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ELC is in my top 3 favorite posters with babydeac and 2&2 all for very different reasons. Still love you, birdman, but you need to say some crazy shit to move up.
"in 2021" being the key part of your statement there. The times they are a changing in CFB, and not for the better. At all. He was gifted that job, one that anybody not named Nick Saban would've killed for, so yeah, I expected better form from FULR. But it's 2021.
I really hope that 3 inches of highway gets named after him. Hilarious and petty at the same time.
247 is saying that the Duke job is down to Elko and Tony Elliott. I find it interesting that Elko would turn down Temple last year, but think Duke is a good move. Maybe he looks at Clawson and think he can do the same thing at Duke?
247 is saying that the Duke job is down to Elko and Tony Elliott. I find it interesting that Elko would turn down Temple last year, but think Duke is a good move. Maybe he looks at Clawson and think he can do the same thing at Duke?
Big question at Duke is whether they have some people who are willing g to do what McCreary, Sutton et al. have done for Wake. Facilities arms race is on and Duke hasn't been competitive.
247 is saying that the Duke job is down to Elko and Tony Elliott. I find it interesting that Elko would turn down Temple last year, but think Duke is a good move. Maybe he looks at Clawson and think he can do the same thing at Duke?
The Duke job is the Wake job with better name recognition and a better path to the ACCCG. Wake fans shitting on the Duke job makes no sense. Duke is obviously a much better job than Temple.
He was gifted that job, one that anybody not named Nick Saban would've killed for, so yeah, I expected better form from FULR. But it's 2021.
The Duke job is the Wake job with better name recognition and a better path to the ACCCG. Wake fans shitting on the Duke job makes no sense. Duke is obviously a much better job than Temple.
The Duke job is the Wake job with better name recognition and a better path to the ACCCG. Wake fans shitting on the Duke job makes no sense. Duke is obviously a much better job than Temple.
From 2006 to 2018 the Temple coaches have been, Al Golden, Steve Addazio, Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins. Each one of those guys succeeded at Temple and moved onto a better job. Isn't that what a first time coach like Elko is looking for? Somewhere they can get experience, succeed, and move on to somewhere bigger? Also he is from Jersey, so regional familiarity. Steve Spurrier is the only one who moved on from Duke to a better gig. In 13 seasons Cutcliffe had 5 winning seasons at Duke. So unless these guys are looking at Duke as a lifetime job, I don't think its a better gig. Duke is probably one of the toughest coaching jobs in the country. Duke is clearly a basketball school and that is how the money is going to flow in the athletic department.
Duke is a far better job than Temple -- not even close.
Duke's resources are miles ahead of Temple's. Temple was on the verge of giving up football in the early 2000s. While the situation has improved, their facilities are horrendous, and given their location in the middle of Philly, Temple's facilities will be hamstrung by lack of space. Also, playing in the AAC which will become increasingly irrelevant with the loss of Cincy, Houston and UCF. Duke is a Power V job and while they don't have much (any) of a football following, in the Coastal Division of the ACC, Duke has about the easiest consistent path to a conference championship game as any Power V school. That's why every school in the Coastal has made the ACCG in the last 10 years.
Even with some academic limitations, the caliber of HS player that you can recruit to Duke as a Power V program is consistently ahead of the a player that you can recruit to Temple. Think about it: you are a 3 star recruit from TN and you have offers from Duke and Temple to play football where would you go? A Duke education is worth far more. Playing in the ACC gives you far more exposure than the AAC. Temple is a commuter school located in the 'hood. It's not a close call for most recruits.
Generally, Temple's roster is made up of players with no Power V offers or "down" transfers (players that couldn't get PT at a Power V program) or guys with academic or other issues that prevent Power V interest. Sometimes, you can cobble together a competitive roster with those limitations, but it's not easy. Finally, Duke can pay their head coach and assistant coaches substantially more than Temple can pay their coaches.
Then why in the last 10 years has Duke had 9 players drafted and Temple has had 20? Why is it then that Cutcliffe's reported salary was 2.8 million and Rod Carey's was 3.2 million in 2019?