Originally Posted by
English
This, for sure. I thought it was an astute observation by Jason, Donald, and Sam on the DBR pod (and others in the punditry) who suggested that Duke fans pay close attention to how things play out with the Roy succession process because it's likely to play out eerily similarly when K steps away. I also would prefer that the search extend beyond the family, but I have no practical optimism that it'll happen that way.
Yup. Duke will go with a Coach K coaching tree candidate. And he will very likely be an underwhelming candidate.
And a few players on that roster may transfer and a few recruits may decommit.
I am expecting something similar to UNC, except our coach will not quit because of a disgruntled 5-star player (didn't we already have that this year? And guess what? Coach K is still here! Yay!). And I assume the writing will be on the wall when Coach K retires and Coach K will have a more thorough succession plan (albeit an underwhelming candidate...)
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