At some point, it may sense for Duke to pony up and pay bigger $$$ to a good coach who will stick around. If we continue to be increasingly competitive, start commanding better attendance, and many of the other benefits of being a good team, the increase in revenue could more than offset the extra salary. If we are interested in not being left behind as conferences continue to align, we need to continue invest in competitive continuity.
FSU was awwwful this year, but they aren't firing Norvell. It won't happen just a year removed from having his team as ACC Champs and getting robbed of being in the playoffs. He got rid of all his play-callers, the folks in Tallahassee will give him another year to prove that this season was a fluke.
I sure hope you're right. Manny has never been in the same job for more than three years in his coaching career. The longest he's been at any one school is five years, but that was with internal promotions. His track record suggests that if the big time comes calling, Manny will answer. But I certainly hope that Duke is different.
It’s a paradox. The more he wins, the more other programs poach, increasing the risk of a departure. And the more he wins, the more he has created the ideal landing spot for a terrific career, increasing the chance that he stays.
I think Nina has it covered, and I think Manny is probably making more money than you think he is. Nina is WAY ahead of you on the conference alignment thingy, which is why she is pouring money into football (and she is). It has to be her biggest concern, and she's doing a great job preparing us for whatever lies ahead.
Well he's only been HC twice, and would have been at Miami longer if they hadn't been set on greener pastures. Most coaches with his record wouldn't have been fired.
Also, I think Elko had a decent sized buyout which helped to fund Manny's salary (I just googled and saw $5 million). And I don't think we had to pay Cutcliffe much to leave. Both factors have probably helped the budget a lot.
Nice prediction, but not quite!
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I'll cop to a degree of luck. But Duke gets full credit for the turnover margins.
I recall hearing that "you make your own luck"... or "you put yourself in position that luck will help"
I think TO margin is generally regarded as a bit of a fluky stat (high degree of luck/regression to the mean). But, what stands out to me as perhaps more impressive about Duke this season are that Duke was #2 in the country in sacks, #6 in tackles for loss and #9 in third down percentage defense. After watching 30 years of Duke being unable to get off the field, it’s been amazing to see what Diaz has done with the D this year.
Seems pretty spot on to me
