RateItAll: The Opinion Network

I don't like him. It pains me to give him this rating

Great coach...easily one of the best. Has great knowledge of the game. But he isn't Dean or Rupp quite yet.

I HATE HATE HATE Dook but the guys #'s are unreal. He gets the job done, he is no Dean Smith but he gets the job done

Overated coach for the material he gets

the greatest coach of his era!!!took duke from the bottom to the top!Go BLUE DEVILS!!

Biggest hypocrite in college basketball. Always talking about how it's the "relationships" that count, yet lets it be known in no uncertain terms that it's all about winning with him. Whines more than any other coach if a call goes against his team, and is the biggest teacher of "flopping" to draw fouls that I've ever seen. It's all about ego too. Petitioned the NCAA to remove the losses from his record the year he bailed on his team because of back problems. With Coach K its ego above all else.

Second greatest NCAA basketball coach only to John Wooden.

Potty mouth who rides the refs too much and benefits from a wealth of talent not such much a wealth of coaching ability. If he didn't curse and ride the refs constantly I'd rate him higher than a 2.

It gets no better in todays game and world of college hoops and athelets. He is the modern day equal to John Wooden. Coach K is simply the best coach in the game today for both what he provides his atheltes on and off the floor.

He would have to be in the top 3 or 4.

Read the New Orleans Newspaper about how Coach K got Duhon's mother a job. ABout Boozer's father getting a job. About players like Brand and Avery driving Lincoln Navigators for years as students. Ask him about Cory Maggette getting paid thousands of dollars by a convicted crack felon--thereby making him ineligible--yet Duke suffered NO NCAA sanctions or repercussions. One of the most hollow sham programs in the history of the modern world.

He looks to me like he would be a pervert,and I dont say that because I hate Dook. He really does give off that vibe to me......like he would have a peephole from his office to the showers or something.I bet you anything he has gone down on Wojo before....or, at least on Laetner. He's got that pool party at my house! vibe.))))))))))))))) )))))))))UPDATE. Carolina-5, Dook-3 (with tighter boy anus). BTW, you're right, we do get the best TALENT! I wonder why! HA HA, somebody just tried to burn me by saying Carolina gets all the TALENT! HA HA, NO SH&T, SHERLOCK!))) )))))))))))UPDATE. I read that American Express may be trying to get out of their contract with him, because so many people are cancelling their cards due to the affiliation with him. And for those that would like him as a mentor for their kids, I suggest you stop being so naive and easily influenced by the media. He is no choir boy. There have been several instances of less than honorable behavior. I want go into them, but if you want to know some of them, check out truthaboutduke.com, or message me. He is a good coach, but his public image is misleading. As it might be for many other coaches. I'm not disputing that. But Coach K is far from what the media would have you believe. Curious? Then check it out or message me.

Though I can't pronounce his name, he is one of the greatest coaches of all time. The early entry of Duke players into the NBA has hurt Coach K of late. But year in and year out, he fields a classy team and carries himself with great poise and dignity. I guess the true testament would be if my son were going to be a college hoopster (that ain't gonna happen unless the NCAA changes the rules and awards 4 points for airballs), I would want Coach K to mentor him.

**update- say what you will about the commercial but coach k hardly needs a recruiting ploy, he was offered a lot of money to do a commercial and he did it, i cant blame him for that. In recent years Coach K has never had a problem recruiting the best in the country so I really dont think this commercial has anything to do with that issue.**I think it's completely ludicrous that UNC fans would come here and give him poor ratings. I personally gave Dean Smith a 4 because even though i don't like UNC i don't let that affect my opinions. Coach K is one of the best coaches of all time, no matter who you root for. No matter what kind of team he has to deal with (i.e. a team plagued by injuries, the loss of lou deng, and there number one recruit) he still has great seasons. I came into this year with little hope for my blue devils but Kryzewski has coached them to a 22-4 record. He is an excellent coach and my vote for coach of the year. i understand your point lazyland, b/c everyone wants the under god coach to get it. But i guess the reason i feel this is a special year for Coach K is given Duke's total lack of depth he is been able to accomplish some great things. I didnt expect duke to go that far this year, but Coach K proved he could do more than just recruit the right kids this year, he really coached them to their great record

Did anyone see his shameless recruiting ploy on the American Express commercial? Enough said!!

