Duke wrestling

[AOCStallsLikeAMug]

thoughts?

[billyhoyle]

2 hours ago, AOCStallsLikeAMug said:

thoughts?

Even without scholarships, why can't Duke compete with Cornell and Princeton for recruits? They have similar levels of financial aid.  There is an argument to be made that Duke should be much better than it is. And the way these programs work is that it is on the alumni to fund the program. That's what Princeton does with Novo and Cornell with Friedman and others.  

Edited October 1 by billyhoyle

[ThreePointTakedown]

I guess it would be a problem of priorities. Ivy League has no need to fund scholarships. So all the $ that comes in goes to operating budget, gear, facilities, and other perks. 

If you were Duke and you started getting a boat load of $ like Princeton. Would you start with scholarships for athletes, operations, gear, facilities, or misc? 

I would start with scholarships. That would put you apart from the Ivies right off the bat. Then start working on the others. Its a long game. If Lanham wasn't or hasn't been working to do that or something similar, not saying he hasn't, that Duke should probably find someone who can/will. For the sake of their future alumni. Or at least put together a big pot of $ for NIL if nothing else. 

[billyhoyle]

19 hours ago, ThreePointTakedown said:

I guess it would be a problem of priorities. Ivy League has no need to fund scholarships. So all the $ that comes in goes to operating budget, gear, facilities, and other perks. 

If you were Duke and you started getting a boat load of $ like Princeton. Would you start with scholarships for athletes, operations, gear, facilities, or misc? 

I would start with scholarships. That would put you apart from the Ivies right off the bat. Then start working on the others. Its a long game. If Lanham wasn't or hasn't been working to do that or something similar, not saying he hasn't, that Duke should probably find someone who can/will. For the sake of their future alumni. Or at least put together a big pot of $ for NIL if nothing else. 

The first question is about admission standards. How much leeway does the coach have with that.  If the answer is very little, there isn't much scholarships will do or that anyone can do. If the answer is that admissions are similar to Duke Lacrosse, Cornell wrestling, Princeton/Penn wresting, etc, then it is on the coach needing to sell the program better. Trying to fund scholarships comes next (and would likely go together with negotiating admission standards).