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(as if there's not already enough people doing this)Thursday, November 10, 2005
In honor of Dean Smith
Well, not really. Are you kidding? I don't think so. I just thought - since college basketball season has begun and I'm also in the middle of reading Blue Blood - that it was time to post my favorite UNC/Dean Smith joke. Of course, this is a joke everyone has heard, only the names and schools were probably different. But I still like it, especially when Duke/UNC are plugged in. Here it is:
Blue Blood
Speaking of Blue Blood, I will say this after being nearly halfway though - Chansky, a UNC alum, has written a book that has a Carolina bias to it. Not a huge one, but it's there. He says in the intro that Bill Brill (who has written books about Duke) read it and helped him stay balanced, but maybe he didn't give Brill the final copy. It would've been nice for this book to be written by a non-UNC (and non-Duke) alum that would've had no horse in the race. And despite his claim that he waited an additional year because the season ended in disappointment for each team in 2004 (UNC lost in the 2nd round of the NCAA's, but Duke went to the Final Four - so one team seemed to have more disappointment than the other), I believe he may have waited because he felt UNC had a good shot to win in 2005, and therefore his book could end with the story of UNC's title. That makes a great ending for the book...if you're a UNC fan.
Despite his bias, and his obvious dislike of Mike Krzyzewski, the book has been a good read and provides a lot of history of both schools and the rivalry (although I do have to wonder what stories he may have left out). I look forward to finishing it (except for the very end, of course.)
And if he was so concerned about a good ending, maybe he should've delayed it yet another year. An ending of UNC and Duke winning the title back to back would've been even better...
Feinstein's newest
Speaking of basketball books, I just found out that John Feinstein - my favorite writer of sports books (and a Duke alum, by the way) - is due out with a new book in February called Last Dance : Behind the Scenes at the Final Four. I expect it to be excellent and look forward to it's release.
Dean Smith dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, St. Peter greets him and says, "You've done such a great job on earth providing futures for young men and entertaining millions of people, God has rewarded you with a house here in Heaven. I tell you this is a great honor; very few people are awared a house."
So, Peter takes Coach Smith up a little path and brings him to this cute little one bedroom house with a North Carolina banner hanging from it. Coach Smith thanks St. Peter, but then sees this HUGE mansion up on the hill, with giant Duke banners flying from every available window. The coach says to Peter, "Peter, I don't want to sound ungrateful, and this is a great house and everything, but why does Coach Krzyzewski get such a huge mansion?" St. Peter smiled and looked up at the mansion, "That's not Coach Krzyzewski's house, Dean. That's God's house."
Blue Blood
Speaking of Blue Blood, I will say this after being nearly halfway though - Chansky, a UNC alum, has written a book that has a Carolina bias to it. Not a huge one, but it's there. He says in the intro that Bill Brill (who has written books about Duke) read it and helped him stay balanced, but maybe he didn't give Brill the final copy. It would've been nice for this book to be written by a non-UNC (and non-Duke) alum that would've had no horse in the race. And despite his claim that he waited an additional year because the season ended in disappointment for each team in 2004 (UNC lost in the 2nd round of the NCAA's, but Duke went to the Final Four - so one team seemed to have more disappointment than the other), I believe he may have waited because he felt UNC had a good shot to win in 2005, and therefore his book could end with the story of UNC's title. That makes a great ending for the book...if you're a UNC fan.
Despite his bias, and his obvious dislike of Mike Krzyzewski, the book has been a good read and provides a lot of history of both schools and the rivalry (although I do have to wonder what stories he may have left out). I look forward to finishing it (except for the very end, of course.)
And if he was so concerned about a good ending, maybe he should've delayed it yet another year. An ending of UNC and Duke winning the title back to back would've been even better...
Feinstein's newest
Speaking of basketball books, I just found out that John Feinstein - my favorite writer of sports books (and a Duke alum, by the way) - is due out with a new book in February called Last Dance : Behind the Scenes at the Final Four. I expect it to be excellent and look forward to it's release.
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