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2025 Recruiting: Cooper Flagg

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Sounds like some of you listen way too much to ESPN and Windhorst, wow. Wemby is intriguing due to his size, and should be good…but he’s the same guy who got bullied by an undrafted Kenneth Lofton this year.

The media needs someone to gush about and they went a little over the top for good ole Wemby. Them calling him the greatest prospect and saying “if he’s not Durant or Giannis, he’s a failure” is too much.

Depends what the franchise needs, he would be hard to pass up. Flagg would be hard to pass up too
 
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Scrutiner said:
I've been in touch with DS and he's not fixated on the record and doesn't want us to worry about beating it, or allowing him to retain it as one of the honors in his trophy room, either case is fine with him.
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Well I talked to his father and he told me he’d give up the record for $10k
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Flagg is playing against 16 and 17 year olds. Wembanyama is in a Pro League. Association with UConn shouldn’t cloud the judgement. Flagg is a tremendous prospect, Wemby is a generational prospect.
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Strange anyone would disagree but this is the Internet so…
 
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husky429 said:
You have managed to become my least favorite poster in a world where Chief and Nelson exist.
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You're my least favorite with all your lies. But go ahead pretend you're some kind of expert on everything.
 
It’s a bit silly that we proclaim our staff’s clear superiority at developing NBA taken when the number of truly successful NBA players they’ve developed thus far is zero. Hopefully that changes this NBA season. But that’s where it stands.

Flagg would correctly laugh in the face of any coach saying they will prepare him better than Duke. It doesn’t matter where he goes. Anyone suggesting otherwise is selling something. That’s not what’s going to win him over.
 
HuskyHawk said:
It’s a bit silly that we proclaim our staff’s clear superiority at developing NBA taken when the number of truly successful NBA players they’ve developed thus far is zero. Hopefully that changes this NBA season. But that’s where it stands.

Flagg would correctly laugh in the face of any coach saying they will prepare him better than Duke. It doesn’t matter where he goes. Anyone suggesting otherwise is selling something. That’s not what’s going to win him over.
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Yeah I understand we’re a rightfully excited group seeing the momentum we have. But guys still have to show and prove in the NBA before we can say Hurley is great at preparing guys. As of today, he can get guys drafted.

With how many guys we’re going to be pumping into the league and the talent we’re bringing in I expect it to change though. At the moment Hurley players have just as much success in the NBA as any other coach.
 
HuskyHawk said:
It’s a bit silly that we proclaim our staff’s clear superiority at developing NBA taken when the number of truly successful NBA players they’ve developed thus far is zero. Hopefully that changes this NBA season. But that’s where it stands.

Flagg would correctly laugh in the face of any coach saying they will prepare him better than Duke. It doesn’t matter where he goes. Anyone suggesting otherwise is selling something. That’s not what’s going to win him over.
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Our head coach and staff took over a dumpster fire and they've done an amazing job developing players and building this thing back up to the best program in the country.

What is it about Scheyer's one year as head coach that has you so hooked?
 
EastConn'er said:
You're my least favorite with all your lies. But go ahead pretend you're some kind of expert on everything.
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Who are you?

Edit: just DM'd you since this doesn't belong on the open board. I'd be curious to know what you think I'm lying about. I can't think of much other than omitting where I've coached on the public board and once in a while my dad posts under my name by accident which might confuse people.

(Also: the ignore button exists if you think I'm that much of a tool.)
 
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superjohn said:
Our head coach and staff took over a dumpster fire and they've done an amazing job developing players and building this thing back up to the best program in the country.

What is it about Scheyer's one year as head coach that has you so hooked?
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Scheyer didn’t win a national championship but he did win the ACC tournament.

It’s hard to talk about other coaches when comparing it to a national championship. Lol
 
superjohn said:
Our head coach and staff took over a dumpster fire and they've done an amazing job developing players and building this thing back up to the best program in the country.

What is it about Scheyer's one year as head coach that has you so hooked?
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Scheyer isn‘t relevant. He’s going to do what K always did. You think he’s going to reinvent Duke’s approach? Duke is Duke. A big reason they do so well is guys are playing and practicing against very talented players. It hasn’t changed.

Hurley and staff did a great job. Last year we ran the most modern NBA style offense I’ve seen in the college game. He emphasizes defensive responsibility. So yeah, I think we will be really successful preparing guys for the NBA. But it’s not going to be persuasive against Duke, Kansas, UNC, Michigan State and some others. UConn will win some of those kids, but not because they think those schools aren’t going to prepare them for the NBA.
 
While you raise some valid points, the fact remains that the program Hurley has built has got to be a very attractive option to a recruit like Flagg. Great culture, great coaching, and a legit chance to contend for a National Championship. Duke may very well land Flagg, but in 2023 UConn has become a legit contender for recruits of this caliber. I certainly wouldn't be shocked if he came to UConn.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Scheyer isn‘t relevant. He’s going to do what K always did. You think he’s going to reinvent Duke’s approach? Duke is Duke. A big reason they do so well is guys are playing and practicing against very talented players. It hasn’t changed.

