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O'Brien spreads some credit to Roof in Duke turnaround

Duke head coach David Cutcliffe meets with N.C. State head coach Tom O'Brien on the field on November 8, 2008.

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By Tim Hall
Nov 4, 2009

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Somebody asked Tom O'Brien a Duke question at his weekly press conference on Monday.  When asked about "the job David Cutcliffe has done at Duke" he had only good things to say.

O'Brien said about Cutcliffe's time at Mississippi "God only knows why they let him go," he called him a "good football coach" and said he's done "really a fabulous job."

When asked the follow up question on just how remarkable of a job Cutcliffe has done O'Brien was sure to mention the former Duke coach too.

"I think Ted Roof did a pretty good job recruiting some guys too, I mean there are some guys on that football team that if they didn't have they may not be playing the way they are," O'Brien said.  "Thad Lewis has learned a lot in four years."

It's always an interesting argument.  Give credit to the guy that recruited the talent, or the coach that wins with that talent?  I think UNC fans were okay with it when Roy won with "other" players in 2005.