re: You can’t be a good coach and use the CEO model

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I am saying Dabo is more than a CEO.

And the offense hasn’t missed step since the alleged mastermind behind it left years ago.

And was replaced by 2 guys who were also position coaches.

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Dabo was on the verge of being fired prior to hiring Morris. Clemson was 6-7 the season before Morris joined the staff. While they now have co-OC's, I think the general consensus is that Tony Elliot (who came in along with Morris) is the primary play caller. Dabo probably does have some input, but probably no more than Ogeron has when it comes to the DL on defense.

The "CEO model" can work. Clemson is proof of that. However, the difference may be that Dabo, after realizing he needed to change on offense, went out and took a chance on an inexperienced but innovated OC (Morris) who was only one year removed from coaching HS football. Ogeron on the other hand canned his "innovative" OC after one year and hired a guy who had not been a full time OC in nearly 20 years. That's not to say O was wrong for firing Canada (clearly there were big issues with him), but he's taking a big risk by going way back to the past (Ensminger) to replace him.