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To the original title of the thread, we have DD for at least a while longer so none of us are done with DD. When he was making noise about leaving I was fine with that. The sun would have risen the next day. He stayed with a raise and an extension and I guess that is fine too.
I’m fairly optimistic about this year for several reasons:
1) We have Ledford and the OL and Finley under center. They will be able to score some points.
2) I tend to think Roof + Hux will make a good combo, particularly if that means that DD gets away from “coaching” in the games on defense. I like Hux more than most, but don’t like our 4-2-5.
3) Place kicking will be better
4) The Atlantic got easier this offseason, even if for just one year. I am in the minority who thinks that Taggert is actually an upgrade for FSU over Jimbo, but it is going to take him a couple of recruiting cycles. Louisville lost their Heisman candidate. Yeah, we lost our DL (and it was a darn good one) and the man who recruited and developed them (which to me is more concerning), but there is a window to creep up a bit more.
Put it together and I see no reason why we cannot go 8-4 again.
As for Yow, she’s the best AD in my lifetime. Nobody is perfect though and her hiring and handling of Gott was “Gott-awful.” She’s doing better with Keatts. Time will tell just how much NC state (and by extension Yow) knew about the basketball scandal.
DD is clearly Yow’s guy and she wanted him back. I’m sure she feels that is best for NC State, but it was also best for self-preservation. Had DD left, I’m not so sure she’d have hired the successor. Her retirement timeline may have had to have been accelerated.