too high to compromise his ethical code to land any player"....They really seem to believe that, but still state .."We just got outbid for him"
 
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dukiejay

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In the eyes of many UNC fans, they've never lost at anything without some kind of outside influence....whether that be refs, money, shoes, etc. I know you think I'm joking....but I'm not.
 
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gottagonow

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If you read the NI game thread at THR the refs actually did it again to the Heels. Cheated them out of another game.
 
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KellenPatrick

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This very early in their game against NIU today.

"Seems like the refs are trying hard to keep the spread in tact. There's been multiple bogus calls."

This was from UNC05champs or something like that.
 
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KellenPatrick

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This from "imajericho" and still very early in the game.

"LMFAO. Refs bailed out another player traveling with a BS call on Meeks. We are doing great despite these refs."
 
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KellenPatrick

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How many recruits that were considering us do we lose today?
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"That said, we aren't even in the bonus yet lol"

That Jericho clown again. And you know what he was referring to. OK...I will stop.
 
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KellenPatrick

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Ok, couldn't resist one more. This from that idiot keysersosay:

Watched the football game and I just tuned in with less than a minute Did not miss much I guess. Terrible loss ..... We need MP back

"BTW hey doochies this is what is called a TRUE ROAD game yo know the kind you pu$$ies do NOT play."

Lol, what a trip. Yes, K is SCARED to play "true" road games.
 
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CRAZIE4LIFE

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Anyone seen the movie Slingblade where they are all in the living room after practice and talking about practicing and paying gigs? I bet that's Gary7 and the guys during a weekly meeting. Greatest scene ever
 
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KellenPatrick

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timo0402 said:
That's the whole point. It doesn't jive with their narrative.
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Yep, but this (and the Maggette thing..still..) is their go to "Duke is no better than anyone else and K Rat is the devil!" narrative. Pathetic.

I was referring to the Lance Thomas thing as you all probably realize but that post is up near the top of this page.
 
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johnl1219 said:
Not really Duke related but it's Gary-7 related. It seems that Bam Adebayo is now going to sign with Kentucky, a lot of steam from recruiting analysts and he's supposed to announce at 9:30AM on Mike and Mike on ESPN radio. Also on at 9:30AM on Mike and Mike is Calipari...not a big surprise now.

I just remember Gary saying that Bam was only going to NC $tate becau$e of $$$, blah blah blah. He was implying that his people behind the $cene$ have told him that it'$ all about the money.

Wow, Gary is on a roll for being wrong so many times in a row. Maybe Gary should just say that it's just a guess instead of saying his coaching mafia and "insiders".
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That guy is one of the most asinine, despicable morons I have ever encountered on the internet. He really is something different.
 
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BOOGIEMAN1914

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i too don't really understand some of their infatuation w/ Lance....he dropped some serious coin on some ridiculous jewelry....enough that would make almost any jeweler make a deal....kid got four years of college free...mom had a great job....dont now about father, but this money couldve been his graduation money, trust, who knows????
 
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skysdad

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dukiejay said:
In the eyes of many UNC fans, they've never lost at anything without some kind of outside influence....whether that be refs, money, shoes, etc. I know you think I'm joking....but I'm not.
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I know you're not joking. I'm not joking either with my thread about how many games the have lost because of the officials. I can't remember a game they lost and even most games they've one where hey didn't whine about the refs or payoffs since I started posting here close to ten years ago and I know the fans I know personally did it when talking to them when they lost way before then. So it's safe to say they've been doing it forever. OFC
 
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Police now going to investigate. Interesting..... this time they may NOT be allowed to cover up their corruption and illegality like they did with Thomas

Good God this has to be the dumbest thing that could be said about Okafor's situation. How is Duke involved in this? I think Okafor needs to make better choices and do a better job representing Duke. But why would Duke need to cover anything up here?
 
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LetsGoDuke301 said:
keysersosay#1
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Police now going to investigate. Interesting..... this time they may NOT be allowed to cover up their corruption and illegality like they did with Thomas

Good God this has to be the dumbest thing that could be said about Okafor's situation. How is Duke involved in this? I think Okafor needs to make better choices and do a better job representing Duke. But why would Duke need to cover anything up here?
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That guy is so beyond obsessed with Lance thomas it's completely unhealthy.
 
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timo0402

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pisgah101 said:
http://northcarolina.forums.rivals....n-line-high-school-paper-factory.22358/page-2

Can someone that can post on THR go over there an please explain that online classes and paper classes aren't the same... An online program has actual work that needs completed this isn't the same thing as what UNC was doing... It's kinda sad they don't understand the difference.
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I thought about asking them if they knew the difference and just figured whats the point. Because no matter if you clearly point it out they'll still say thtas not true. It's like saying the sky is blue and them saying no its purple- you can point to it being blue and they'll still say its purple.
 
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