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Good new Flagg article

UconnU said:
Soo staff immediately went and saw him after the visit? And his mother seems to be liking a lot of UConn related stuff on social media? Some reason for optimism here.
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AntG168 said:
And the parents haven’t even been to Duke yet. That could end up being something. It sounds as if Hurley is recruiting the parents. Could pay off
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would be interesting to know if Geno stopped by for a chat with Mom
 
Quoting from the locked thread below - Steve Pagliuca, Wyc's co-owner, actually played basketball at Duke. Can't work the Celtics angle...

always was and still is an uphill battle to get Cooper Flagg. I live here in Boston know some people that know the Celtics owner with a few degrees of separation. Maybe they can convince Wyc Grousbeck to mandate Tatum stay in Boston for a community event on Duke's First Night
 
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The hype of UConn basketball when we land this guy will hit levels it never has reached before and that's after 5 titles.
 
millertime7774 said:
Quoting from the locked thread below - Steve Pagliuca, Wyc's co-owner, actually played basketball at Duke. Can't work the Celtics angle...

always was and still is an uphill battle to get Cooper Flagg. I live here in Boston know some people that know the Celtics owner with a few degrees of separation. Maybe they can convince Wyc Grousbeck to mandate Tatum stay in Boston for a community event on Duke's First Night
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I am honored. You quoted me except for the part about Pagliuca playing ball at Duke-I didn't know that.
 
Growing up a college basketball fan in New England in the 80s, Duke was my dream school. No great reason - I just fell for Phil Henderson, Danny Ferry, Quin Snyder, the Cameron Crazies, and yes, Coach K. Then came Laettner and Grant Hill, and I was hooked. In 1992, I got a dream opportunity to spend a summer at Duke taking classes and, to my great surprise, I hated it. The campus is beautiful but the students were douchy and Durham leaves a lot to be desired. Great school, great tradition, but it wasn’t home. My “dream” school from afar was not so dreamy up close, living there night in night out. From that summer forward, I converted to UConn hoops. Although I got into Duke, I went somewhere else (in New England) and then to UConn for grad school in time for the ‘99 title where I watched from Gampel. To this date, I hate Duke.

If history repeats itself, Flagg is not going to Duke (though Providence may still be an option).
 
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gsmooth said:
I am honored. You quoted me except for the part about Pagliuca playing ball at Duke-I didn't know that.
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He played freshmen basketball. Which I guess back then was a thing. His son went to Duke also and was a walk-on. Probably only because his father was on the board at Duke and gives them lots of money.

Did I ever mention the time I saw him on Sunday after the semifinal in 2004 in San Antonio? He was watching the high school game (forgot what it was called but it was international all stars vs. American all stars - Al Jefferson was in the game). He was watching with Danny Ainge. He saw my UConn shirt and sneered at me. It was awesome!
 
GAlawyer said:
Growing up a college basketball fan in New England in the 80s, Duke was my dream school. No great reason - I just fell for Phil Henderson, Danny Ferry, Quin Snyder, the Cameron Crazies, and yes, Coach K. Then came Laettner and Grant Hill, and I was hooked. In 1992, I got a dream opportunity to spend a summer at Duke taking classes and, to my great surprise, I hated it. The campus is beautiful but the students were douchy and Durham leaves a lot to be desired. Great school, great tradition, but it wasn’t home. My “dream” school from afar was not so dreamy up close, living there night in night out. From that summer forward, I converted to UConn hoops. Although I got into Duke, I went somewhere else (in New England) and then to UConn for grad school in time for the ‘99 title where I watched from Gampel. To this date, I hate Duke.

If history repeats itself, Flagg is not going to Duke (though Providence may still be an option).
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How did you fall for Danny Ferry? I didn't think that was possible.

Glad you saw the light.
 
uconnever said:
I think he’s coming also, but I think it’s gonna take something being just a little bit off during his Duke visit. If they don’t hit it out of the park, he’s ours.
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Sort of agree. I think if everything goes well he's headed to Duke, but if they drop the ball at all, he's a Husky. Call it still a Duke lean but we've made up ground.
 
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I laugh how Kansas seems to be in every 5* recruit's final three or four? How can you be in everyone's final list? It can't possibly be a first one to commit situation. Kansas moves the pieces on the chess board. They must be great at making every top recruit think that they're the missing piece.
 
I didn’t watch Duke very much last year, does anyone have a good read of Jon Scheyer as a coach?
 
GiladKatzDeli said:
I didn’t watch Duke very much last year, does anyone have a good read of Jon Scheyer as a coach?
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As a coach he did a decent job of making adjustments as the season wore on. Don't think he did as well as he should have with all the talent on that team though. Overall he's solid, not game changing right now, and could be very good, but he's living off K's rep with recruits right now.
 
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SilentDog said:
I understand we are all hyping the relationship with DC, but how much does that matter since if all goes according to plan DC won’t even be at UConn if Flagg were to chose us.
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True but they’re likely having very deep conversations about the coaching staff, the culture, the fans, etc. There’s likely a high level of trust present. It’s one thing to get the sales pitch from a coach or a player. It’s another to get information and insights from essentially a very close family friend where a relationship has existed for many years. DC is trying to sell him but he and his father have Cooper’s best interests in mind too. They’re not going to sell a bill of goods and risk a relationship with their families.
 
FWIW Trilly just missed a commitment. For everyone putting stock into his gifs, I would reconsider. These recruiting gurus are minimally better than 247, at least they don’t change picks once it’s obvious to boost their percentages, but they still are not close to infallible
 
TheHorde said:
True but they’re likely having very deep conversations about the coaching staff, the culture, the fans, etc. There’s likely a high level of trust present. It’s one thing to get the sales pitch from a coach or a player. It’s another to get information and insights from essentially a very close family friend where a relationship has existed for many years. DC is trying to sell him but he and his father have Cooper’s best interests in mind too. They’re not going to sell a bill of goods and risk a relationship with their families.
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You don’t know any of this. They’re not even close friends. Did you even read the article? His mom says “they hit it off” and it was like they had been friends for years. You’re imagining some deep connection that doesn’t exist.
 
MJKI said:
FWIW Trilly just missed a commitment. For everyone putting stock into his gifs, I would reconsider. These recruiting gurus are minimally better than 247, at least they don’t change picks once it’s obvious to boost their percentages, but they still are not close to infallible
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So he's like 39 for 41 now. Obviously he's not perfect but acting like someone with 95% accuracy should be ignored and doesn't have info is just unbelievably stupid
 
Something that I believe works in our favor...Cooper doesn’t like the limelight, he’s turned down every interview request he’s gotten for months. UConn will probably feel more comfortable to him. I’m sure Duke will be a circus when he’s there.

A part of me wonders, did DC say come here and we’ll play together, like our mothers did? There’s no guarantee DC leaves. Remember this is a kid that was so loyal to his high school he played public for 4 years.
 
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