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[QUOTE="NYCorange, post: 1612521, member: 4918"]
But see, that's actually not true.  Who was the last kid who left Duke who was EXPECTED to return--and not just by unrealistic Duke fans? Rodney Hood maybe? Before that it's Josh McRoberts in 2007. North Carolina lost one in JP Tokoto this year, but before that you probably have to go back to Jeff McGinnis in 1996! My point is that Duke knows before the season who is and who isn't coming back, and can recruit players to fill their scholarships and playing time. Do you think that we might have had a better PG than Joseph or forward than Roberson if we had been able to say to some recruits "yeah, you'll come in an play right away when they leave"? Do you think we might have targeted different players? Yeah, I think probably so. I'm not complaining. But those who say that all programs lose 2 top players in 1 year who were realistically expected to stay don't understand how top programs work. CMac was less of a surprise, but Ennis and Grant were completely unexpected, and MCW wasn't expected until it was too late to recruit (thankfully we had Ennis).
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