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- Duke was upset by North Carolina in Coach K’s final game
- Tom Brady memes are flying around social media as fans debate Krzyzewski’s future
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The Duke Blue Devils were upset by hated rival North Carolina in Coach K’s final game on Saturday.
The back-and-forth contest was highly entertaining. The two teams traded leads in the final minute and a half of action, but it was North Carolina that prevailed with an 81-77 victory.
The Final Four loss ends Duke’s season while it sends the Tar Heels to the national championship. Krzyzewski has now had two send offs ruined by his arch-nemesis as UNC also defeated Duke in his final home game.
As expected, the social media reaction was wild.
While most people were talking about the game, itself, many were also taking time to reflect on Coach K’s coaching career. That also meant debating about the future.
Can he really go out like this? A loss to North Carolina in his final game?
Some don’t think so, and they’re waiting for a comeback announcement from the coaching legend. Fittingly, they’re using Tom Brady as a reference for their un-retirement hopes.
Fans Debate Coach K’s Future
Earlier this year, Tom Brady decided to hang up the cleats for good, announcing that he’d be stepping away from the game of football. That lasted all of two months before Brady broke the news of his return from retirement.
Now, fans are wondering if Coach K will do the same.
Check out the Twitter reaction below.
Might need to give Coach K a call, @TomBrady 😅
(h/t @TRowOU) pic.twitter.com/OWW7FCNcUt
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 3, 2022
How long until Coach K pulls a Tom Brady and unretires after that?
— Cam Gaskins (@CamGaskinsTV) April 3, 2022
Any way Coach K pulls a Tom Brady and comes back out of retirement after both of these losses to North Carolina?
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) April 3, 2022
Coach K retirement might be shorter than Tom Bradys hahaha
— Chris Vernon (@ChrisVernonShow) April 3, 2022
Coach K about to pull a Tom Brady! 😂😂😂😂
Ain’t no way he going out like this.
— Anthony Antoine FOX 26 (@AnthonyTVNews) April 3, 2022
Coach K might have to run it back one time Tom Brady style!
We can’t go out like that 😫😫😫😫🥺🥺 not to Carolina 👎🏾
— Monique Currie (@Mocurrie25) April 3, 2022
Imagine Coach K’s “retirement” might go a little like Tom Brady’s retirement now.
— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) April 3, 2022
“Coach K, you are allowed to change your mind… I’m jus saying…” – Tom Brady
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) April 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/zairewade21/status/1510476746197331969?s=20&t=U9bsvci3fr5dqqEBOWIjgw
Coach K boutta pull a Tom Brady
— Quentin Grimes (@qdotgrimes) April 3, 2022
How long before Coach K realizes he doesn’t golf and doesn’t like babysitting before he comes out of retirement Tom Brady style? 😎 https://t.co/XuXtYtcstW
— Troy Renck (@TroyRenck) April 3, 2022
Coach K is about about to pull a Tom Brady, watch.
— Alyssa Charlston (@Alyssacharlston) April 3, 2022
What if Coach K pulls a Tom Brady and is just like “nah, nvm.”
— Paxton Elrod (@paxton_elrod) April 3, 2022
Coach K will stay retired for 6 weeks like Tom Brady and come back to work.
— Taylor Price (@TaylorPrice) April 3, 2022
Who else is hoping that Coach K takes a page from Tom Brady and un-retires very soon?
— Alicia Jessop (@RulingSports) April 3, 2022
Yo @TomBrady don’t lie…Coach K isn’t really retiring on that right? #MarchMadness
— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) April 3, 2022
What if we go thru all this fanfare with Coach K, then in a month he says…”nah, I’m coming back.”
That would be wild wouldn’t it @TomBrady 🤷🏻♂️
— Toby Rowland (@TRowOU) April 3, 2022
Coach K trying to get ahold of Tom Brady to ask him how to go about coming back for another year for a redemption tour 🤣 pic.twitter.com/A0qxO49M1a
— Dimers Sports Analytics (@DimersCom) April 3, 2022
If it happens, no one will be surprised.