It's rather sad that threads like this one are all that WF fans have to "hang their hats on" when discussing Coach K for the past 30 years.
You know, when Coach K came to Duke, Wake Forest was more than competitive with the Blue Devils. Coach K's first five years at Duke coincided with Carl Tacy's last five years at WF. During those five years, Duke's ACC record was 28-42, while WF's ACC record was 37-33. Head-to head, Tacy had a 9-2 record against Coach K.
So, what has Coach K done with the Duke program since then...and what have six different coaches done with the WF program? Well, here are the results:
ACC Championships: Coach K 13, WF 2
NCAAT wins: Coach K 90, WF 16
Sweet 16's: Coach K 23, WF 4
Final Fours: Coach K 12, WF 0
NCAA Championships: Coach K 5, WF 0
This is nothing less than a comparison of incredible long-term success with incredible long-term inaptitude.....and I mean truly incredible, on both ends. In light of those stunning statistics, I think I that WF fans should probably just be as quiet as possible about Coach K and hope that nobody notices what has happened with the two programs since Carl Tacy won 9 out of his 11 games against Coach K. We are just coming across as 30-year sniveling losers with continued threads like this.