I agree that there is not a single player that transferred that I would rather have than who we have on the roster in their stead, with perhaps the exception of Cameron Sheffield vs. Roach or Blakes. Roach wasn't gonna have the role at Duke he wanted, maybe he'll be able to grab that role at Baylor? Having Blakes as an additional G would be nice as an insurance player, but that's not what he wanted, so good for him getting to Stanford and have a solid first game there. Jaylen had like 4 games at Duke where he really shined offensively, and the rest of the time it was like "how on earth did he score 17 points in consecutive games?" The fact that Mark scored 8 points on 33% shooting in his new expanded role at Mizzou is a good data point indicating that Duke is better without him. He's a good, versatile player, but not what Duke needed. I'm sure Sean will have a few games this year that will dazzle, and maybe he could have been useful as another big off the bench, but that's not what he wanted, so good for him finding a better fit at tOSU.
The other guys like Brakefield and Coleman continue to have fine college careers elsewhere, but have not been stars on their new teams. Which is fine.