Don't understand how a reasonable person (or group of people) could look at the background of Mike Elko, Josh Gattis and Jason Garrett, and determine that Jason Garrett is the most likely to succeed as a head football coach at Duke. Jason Garrett has never coached on the college level. His last exposure to college football was as a player at Columbia more than 30 years ago. Even if Garrett (who was just fired mid-season by the Giants for being a crappy OC) had demonstrated transformative X and O skills as a football coach, there are so many elements of college football that are night and day different than the NFL that Garrett's complete lack of experience on the college level would/should make it impossible to rate Garrett as the preferred hire over Gattis and Elko. Can't wait to see the make up of Garrett's staff.
Don't understand how a reasonable person (or group of people) could look at the background of Mike Elko, Josh Gattis and Jason Garrett, and determine that Jason Garrett is the most likely to succeed as a head football coach at Duke. Jason Garrett has never coached on the college level. His last exposure to college football was as a player at Columbia more than 30 years ago. Even if Garrett (who was just fired mid-season by the Giants for being a crappy OC) had demonstrated transformative X and O skills as a football coach, there are so many elements of college football that are night and day different than the NFL that Garrett's complete lack of experience on the college level would/should make it impossible to rate Garrett as the preferred hire over Gattis and Elko. Can't wait to see the make up of Garrett's staff.
agree 100% but to me it is very possible that Duke preferred Elko and Gattis, along with Elliot, and that they were just leveraging Duke (and practicing interviewing; apparently Poindexter needs this practice) to increase their current comp by a few hundred thousand while they wait for a better opportunity next year
If they even got that far. Has Duke actually interviewed any of these people or is this all smoke from the AD so they don't look incompetent? Garrett is an incompetent hire.
Hahaha omg seriously? Did they use up their whole budget on Venables and Lebby?
He'll be gone in a year anyway, if the past is any indication. Flummoxing hire. Not a terrible hire, but not up to expectations. At least he didn't bring back Mike Stoops.
Georgia DC Dan Lanning to the Ducks as their new head coach
This will be Roof's 6th different school (GT, NC State, App. State, Vandy, Clemson, and now OK) over the last six seasons. Realize that coaching requires lots of transitions, but old Ted seems to have trouble keeping his job.
Don't understand how a reasonable person (or group of people) could look at the background of Mike Elko, Josh Gattis and Jason Garrett, and determine that Jason Garrett is the most likely to succeed as a head football coach at Duke. Jason Garrett has never coached on the college level. His last exposure to college football was as a player at Columbia more than 30 years ago. Even if Garrett (who was just fired mid-season by the Giants for being a crappy OC) had demonstrated transformative X and O skills as a football coach, there are so many elements of college football that are night and day different than the NFL that Garrett's complete lack of experience on the college level would/should make it impossible to rate Garrett as the preferred hire over Gattis and Elko. Can't wait to see the make up of Garrett's staff.
Should at least make the bowl game easier.