Pilchard
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Taking the Duke job if you’re Elko feels pretty high risk/high reward. The likelihood of failure is really high but if you do well you could probably flip that to a much better job especially with his experience as DC at two (three?!) major programs. But the margin for error is razor thin and I’d want serious commitments from the administration/major boosters that the infrastructure gets upgraded significantly.
Elko has been considered an elite DC for a while, and he has received many high profile offers. Even if crashed and burned at Duke, Elko would always have limitless opportunities to go back and work for a top 5 program as a DC. If he succeeds at Duke, top 10 schools will be interested. Not really that much risk. FWIW, Elko hails from Duke's recruiting base: NJ.