Coach K criticizes fellow college coaches for messaging during pandemic
Some college coaches, particularly in football, have been vocal about their desire to get players practicing again as soon as possible despite the coronavirus pandemic. Mike Krzyzewski thinks that’s irresponsible.
The Duke basketball coach told FS1’s Colin Cowherd on Thursday that the lack of unified messaging was a problem, and levied some unspoken criticisms at those who he felt were not thinking of the players first.
“It’s disappointing that we don’t come out with a more unified voice,” Krzyzewski said, via Dan Lyons of The Spun. “As a college coach, we represent the college player, not the college coach. And we should be the voice of the college player in the environment that that college player is in now, not 10 years ago or 20, and we should help streamline the changes that help the college player. And we don’t do that. There’s no way we do that. And that’s a failing. That’s why we’re in the dark ages in some of these things… The NCAA came out with a great decision to hold all the sports, and all that. But really how we run this thing is not good.”
Coach K has been one of the sport’s more progressive and player-oriented voices in recent years. His cautious tone comes as some college football coaches are setting some very ambitious timelines for organized activities. Coach K doesn’t have to worry about his Duke team for a while, but he’s on the money here.
