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Transfer Portal
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Arizona’s big is leaving for $1.3 Million to Indiana. (And just think, this was classified as cheating four years ago) 🤷🏻♂️
I wish Jeremy well and appreciate some nice memories as he’s been an ACC Champ and gone to the Final Four. He’s maxed out his Duke time. If he can't make it with an NBA team then some school is going to pay him some nice $$$. The problem for Jeremy is he’s a very good guard in a sport that’s full of very good guards everywhere. He’s not an elite guard and is rather injury prone.
I wish Jeremy well and appreciate some nice memories as he’s been an ACC Champ and gone to the Final Four. He’s maxed out his Duke time. If he can't make it with an NBA team then some school is going to pay him some nice $$$. The problem for Jeremy is he’s a very good guard in a sport that’s full of very good guards everywhere. He’s not an elite guard and is rather injury prone.
Gillis- 46.8% from 3 and 82% from FT and currently 23.. I’ll take it all day off the bench that’s BIG
Brown- a dog who rebounds, shoots 69.8 overall and 37% from 3 with two years left led the league in steals and fourth for D player of the year all while playing out of positions most of the year.. another big get
I personally feel we need another guard but these two and lose nothing else is a BIG win for the program
Agreed Pisgah, I think Evans can run the point some as a Point Forward. His game is very similar to Brandon Ingram’s. Evans is a scorer.
I don''t know if Roach has any interest in coaching. If he does, transferring could make sense from that perspective, too. He's already learned from 2 excellent coaches. If he's been taking notes and can learn from another top coach in his final year, that could serve him well down the road.
If you were Roach and thinking that way, what coaches would you want to learn from? Which of them have starter spots open?
This. He has a future and an interest in coaching. That’s why I think what he did was so selfless. He could have easily stayed and was asked to.
If that’s the case, St. John’s seems like the obvious choice.
Been watching more highlights. Here is what my highly experienced one year of jv high school coaching background (ages ago) sees. Out of all the recruits, I think I am most excited about Evans. He plays with an edge that we were missing last year. Kon (sf) looks more like a guard to me. He looks slow on film but maybe that is deliberate and deceiving. I think malauch is the wild card. Is there any tape of him playing other 5 stars? The tape I have seen makes him look like an adult playing kids in rec ball. Reminds me of bill Murray blocking that kids shot in Rushmore. It’s obvious though that his potential is through the roof and undoubtedly will be one and done. Can he adapt to college ball quickly enough to be the difference maker and help us win a championship before he leaves?
There's merit to the argument that the split between Roach and Duke was mutual. He was less than 50-50 coming back last year. I think the decision was mutually beneficial, but there was basically no chance of him coming back next year.
Get me a grown ass man in the post with a full beard please thanks.
If roach wants to coach going to St. John’s is a no brainer
The word on DBR is we should have a commitment soon from either Stewart or Brown
Sounds good to me if true.
Sounds good to me if true.
I'm more excited about Cooper Flagg, but that might just be me.
We will get one of the two. Gillis is a good possibility, too. I still think we end up going for a veteran guard as well.
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I'm excited about Cooper, but I've been saying for months that Duke will have a very tough time keeping Evans off the court. He's a walking bucket.
I haven't seen enough of Evans to have an opinion of how good he may be. He barely saw the floor in both all star games that were on TV. I've seen more of Harris and he looks like a legit shot maker against high level competition
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Losing Stewart would absolutely suck
We will know shortly but I’d put it at a split with Stewart staying from what all I’ve read .
I think I'm your guy then. Undersized and 20 lbs. overweight but I fit your criteria otherwise.
I officially quit. Trying to even get a pulse on what’s going on is exhausting at this point. Shit changes by the hour. College sports are beyond broken.
It our eternal optimist Timo is throwing in the towel you know it's bad haha.
Not good, college sports is going to be horrible to follow anymore
This stuff is giving me a headache to be honest. It feels like musical chairs on a grand scale.
Let's be honest, no one has inside information on anything! It's all a crap shoot and we never know what 19 and 20 year old kids are going to do in terms of the portal.
I really hope Sean comes back but our pursuit of the Syracuse kid makes me think he's not. I just think Sean would give this team next year three elite rim protectors.
I really hope Sean comes back but our pursuit of the Syracuse kid makes me think he's not. I just think Sean would give this team next year three elite rim protectors.
Really if every player switches teams each season I will probably lose interest in watching. At least professional sign contracts for 3 to 4 seasons. These players are jumping ship after a season. If they make it that long. Like people are saying next it will be mid season transfers will be allowed because you can’t prevent a player from profiting. This is getting way out of hand. College sports can’t keep allowing this to happen. There is no salary cap and the teams with the biggest boosters will buy all the best players. There is no structure.
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At this point we are hoping for 3 or 4 guys back as a best case. My guess is we get 3. It is just way too easy to transfer.
That’s horrible and at this rate it will be the same every year.
The merry-go-round of rosters makes it extremely difficult for the coaches...from a teaching perspective. Every year, we are back to square one because we return so few players...relearning and teaching defensive schemes/Offensive sets, etc..it has to be incredibly frustrating for the Staff. Its probably one of the underlying reasons why teams that are older and return more players do well in March.
I don’t see how It will not affect the quality of US players because college sports will be less about teaching and more of a GM role. Coaches that want to coach/teach will leave the NCAA. NIL is fine but the transfer stuff has to be resolved. Also some fans will leave because part of the reason why fans love college is the indirect relationship they build with players. It is part of the reason I really only watch Duke games until tourney. The one n done era broke my interest in Duke.
They will need to do some form of team control like baseball or the quality and interest in the sport will dip IMO. They have a lot to figure out. It is exciting to get new players but not at the cost of losing so many. I am for the players getting paid given how much was made off of them and a college education isn’t even worth much to regular people anymore. Sometimes things go too far and affect quality of the product.
Seems the days of recruiting and keeping guys together are over. Pretty much you’ll need to recruit high school players along with your own team every year. And to add on to the madness
Virginia law allows schools to pay athletes for NIL
Schools in Virginia will be able to directly pay athletes via name, image and likeness deals thanks to a state law signed Thursday morning.
Read somewhere Duke has reached out to St. Mary’s Maheny. He would be a Great Get. The kid can shoot, is a 2X All WCC Player, and has 2 years of eligibility left.
College sports have turned into a total sh%* show. Pay the players many said. Sounds fair in theory. But anyone with half a brain could see this was going to be disastrous. Like I said earlier, the pendulum has swung too far to the other side. There has to be someone in charge, and it can't be the students. It has to be the adults.
There is no good answer on how to coach during this time. It's why all the veteran coaches are leaving. As they should.
There is no good answer on how to coach during this time. It's why all the veteran coaches are leaving. As they should.
I said I was done posting on this thread, but I just stopped back to say that it is gratifying to see how many of you are just as fed up as I am.
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It is what it is. But I spent a lot of time discussing our young guys developing, which was fun. But then many of them left. It reminds me of the Henry Coleman offseason.
The transfer portal started in the 2021 offseason leading to the 21-22 season, that’s when Duke landed Theo John.
