Chris Moody

My 4 year old just asked me if Abraham Lincoln died from too many slide presentations... #dadlife

NEWS: NC State guard Paul McNeil Jr. will return to the Wolfpack next season, he announced. The 6-5 sophomore, who entered the transfer portal last month, led the ACC in three-point percentage at 42.7% while averaging 13.8 points per game. on3.com/teams/nc-state…

Cameron Williams made a massive mistake.

@keithwalkiewicz Same. I designed a house in AutoCAD. The one student who did insane stuff we couldn't understand was building video game characters and maps and was hired by Epic Games shortly after. He still works there and has helped create many of their most popular titles.

I took a technical drawing class in highschool. The teacher was retiring that year and gave all the students a lot of freedom as long as the work got done. There was one kid that was a talented artist, he would draw sports cars at a really high level. He never had to do any of the normal assignments. The teacher recognized his talent and let him draw whatever he wanted because doing the normal work would be way below his skill level. Anyway, that teacher was the last of a dying breed. I felt like I caught a glimpse of a world that was going away forever. I think I got an A.

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@DukeFansZone $75 + a label.

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@DukeFansZone I have white Duke Air Force 1 '07s that were meant for Dahntay Jones if anybody wants them for a decent price. They're from K Academy and I'm not cool enough for them.

Some cocksucker bought 13k worth of shoes…

I don't get the @NikolasKhamenia hate. He seems like a great kid. If his role isn't solidified, let him go get his. It's not a UNC flip. I'll still root for him! He gave 110% this season when his name was called.

What if I told you that one team's transfer announcement led to the NPOY coming back for season two @DukeMBB? Think about that announcement video, @MisterCBooz and fam.

@wtryan89 @matmoody Sure, that could be fine. Or you could have kept him to an easy 60 pitches and used a second pitcher with that 9 run lead. 🤷‍♂️ Then that kid will play in a travel tournament all weekend and pitch again.

@cnmoody @matmoody 81 pitches in 7 innings is hardly concerning for a 14 year old. Averaging 11 1/2 pitches per inning, and almost certainly 0 stressful innings. As long as the coach didn’t put the kid out to short or behind the plate after pitching, that’s well within standards

I wasn't planning on saying anything publicly about last night's game. But when a parent from Concordia walks up after the forfeit and calls one of my 16-year-old players "cheap," I feel the need to respond. First, to that parent: if you had a problem with the outcome, you should have been brave enough to bring it up with me instead of a teenager. Now, let me paint the picture for why I brought up the situation during the game, because I'm particularly sensitive to this topic. When I was 17, I pitched in every game of the 1999 5A KS State Tournament. The only reason I came out of the championship game was that I ran out of innings. That was the only rule back then. Throughout my high school career I regularly pitched twice in the same doubleheader and always at least twice a week. I don't put any blame on anybody. I wanted to do it. We just didn't understand back then, what happens to a young arm when velocity starts climbing into the upper 80s and 90s. When I was 19 years old, as a freshman, in my very first college appearance at Fort Hays State, on my 16th pitch, my elbow dislocated, tearing both my Ulnar Collateral Ligament and Radial Collateral Ligament. Tommy John Surgery followed. I pitched three more years at Fort Hays, but I never threw as hard again, and never without constant, sometimes agonizing, pain. To this day, when I throw batting practice my hand swells and goes numb the rest of the night. I drive home from practice and can't use my right arm to steer. I sleep with my arm elevated or my hand swells up like a ballon by morning. That is what these rules are trying to prevent. Last night's game ended because Concordia used a pitcher who had thrown 78 pitches on Friday. Under KSHSAA rules, that requires four days of rest. Yesterday was three. It is not a gray area. It is not a judgment call. The rule exists, we are all forced to follow the same limits, it was violated, and the penalty is a forfeit. (And in my opinion, pitching a very talented pitcher like that after just 50 pitches on 3 days rest is irresponsible). No, we did not want to win that way. We were winning at the time and we were going to win anyway. We had our two best arms left and they were out of arms. That's how this works at the 4A level. You run out of experienced arms and the flood gates open. Which brings me to something I find genuinely troubling in my first year as a head coach, after two years as Wamego's pitching coach: the clear majority of programs push pitch counts to their absolute limit. Pull a guy at 75 pitches, bring him back on the minimum rest to throw 105 more. Repeat. At velocities that are sky-rocketing. We have 16-year-olds throwing 90 mph, and the current pitch count limits are not even close to restrictive enough. We are trading young athletes' futures for wins. It's being done openly and very proudly. I'm sure my opinions will be laughed at or disagreed with by most, but I could not care less. When you have to go to inexperienced pitchers, walks stack up, scoreboards get ugly. The team loses confidence and things spiral. It's a gut punch that feels like it's never going to stop... and when you look at the board there's still just one out. But that's what we signed up for. To coach young kids. To develop players. To give young kids opportunities. Build depth the right way. Not to exploit the talent that showed up. It's not always pretty but it's better than winning at the cost of kid's futures. And yes, there's an ABSOLUTE systemic cost too. Last year we had two pitchers who deserved All-State consideration, but because we don't run them on short rest, their accumulated stats don't compete (IP and Ks). The sport media doesn't pay attention because there are jaw-dropping, accumulated stats all over the place that make for better headlines. When all-league and all-state accolades are built on accumulation, programs who are cautious about arms get penalized. That system needs to change (but it won't). There's a lot of nuance, but if a pitcher throws more than 50 pitches they should get at least 5 days off and coaches should be allowed to work with pitchers in the offseason so that there are more developed arms ready for the season. There are all kinds of flaws in this system. We will keep doing this the right way. It costs us wins and it's not fun sometimes, but I have a permanent reminder of what happens when you don't.

