Cooper Flagg Commits to Duke | Page 3 | The Boneyard

Cooper Flagg Commits to Duke

Status
Not open for further replies.
HooperScooper said:
I don't agree with you on Duke. If they fire Scheyer because he ruins the program then they'll be able to get a really good coach and then they'll be back. Coach K isn't the only coach in the world who can win at Duke. As we've seen at UConn with Calhoun.
Expand ...
They have the financial flexibility to get rid of Scheyer without embarrassing antics AND turn around and pay a premium to hire another coach.
 
REB1094 said:
From Duke's perspective - Best case scenario, they figure it out as the season goes on and Cooper joins a team with newly found championship aspirations next year

Worst case scenario, Duke stumbles through this season and Cooper gets a chance to be the hero that turns the ship around

I guarantee Cooper won't give his decision any second thoughts, even if Duke collapses and finishes .500
Expand ...
If Cooper was sincere in his statements about UConn than I could see him change his mind and come here. If there is enough evidence that Scheyer is not a good coach Cooper may not want to play his one college year in a negative environment.

Anyways hope Duke crashes and burns with or without the Cooper sweepstakes. Added bonus is watching ESPN"s ratings crash and burn as well.
 
HooperScooper said:
I don't agree with you on Duke. If they fire Scheyer because he ruins the program then they'll be able to get a really good coach and then they'll be back. Coach K isn't the only coach in the world who can win at Duke. As we've seen at UConn with Calhoun.
Expand ...
Or they can end up like Georgetown. It will be an interesting to see what happens to Nova and Duke in the future. Heck it will be interesting to see if Kentucky and UNC someday end up like Indiana and Missouri. The only constant we have in life is there is no constant.
 
John said:
They have the financial flexibility to get rid of Scheyer without embarrassing antics AND turn around and pay a premium to hire another coach.
Expand ...

Yup their next coach would be a Billy Donovan or alike and they’d be fine. I mean I don’t care for anyone that coaches Duke at any point, but they’re giving Scheyer a better chance to prove himself than the Boneyard would.
 
John said:
They have the financial flexibility to get rid of Scheyer without embarrassing antics AND turn around and pay a premium to hire another coach.
Expand ...
They’d have to pay Scheyer a lot of money they just gave him a big extension. Yea they could do it but that extension would look stupid. They wouldn’t fire him after this year with the class they have coming in
 
John said:
They have the financial flexibility to get rid of Scheyer without embarrassing antics AND turn around and pay a premium to hire another coach.
Expand ...
They’re not firing Scheyer with that recruiting class coming in next year.
 
.-.
Duke is a premier Nike school, same as us. They have a lot invested in the brand. If it came down which NIke school they were going to steer him too (via NIL), it was going to be Duke. They are in trouble and need the help.
 
The loss of Dick Vitale is a huge blow. Maybe more than the loss of K. Vitale used to turn every college basketball contest into a Duke infomercial even if it wasn't a Duke game. Vitale, and ESPN to a lesser extent, constantly raved about Coach K, Duke players and the Duke fans non-stop. He was a one man hype machine and he held the biggest megaphone in the sport. The Duke that Flagg dreamed about was a media creation that no longer exists.

Of course, there will be a drop off. How big a drop off remains to be seen.
 
He probably should have been honest and said he picked Duke because they were the school he rooted for growing up.
When it’s Hurley vs scheyer and you say that it was Scheyer and his staff that helped drive you to the decision and what they would demand from you and they would hold you accountable and all that jazz.
Well it looked silly then and it looks even sillier now.
Duke won’t fire him but I’m sure there are a few people up there who think they just gave a massive extension to someone a lot more like Calipari than Hurley.
 
ctchamps said:
Or they can end up like Georgetown. It will be an interesting to see what happens to Nova and Duke in the future. Heck it will be interesting to see if Kentucky and UNC someday end up like Indiana and Missouri. The only constant we have in life is there is no constant.
Expand ...
Could happen. You never know. But would you bet on any of that happening for an extended period of time like Indiana and Georgetown have gone through? I wouldn't.
 
HooperScooper said:
Could happen. You never know. But would you bet on any of that? I wouldn't.
Expand ...

I would absolutely bet that the future of college sports will be very different from the past. NIL, the Transfer Portal, and Streaming have changed and will continue to change the sport dramatically.
 
.-.
uconngb said:
Another genius take by that guy
Expand ...

