A sad day for Duke haters ...
Apparently Mike Krzyzewski agrees with you about what happened to his record in 1995.
Remember how Krzyzewski was supposed to be a hypocrite becuase he allegedly lobbied to have all those losses that season pinned on his fall guy, Pete Gaudet? Remember how you felt that K should have had those blemishes added to his record? It turns out he feels the same you do.
Here's what he said in today's teleconference when asked about how the whole record change came about .
"To me, I think I should have been credited with all the losses."
K went on to say that he was told that in situations where a coach takes an extended leave, the record during his absence is not given to the coach - regardless of how good or bad it is.
Then he summed things up this way:
"Overall, the bottom line is I’m responsible, even though, I'm not there. That’s the way I looked at it. It doesn’t make any difference to me. I wouldn’t want the wins, let’s put it that way, but you can give me the losses."
So there you have it anti-K-ites. If you want to petition the NCAA about this, maybe you can have K write in a letter to bolster your argument. But could you stand to join forces with him, even if it would mean worsening his record? Oh, the ethical dilemnas!
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So this is the NCAA's record-keeping rule and has nothing to do with lobbying from Krzyzewski or his sports information office to stick Pete Gaudet with all those losses. This flips conventional wisdom from all the aforementioned K-haters on its head, doesn't it?
Someone needs to tell Steve Kirschner and the record-keepers at UNC of this NCAA policy. As was mentioned by Billy Packer and Tim Brando on last week's game telecast, the two schools differ on K's record vs. the Heels (because of their differences on which coach lost what games in '95).
Posted on February 13, 2007 11:43 AM
Suppose Bobby Knight had to take an extended medical leave a game or two into this season. Would Carolina fans argue that he should have been credited with passing Dean Smith for all-time victories anyway? I wouldn't.
Posted on February 13, 2007 12:56 PM