have a feeling Tony is going to be back as OC at this point

Blue Sky Dog · 2021-12-09T20:55:57.155Z

why would Duke want him now that he has made it obvious they were not his #1? If I'm Duke I would have moved on by now.

After having one foot out the door. Wonderful.

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Re: Elliott has been nothing but first class

Dec 10, 2021, 10:23 AM

I respect your opinion but common sense tells you that if you want a job and you have 2 schools interested in you it doesn't make much sense to put it out there that you prefer one over the other until you have an offer in hand. Supposedly he has a VA offer in hand so maybe that is why he said what he said but it seems curious that he doesn't seem to be closing the deal and other names are now surfacing for the UVA role. Maybe they did limit him on what he could do with the staff and that turned him off. Like you, I have no idea.

As far as this year, I agree it is not all his fault but as the OC the buck does rest with him. My personal opinion is that he rode the Chad Morris playbook too long and let our competition catch up on how to defend it. In the past, he had the talent to pull it off but now that we are more inexperienced, his schemes aren't working as well. BV never let our defense go stale; he just kept innovating and keeping us ahead of the curve. My biggest beef with TE is that he did not do the same.

I don't think being "all in" means you can't have concerns about some of the things that have been going on the last couple of years. I do believe in Dabo, the culture, and the process but ignoring the portal, not adapting the playbook, and not bringing in a bit more experience on the coaching staff with these new openings are certainly things that cause concern but I'm sure Dabo will make it all work in the end. I'm just not sure how yet but then again, I'm not the one getting $93M to figure that out.