Hate Mail: If he didn't hate Duke before, he does now
No fan base rubs me the wrong way more than Duke's fan base, and that's saying something. I've been badgered by the best of them, but when it comes to fan base buffoonery, Duke fans are No. 1.
So I offer Hate Mail as a gift to Duke fans. It's a single finger, raised in your direction. You're No. 1, Duke fans.
From: Sam Hendee
It is pretty obvious you hate Duke. The articles you write about Duke are crap.
You mean a crappy hate-filled article like this one? Where I said the hatred for Duke was overblown and probably misguided? The problem with most of you Duke fans is simple: Not only did you not go to Duke, you didn't go to college. Or 12th grade.
From: Bob
Duke wins the title, but Butler wins the season? What? To take your reasoning here, one supposes this is why everyone loves the Cubs and hates the Yankees. But, seriously, which team would you rather be a fan of?
Cubs over Yankees. Any day of the week. Jumping on a bandwagon is a loser move -- one that you and your Duke brethren know well.
From: Chris Linde
Typical. Hater of anything successful, and the more successful Duke is, the deeper the hatred. Your writing is like taking a daily dose of poison, waiting for the other person to die. Glad I don't have to live with such anger.
If you drank from that jug of milk in the lower left side of your fridge, you don't have long to live, period ...
From: Jamie
It's unfortunate that you can't give Duke credit because you hate them.
I don't hate Duke, Jamie. I hate you. Please visit your friend Chris -- he lives in the trailer park down the street from yours -- and have some of his yummy milk!
From: Christopher G. Paramore
Honestly Doyel, your anti-Duke bias has never been more tasteless. At least let Duke enjoy this for 24 hours.
I'm so powerful, the sheer force of my words can take away the joy Duke feels after winning a national championship. I'm the great and all-powerful DOYEL.
From: Joe
Your article on Duke winning the title game but Butler winning the season was a complete and utter joke. You give absolutely no respect to a team of young men that worked hard all year long to reach a major accomplishment. It only demeans that accomplishment and you should be ashamed of talking about a great group of kids that way.
Breaking my heart. I feel like I should write to each young man and personally apologize for not writing something gooey like the inside of a chocolate chip cookie.
From: Joe Pearlman
A mythology has developed regarding Christian Laettner's alleged stomping on Aminu Timberlake. He got the technical, which counted as a personal foul, and he deserved that. But it wasn't a stomp. It was more like a love tap.
Good point. And you're not really a moron. You're more of a ... well, no. I believe the clinical term for you is "moron."
From: THE Brian in Pittsburgh
Dear dark shadowy figure from the bowels of iniquity, I'm in the middle of moving and I am absolutely swamped at work. But I just wanted to take a moment out of my very busy day to tell you: Gregg -- I hate you.
You're No. 1, Brian.
From: Anonymous
Been a long time since you treated us to a song recommendation.
OK. Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon.
From: Casey
What Bob Huggins did to Da'Sean Butler during the Duke game is what I've always wanted to do to you. Just smother you with my body and caress your face, all the while telling you softly, "Everything's gonna be all right." Let's make it a reality, Greggory.
Good Lord. Listen, that last song wasn't for you. For you, I'm thinking of recommending You Make Me Sick by Egypt Central.
From: CT Hoosier
If you are not receiving compensation from McDonald's, the local branch should rename the sandwich the McGgriddle for a day. I think you've earned it.
Nobody loves the McGriddle like I do. I'm thinking of changing my name to The McGriddler.
From: Minton Webb
You're a real piece of s---.
I prefer to be called The McGriddler.
From: Dan Pena
After reading your article about Tim Floyd, I have to say you are what's wrong with sports writing. You're a hack! Thank god for the Internet. I can get my own info and formulate my own opinion without relying on the biased mainstream media to do it for me.
Attaboy, Dan -- stick your head deep in the sand. While you're down there, give that idiot AD from UTEP my regards.
From: Dave
Just read your really old column about Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and his posting on TexAgs.com. Regardless of how poor a job you do writing about it, your website is about sports. I would imagine people come here to read about sports, not to hear your worthless two cents on political matters.
If I knew a column like that would still be getting read 3½ years later, I'd have written more on politics. So now, maybe, I'll do just that. Thanks for the encouragement, Dave.
From: PVC
How in the world did you get more than 4,000 scuzzballs to follow you on Twitter? I imagine your followers as people who wear diapers, use needle drugs, eat food out of dumpsters and wash their laundry in rivers.
I imagine the same thing. What's your point?
From: Dave Marinaccio
You should be fired for this column.
Wrong. I should be fired for noting that your name is an anagram for "Demoniac caviar."
From: Jonathan Canoe
Gregg. Gregg. Ahhh, you infuriate me sometimes. I was ready for a great read on Kentucky reloading, but all I got was fluff. I was expecting The Deer Hunter and I got The Back-Up Plan. I was fully expecting you to provide more insight into the fact that Calipari's entire strategy at Kentucky is going to be to build the program on One-and-Dones. Did you read the press release? The player statements? All of them have been drafted to tell the kids out there that if you are a one-and-done kind of guy, Kentucky is the place for you. Kentucky is basically saying our job is not as a university to educate you, but as a minor league to get you as far up the NBA draft board as possible. Yes, I know that other programs do the same thing, but Kentucky has taken it to a new and very public level. In reading the statements, I actually thought to myself, "Doyel is going to have a field day with this." Instead, I get an article about you, popcorn, Milk Duds and sitting back. At what point did you start sitting back?
... oh. Um. You done? Sorry about that. You started droning on and on, so I started sitting back and ... fell asleep. Anyway, I agree with whatever you said, and thanks for writing, Jim.