Hurley and staff did a great job. Last year we ran the most modern NBA style offense I’ve seen in the college game. He emphasizes defensive responsibility. So yeah, I think we will be really successful preparing guys for the NBA. But it’s not going to be persuasive against Duke, Kansas, UNC, Michigan State and some others. UConn will win some of those kids, but not because they think those schools aren’t going to prepare them for the NBA.
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What? The head coach isn't relevant?

That's not how it works, you don't just plug in any coach to replace a legend and it's all the same. Come on...
 
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superjohn said:
What? The head coach isn't relevant?

That's not how it works, you don't just plug in any coach to replace a legend and it's all the same. Come on...
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Are they the leader for Flagg? Are they the leader for Boozer kids? He has the #2 class coming in this year, despite Flip coming back. So evidently, they aren’t worried about it. Lively and Whitehead both went first round so Scheyer has as many first rounders as Hurley right now.

We can all hope for an Indiana type result here, but we aren’t going to get it. Davis is doing fine at Carolina too. Flagg is a New England kid and is an ideal fit for our system on both ends, he will have a chance to win a title here and become a legend in New England hoops history, that’s our selling point.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Are they the leader for Flagg? Are they the leader for Boozer kids? He has the #2 class coming in this year, despite Flip coming back. So evidently, they aren’t worried about it. Lively and Whitehead both went first round so Scheyer has as many first rounders as Hurley right now.

We can all hope for an Indiana type result here, but we aren’t going to get it. Davis is doing fine at Carolina too. Flagg is a New England kid and is an ideal fit for our system on both ends, he will have a chance to win a title here and become a legend in New England hoops history, that’s our selling point.
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He's just starting out. Nobody expected their recruiting to fall off. We don't know if he is a good coach and developer of talent. UConn won a national title in Ollie's second season, we all saw how that turned out.

Hubert is a nice guy but he was preseason #1 and he just missed the tournament. He's on the Mike Davis, Kevin Ollie path.

You're nuts in thinking nothing changes when you replace a legendary coach.
 
It’s not the coach of Duke. It’s the “Brand” of Duke. That we are recruiting against. It is the biggest “ Brand” in the game if we like it or not.

Sure be nice to beat them out for Flagg
 
superjohn said:
He's just starting out. Nobody expected their recruiting to fall off. We don't know if he is a good coach and developer of talent. UConn won a national title in Ollie's second season, we all saw how that turned out.

Hubert is a nice guy but he was preseason #1 and he just missed the tournament. He's on the Mike Davis, Kevin Ollie path.

You're nuts in thinking nothing changes when you replace a legendary coach.
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Scheyer won 75% of his games and a conference championship in year 1. The coach does matter a great deal, but it appears that in the case of Duke, their successor to Coach K is a very good one. I fully expect Duke to be relevant nationally for years to come. Ollie was a real bad choice. I see no similar situation with Scheyer.
 
Huskybass said:
Scheyer won 75% of his games and a conference championship in year 1. The coach does matter a great deal, but it appears that in the case of Duke, their successor to Coach K is a very good one. I fully expect Duke to be relevant nationally for years to come. Ollie was a real bad choice. I see no similar situation with Scheyer.
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Agreed. Scheyer didn’t win a Chip in his first tournament.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
Agreed. Scheyer didn’t win a Chip in his first tournament.
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And Ollie ran the UConn program into the ground in 4 to 5 years. There is virtually no chance you see that with Scheyer. If you are being honest, you know that is true.
 
Captbluefin said:
It’s not the coach of Duke. It’s the “Brand” of Duke. That we are recruiting against. It is the biggest “ Brand” in the game if we like it or not.

Sure be nice to beat them out for Flagg
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Correct. Brands don’t lose their power overnight, even if the product changes. But brands do lose their power over time if the product isn’t what it used to be.
 
superjohn said:
He's just starting out. Nobody expected their recruiting to fall off. We don't know if he is a good coach and developer of talent. UConn won a national title in Ollie's second season, we all saw how that turned out.

Hubert is a nice guy but he was preseason #1 and he just missed the tournament. He's on the Mike Davis, Kevin Ollie path.

You're nuts in thinking nothing changes when you replace a legendary coach.
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I'm not saying nothing changes. I made the IU comparison for a reason. We all saw what happened at Georgetown as well. I'm saying it isn't going to happen to Duke this cycle. Scheyer is the guy. He had a strong reputation for developing players as an assistant coach and is an incredible recruiter.

But the discussion was about Flagg and development. You aren't going to get Flagg to UConn by negative recruiting against Duke and Scheyer. It's a terrible argument. He's credited with developing lots of Duke's guys as an assistant. He's the guy who found Jason Tatum and got him to Duke and they remain close. Who's camp does Flagg go to?
 
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