Duke legend Mike Krzyzewski shows elite toughness as a father-in-law. At least until the wine starts flowing.
“he wouldn’t get rid of the damn thing. And so I played that game with them: ‘Still got the god---- Weeper, huh? How can you have that?’”“It was a bad Weeper,” he said. “And I’ve seen beautiful — no. It should’ve died. It was that bad.”
What’s also true is that Jamie and her two older sisters grew up around their father, gradually learning to navigate his emphases and quirks. Their husbands had to adjust on the fly. Chris already spoke two of Krzyzewski’s languages: those of basketball and West Point. He later took up gardening to further connect with “God’s gift to landscaping,” he jokes, to better show deference while also standing his ground.
“Somehow the analogy always came back to basketball,” Lindy says. “You're talking about issues of the heart, and yet somehow that's likened to a man-to-man or zone defense. ‘I see you trying here, Dad, but this isn't the time.’ ” a player was feeling sorry for himself, Krzyzewski ended practice and invited players, coaches and support staff to midcourt so everyone could have an actual pity party. Just this month, after North Carolina upset Duke in Krzyzewski’s final game at Cameron, he scolded home fans for booing — “Everyone be quiet,” he hissed — two years after shouting for the student section to “shut up” .In November 1999, Frasher and Lindy were dating, and he had bought an engagement ring and intended to propose.
“We’re tough-love kinds of guys; we’re guys in sports, so we’re not the most sentimental dudes to begin with,” Chris says. But both teared up, he continues, “and were emotional in that moment in my life.” Then, inevitably, the wine runs out. So Krzyzewski sends his sons-in-law into his massive wine cellar to select another bottle or two. It keeps the party going, but it’s also another social experiment. Each year Krzyzewski hosts a wine auction in Napa Valley named after former North Carolina State Coach Jim Valvano, and since 1999 the event has raised more than $130 million for the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
“So how did it feel last night when you walked into her room and she’s still awake and you kissed her on the forehead, and she said, ‘Daddy,’ and you tucked her in?” Krzyzewski said he told Scheyer. “How f---ing lucky you are.”
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