Blogs N&O Zone|Home Delivery
Subscribe
Vacation Stop
Delivery Problem
Make a Payment
E-Edition
Subscriber Services
|Stay Connected
E-edition
My Accounts
Email Alerts
iPhone
Mobile
Print Archives
RSS
Newspapers in Education
Contact Us
Report Problem
Search stories on N&O.com Web search powered by Yahoo! Search N&O print archives Web Search powered by YAHOO!Home News Sports Business Politics Life Entertainment Opinion Obits Classifieds Jobs Real Estate Cars Place Ad Index About Us
Advertising
Circulation
Interactive Media
Marketing
Newsroom
Production
Site Info
Business
Columnists/Blogs
Consumer/Retail
Economy
Local/State
Real Estate
Stocks
Technology
Workplace
Classifieds
Cars
Homes
Jobs
Legals
Merchandise
Pets
Place an Ad
Rentals
Entertainment
Arts
Books
Calendar
Columnists/Blogs
Dining
Games/Comics
Food & Fitness
Music
Nightlife
People
TV/Movies
Life
Columnists/Blogs
Fitness
Food
Home/Garden
Religion
Style
Travel
Weddings
News
Columnists/Blogs
Crime/Safety
Education
Health/Science
Local/State
Nation/World
Weather
Weird News
Obituaries
Browse by City
Life Stories
Opinion
Columnists/Blogs
Editorials
Letters
The Opinion Shop
Powell
Politics
Columnists/Blogs
Local
National
State
Under the Dome
Sports
ACC Now
Auto Racing
Baseball
Canes/NHL
College
Duke
ECU
NC Central
NC State
North Carolina
Wake Forest
Columnists/Blogs
High School
NBA
Outdoors
Panthers/NFL
N&O Shopping
Books
Merchandise
Posters
Photos
Print Ads
Stay Connected
E-edition
My Accounts
Email Alerts
iPhone
Mobile
Print Archives
RSS
Newspapers in Education
Contact Us
Report Problem
Home Delivery
Subscribe
Vacation Stop
Delivery Problem
Make a Payment
E-Edition
Subscriber Services
Mobile version | 01.18.2010 | 55°F Blogs > ACC Now You may also like Canes Now | Balls and Strikes | Preps Now | Campus Notes
newsobserver.com blogs post
Go to... News & Observer Blogs Home ACC Now Best Blog Between the Lines .biz Bull's Eye Campus Notes Canes Now Crosstown Traffic Eastern Wake Buzz Editors' Blog Happiness is a warm TV Investigations Mouthful On the Beat: David Menconi on Music The Opinion Shop OrangeChat Play! Preps Now SWakeSports Taking Stock Tech Junkie TechN&Ology Triangle Grammar Guide Uncle Crizzle Under the Dome WakeEd WakeWatch
Coaches disagree on physicality
View Edit
Submitted by kentysiac on 01/18/2010 - 10:17
Tags: ACC Now | Duke | UNC | Wake Forest
DURHAM - Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and Dino Gaudio agreed that Sunday night's game was brutally physical.
But the two coaches seemed to have opposing views on whether college basketball overall has become too physical in their comments after eighth-ranked Duke's 90-70 win at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
"On both sides right now, our kids and their kids, this is like a football game," Gaudio said. "I think Coach (Roy) Williams (said) a couple weeks ago, the game is getting incredibly physical. It's unbelievable. And like I said, my kids and the other team as well. I'm not saying Mike's kids. The game is just so physical anymore, it's unbelievable. I don't know - I've seen a couple NBA games, and I don't know if it's that physical in The League."
So Gaudio, Roy Williams and some other coaches interviewed last week (Maryland's Gary Williams and Georgia Tech's Paul Hewitt) agreed that college basketball is getting too physical. But Krzyzewski and Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg thought that the game has been just as physical at times in the past.
Krzyzewski held firm on that point Sunday night.
"It was really physical (Sunday)," he said. "I don't think that's the way games are always played. We're both 2-1 (in the ACC) coming into the game. Both of us had good rests. Just the nature of something like that takes it up a notch or two. I don't think that game is indicative of how all of the games are played, but certain games are played at a higher level and tonight was one of them."
Those are two very different takes on the same sport, but more coaches seem to agree that college basketball is too physical. And here's a radical solution, which ESPN analyst and former Duke player Jay Bilas suggested last week.
The Big East experimented with a six-foul rule in conference games from 1989 to 1992. Players did not foul out until they were called for their sixth foul. Traditionally players foul out on their fifth foul. The experimental rule was criticized and short lived because many believed it made the game more physical.
It stands to reason, then, that if players are disqualified on their fourth foul instead of their fifth foul, the game will become less physical. After watching huge players repeatedly crash to the floor during the Duke-Wake Forest game Sunday, it's clear that something needs to be done to protect players.
Experimenting with a four-foul rule - perhaps in the early-season tournaments in Hawaii, Alaska and elsewhere in 2010-11 - would be a good place to start.
Ken Tysiac
Monday, January 18, 2010
Coaches disagree on physicality
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
3 comments:
Of course K wants to be physical. That's how a less athletic team can defend the more athletic teams, by pushing shoving hand checks and the like. He comes from the Bobby Knight school of foul every play the refs won't call all the fouls. And besides eveyone knows that the ACC and NCAA refs favor the Duke Blue Devils. The thing Gaudio is talking about is that it not physical toughness it's just thuggery................
Anon @ 12:49 - Your comments show how how little you know about college basketball - and Duke. Physical play is to be expected, especially when it comes to conference play. But let us not forget two hard fouls called on Wake where Duke guys ended up crashing to the floor, Singler once and Mason Plumlee the other. Ish Smith got called for an intentional on Plumlee. Either way, there is no conspiracy that all the refs have gotten together and vowed to show Duke favoritism. Come back when you know a little more about what you speak of.
The ACC just needs to be consistent with the calls. Some players can be physical, and others (read Tracy Smith) can't breathe on an opposing player without drawing a whistle. 4 fouls just isn't enough.
Post a Comment