Coach P was the ultimate enigma of this program IMO. On one hand, he put in more hours than any HC in the country, had excellent special teams year over year, a defense that I’ve grown to miss (thanks to several of his successors) and despite average recruiting always managed to have a couple of difference makers and players who would go on to great pro careers. He also had the wherewithal to recognize the advantage that a multi-dimensional athlete at the QB position could offer.
On the other hand, had a weird infatuation with DeLeone (didn’t he move him from OC to DC one offseason?), every game he coached had at least one boneheaded call or penalty and probably worst of all, he squandered talent, in a program that struggled to find it, even through the McNabb years where he averaged 3-4 losses a year in an inferior Big East.
