Comments on: ‘Unathletic’ Duke a Race Issue? http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/11/27/unathletic-duke-a-race-issue/ Adam Zagoria on hoops, recruiting and rock 'n' roll Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:55:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RockChalkWoody http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/11/27/unathletic-duke-a-race-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-6950 RockChalkWoody Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:47:12 +0000 http://www.zagsblog.com/?p=25451#comment-6950 Boy, talk about a tough topic to throw out there. My 9-yr-old told me the other night that the reason Coach K doesn't win as much now is because he recruits "too many white guys." I guess Scheyer noticed it too. Boy, talk about a tough topic to throw out there. My 9-yr-old told me the other night that the reason Coach K doesn’t win as much now is because he recruits “too many white guys.” I guess Scheyer noticed it too.

]]> By: Avaricious http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/11/27/unathletic-duke-a-race-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-6947 Avaricious Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:26:33 +0000 http://www.zagsblog.com/?p=25451#comment-6947 It's a fair issue that you broach. The starting forward, Miles Plumlee, a 6'11" sophomore, has a 35" vertical and was a major state high jump competitor, which would probably be regarded as athletic, even by the, well, provocative analyst Gottlieb. Scheyer is being somewhat modest in his own regard. When they ran him through a battery of tests as a freshman, his VO2 reading, a measure used for endurance, was actually higher than Lance Armstrong, according to the Chicago Tribune. It’s a fair issue that you broach. The starting forward, Miles Plumlee, a 6’11″ sophomore, has a 35″ vertical and was a major state high jump competitor, which would probably be regarded as athletic, even by the, well, provocative analyst Gottlieb.

Scheyer is being somewhat modest in his own regard. When they ran him through a battery of tests as a freshman, his VO2 reading, a measure used for endurance, was actually higher than Lance Armstrong, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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