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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 4814094, member: 504"] He’s only been there a full season and Duke has been attractive to a lot of top recruits for a long time. For a program like theirs, it takes a few down years for that to wear off on a new coach and now throw in whatever impact NIL has that might keep top recruits coming anyway. If he flops (a Duke tradition) even if he still gets kids pulled in by NIL, that might make a difference in how kids decide if they have other decent financial options at other programs. After John Wooden retired, UCLA did ok, actually better than most and the new coach, Gene Barstow m, had had a decent resume. But he stopped winning NCs even though winning in the 20 somethings of victories and he was let go and recruiting fell off. So coaches who replace a legend have a couple of years to show what they can do but wind up with maybe a shorter leash than they deserve. Of course no NIL in those days and some people believed Wooden was a recruiting cheat. If Scheyer does less with more even with NIL, Duke may stop being attractive. North Carolina went through that for a bit after Dean Smith. Kevin Ollie, even with his improbable NC, had a pretty short leash , of course with a lot of things at play on top of just coaching. Also, if a coach’s facial expressions count - I don’t think they mean a thing - KO had some interesting looks on his face. Anyway, it’s probably too soon to wonder about Scheyer, but if they struggle this season and don’t do better next with the group they will be adding, it will be interesting to see how that plays out for recruits in the next few years. [/QUOTE]

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