Anyone need some free soda to unwind from tax season?

@ElbosFromDuke @DukeInDepth I wish I had the funds to do this every year...

@ElbosFromDuke @DukeInDepth Duke saved me from leukemia. Guest of Coach K in '86. His guest in '91 against UNC. K Academy 2022. Two degrees (B.S. and MBA) from NC State and I worked for Kay Yow. I'll bet my house on my basketball knowledge against 99.9% of these "experts" on Twitter.

Good pickup for Miami, and also hopefully good news for the more anxious Duke fans

@ElbosFromDuke @DukeInDepth If Duke returns 3-4 starters, adds the top recruiting class, and grabs 1-2 strategic transfers, they're top 5 preseason and a championship contender. It's not like last year when they lost all five starters.

@ElbosFromDuke @DukeInDepth You're talking about "experts" trying to monetize "sources" in the NIL era. There are only leaks at Duke when they want information to leak. They're running a business, not just a basketball team. The sky was falling last off-season too according to tons of Twitter folks. 💙

@cnmoody @DukeInDepth God bless you and your fight with cancer sir! As far as experts go… no one knows anything 😂. Everything is just rumors, some runors are true. Everyone was saying PJ Haggerty to LSU then he goes to A&M.

@Sports_Kings_ I hate the fearmongering "experts" in the portal. You all did this last year too and Duke is likely in the Final Four and then some without injuries. Just wait. Scheyer is smarter than all these Twitter basketball "experts" trying to get more likes and follows.

Duke fans are messaging me about what many perceive as failure and/or sense of urgency in the portal. Many overlook a key factor in Duke landing transfer talent the last few years, 2 words ➡️ Jai Lucas

@ElbosFromDuke @DukeInDepth 🤣 tell me you don't know basketball without telling me you don't know basketball.

@DukeInDepth I think the Duke roster is pretty much wha we expect. Duke could really struggle next year

@matthewwinick Duke would have been in the championship game if they were healthy. Cayden helped them get to the Elite 8 and win the ACC tournament. He was playing outstanding. One play doesn't define a game or season. He came up clutch more times than not.

This. Find me ANYONE who's played a lot of basketball and never experienced a blown double digit lead. I'll wait.