But I'm sure sometimes in retirement, Coach K ponders what would have happened had he taken the Los Angeles Lakers job back in 2004. The Blue Devils made the tournament as a 6-seed under Coach K and were ousted in the first round by VCU. That's contingent on one thing:How much success would Coach K have had with the Los Angeles Lakers? There are a million scenarios to ponder on what would have happened had Coach K taken the Lakers job. While it's fun to think about the alternate timeline, neither Duke fans nor Coach K would change the one we got.