Root against the USA or for k? Ack!

Coach k was named head coach of the US national team that will represent the US in 2006 and then in 2008 in the Olympics.

And as sick as this makes me, I couldn't put it into words any better than Patrick Hruby. Some snips:

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On one hand, we embrace the red, white and blue (and can't exactly root for France); on the other, we uniformly reject all things Blue Devils (helpful hint: AmEx cards will jam your paper shredder. Trust me on that one). As such, we're a bit torn. Granted, more reasonable fans might put aside petty abhorrence to unite behind a common cause, same as the U.S. and U.S.S.R. did in WWII. Up against Hitler? Stalin doesn't seem so mean.

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Otherwise, we'll be no better than the legions of Duke fans who didn't actually go to school in Durham, or Notre Dame fans who haven't even visited South Bend. Like beef? Try Argentina. Fancy the Baltic Sea? Lithuania's your place. Full-blown expatriation may seem slightly drastic, but desperate times call for desperate measures. And really, if Coach K can learn to work the refs in Chinese, Duke detractors can learn a new language, too. Or just look north of the border for an easy way out.

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