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Doesn't really matter. Duke will be an NIT-level program, or worse, by the time Krzyzwewski is ready to retire.

In a related story, Vinny del Negro isn't ready to name his succesor in Chicago.

duke basketball will go into a craphole of a min. of 5-6 yrs after coach k leaves. its hard to replace such an iconic coach with such a winning history.

Those would be a huge pair of shoes to fill. Coach K is Duke basketball and I could definitely see a situation like UNC had after Smith left where they didn't find the right guy until Roy Williams came back.

Please stay a long time, Coach K. You're easily the classiest guy in college basketball.

Thought Abdulnabby was a lock?

Shoo-chess-key benefited all those years from playing in a weak divison not that all other programs have caught up to Duke they are just anorht average school and Soo-chess-key an average coach....he did nothing for the sport of basketball wat's the big deal?
And yes I agreed, this will become an NIT program for years to come.

It'll be tough to replace coach K, not because he's that good but because he's in league with the devil (aka the NCAA) and their collective nose is so far up his **** that he can't fart without giving idiot followers like Dickie V a concussion. Pathetic, he gets more calls to go his way and/or get reversed than Riley does in the NBA.

they should hire that kelvin sampson guy - SVTJer

I heard a rumor that "an undisclosed" college tried to contact him multiple times but that they kept getting a busy signal.

There is NO ONE in sports I dislike more than coach k

can't argue with his success............BUT
- he is such a weasel

This was a classy move when you think about it. I'm really tired of people like coach Knight or Paterno naming their son's as sucessors. Let the A.D. do their jobs, if the kids are qualified, they could be considered but it shouldn't be a done deal.

Coach K is a dork....he is too chicken to coach in the NBA because he knows he will FAIL

you're dork

Let's see, the qualified replacement candidate will possess these abilities:

1. Teach how to take a charge
2. Teach more on how to take a charge
3. Teach how to shoot 3's
4. Teach how to sell taking the charge to act like a crime has been committed

Duck Fuke. Pansies.

who the hell would want to coach in the NBA with all those prima-donnas. He can call all the shots at Duke.

Shoo-chess-key benefited all those years from playing in a weak divison not that all other programs have caught up to Duke they are just anorht average school and Soo-chess-key an average coach....he did nothing for the sport of basketball wat's the big deal?
And yes I agreed, this will become an NIT program for years to come.

I is the man | 06/18/08, 11:27 AM

Did you fall and bump your freakin' head or something? A WEAK DIVISION? I hate Duke and I'm not a fan of Coach K either, but...Coach K is a great coach, the ACC is a great conference, and you don't know very much about college basketball.

Hate Coach K if you want, but it's only out of jealousy. You gotta respect the guy. Duke has never been on probation or under investigation during his time there, almost all of his guys graduate, he wins a hellacious percentage of his games playing in the best basketball conference in the U.S., and he tries to make his players better people in addition to better at basketball. Yeah, he's a real ****.

Hai! Have good respect for Coach

Coach K. was heard to repond - "nobody can replace a living legend - ME" !!!