Part 2 of the series: Is Coach K a jerk or a genius

http://www.fayobserver.com/special/2010/12/coachk/coachkpart2.aspx

 

Why can't he be both?

 

I actually don't think he's a complete jerk, but as so often happens, even with people better to know than K, success has bred pomposity in an equal proportion to said success. And he's been VERY successful.

 

Very unique and interesting format in dealing with a major sports figure.

Does anyone know if it appeared this way in print as well?

 

I had never read that he didn't accept the apology from the Indy Star.

Good for him.

 

I'm assuming that this was covered plenty last March/April, but I still ultimately side with the Star on this one. I won't argue that they looked amateurish, yet I find Coach K's response to be more foolish. Getting riled up about a cartoonish bull's-eye in the midst of an obviously satirical illustration (which ultimately extolled the coach and his team, with the argument that only the absolute best garner such vitriol) is akin to me getting upset at the feline violence in Tom and Jerry cartoons because I'm a cat owner. Bottom line, it was a joke. That he basically threw the apology back in the Star's face borders on absurd, to me at least.

 

I think the bullseye on the head crosses the line. The mustache is funny, the other stuff is funny. Bullseye on the head not so much, especially if you've ever received a death threat, which I'm sure he has.

 

Yeah, but if someone apologizes ...

This wasn't Belushi smashing the guitar and saying, "Oops, sorry." It was clearly a mistake and the apology was sincere. Not accepting the apology reveals more about K than the original incident.

 

A mistake is spelling Krzyzewski wrong.

A colossal fuck-up is putting a bullseye on his head.

 

OK, so it was a colossal fuck-up. Does that mean you wouldn't accept the apology of someone who committed a colossal fuck-up?

 

Eventually? Yes.

But I like that he didn't let them immediately off the hook.

 

I would consider Bob Knight to be a jerk.

I would also consider him to be a genius.

I don't think it's necessarily an either/or kind of thing.