This pertains to the Duke loss in the NCAA Tournament to Mercer, an upset, to say the least.
Below this post were many comments, none that I read were very complimentary. I remember wondering to myself if he had gone to compliment them. I thought it might be a little "arrogant" on his part, after all, he is just another coach, one of the better ones, a legend, but still, just a coach.
Maybe he just wanted to be in a "winners" locker room, he is used to that. Were his players just sitting in their locker room, sulking, why was he not consoling them.
To have Coach K, enter your locker room, after a game, and compliment you, personally, I think was a class move on his part. He is one of the "Deans" of coaches. He coached our Olympic team and other USA teams, he is a legend. I think his visit was comparable to a visit from the president, perhaps even of more importance than that. I think it was a classy act, by a classy coach.
When you get a visit from one of the greats, it is an accomplishment.
Coach K, as much as anyone, knew, his team, which was not a great team by any means, was beaten by a better team, and as such, was deserving of more than just a ceremonial handshake at the end of the game. Most of the post game congratulations consist of a more impersonal "high five," anymore, anyway. His gestue was as high a compliment as he could offer.