Do you have any of your own takes, or is your schtick to just insult other posters? I went searching through your history, and I can't find any actual insight or thoughts on anything. Just insults.
 
Palatine said:
The loss of Dick Vitale is a huge blow. Maybe more than the loss of K. Vitale used to turn every college basketball contest into a Duke infomercial even if it wasn't a Duke game. Vitale, and ESPN to a lesser extent, constantly raved about Coach K, Duke players and the Duke fans non-stop. He was a one man hype machine and he held the biggest megaphone in the sport. The Duke that Flagg dreamed about was a media creation that no longer exists.

Of course, there will be a drop off. How big a drop off remains to be seen.
Expand ...

Besides saying that “I’m finna do __” means “I am finally about to do __” this idea that Vitale meant more to Dukes success than K is my favorite take of yours.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I would absolutely bet that the future of college sports will be very different from the past. NIL, the Transfer Portal, and Streaming have changed and will continue to change the sport dramatically.
Expand ...
No question. But that doesn't answer the question that was posed. Which of those teams - UNC, Duke, Villanova, Kentucky - do you think will go through at least a 15-20 year down period?
 
Guys, you can criticize their playing all you want, but I think we can all agree we would love to be a part of this. Oh, wait, nevermind.



To be clear, I don’t care if college kids make videos of their dancing, but it does make their losses funnier to me
 
.-.
ToolzieFan said:
Guys, you can criticize their playing all you want, but I think we can all agree we would love to be a part of this. Oh, wait, nevermind.



To be clear, I don’t care if college kids make videos of their dancing, but it does make their losses funnier to me
Expand ...


Steve Harvey Cringe GIF by ABC Network
 
HooperScooper said:
Could happen. You never know. But would you bet on any of that happening for an extended period of time like Indiana and Georgetown have gone through? I wouldn't.
Expand ...
I wouldn’t bet either way.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Besides saying that “I’m finna do __” means “I am finally about to do __” this idea that Vitale meant more to Dukes success than K is my favorite take of yours.
Expand ...
To be fair, I said he may be more important.

But I think there is no question that Vitale was the architect and engineer of the Duke hype. It will be tough to maintain with the #1 college basketball voice in broadcasting doing the cheer leading.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Do you have any of your own takes, or is your schtick to just insult other posters? I went searching through your history, and I can't find any actual insight or thoughts on anything. Just insults.
Expand ...
I think the quote that best applies to you is:

“Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it up and remove all doubt.”
 
Last edited:
.-.
nelsonmuntz said:
Duke is just another program with K gone. Sure they are a good academic program and have a rich alumni base that can pay more than most in NIL, but so can Northwestern and Vandy and Stanford. Duke's "blue blood" status is going to fade quickly.
Expand ...
Look at who is coming to them next season and tell me they are just another program. Ridiculous. They can have a down year but as long as they recruit at that level they will have some success eventually. Now if the recruiting changes….
 
jibsey said:
Look at who is coming to them next season and tell me they are just another program. Ridiculous. They can have a down year but as long as they recruit at that level they will have some success eventually. Now if the recruiting changes….
Expand ...

I like to judge teams by what they do on the court. It sounds like you have a different criteria.

Also, in the Transfer Portal era, recruiting class rankings are going to be a lot less predictive of future success.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I like to judge teams by what they do on the court. It sounds like you have a different criteria.

Also, in the Transfer Portal era, recruiting class rankings are going to be a lot less predictive of future success.
Expand ...
I get the transfer portal thing especially schools like FAU but just look at the sheer talent they have and will have on the floor next year. Is it possible to suck that badly with that much talent? It is early for them and I’m sure they patch things up to make an NCAA run. They are still recruiting as if K is still there, so the question is, does that change?
 
husky429 said:
I know we want to crap all over him because he didn't commit here, but he's actually a team-first player. Much, much moreso than most top draft picks. His best qualities are defense and passing.
Expand ...
He has no qualities that matter to us. Kid is a feca-head dookie. Hate that school and anybody that goes there.
husky429 said:
Why are you assuming he was dishonest?

Y'all gotta stop being sore losers and move on. Cooper isn't a bad person, a liar, or anything else. He's a kid who made a decision as best he knew how to.
Expand ...
he is a dookie which makes him a total fecal-head.
 
.-.
Status
Not open for further replies.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,159
Messages
4,555,186
Members
10,438
Latest member
UConnheart


Top Bottom