I’ve heard this argument and it’s fucking stupid. He didn’t blow by the guy to lay it in, he didn’t lob up an alley-oop, he took a stupid shot that no one would even think twice about if it didn’t go in. Leaving aside the debate about whether he could be considered a “poor sport” at all, he’s completely within his…

Good point. But he is a whiny hypocrite.

Right, like he ever told Austin Rivers to cut that shit out...but annoying as that is, that’s not really what bothers me. Could you imagine what Coach K would do if another coach tried to say anything to Grayson Allen? Especially if it was “quit fucking tripping my guys before somebody blows out a knee or ankle?”

What is seemingly being lost in all of this is that when Coach K is confronted with his remarks to players in the post-game handshake he’s been lying about what he’s said.

OR—maybe he made the exact same mistake twice, word for word, which makes it something other than a mistake.

Turning boys into men... Who act like children when things don't go their way.

If ANYBODY talked to one of his Duke players, Coach K would be on their ass, and then he would lecture about class and professionalism in his next 10 press conferences... and it would spur all kinds of think-pieces about his leadership and loyalty. Fucking hypocrite.