Read your post. I was quoting you almost to the word. I understand how good Daniels is. Followed him out of high school to USC. But it is a fact that his next stop will be his third school. Hopefully he will find the right program, earn a starting position, have a healthy, injury free year and get to experience a major bowl or more.
As you have said, it won't be at Duke.
“SOURCE: Miami DL coach Jess Simpson, the former D-line coach of the Atlanta Falcons, is expected to become the new defensive line coach at Duke.”
Works for me. Good find, thanks!
(btw, it may help to add a quote to posts in the future because they tend not to like naked links here. But welcome to DBR and look forward to more contributions!)
Keep telling yourself that. An analogy might be the moribund Baltimore Orioles...when Camden Yards opened, even though the capacity was 25% lower, actual attendance went up immediately 40% - before the first game was played - and stayed up 40-45% for about 9 years, including some very poor W/L record years a few years in. The new stadium also changed the trajectory of the entire franchise, and while the team got better AFTER the stadium change, the attendance held up even as they slumped.
There are many other stories about how stadium renovations turned around the fortunes of a team...and in the last 40 years, most of those renovations have been shrinking the total capacities to increase density of fans, intimacy, 2 very key components in atmosphere and playing surface impact and noise (home team advantage).
Great info.
I love this hire, which is historically un-Duke-like, but brings the sort of profile I'd hoped for. DL is Dan Quinn's specialty, and it says a lot he brought Simpson back from Miami for a 2nd stint with the Falcons. He knows the ACC, too. If any position room needs swagger, it's DL.
https://twitter.com/dukefootball/sta...928478210?s=21
Made official this morning. Welcome Coach Simpson.
Next up, Temple
Some poor soul at 247 was tasked with grading entire final coaching staffs for all 28 programs who made a head coaching change this cycle. What I found most interesting were the relative grades for the 4 ACC programs, all in our division.
Duke: B- "strong ACC connections but several coaches were at or near their expiration date at their previous gigs"
VaTech: C+ gets props for hiring Joe Rudolph away from Wisconsin but "those in the industry had questions about the additions of several others, including a playcaller"
UVA: C- "lacking star power" such that the HC himself is the "buoy"
Miami: B- "mostly [Cristobal] confidants at Oregon" while noting staff still remains incomplete
Seems directionally fair, and while his core point about Duke isn't wrong, it's also true that several of Coach Cut's best hires (Knowles, Latina) were not exactly on the upswing prior to Duke. Also, Duke doesn't seem to get full credit for luring an established OC away from a program with a lot of recent offensive success (Memphis).
Additionally, he echoes the belief that Elko chose Duke strategically when he could have waited for potentially more appealing / easier P5 jobs.
Overall, while it has issues, it seems decently sourced and consistent with perception among coaches, if not media (eg love for Clay Helton). Give yourself a minute if you decide to dig in:
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticl.../#181375780_16
Elko knows a ton more than any 247 analyst
Coach Johns on what he wants to instill into the offensive side of the ball:
https://twitter.com/dukefootball/sta...387394567?s=21