Duke basketball: Why Coach K doesn’t care about your complaints

Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

At the root of criticism about Duke basketball are just some hurt feelings.

You had to make me do it. I was having a good summer, and like the basic white girl I am at heart, I was excited about fall. Fall means football, football leads to Thanksgiving (the greatest holiday), Thanksgiving leads to bowl games, bowl games lead to Christmas, and Christmas leads to Duke basketball playing a conference schedule.

This symbiotic change of seasons — and in effect, life events — is how yours truly stays chipper and smiling. Happier than a pig on taco night even with the horrors and angst of the world around me.

Oh, and I…