Duke could so good if they hired better coaches

I don't disagree with the substance of your post but the appropriate phrasing is: Duke could do so well if they hired better coaches.

They should stick to making good doctors

Fire Reckhart.

It costs $90K per year to attend.

The director, Wilbourn, puts all of the money towards sprints, jumps, multis and throws. Distance gets VERY LITTLE scholarship money.

It's tough to recruit distance runners for pennies, because they'll be able to go to Ivy League schools for cheaper due to the financial aid packages offered. Or they'll go to UNC, NC State, UVA, Notre Dame, for much bigger scholarships.

Don't blame Reckart, blame Wilbourn.

The head coach is terrible yes, but Rackart is god awful of a distance coach. It’s a shame Duke will never be competitive until they clean house with a new coaching staff

I blame Wilbourn and Rackart. Hiring Rechart was Wilbourn's decision and thats why I blame him too.

Duke did well on women's distance recruiting this year. We'll see how it works out.

That's cause it 'could so good'.

They signed one of the top distance kids in his class last year so you are way off on your statement.

It doesn't make it easy to recruit distance kids. Most come from wealthy families and they could walk-on at UNC for $30K instate.

They've been signing top kids for decades both men and women, it just seldom seems to translate to NCAA success. Maatoug has been an exception recently on women's side.

Yes. The other poster claimed that they are bad at distance because they put no money into it. Your summary is more accurate.

Dukes roster has tons of talent. Need to be coached better. Angela better as an assistant to another better coach. Bring back Kevin Jermyn, Gary's, Dunbar (probably wants out from Vin), Baylee (Louisville)?

Didn't Duke's Women's team blow the ACC out of the water last year? 145.5pts and the runner up only had 84.5 pts. Seems pretty good to me.

Duke now offers no loan financial aid packages, so for a kid qualifying for financial aid, it will be same package as Ivies or Stanford.

The Duke, Stanford, Notre Dame advantage over Ivies is being able to offer an athletic scholarship to someone who does not qualify for financial aid.

More than 1/3 of students at thise schools pay the full $90K per year. Distance runners are usually upper middle class. The ivies done make sense for the majority of elite distance runners.

I agree with you that most runners do not qualify for much financial aid. I was responding to post that Ivies offer more financial aid than Duke.

One would think if you had a choice between Duke free on athletic scholarship, or Ivy at $90,000 per year Duke would be the choice. Surprisingly, many families have set aside a trust for kid's education and are more than happy to just pay full price at the Ivy school anyway. Running gets them admitted and family pays the bill.

My son ran for Cornell amd we paid full price. It seemed like the smart investment but he has no better job than his high school friends who attended our state school and paid 25% as much.