Two things to note/remember
As a note to reinforce the first thing to note/remember regarding Wojo's influence on Brian during his 4 years at Duke, I would like to pass on an experience I had at the players' "restricted" victory party at the Hilton that I was fortunate enough to attend.
Brian's father and I had just finished a conversation, and as he was walking away, he turned back for a second and spotted Wojo walking towards me. Brian's father caught Wojo's eye and I heard him say very clearly to Wojo that he wanted to thank him for all the time and effort that Wojo had put in with Brian, and how well it had paid off. Wojo replied that it was he that actually wanted to thank Brian's father for trusting him with his son.
That was the entire conversation.
As Brian's father walked away, Wojo just stood there for a moment. After what I felt was an appropriate amount of time, I turned to him and asked him if he would sign a hat I have with over 30 Duke "family" members on it (from Dick Groat, to Lefty, to Alarie, King, Duhon, Singler, Crazy Towel Guy, Doug and Chris Collins, etc.). As he was signing, I told him that I really wanted him to know that I thought he was a great big man coach. He finished signing, then turned and looked me straight in the eye and sincerely thanked me for that comment.
I have to tell the DBR community that this was one of the most moving experiences of my life. It just confirmed to me that the Duke "family" experience is the real thing. It was the "frosting on the cake" of my entire Final Four experience.
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