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[QUOTE="javadoc, post: 4469609, member: 338"]
There's enough smoke pertaining to issues with in-game decisions to make me think that DFB has limitations.  Two things concern me for his future as our coach.

I think he still needs another ace recruiter.  He needs to find a staff position that he can swap out for a better recruiter, regardless of how well-liked the current staff member is.

The bigger problem may be the program support components that deal with the physical development and well being of the players.  There seems to be a lot of smoke here too.  Nutrition has been discussed and seems to be in the spotlight of the AD.  But what about the turf?  What about recovery facilities?  Players are a lot bigger and faster now than they were back in the 1990 timeframe, and doesn't that mean the resources and process for keeping kids' bodies in good working order has to have changed a lot?  It sounds like we haven't paid enough attention to that.  Do we even have the right people in the AD to know what to ask for?

Clearer heads inside the department need to assess what is DFB's fault and what isn't.  Don't fire someone for things outside his control.  So much of our late season collapse seems related to injury and depth.  I just fear that we are facing a double-whammy of "not enough talent" and "existential challenges".  Don't fix the existential stuff and you essentially need an ACC-ready 3 deep at every position.  I don't think we will ever be there, no matter who the coach is.  Fix some of it and go 2-deep, should be better results.  Add in a recruiting uptick and it's even better.
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