At age 73, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski knows he won't be on the sideline forever. But the question of "What's next?" may have a clearer answer than "When?"
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00:00What were you trying to communicate to the students there?
00:02Yeah, you know, I don't know if I made a mistake on that, but I've never heard another coach's name
00:07yelled out in the middle of the first half when we were in a war with the team.
00:12You know, like,
00:14you know, so I don't know if they were saying, come sit with me, or...
00:17That's what it was.
00:18Okay, but you know, okay.
00:23Wow.
00:25Yeah, I don't know.
00:27We got a different look at what the hell's going on on the game.
00:31I thought it was something personal
00:34because I've never heard... I apologize to the students for that. I don't apologize for the timing.
00:39We've had a few of those in Chicago, one
00:43that's there right now in DJ, and we're happy that they finally stopped the teacher strike so he could go to Whitney Young and
00:51qualify to come here, although he is qualifying.
00:55Randolph, you know, who's been just a stud for them for four years.
01:00We were playing Georgia Tech with Kenny, and there was nobody here, and they beat us, and
01:07it was weird.
01:10Not that they beat us with Kenny Anderson.
01:13I've never asked Eric Greenway to be quite frank with you, or hardly ever, you know.
01:21I think they see how I coach, and I'm not just sitting on my lap.
01:32I'm still working at it.
01:35But, you know, if they did, I would tell them that I don't know, you know, because that would be the honest answer.
01:44Well, I think whenever you're working in a workplace, in an environment that you love,
01:49you're going to, it's going to be a lot more enjoyable, and no matter what the stress of the job is, it's going to be a lot better.
01:58And I love Duke, you know. I love the type of youngsters that Duke attracts.
02:04And, you know, anyone who's been on a college campus as a professor or worker, whatever it might be,
02:11understands that, like, each year is new, and in the fall, it's like a rebirth.
02:16And so there's a lot of life, and young life, on every college campus.
02:24To me, one of the biggest changes in the 45 years I've coached,
02:31and 40 now at Duke, is how much you have to recruit.
02:37And we really recruit all year long, and because of the attrition.
02:45And so, as a result of that, they're strengthened so much, real fast.
02:56But I don't have the solution. I'd love, when there's time, to help try to be a part of solving it.
03:06You know, the game, obviously, has been not good to me.
03:10And I've been the luckiest guy in the world.
03:14But I love the game, and there is a spot in this world for Duke against North Carolina,
03:24Michigan against Ohio State, where it's not a player.
03:30Whoever would be in charge needs to make sure that we always do tradition.
03:36You know, and where these kids are a part of it.
03:43That's the beauty, and that's the niche we have.
03:47We don't have a player's niche, we have a tradition's niche.
03:52That needs to be celebrated.
03:55And I think it would be celebrated with our partners.
03:59We should look at the NBA, and high school, and G League, and all that as our partners.
04:05And I still say, when one of these kids is 15, and we recognize that they're good,
04:13they have a journey of about 20 years.
04:16That's about their life and playing.
04:20Whoever benefits from that journey should get together so that each part of the journey
04:26is coordinated the right way. I think that makes sense.
04:29From high school, to college, G League, or whatever it is, to the pros, and whatever.
04:37In other words, take care of the game.
04:40You take care of the game by taking care of the kids who become men,
04:45who become stars along the way.
04:48We should be a part of that.
04:51We have to figure that out.