lazy season

Summer is the lazy season for lots of stuff, and for me that means blogging.  I have not blogged much, therefore you have not read much and no one has commented either.  But, I would like to point you to a new little blog project I have going.  At www.zbcyouth.blogspot.com I have begun a blog for our youth mission trip to florida this week.  I encourage you to check it out, I think it looks nice in a blog template sort of way.  It also underscores the need for me to either 1. re-do my blog so it looks better 2. write better stuff that is worth reading or 3. just quit now while it is still fun.  I will probably procrastinate throughout the process but 1 or 2 is most likely. 
 
So, here are your instructions:  Go to the new blog, leave a nice comment for one of my youth, and pray for us as we are in florida doing fun stuff but working our little (and big) tails off in the subtropical heat of south- south Florida. 
 

tradegy averted

As everyone knows by now, the crisis of Coach K leaving has passed and we can now safely look forward to another great season of Duke Basketball. This is not a predictino becuase it will probably be a rough year, but I do not want to be the one to underestimate the boys. Just like Dickie V, they will be number one on my pre season rankings and you could give me a bracket now and I could find reason to have them win the championship game at the end of the NCAA tournament. I just Lead With the Heart, I can't treat this basketball any other way.
See ya

Compelled to write

Though there has been plenty of things going on in my life lately, I have not been able to find the energy and ideas needed to write here. That said, there may not be anyone reading this, but I write anyway.
Certainly, the latest news from Duke is nerve-racking. There are few things that are truly sacred to Dukies: Duke Chapel, Cameron Indoor Stadium, and Coach K round out the short list. Just the thought of K roaming the sidelines of the Staples Center on a regular basis is downright repulsive. It is even more depressing to think about the parties going on in Chapel Hill. This is great news for them, and horrible news for us. Clearly this is a conspiracy on the part of Tarheel nation beyond the front of the Los Angles Lakers.
You see, K getting hired by the Lakers does some great things for the Tarheels. First, and most obviously, it gets the nemesis out of the way. With no K, they don't have to worry about getting beat by the smart kids anymore. Secondly, K is not only cast away from the ACC, he is cast away from the beautiful east coast, leaving Roy as the cool hip 50 something coach. Third, and most importantly, the Dean's record for the most wins in college basketball history maintains in tact, preventing K from becoming, beyond argument, a better coach than Dean Smith (ps. I have the utmost respect for Dean, it is just his followers I am not too crazy about).
Therefore, I have come to believe that one of two things are going on. The first, and most likely possibility is that the Tarheels, (Mitch Kupchak's alma mater), have made a deal with the devil, (not the blue "devil" that we claim as a mascot, I mean the accuser, the real one, with the spooky face from Mel Gibson's film), and they are selling their collective souls in order to get rid of K to have a better chance and winning an ACC title. I am not sure what the second possibility is, but it could have something to do with JJ Reddick dodging the weed smoking thing a year ago. Either way, I don't want to limit myself to one possibility.
It is my sincere hope and prayer that Coach K does not leave Duke for the NBA. I think he should do the gracious thing and help the un-employed. You see, by saying no to the Lakers, he allows them to hire another coach who is not currently working like Rudy T. Then, the un-employment rate goes down, the economy improves, Duke kids make more money in the long run, and everyone is happy except for the Tarheels, just the way we like it.
Do the right thing Coach, we want Johnny Dawkins, just not yet...
Grace and Peace
A praying Duke Grad

ps. one last thing. If K does leave, Duke should be allowed to wear the Black uniforms all year, and they should be the only NCAA team allowed to wear black.
And, why can't the Lakers hire someone like Bob Huggins, he fits in much better.