For about the past three months, Mike Krzyzewski has been doing something I actually agree with - he has kept his mouth shut about the Duke lacrosse mess.
This was wise on his part on so many levels; much of it has to do with the fact that it is none of his business and some people don't care what he thinks about it any more than they care what the guy who played Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes has to say about the war in Iraq on Bill Maher's cable show. But mainly, until the actual trial and all the evidence is laid out, there is just no right answer and it is probably best that he kept his rather large nose out of it.
The sports media, however, who proclaim this guy to be "the face of the university", huddled together, begging the anointed and sainted Coach K to have a comment. Like seeking out the wise sage at the top of the mountain (or in Rat's case, the top floor of the basketball office complex behind 007-like fingerprint security), the media drooled when he actually commented on the situation during his "annual summer meeting with reporters" (his "annual summer meeting"? Isn't that rich?).
In his comments, he basically said he supported the university in their actions, and that he supported deposed lacrosse coach Mike Pressler (So what is Duke going to do about Pressler if all of this turns out false? But that is another rant.). He also wisely and humbly stated "I'm not the president (of the university)" and "You have to be careful to make statements outside of your realm."
So it seems the "The Most Important Coach in College Basketball" has said his piece, which is basically supporting the university's do-nothing approach. Whew - the Earth may now resume spinning.
Nevertheless, forgive me if I seem somewhat cynical here, but isn't it convenient that he held his tongue until the case appears to be falling apart? I mean, if he was going to give the old "I'm a company man" line, he could have done that months ago when the clamor was much higher for his comment.
Plus, as I heard someone on the radio say about the timing of the Duke release that they were reinstating men's lacrosse, you have to wonder about the timing of this statement - buried in the Triangle, at least, under all the Stanley Cup coverage.
He's a sneaky rat for a reason - and to me, this just proves it.
3 comments:
Hey! Good rats everywhere object to your villification (of us) merely to stomp a few annoying humans!!!
hi, thanks for sharing your opinion with us , i agree with you on this, I hope the system gets rid of such people soon ! Good luck to you
It is good to stay quiet on the criticism which is not true. In fact best way is to create a cartoon figure of the enemies to control the anger.
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