Thanks Crazy. Can someone help me understand how this is not an uninspired hire. Meanwhile, NCS just hired former ECU head coach Ruffin McNeill as an assistant coach.
Here is his twitter feed where he announces it:
https://twitter.com/Coach_DanHicks?r...Ctwgr%5Eauthor
I found an article about him from a year ago. Sounds like a young, energetic guy who spent a year as a high school head coach at a very young age and might have some connections in NJ. Then he just spent a year as a low level assistant at a small school. Always good to have some fresh blood on the staff but I don't think he is going to revolutionize Duke football in the immediate future either - I'm not sure if he will be an assistant or some kind of quality control type role (assistant to an assistant). Regardless, welcome to Duke, coach Hicks.
https://www.theobserver.com/2019/06/...n-springfield/
Thanks Crazy. Can someone help me understand how this is not an uninspired hire. Meanwhile, NCS just hired former ECU head coach Ruffin McNeill as an assistant coach.
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Hey, I could be wrong, but he's not a position coach per se, but a staff analyst ...there are quite a few on every staff...if he excels he could be promoted at some point, if not, off he goes. Not much to lose...I don't mind seeing what some new blood can do, especially a guy who has contacts in NJ...
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You never know how a young guy might work out. When Hubie Brown joined the Duke hoop staff in 1969 or so, he was 36 years old, hardly a puppy...and was just two years removed from being the high school coach in Fair Lawn, NJ.
Not much on his resume' at all.
At that point, you probably could have gotten million to one betting odds on him becoming a Hall of Fame coach.
Agreed. Maybe this will allay Chris Hoke's concerns over this hire a bit and maybe not, but assistant coach & recruiting coordinator (offense) Jeff Faris started out as a grad assistant. From what I've read, Faris has been a good recruiter for us. Maybe it's my imagination (and I'm too lazy to do the research to confirm or refute this), but I'm thinking our tight ends have become more of a threat the last couple of years since he took over coaching this position.
I think we're all aware that while Cutcliffe certainly pays attention to player rankings, coaching candidates' resumes and such, he's always looking for that "diamond in the rough". My thinking is that he places a good bit of emphasis on the intangibles as well and probably has a pretty good idea as to whether or not a player (or coaching candidate) is "a good fit" for the program.
ESPN has an article on "The Top Under-The-Radar" players. A good chunk of the article is behind a paywall, but lots of paragraphs are visible, and they are all about Chris Rumph II.
http://insider.espn.com/college-foot...all-stars-2020
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
He's partly under the radar because Duke couldn't figure out where to use him last year...he played mostly at defensive end, but generally didn't start. If he truly gained 20 lbs, he should be a DE starter...if not, he could be an outside LB, but our 4-2-5 makes that problematical. He was a real demon in a quasi LB role vs GT...
Terrible news. Adam Rowe is reporting that Sophomore Elijiah Brown is entering the transfer market.
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A defensive tackle entering transfer portal -why? This is an extreme position of need- Does anyone know how many defensive tackles do we have on the roster?
Experience, or more accurately lack of experience, is the issue. Senior Derrick Tangelo is the only DT with extensive playing time.
Ben Frye - 14 games, 150 snaps.
DeWayne Carter - 3 games, 28 snaps
Christian Rorie - 0 games
Gary Smith III and Aeneas Pebbles are true freshmen.
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