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Originally Posted by BCWWF
This isn't the first time that Coach K has been offered an NBA coaching contract, its making it seem like it is. I'm sure the Lakers are talking to people all over the nation, but this one just created a huge stir. I doubt it was even a terribly hard decision for Coach K, he always has the best recruiting class in the nation year after year, millions of dollars, why would he be so eager leave all that?
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Well $40 million for one
And for two, if he were to win a Championship in the NBA he would be considered one of the greatest coaches in basketball history. Without the NBA under his belt, he's only one of the best college coaches, which is fine, but he could have been more.
Three, the college game is tough nowadays, with so many players leaving after 1 year or not even going to college its so much harder to build a dynasty in college hoops. So even though Coach K has the best talent available to him, thats only good for one year, because the next year he has to build a whole new team because of the NBA.
Finally, the only risk in this move would have been Coach K being a failure somewhere. Even if he did fail he'd get his job back at Duke, because he's a God over there. So like I said, it seems to me the only threat was his reputation as being successful and not wanting to experience failure.
Its clear he likes it at Duke, now I would argue taking the contract seemed like a no brainer because you get life altering money and no risk. But I still respect his decision.