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Still, Krzyzewski has had to make sacrifices. As a special assistant to Duke's president, Richard Brodhead, he had to cut back on last-minute meetings with visitors and other special duties he performs. Krzyzewski discussed the job with Brodhead and athletic director Joe Alleva, and both supported the move.
Krzyzewski also has cut back on his speaking engagements, though the requests have only increased during his U.S. tenure.
"Financially, that knocks off a chunk," he said, "but timewise I had to do that.
--Luciana Chavez, News & Observer
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William Avery -
Avery had couple good seasons at Duke and left early for the NBA. This was against Coach K's wishes.
Apparently, it wasn't a very good 'split'. This is what Avery's mother said about Coach K in in an article. (scroll)
"Coach K is selfish," said Simonton, WILLIAM AVERY's mother. "He wants what's best for him. He says it's for the players. It's not."
There was a famous Curry Kirkpatrick article about K cursing William's mother (if you have a copy of this please submit it. Here is an article from a local Georgia newspaper on Avery's departure:
The early focus of the story, written by former Sports Illustrated writer Curry Kirkpatrick, is that Blue Devil basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski had a big disagreement with Avery and his mother, Terri Simonton, in April before Avery announced he was leaving.
Reportedly, Krzyzewski used an expletive to tell Simonton that her son was going to mess up his program. She said Krzyzewski was 'rude, personal.'
'Coach K is selfish,' Simonton told ESPN The Magazine. 'He talks about a so-called close Duke family. But he just wants to protect his program. He lied to us about where William would go in the draft. Late in the first round? Maybe even second round? Come on. Even I could pick up the papers and read he was going earlier than that.'
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