Originally Posted by
HoKogan
I don't think anyone indicated there were NO expectations at a job like Duke, but the expectations are far different. Cutcliffe coached 13 seasons at Duke with a
74 and 88 record, which no doubt included a long leash early on to restore the program to being competitive (which wasn't until his 5th season). I'd think that most power 5 schools with moderate expectations would have considered moving on from Cut after 2016, and some programs possibly moving on after 2015, and we aren't talking the NDs or Alabamas of CFB. Cutcliffe didn't lose his job strictly on wins and losses, He lost the team, some would say after the Clemson game in 2018, it showed on the field, and who knows what on behind the scenes. If Cutcliffe was a regular 6-6, 7-5 game winner, he'd probably still be the coach strictly in terms of record. So yeah, Cutcliffe had extremely good job security, especially for a P5 program.