I actually agree with that. This program features Trevon Duval whenever possible in random Twitter posts about recent wins and whatever borderline propaganda they can come up with. Look at this:
They do their best to paper over any cracks. They will never post meaningful Jahlil Okafor NBA stats other than something like "Big Jah had a double-double for the Nets tonight!" They will never say "Tricky is working hard to improve his shooting and awareness." K may rip on the team as a whole after terrible losses, but the coaches are only going to highlight positives by individual players. The worst we'll ever hear is something like "he needs to have a stronger face in the next game," especially for a freshman.
Right on. I don't think there's anything borderline about it- it is propaganda Every picture and every tweet has a purpose. It's going to drive smart people insane if they take what he or Capel (or many coaches) says seriously. It sort of validates the whole "Brotherhood" thing, too, in a sense. K has created an atmosphere that protects its members at all costs from outsiders. It sounds hokey to us, but there seems to be real tangible benefits to its members. Internally he's probably ripping them to shreds. The man's mentor was Robert Montgomery Knight, after all. But we're never going to see that. Never, ever in a million years would K throw a guy under the bus to the media. And I greatly admire that. Those are his guys, and he rides or dies with them. You never leave one behind. He then sells that. And it obviously works per recruiting rankings.
Nick Saban is the exact same way. So is Bill Belichick. Absolute control and obsession over every detail: one could argue that's the great separator in many fields.
