Originally Posted by Avid Flyer
Archie is building his program and they will come. Not sure we want one and done, thats a lot of work for a one year player whom probably don't listen to the coaches anyways since he knows hes in the NBA after the season.
Archie will recruit players that fit his mold,(character, skills, work ethics, coachable, etc) and if he stays could develop the next Duke, who by the way took years to get where they are. Wasn't overnight.
Duke will not continue to be Duke once coach K is gone....look no farther than UCLA after John Wooden left.
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I mentioned this on another thread yesterday, but 2 years prior to Coach K taking the Duke Job, they were in the final 4, the year prior they were in the 2nd round (1979) In the 60s thru early 70s they made 3 or 4 additional final 4s, plus made the final 4 of the NIT in the early 70s when it still kind of meant something. Duke was a very good program prior to Coach K, not at the level that Coach K has taken it (who is) but certainly a very, very high level in their prior recent history.
A better (hopeful) comparison would be UConn which was solid thru much of the 60s & 70s, but not final 4 level good, then hired Jim Calhoun in the late 80s, made their second elite 8 in 1990, finally broke thru in the late 90s with their first final 4 (and national title) then was a perennial top 10 program for the next 15 years. Very few programs sustain the success that a Hall of Fame caliper coach brings to a program, there are too many things that the HOF coach brings to the table that the next person can't replace. Duke will eventually have a drop off after Coach K, but as long as the administration stays strong, they will remain one of the top 25 programs in the country, if not top 5-10.
