Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski met with students to explain his emotional outburst during Tuesday night’s game against Pittsburgh.
Coach K screamed at the “Cameron Crazies” and told them to shut up for a chant directed at former Duke star Jeff Capel, now the head coach at Pitt.
Krzyzewski explained that his behavior was in part due to his emotional state following the unexpected death of Kobe Bryant:
The 72-year-old coach explained to a group of 40 to 50 students that he was in a “fragile emotional state” because of the death of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who he coached to two Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012. Combine that with the fact that Capel is still a close friend of Coach K’s and the result is apparently a powder keg of emotions ready to burst on anyone, even the people who are cheering loudly for your success. He then ended his 30-minute speech by showing a clip of past student sections he wanted to use as examples for the proper way to act during games — the man sure does love his postgame lectures.
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