“This process is the best succession plan that we can have. Don’t try to compare it to any other succession plan. This is ours and we’ve got the people in place to get it done.”
That was Mike Krzyzewski talking to the media today, barely 24 hours after the news starting leaking that the 2021-’22 season would be his last as Duke’s head basketball coach.
But it almost has to be unique. The median age of an American is a little over 38 years. That means that more than half of the people in this country were not born the last time Duke had different head coach.