K - 3 Dean - 2 (with more talent)

I'm just being stubborn because his name is hard to spell and his face looks weird.. and I hate Duke. He's a good coach, but wtf, he has the sharpest features in his face that I've ever seen.. It freaks me out when he yells, he looks like a witch.

Low 5 stars. Not coach of the year though, I would rather that go to some coach that gets less recognition.

The only reason anyone would ever even consider ranking Krzyzewski below a four is because they're a tar heel fan and they're tired of getting beat every year. This man has a winning percentage of over .750.... and that includes his time at Army. Everyone has to face it, he is one of the top 5 greatest basketball coaches of all time

One of the great coahces of all time in any sport. He has great class, recruits good kids, and has a top notch program year in and year out. Great Coach

I was extremely offended when he exposed his boobs during last year's ACC tourny. I was even more offended when his wife exposed her penis. Come on, dookies, that's not very christian like. Man, this guy's wife makes Christopher Walken look like Julia Roberts.

What's more frustrating: spelling his name or beating his Duke teams? The man's ability to pull together not only a team, but an entire campus is second-to-none. Hell, the court he coaches on is named after him and he's nowhere near retirement yet.

This guy is a tremendous fraud. I have never seen someone so masterfully play the media, the refs and even his own student body and get credit for it as though he actually deserves it. How can anyone who has ruined and wasted so many McDonald's All Americans possibly be considered a great coach?

Pretty easy to win when you can bend NCAA rules and have refs who give you every single call in every single game. It's also nice that he lets his plaers take such difficult classes as Nursery Rhymes 101, Long Division, an Learning the Alphabet 101.

THE BEST THERE HAS EVER BEEN!

I'm a UNC alum, but I have to admit that K is an outstanding coach. The numbers speak for themselves. Still, the Duke program isn't as picture perfect as the media seem to think. The players' SAT scores are dramatically lower than those for Duke as a whole, and almost all of them major in sociology, a notorious gut. (These same things are true at UNC too, but the Vitales of the world have never created the misimpression that UNC players are brilliant scholars who just happen to play hoops.)

Recently there can't be much argument about Duke pros. What about the #1 pick in 99'. Elton Brand, Corey Maggette, Carlos Boozer, Grant Hill, and maybe Jay Williams if his back is ok. The only failures have been Mike Dunleavy, William Avery, and Trajan Langdon.

Cream of the crop! Character, success, academics, pride

Coach K is a great coach! I don't care what anyone says!

Perhaps the best ever.. you can;t argue with success.. I suspect a lot of people vote lower for him because they just hate Duke

Even the haters can't dispute the numbers.

Frankly, I personally cannot stand the looks like a rat smelling blue cheese Coach Mike Krzyzewski; however, he is clearly one of the best coaches, if not the best college basketball coach today. To his credit, Coach K has generally recruited based on who will be a good college player as opposed to who will be the best pro (as evidenced by the pro careers of the Duke alumni, or actually the lack of same). On the downside, Coach K abandoned his team when he had a loser in the early 1990's (we will just have to wait and see if his back hurts enough again under similar circumstances), and he has not really been all that innovative, resulting in a loss of a star. Duke players have historically stayed through their senior years (though there have been some recent exceptions), as opposed to a school like North Carolina, which has suffered from many early departures to the pros. Duke teams have often lacked poise and discipline. Historically, Duke teams have been very undisciplined and unsportsmanlike in losses, though they have improved some in recent years. Nevertheless, the bottom line is that one cannot argue much with success, and Coach K runs a clean and winning program.