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And so I would say for John Shire that, yes, this is a Duke podcast.

We are going to be biased.

But take all subjectivity out of it.

John Shire's done the best job this year.

He replaced a starting five, and he said this in his press conference.

He said, in a world where everyone is trying to figure out there's two ways you can go.

You can try and go to the portal and get as many players as you can, or you can double down on your guys.

I chose to double down on my guys.

He brought back the guys who weren't going to the draft.

And he developed – that's the key thing here.

Well, I mean, forget all that for a second.

He got those guys and said, don't go anywhere else.

Stay here.

Help us keep this continuity going.

He supplemented that with, again, sure, a number one recruiting class, but that's part of the job too.

You can't penalize somebody for being first every year in recruiting.

That's part of the job.

And he lined up a murderer's row schedule, arguably the best in the country.

an improved ACC and has been great in all of it.

And as a coach, he himself has improved from last year to this year.