Roy Williams is upset with Mike Krzyzewski after Coach K took a dig at UNC during a post-game press conference following Duke's loss to Wake Forest. The hypocrite, and three-time national champion, didn't criticize North Carolina by name, but the AP reports:
Krzyzewski's comment came in a radio interview after Duke's loss at Wake Forest. While noting that freshman Nolan Smith had been playing through a knee injury for a few weeks, Krzyzewski added, "unlike other schools we don't release our injuries," according to the Web site for radio station WRBZ-AM in Raleigh.Coach K was clearly taking a shot at Williams in his usual conniving, fully-deniable way. He makes t
The next day, Williams said on his weekly radio show: "Regardless of what somebody else says about they have injuries too, which is a bunch of bunk, so I don't give a crap what somebody else says, but coach their own damn team, I'll coach my team -- in case anybody has heard some statements about that."
he same smarmy, read-between-the-lines comments about officials and other players all the time, but never gets called on it because of his resume and penchant for holding a grudge against media members who dare besmirch his name. Like many of his players, Coach K wants it both ways. He puts himself on a pedestal of honor and class and expects to be deified for it, but is also a sideline-tyrant towards officials and opposing players. He's a walking contradiction. Although, I can see his point in this instance because it's not like he's ever used injuries as an excuse for his team's poor play.November 1, 2007: "What we’ve tried to do as a staff is study the game and study how we want to play it for the last two summers. Some of the things we would liked to have done last year, we couldn’t do because of injuries." (Note: By "last year" Coach K is referring to the season when Duke went 8-8 in the ACC and lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.)
January 19, 2006: "I’m proud of Sean Dockery too because on Monday we didn’t know if Sean was going to be able to play. He hurt his foot, and we were a little bit worried that it was going to be serious. It wasn’t as serious, but he played hurt tonight, and you wouldn’t know it. We don’t like to publicize our injuries, but once it’s done, I want to give a purple heart for it -- a basketball purple heart, let’s not confuse the two."
March 14, 2004: "I am concerned a little bit about our injuries. Daniel (Ewing) hurt his hand and Chris (Duhon) after running into that camera. We will know a little more about them tomorrow. We're just anxious to see where we are going to go and who we're going to play."
1995: A back injury forces Krzyzewski to leave the Duke bench after the 12th game of the '94-95 season. The Dukies, it should be noted, would go on to finish 2-14 in the ACC.
It took me about two minutes to find those quotes. I'm sure if you spent a little time searching, you'd be able to find a lot more. The irony of it all is that Coach K used to complain about Dean Smith when the ex-UNC coach would pull the exact same crap. It's not easy being a hypocrite, I guess.
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I couldnt agree with you more. Difference between Roy and K was simple. K didnt have the guts to just come out and say "North Carolina". It's that backhanded deniable way of saying something without saying it. Meanwhile, was there any doubt about who Roy Williams was talking about in his radio show and following press conference?
Wow. Coach K's really having a hard time accepting the fact that we won.
Coach K was probably responding to this comment from Roy Williams last week, "..I hate teams that just flop all of the time..."
http://northcarolina.scout.com/2/728371.html
Good pull, Alex. But at least Roy was calling out Duke for something they do exclusively - which is to look for the charge before playing any defense. Coach K could have just as easily been looking in the mirror when he made his comments about discussing injuries.
For the record, the AP article completely took the quote out of context and didn't do it it's proper justice.
Here's what K actually said, which was clearly more of a shot than the AP let on:
"He's been playing hurt. I mean, we don't put out all our injuries. But we're injured, too."
It's that "too" at the end that really hammers it home in case you were wondering who he was talking about.
It's like when K implied before UNC-dook two weeks ago that Lawson would be playing and they (Roy) was blowing it up as some sort of psychology and that he would really be playing.
I loved Roy's sarcastic response: "Yeah, I kept him out the last 36 minutes of an FSU game we had to win in overtime because I wanted to fool dook."
Nice pulls, Chris - but I can't believe a cursory search didn't turn up one of the numerous Chris Duhon rib injuries that dook went on and on about. Also, there was the fact that they played JJ Redick 40 minutes a game and everyone (may have just been Vitale and not K) started talking about his "physical and emotional fatigue".
Deacgirl is right, though - the real tragedy in all of this is that indirectly, he is taking away from Wake's victory by talking about injuries AFTER THE FACT. If he really wants to keep his injuries private, then keep them private and don't mention them after you lose.
Great win by the Deacs - as a Carolina fan, it was terrifying to watch how well they are capable of playing already. Next year they will be incredible and easily one of the top 2-3 teams in the league.
My take of it is- Coach K is like that smart kid in class who makes the snide cutting remark and Coach Williams is the dumb hick who says, "Hey asshole, lets take this outside." They both play these mind games, but atleast K doesn't sound like a whining idiot.
^ tool.
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