Hard Pass on Anyone Running the Option
Duke FB needs some excitement to get people interested again, and option football, even if it wins 6, 7, 8 games a year just isn't going to do that at Duke, or really anywhere else in my opinion. Plus there is the roster rebuild to get to an option team, and then the undoing of that if/when the option coach leaves or is left. What we need is a high flying offense that puts points on the board, butts in the seats, and eyeballs on the screens. Our defense is likely to struggle to keep teams under 30, so let's get an offensive system that is at least exciting and keeps us in games into the 4th quarter.
I know Jeff Monkin says he's not wedded to running the option, and he'd be a great leader and tick many of the boxes we're looking for, but he'd only be exciting to me if he brings a staff that will run a different offense. Ditto for the other service academy guys.