Cheetah
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Great insight and it looks like he is not looking to leave, great for you guys.Im as big a Clemson fan as you'll find and can speak on Tony Elliott. He is extremely loved at Clemson not only bc he's the OC but he actually was a WR for the Tigers in 90s so he's been around Clemson pretty much his entire career. He's an absolute great great guy to speak with and is very intelligent. He was promoted to OC from RBs coach 6/7 years ago after Chad Morris left Clemson to become head coach at SMU. Our offense actually got better once Morris left and Tony Elliott and Jeff Scott took over in a CO-OC situation and it stayed that way for 5 years before Jeff Scott took the USF head coaching job last season. Tony was the actual play caller though and he's been interviewed for multiple head coaching jobs. He's a family man and he's very biblical.
With all that being said I'm not to sure about hiring him as our new OC. I love the guy I really do but he's never been an OC where he doesn't have the most talent on the field. Im not taking anything away from a marvelous job he's done but Clemson is so much more talented than any team we play in the ACC. I will give him credit for our 2 title runs as he was really good once we got to the playoffs but he's had DeShaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence as his QBs since he took over as OC. So basically he's had the best player on the field since he became the play caller and that's what worries me as we run a very simple offense and we're more known for out talenting teams rather than out scheming them. Im not to sure how he would do in the NFL where the talent is basically equal and scheming/play calling actually determine the outcome of games much much more than college. I would pass on him for our Dolphins but if he was the choice I would support him 100%. I just wouldn't be near as confident as I would with someone that's more familiar with the pro level.