Duke?

Why is it everytime I watch Duke play I always root against them? Are they just that good? Is it because they are the best almost every year? Is it out of respect for Coach K? They have always had players I've liked, Singler this year comes from Oregon, where I spent about 20 years of my life and Kevin Love is also from Portland, Oregon, so, they are developing talent in that part of the u s still ;-) Yuck, yuck...

Nothing really happening here in Norway. I need to pay some simple bills to the states this week, it's not tat I put it off, I really to just forget and when I do remember it's usuually late at night here, which means it is closed there. Ya, ya... no biggie I guess.. Going to have to do it this week though, or within a week I should say. This week is almost over, duh. We have many minus degrees here and because we had a few days with pluss degrees the roads are, in places, real slippery. I can remember the firest years I lived here, I had some problems driving in the ice and snow. Now 16 years later, I am more comfortable yes, but I still don't like it.. I get more nervous in those conditions and it makes me drive slower. That would be the biggest or best advice, take your time and it should go ok.  Bla bla bla... I know.. Cool to see the PGA season is up and going, they are playing in one of my favorite places in the states, Palm Springs, California... Real pretty place evern if it's out in one of the driest places in the world.

Gotta run world, be good to each other and remember we can change the world, each one of us, think positive and love each other....

Sample of Basketball Blog for my High School team....

I like the picture so much that I thought maybe it would be cool to post it here as well, then I thought maybe some of the new readers would maybe like to have a look at that side of my little life over here. It is very enjoyable to work with these kids, sometimes you have situations that are tough, things that can be a little uncomfortable for everyone, but that is part of the deal being a high school basketball coach - and that dosn't mattter where in the world you live. Sometimes the hard thing to do is be honest and stand up for what you believe to be true and right. I guess it's like this for me, I give the kids everything I can, I am 100% honest with them, tell them what I think, with thought to what is best for that kid as a person, my vehicle is basketball, my teaching area's have been somewhat wide in their varation and difficulty. I know that the kids know all this, I bear my soul to my players, allow myself, with the opportunity to share my stories, teach through what is actually a long thought out process, which is common for us who are coaches.. we want to help the kids almost until it hurts, you wish you could do more for them all, help them more to be better ballers, people and all that good stuff... ya ya.. here's the last post I left for the team, a little background -  we had a good team talk tonight at practice, I did most of the talking, which is not to hard to imagne if you know me though :-)

Hoopsters: Remember what we talked about today guys, being our gang, 'our family' and giving each other the important info, share the responsibility for getting the info to all and making sure that we all listen to each other's info, suggestions, wants, needs, desires, thoughts... when it comes to basketball, team work, things of importance in reagards to being the best student/athelete, please know that you can talk to me, I know I have said it many times before and I know I will talk about these things again....  Mabye those kinds of things are like the fundementals in hoops? One can never get enough practice on them. Maybe for some of you the need is not that great to hear those things, and that's ok too, consider yourselves lucky if you are there/ I was not there when I was 15 and I'm not sure if I'm there as 40, and I'm not even sure that we ever get 'there' either ;-) Good practice tonight fellas, seems like you all were in a focused state and that is always positive for learning/trying new things. Everyone at least seemed to try and cut through the zone and look for openings, remember guys, this is going to take a while to get good at and you all are going to make mistakes and I HAVE to correct them, so get your thinking caps on be focused 100% or else you all know what happens and then I know I have everyones attention. If everyone is going to learn, then there must be an enviroment condusive to learning, ikke sant gutter? See ya'll on Friday!! Coach Kev

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