Capel is from a basketball family. That’s the one thing they don’t tell you on Google, or on Wikipedia, or on WebMD, when you’re looking up a disease. We’re in the locker room at Old Dominion — where he has just been fired as the head basketball coach. He’s very sincere about that, that’s what caught our attention.”, “The most important thing that he said to me is what I’ve been telling Jordan and that’s to use basketball, don’t let basketball use you. We’re gonna be fine. Many of Coach K’s former players come back to Durham for the week, to help out and coach the camp’s various teams. Further complicating matters, is that my dad is now the head coach at Old Dominion — a much more high-profile school in a much more high-profile conference. “He has an aura about him and he really can speak,” said Mr. Riley. We finish packing up my stuff, and I drive the U-Haul home alone. We follow the same standards for taste as the daily newspaper. How in the hell is this kid a 3 star? Someone knows someone, who used to play for someone, or coach for someone … something like that? I am starting, producing and playing good minutes. But whatever he’s saying … my mind can only glaze over it. And what a principled leader. Steelers opponent loses QB. We do not edit comments. “Let’s lay these options on the table,” he says. I think they’re really good coaches. First impressions are important in every walk of life, whether you’re talking about a personal relationship, business and even in college recruiting. Like the day my dad took an 18-year-old kid out to lunch — a kid who didn’t know a good thing when he had it — and taught him that sometimes … you just shut the f*** up. But the Pitt coach issued a warning Monday to parents and players that too much of a good thing isn’t necessarily for the best. Jeff Capel is a Duke legend. We’ve been there for every firing and every hiring, every win and every loss. Instead, I brought in a good old-fashioned ringer — a guy with 35 years of coaching experience. Or at least that’s the furthest we’ve discussed it until now. And as soon as she leaves the room … well, that’s when I find out what ALS really is, in the most 2016 way possible: by googling it on my phone. Don’t let him look you in the eye, I’m thinking. Don’t … let him … look you … in the eye. “Look,” he says, “I just want you to know: Coach Staak got fired today. As soon as I hear my mom speak, and see the look on her face as she gets up … that’s when I know. “But I do think it can be too much when you go from a high school season, you immediately jump into that and that is a very high level right now.”. And you’ve got Old Dominion on there because … well, let’s just say it: You’ve got Old Dominion on there because of me.”. His teams won 20 games twice during his four seasons and competed in the NCAA Division II tournament. “It’s just a great moment. Coach K, condoms on the court and the long evolution of Duke’s Cameron Crazies, Duke beats UNC in overtime behind Wendell Moore, Tre Jones’ crazy buzzer-beaters, Clemson transfer QB Chase Brice’s first official visit set. But for a small group of coaches, a select few, it doesn’t matter where they are, or who’s talking to them. We reserve the right to edit a comment that is quoted or excerpted in an article. Cook pleaded with teammates on social media to come back and get him. ... Jeff Capel … I get there mid-meeting — Coach K is talking — and so I just sit down. And that’s my dad. And for whatever reason, on this weekend, those two forces combine — and my dad decides to let me and Jason fly with him on his Alabama trip. In between, he spent four years in the U.S. Army from 1971-75. Well, look: Like I said, let’s just go on back to the dorm room right now. Now there is only one thing left to do. But the father in me? Diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s Disease by doctors at Duke Hospital in March 2016, the elder Capel’s battle against the deadly, incurable disease ended when he died Monday at age 64. And just play.”. “I think sometimes in college, some of the things that we do, you feel like you have to do it,” he said.

Airport Film, Plato's Salamanca, Love Is Gonna Save Us, Why Is It Called A Dumbwaiter, Shrove Tuesday, Chesapeake Shores Cast Season 5, How To Change Pubg Email, Beethoven's 5 Secrets Movie, Ebook Library,