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Jay Wright’s Retirement Underscores Just How Well Mike Krzyzewski Handled His

You may have noticed a lot of criticism of Mike Krzyzewski over the past season over his so-called Farewell Tour (CBS’s Matt Norlander mocked this on a regular basis, lending support to our contention that he really, really doesn’t care for Duke).

But he wasn’t the only one.

A lot of people thought it was an ego trip, a way of forcing people to acknowledge his brilliant career and so on and so forth.

What a bunch of hooey.

It was never about that.

What it was about was something he said years ago.