If you'll recall, Friday was a very special day for Bob Knight. After years of icy silence, he finally called Indiana and graciously accepted the school's invitation to a Hall of Fame ceremony in his honor made up a dumb excuse and told IU to buzz off. It was not at all surprising, but Indiana -- the fans, the school, and the man who's been most vocal about wanting to "reunite" Indiana, Tom Crean -- would no doubt be disappointed.

Tom Crean seems most upset by something else, though. Specifically: Coach K.

About two weeks ago, Mike Krzyzewski talked to ESPN's Andy Katz about Knight, with whom Coach K is famously close. Krzyzewski's comments were a little weird, to say the least. A representative sampling:

"I do think before coach Knight ever goes there, people at Indiana should think about what happened since he left [in 2000] and celebrate him instead of taking down the things he did," Krzyzewski said. "Over three decades he represented that school, won championships and produced great young men. That record is not talked about. You can't just say you're in the Hall of Fame. That's not enough. In order to have a great future, you need to celebrate the greatness of the past. I think Indiana basketball needs to celebrate coach Knight's time."

The whole point of the Hall of Fame seems lost on Coach K. The Hall of Fame induction is specifically designed to celebrate Knight's successes as a basketball coach. No one at IU is sending out press releases about Knight's failures, or his temper, or making jokes about Knight's speech being "zero tolerance." There are obvious black marks on Knight's record at IU, but Indiana brass was completely willing to gloss them over in the interest of getting Knight back in Bloomington for a weekend. What more does Knight want?

Anyway, Crean brought up Coach K on the radio without provocation, saying he was "bewildered" by Krzyzewski's comments and, egged on a bit by the radio hosts asking him successive questions on the matter, got a little bit aggressive in the meantime. The audio of the interview is here; the good stuff starts a little over halfway through. When asked if he ever thought about calling Coach K, Crean said:

"Um, not really. I didn't take it personal in that sense, because obviously he didn't know what we're trying to do here. Maybe it'd be different if he did. But no. We're going to be recruiting against them, we're going to hopefully be playing against them, and we're going to hopefully be competing for championships against them in the near future like they do.

"So I don't feel any need to have to explain myself or what we're trying to do here. I think it's up to people to pay attention to it if they're going to comment on it. [...] Obviously, he has a great affection for Bob Knight. But he's not alone."

Oh SNAP, son. Coach fight! This is totally like the time in high school when this one girl Brenda was all like "that's my boyfriend" and Sheila was all like "nuh-uh, obviously you don't know what you're talking about, SKANK," except when college coaches want to insult someone, they use the word "people" instead of "skank." They're much more subtle, and much more devastating for it. And I love every minute of it.

Is this a big deal? Maybe, but probably not. Yet. Which is why it's up to Coach K to come back with something equally withering. Your move, Krzyzewski. Don't act like you don't love a good blood feud, K. We're on to you.

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