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Message: [QUOTE="Dillon77, post: 4625425, member: 6620"] I've followed the Celeste Taylor roundabout since her H.S. recruiting days and her excellent "glue style" approach to the U.S.A. National teams. She turned down a chance to go pro this year, even with a good chance of being a first rounder. But that obviously changed: hard stop. Why? To me, a few things and they're all interrelated. [LIST] [*]Winston Grandy left to take over the Assc. Head Coaching Job at S.. Carolina. As the local paper, the Observer noted: "Earlier in the 2022-23 season, head coach Kara Lawson described how Gandy worked closely with the Duke guards. Notably, both members of the starting backcourt, [URL='https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2023/03/duke-womens-basketball-shayeann-day-wilson-transfer-portal']Shayeann Day-Wilson[/URL] and Taylor, are transferring from the program." [*]Taylor wanted to work with Grandy to improve her lot for the 2024 draft and if he stuck at Duke, fine. But if he went somewhere else, hmmm? And that somewhere is working for Dawn Staley? Whew! [*]She'll have a chance to keep working with Gandy -- is fhe goes to S. Carolina -- and also work with Staley. [/LIST] BTW, I'm sure she's got that DuKe undergrad degree. Congrats. This seems like an extra year out of h.s. that lacrosse players take to firm up the skills and the GPA for the next step. [/QUOTE]