Posted on 03/20/2009 6:42:37 PM PDT by GreatDaggar
Krzyzewski said he heard at breakfast on Thursday that his quote had been taken out of context. He was asked what he thought about the fact that Duke wasn't advancing too far in a lot of brackets.
"Really it doesn't matter at all what anyone predicts, it's what you do," Krzyzewski said on Wednesday. "Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four. As much as I respect what he's done, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably, more than the brackets. So why would I care about that?
"I love the guy, and I think he's going to be great. But I love the fact that so many people are filling them out, because the game is growing so much. But until I quit coaching or retire from coaching, I'm never going to fill one out."
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This guy’s wife “clarifying” what he said...
I didn’t see him backing off his comments though. I bet there were a few choice words traded when he found out she was texting the admin.
if anyone checked out ESPN.com yesterday, you will be greeted with Big Ears’s big ugly face. Obviously, the network is one Obama ass-kissing sports network and with today’s regime, no one should question Dear Leader..
Can you imagine if Bush had said this?
I’m glad Coach K artfully clarified the misquote, without retracting the language. There is no need to stir up a protest with all the liberal students, faculty, and union organized employees running around.
Guess the brownshirts got to him.
You obviously do not watch basketball or know anything about Coach K if you think that anyone could intimidate Coach K...
Coach K’s wife was afraid of the hired busload of Workers Family Party peeps showing up outside their house, no doubt.
Spoken like a Kool Aid drinking limp wristed PC Liberal Socialist. Wake Up Koach!
Smart move. Ya wouldn’t want the Duke 88 to get mad at you.
Someone’s putting the heat on him.
To me it’s no matter. The first impression/reaction is always the correct one. The second impression/reaction attempts to excuse the first to silence the critics.
http://www.trustees.duke.edu/trustees/bios/steel.php
Robert K. Steel Chair (Duke Board of Trustees)
Robert K. Steel is the former president and CEO of Wachovia Corporation He joined the board of directors of Wells Fargo & Co. upon the firm’s merger with Wachovia. He previously served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance. In this role, he worked as the principal adviser to the Secretary on matters of domestic finance and led the Department’s activities with respect to the domestic financial system, fiscal policy and operations, and governmental assets and liabilities. Prior to becoming Under Secretary, he was vice chairman of Goldman Sachs & Company.
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