Greg Paulus didn’t have the Duke career he maybe wanted but we admired him a great deal.
First, he was always even-keeled. We never saw him lose his composure no matter what the situation.
And second, even though his playing time declined later in his Duke career, he never was anything but a loyal teammate.
He had a choice of course.
Paulus was a superb high school quarterback, so good that one recruiting writer just ripped him for choosing basketball over a potentially brilliant football career.
Basketball was clearly where his heart was though and he was clear all along that he wanted to coach.