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Message: [QUOTE="Scottzer, post: 5303824, member: 5571"] It’s just way too early to say. Yes, he’s getting top talent, but it’ll take 10 years to really answer this question. Calhoun was a seasoned coach and we didn’t make a FF with Donyell and Ray on the same team. Different era, and we played older teams back then, but still - we had a lot of talent before ever cutting down the nets. On the flip side, when Calhoun was much older, we saw the Kemba run. And, I can’t possibly see Scheyer cutting down the nets with that team. Now, that team had an on paper number 23 recruiting class if memory serves), but during the first week of practice Calhoun said (paraphrase) “you don’t really know what you have until you have them in the gym, and the first week, i said these guys are really good.” Long story short, some of the lack of Duke’s player development issues is on Scheyer. Some of it is missed evaluations - and these are overvaluations that many more than just Scheyer made. I’m not going to fault him for some of those any more than I’ll fault Danny for bringing over the St Mary’s kid. I still trust Danny and crew to make an evaluation. I’m curious to see how Duke’s defense fairs arfter losing Lucas. He’s a good coach, not great yet, but he fits the program and will have more time to grow. We shall see. [/QUOTE]