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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 4112035, member: 4819"]
I am not super familiar with Schutz but I think he is a different player than Williams.  Schutz looks like the type of player who can play all over the field. Williams basically occupies the same spot on the field as O'Neil. They played together on attack in the first game last season against Denver and they looked very disjointed.  Williams had a nice season after moving to midfield, but he scored more in 8 games at attack in 2020 than he did in 15 games last year (30 vs 25).  He is listed at attack on the Duke roster for whatever that is worth, but I would be really surprised if he played there this season. Others have pointed this out but its a shame he didn't transfer someone else this season.

Duke has an interesting midfield, though I thought they rotated guys way too much last year. Owen Caputo started 2020 off really well with 20 points, he had a good year in '21 with 25 points but that was not the rate he was scoring at in '20. They gave a lot of playing time to two freshmen in Aiden Danenza and Charlie O'Conner but the two combined for only 18 points.  Maybe one of those two breakout?

Virginia still has weapons on midfield, maybe not as good as Dox Aitkin, but still pretty good. Garno had 25 points, Conner 22 and Dickson 20. That is really pretty good. The issue might be depth, but Schutz seems like a guy can help in that department.  I imagine they will mix and match a lot like they did last year, but I think guys like Cormier, Moore and Shellengberger will be on the field as much as possible.
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