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Jalen Gaffney official visit

Guapo said:
Because Duke is Duke.

It pains me to say nice things about Duke; but Duke is an all time program with amazing history and great fan support.

No matter how many championships Villanova wins; they’ll always be a program that plays half their games in a half empty NBA arena far from campus in a city where they are 5th fiddle.
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There is no way Jay Wright is Dukes next coach. Coach K is an impossible act to follow. After the next guy at Duke inevitably fails to live up to the Duke standard and gets fired, THEN Jay Wright will take that job.

You neve want to be the guy after THE guy
 
intlzncster said:
Few's a lifer at Gonzaga. His family and life is too embedded in that community. He's part of the fabric of the place at this point. He's said as much in the past iirc.
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Yeah I get it, but it's relatively easy to say that when it's Oregon or Texas are calling. When Duke opens up the checkbook, and your kids are grown and out of the house, and you still haven't won an NCAA championship, maybe priorities change. I'm not saying he'd definitely leave, but I think it's more likely than not.
 
HooperScooper said:
I read somewhere recently where Hurley said he'd like to sign 3 recruits in the fall. But now I can't find where I read that. Although I'm sure he'd take more recruits he was chasing if they were willing to sign in the fall.
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Chief predicts 3-4 before Spring Semester.
 
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intlzncster said:
Few's a lifer at Gonzaga. His family and life is too embedded in that community. He's part of the fabric of the place at this point. He's said as much in the past iirc.
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Few is a shoo-in for HoF so he doesn't need to go to Duke to solidify that achievement
I feel he will coach at least 10 more years at Zaga and he will win a NC
I heard that Coach Hurley is not a Duke fan BUT if he doesn't win a NC at UConn and Duke comes calling - good chance he answers but I also think Bobby may get the call before Dan does
Jay Wright? nah - he's in a great place right now
One person I could see going to Duke - Tony Bennett of Virginia
 
TheRealKBuks said:
There is no way Jay Wright is Dukes next coach. Coach K is an impossible act to follow. After the next guy at Duke inevitably fails to live up to the Duke standard and gets fired, THEN Jay Wright will take that job.

You neve want to be the guy after THE guy
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Jay Wright's car would leave fire tracks on the road from his car pealing out of the Villanova campus if he was offered the Duke job.
 
Mots010 said:
Jay Wright's car would leave fire tracks on the road from his car pealing out of the Villanova campus if he was offered the Duke job.
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I'd take that bet anyday of the week and twice on Sunday. Not happening

Were Roy William's tires smoking in 1997 when Dean Smith left UNC?
 
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TheRealKBuks said:
I'd take that bet anyday of the week and twice on Sunday. Not happening

Were Roy William's tires smoking in 1997 when Dean Smith left UNC?
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No, but they were when Matt Doherty did.

I too would take that bet though.
 
auror said:
Would Capel really have taken the Pitt job if K was retiring?
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He appears to have done a good job, but not a great job, at VCU, had a nice upward trend his first three years at OK and then the bottom dropped out. All his wins (13) were deleted from his record his fourth year and his fifth was bad too. Looks like a coach's record at our favorite school, in fact.

Maybe Coach K told him he needs to go out and prove himself before he has a chance to be named his successor at Duke?

2002-03 Virginia Commonwealth CAA 18 10 .643
2003-04 Virginia Commonwealth CAA 23 8 .742
2004-05 Virginia Commonwealth CAA 19 13 .594
2005-06 Virginia Commonwealth CAA 19 10 .655
2006-07 Oklahoma Big 12 16 15 .516
2007-08 Oklahoma Big 12 23 12 .657
2008-09 Oklahoma Big 12 30 6 .833
2009-10 Oklahoma Big 12 13* 18* .419
*Overall W-L adjusted to 0-18
2010-11 Oklahoma Big 12 14 18 .438
 
Chief00 said:
Chief predicts 3-4 before Spring Semester.
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Normally in Chief's corner, but I sense some weakness here and lack of true conviction in this prediction. Maybe because of all the abuse he's been taking from those with no life outside the Boneyard?

Early signing period is early to mid-November, and Spring semester starts January 22, so why would someone wait 8 weeks longer to commit? Waiting to see how Boeheim, Mullin, and Cooley do the first 20 games of the season?
 
Scrutiner said:
Normally in Chief's corner, but I sense some weakness here and lack of true conviction in this prediction. Maybe because of all the abuse he's been taking from those with no life outside the Boneyard?

Early signing period is early to mid-November, and Spring semester starts January 22, so why would someone wait 8 weeks longer to commit? Waiting to see how Boeheim, Mullin, and Cooley do the first 20 games of the season?
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I did not say when in that period these guys would commit. I actually, expect additional commitments long before November. So I don’t know if we are actually disagreeing.
There is one guy who may drag out his process longer - which is his right.
 
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Chief00 said:
I did not say when in that period these guys would commit. I actually, expect additional commitments long before November. So I don’t know if we are actually disagreeing.
There is one guy who may drag out his process longer - which is his right.
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Gaffney will be next and should happen within the next two weeks. Akok is going to do his OVs in October. If we get him the commit will come end of Oct/early Nov. I still like where we are at with Precious but it won't happen until early 2019. My guess is we will need a grad transfer big. that would be the five schollies.

Gaffney all but a lock. Akok is 50/50. Precious i think we're >80%
 
SirHypeAlot said:
Gaffney will be next and should happen within the next two weeks. Akok is going to do his OVs in October. If we get him the commit will come end of Oct/early Nov. I still like where we are at with Precious but it won't happen until early 2019. My guess is we will need a grad transfer big. that would be the five schollies.

Gaffney all but a lock. Akok is 50/50. Precious i think we're >80%
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Don't sleep on Kofi.
 
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pj said:
Why, is he lumpy?
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TheRealKBuks said:
There is no way Jay Wright is Dukes next coach. Coach K is an impossible act to follow. After the next guy at Duke inevitably fails to live up to the Duke standard and gets fired, THEN Jay Wright will take that job.

You neve want to be the guy after THE guy
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KOincidence?
 
I honestly think Hurley's recruiting style is kind of playing a game of chicken with other schools. See which schools get impatient with top recruits and turn to gettable commits rather than waiting. Or maybe thats how normal schools recruit, and we were just on the other end for the past couple years
 
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