I don't understand the full blown hatred of K's coaching that some people have. Are there better coaches than him at this point? Most likely, he's like what, 73? But I also think he does a really good job delegating to his staff. I think Capel had a lot of input and now Scheyer does, which is good because it's not just him making every decision.
Is he perfect? Never was and never will be, but Duke is still running as an elite program. A lot of the recent massive criticisms of Coach K were early NCAA Tournament flame outs and ball screen defense. In the last two seasons we've made the Elite Eight and have improved to becoming one of the better ball screen defenses in the country. You can chalk all that up to whatever it is you want- the zone defense, recruiting, whatever it is, but just from a results standpoint, Coach K and the staff have continued to adapt and make the necessary changes in order to overcome shortcomings and to fix significant problems.
And for as much as I've been upset with his in-game coaching in the last two Elite Eight's, especially the Kansas game, I still maintain the belief that there aren't many coaches who could make it work with these recruiting classes the way he has. There is a lot more to getting these guys to play together on the court then just x's and o's. Can the elite x's and o's guy coaching somewhere else with a bunch of seniors and juniors manage the stars Duke is getting? Could he continue Duke's unreal recruiting? I doubt it.
I personally like where we are at as a program and am not willing to trade it for anyone else to see our recruiting take a dip, which will put Roy on one big final recruiting run to carry him into the sunset. Fuck that.
