🏈 Elliott's Offense: Three Years In

[Jake]

dafuq

[4547Lambeth]

I’d look for an OC looking for a job because his HC got fired due to a poor defense. Someone with prior playcalling duties obviously.

[UVApride7]

Well then Darin Hinshaw would be a good option.

[MaineWahoo]

@Sknyluv

Des is currently making 875K.

God I picked the wrong profession. I’m pretty sure if I’d put my mind to it I could have been pretty much as mediocre at running an offense as him.

[UVAdrian]

Aim slightly higher than being a bad OC:

Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) on X

[Richan34]

Start with the best G5/FCS OCs. I am sure not many of them are making nearly 7 figures.

[Richan34]

Lookee, lookee and he knows his way around C-ville.

Rod Smith - Football Coach

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[BDragon]

Hail Mary shot hire Delane Fitzgerald as OC

[Jwhelan33]

When would Elliott pull the trigger and fire him?

[Richan34]

Interesting talking point but I don’t think it is going to happen. If the QB can’t be held responsible for poor play because of reasons then why should the OC be?

Unless they decide to jump ship, I firmly believe that the staff will be here as long as CTE.

He keeps rolling out the ST coaching plan despite the results so there you go.

[tonyburnertt]

I’m afraid you’re right and it says everything we need to know about this shit show of a football program.

[4547Lambeth]

He won’t. Don’t think there’s any way Elliott’s firing Des this year.

[MaineWahoo]

I’m just gonna repost my feelings from after Elliott’s first year. He had me for a second recently thinking maybe he was figuring it out a little but… naw.

Also what new coach gets zero recruiting bump when they come in at first and are new and exciting? That always happens at least a little bit. And he got none. Yeah the tragedy happened a year in but there was nothing happening before then either. Early major warning signs.

Continuing the discussion from 2023 Virginia Football:

@MaineWahoo

I’d have a little more optimism re Elliott if I hadn’t actually watched a handful of the games last year. It doesn’t bother me that we lost a lot - despite preseason expectations, it’s always hard in a coach’s first year and the whole o-line did indeed leave. But what bothered me is how inept the offense looked and how overall unprepared the team often seemed on that side of the ball. It didn’t feel like a scrappy team that was figuring things out but just wasn’t quite able to get over the hump yet. It often just felt like a mess, including bad time management and decisions seemingly coming straight from the sideline. (Assuming I’m remembering correctly - always possible I’m not)

But, you have to think Elliott will have examined last season thoroughly, and hopefully with more buy-in from the players and another year of installing the system, we might look like what I’d hoped we would have seen last year (few wins, but progress). I’m not holding my breath though, especially with Kitchings still theoretically in charge of the offense. That was the hire that made the least sense to me at the time, and nothing that has happened since has made me feel more positive about it.

[BDragon]

If hes going to fire him it should be no later than Monday after a loss to VPI

[Jwhelan33]

After the W you mean.

[BDragon]

If they sin Des gets a stay of execution through the bowl game likely.

But i wouldnt have a problem if they fired him ahead of it

[tonyburnertt]

If we win I feel like we won’t get any changes and are headed for 3-4 wins next year as we delude ourselves into thinking we’re building toward something meaningful.

[Sknyluv]

@Richan34

Unless they decide to jump ship, I firmly believe that the staff will be here as long as CTE.

I could see a scenario where during Elliott’s post-season interview with Carla he’s told to either make some changes at assistant coach or he’s gone.

[Richan34]

That worked so well last time. And the time before that and the time before that.

[tonyburnertt]

I’m pre-emptively okay with it this time.