Yep we may as well not even keep up with him. I don’t think we have even an outside chance with him. Never do well with those elite white east coast kids. Not that there are many of them in the first place but even the ones in the let’s say top 25. Herro, Sheppard are probably both the closest and they are fringe top 25 depending on who ranked them and they are closer to Midwest kids.
Yeah, but they have been the darlings for a long time. Landing Zion and getting to the FF 2 years ago is whst is keeping them so hot with recruits.
How much credit should Cal be getting for today's recruiting wins? Look what he did when Orlando wasn't on his staff and compare it to the years he was/is on staff.
Yeah, but that doesn't explain why Cal is going hard after the Boozer twins. To me, they are more of a duke lock than Flagg is.
Why? This program is all about recruiting classes and NBA draft picks, so why would fans of this program not care about recruiting???
Yup, definitely weird. Why not comment on the other top players not interested in us? You already answered that though.
I was just running through the list real quick and included him. I have zero issues removing him. Just means there were 3 top 10 white guys. Got no problem with that. I was just showing the poster complaining about us not signing any top 10 white guys that there are very few (even fewer than the list I provided) to begin with so it’s no shocker we didn’t sign any.
Agree. I was just going through quickly and throwing guys on there who weren’t black. Remove him from the list means 3 guys in 15 years. Point stands that I was replying to the poster who said we were missing out on all the top 10 white guys when there were only 3 to begin with
I don’t know why, they literally copied what we started. Dukies are closer to husbands than just brothers, being that they are all gay.
Duke always gets lucky and their studs play and sometimes even return for year 2.
There were several right before that 15 year mark (Kevin Love, Tyler Hansbrough, Josh McRoberts, Chase Budinger, Kyle Singler, etc.), but your point remains quite valid: top 10 ranked white recruits are a rare thing indeed.
Because this thread isn’t about the other top players. Read the thread topic bud.
Yeah, ESPN had him 10th …so I guess you can add him to the list.
Chet was really hyped coming out of HS. Not as highly as Flagg, but still a big time prospect
The bottom line is, there just haven't been very many and the ones that Cal had a good shot at, he got.
He's their DJ. He's been a Duke lock since the day he was born. Maybe we will luck out and he will just go pro.
I think the easy answer to this is Tyler Herro. I know the recruiting services didn’t have him as a top 10 player. I believe our coaching staff and most other coaching staffs in the country new the kind of player Herro really was. I believe even Zion came out when the season started and said something about how underrated Herro was. Once the season started, I think it was understood that he was definitely a top 10 player possibly even top five in that class.
I was curious about this list... I found a few more... might be what list considers who to be in the TOP 10:
I was going by Rivals. In Rivals rankings:
Yeah... I was using 247. I was going to list Steve Adams, but then I read that his mom was Togan -- he's from New Zealand.
I consider Indiana and Kentucky as Midwest as I do South. I think both states kinda embody both the Midwest and South. He played for the Midwest AAU team so…
What difference does a player's skin color make? Hell, he could be green a far as I care if he can help us win another championship.
