Duke is cooking while Pope travels to Israel

GoneFishin916

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Duke will have three games on Amazon on a special deal. That Duke at Florida game will be LIT (it only makes sense - ACC-SEC challenge). Duke plays UCONN in Vegas, Michigan at MSG, Michigan St in Chicago, and Gonzaga in Detroit. We're gonna play Louisville, probably at Miami, get spanked by Kansas, and Gonzaga. Then will fill out our schedule with Eastern Illinois, Texas A&M Commerce, West Georgia, Bluefield State, IU-East, Ohio-Zainesville, Wisconsin-Whitewater, Scott County High School (possible loss), and who knows what other patsies.
 

Cat_Man_Blue

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And this has been going on for 10 years bro. Duke picked first then UK/Cal since Nike pretty much made Duke their #1 priority starting in 2015.
I get that. These days, no one is going to out recruit Duke, but UK is not even in Duke's rearview mirror. Pope can't sign one 5 star level player.
 

AJG-15

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Yes, BARCELONA player just like Saar. Barca is going to become just like Paul VI best international recruiting kindergarten for Duke , which continues to develop relationships and , unfortunately, it is the best program at it.

Their current roster wingspan is going to be ridiculous. They are able to return players , add top 5 starts recruits and top international prospects and good glue players from portal.


Add the, NBA commissioner and players, ESPN , alumnae network including on hedge funds, the Nike management and now even Amazon streaming deal and we realize that Duke is the closest thing to a pro college team out there.

They didn’t not try to exist ACC , like FSU, Clemson or UNC, but used ACC as a platform for enhancing Duke brand, and of course used it also to their advantage the loophole of non conference games and jumped on streaming with Amazon. It’s funny that the news on the streaming deal is even on espn…their pro Duke bias is so high to even at the expense of espn commercial interests.

The only thing that’s holding DUKE BACK is the inexperience of Scheyer otherwise they have everything they want.

UK had Calipari , as a maestro of recruiting and a national media darling, the only one that was giving Duke a pause in certain areas. Instead of keeping him even in a different role and for his nba players and business connections, we hired MP to trash his legacy from his inauguration to present day… not a smart business decision by UK ADMINISTRATION.
 

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The only thing that’s holding DUKE BACK is the inexperience of Scheyer otherwise they have everything they want.

UK had Calipari , as a maestro of recruiting and a national media darling, the only one that was giving Duke a pause in certain areas. Instead of keeping him
Why doesn't Duke fire Scheyer and hire Cal then?
 
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Duke will eventually buy another championship. They operate on a different level. They’re Nike’s flagship program and their big donors make ours look like poors.
Duke will Scheyer it up though. Roll through the ACC, get a #1 seed, lose in the Elite 8. Not knocking that per se, as we are not even close to being there. If they could not get past the E8 in '24-'25 with the NBA ROY (Flagg), NBA ROY Runner-Up (Nipple), 5* Maluach, 5* Evans, James, Foster, Proctor, etc. (and with Jai Lucas assisting on the bench), I am not sure Scheyer can get them there.

Watching us beat that team in ATL sure was a blast! That was back when Pope was actually outcoaching several teams.
 

Jwill133

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Duke will Scheyer it up though. Roll through the ACC, get a #1 seed, lose in the Elite 8. Not knocking that per se, as we are not even close to being there. If they could not get past the E8 in '24-'25 with the NBA ROY (Flagg), NBA ROY Runner-Up (Nipple), 5* Maluach, 5* Evans, James, Foster, Proctor, etc. (and with Jai Lucas assisting on the bench), I am not sure Scheyer can get them there.

Watching us beat that team in ATL sure was a blast! That was back when Pope was actually outcoaching several teams.
highlight of the Pope era?
 
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After Calipari shunned Nike at the Phil Knight Invitational, Nike has put all their resources towards Duke.

Nike and duke marriage happened well before. That started with usa basketball hiring coach k. Nike ran usa basketball. Immediately after, duke went from recruiting multi year white guys to basically choosing anyone they want.
 

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Duke will eventually buy another championship. They operate on a different level. They’re Nike’s flagship program and their big donors make ours look like poors.

Make ours look poor?? I thought everyone was screaming that we spent more than anyone last year??? Is this still not the talking point??? 🤭🤭🤭
 
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The most embarrassing thing this cycle BY FAR is Pope going to Israel to recruit this very underwhelming player.

We should've been able to lock this guy up easily with a zoom or two. Can't get it done. Pope was played so hard by Stokes and is so desperate he goes into hostile territory to pursue a depth piece.

That's just sad on so many levels.
 

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Some think he won't be eligible. Pope is by far the worst recruiter I have ever seen. I wonder how much money it costed the boosters to fly around the world?
Costed?

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