Duke Coach EXPOSED

This thread has really backfired on the Duke team. I hope the Brojos leave it up in perpetuity as a cautionary tale to college athletes.

Duke Coach EXPOSED= Duke Team Exposed as irresponsible spoiled douchebags.

Duke Athletics have never been the same since Coach K retired.

and the newspaper with the shoddy reporting was most likely instigated by the athletes constantly badgering for more EXPOSURE. They got it.

I think coaches will have to adapt to younger generations' desire for a more emotional connection with their coach. It's a common complain among young athletes.

Soft. What a bunch of pussies.

Pretty interesting to see the different generational reaction to this

Older folks think the athletes were soft and coach was fine

next gen completely sympathesise with the athletes

I think connection pretty important for younger millennials and gen z. If the coach is clearly not interested or invested in them or their improvement the young athletes would probably transfer out if they were mature adults. But they are still pretty young and vulnerable and a bit dependent on a coach to guide them. Unfortunately the guidance seemed poor and the environment toxic

importance of sports psychology and wellness pretty clear after Tokyo 2021. Surprised some of y’all aren’t waking up to this and holding on to the ‘toughen up’ attitude. Just because you went through it that way doesn’t mean future generations will

Where did you get those stats?

how many most likely go into withdrawal once they are in a training session and really just can't wait for it to be over and they can get back to the important stuff, you know, scrolling and flicking their cell phones where they get that emotional support rush thst keeps on giving.

you point to a new kinda athlete yet the desire by these athletes was pure revenge that continued even after the school year knowing full well it would get lots of airplay on LR. Does everyone have an axe to grind or was it just a few that needed to be hugged and coddled?

if you have an in season party and more than 1 person ends up in the hospital and your adminstration finds out about it, for God's sake man up

Unfortunately life is tough. It's more about the need to recognize that.

A coach can be both invested in her/his athletes and still expect the athlete to understand people will not be running interference for them in real life.

Is this a joke or real?

There was no reason for you to make a racial comment. Please don't.

You're right it was a toxic environment....created by the athletes against the coach.

It sounds like their previous coach got fired, and they were pissed so they never gave Reckart a fair chance. It really sounds like the team was disrespecting her from day 1.

Then add in that they weren't taking sports seriously and were partying too much. You can't treat your coach like garbage and still expect them to be your best friend.

Since they fired the coach, I would say, yes yes you can do exactly that!

This is Duke we're talking about, these kids are used to having staff, people they can treat like garbage, but then turn right around and expect them to clean their clothes, make their food etc..

I guarantee you it won’t be the same way with coach Jermyn they will respect him

What is missing in this entire thread (that predominantly focuses on the one guy who forms the backbone of the Duke student newspaper story) is that the coach lost (or never had) almost every single athlete's respect (only one woman did not sign the letter). So no matter the beginning of the issue (whether you think it is entitled students or not), a coach who loses the trust and respect of an entire team is an issue. That is no easy feat to accomplish.

Also, in this thread's focus on supposed entitlement and lack of seriousness (I am neutral as one student paper article is hardly definitive) there were compounding issues besides the party aftermath and this one student's perspective - training, injuries, lack of rapport with team all come through. The truth is the entire matter is sad for Reckart, sad for the team, and sad for Duke's reputation. Wishing Jermyn luck in establishing respect, hoping the team shows they truly are about respect and commitment, and I hope Reckart learns something from this to improve her approach to her future teams.

Reckart never had a chance because Wilbourn fired the previous coach in a sleezy way and the team was furious. They took it out on Reckart.

She inherited the worst team culture in the NCAA at Duke. They would have gotten any Coach fired for trying to prevent them from partying.

Reckart had a long coaching career prior to Duke and nobody ever accused her of being mean and unsupportive at those schools.

LetsRun - Where nuance goes to die.

With all this talk of poor coaching, I did a quick check of the all time lists on Duke's website. Here's a glimpse of the last 3 years.

Most events have at least 1 and sometimes 2 or 3 of the all time top 5. For examples men's mile indoor, # 1, 3, & 5 are since 2022. Men's indoor 3k is even better with 4 of the top 5 ALL TIME. For such a successful program (lol) where has the performance letdown been? Was it the shoes? Or, maybe there's a different hidden agenda? Check for yourself:

goduke.com

Duke_T_F_Record_Book.pdf

Duke_T_F_Record_Book.pdf

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