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Dorsey is in the NFL and was coveted by multiple teams to be OC. Ponce wasn’t even considered by Mario for OC—you think 1-2 years of qb coaching is going to all of sudden vault Ponca into the category of coaches Mario was looking at? There’s no chance Mario goes from Gattis to Ponce for OC.

I think Gattis is gone in 1-2 years. And I fully expect Mario to hire another big time coach to replace him.

It might be a progression to an OC job at another P5 program, but there’s no chance Mario, with the resources he has and his vision for the program, would hire someone as OC with no P5 playcalling experience.

Because his resume doesn’t even come close to stacking up against the resumes of the coaches we just interviewed. Mario was in touch with a head coach; OCs from Michigan, Arkansas, and Notre Dame; the OC from Kentucky who coached in the NFL for a HC that’s about to win a Super Bowl; and we made...

Where are people coming up with the asinine idea that Ponce is somehow a coach in waiting or in line to be OC when Gattis moves on to a HC gig? Have we learned nothing from this search?!? Mario tried to lure a freakin head coach to be OC, offered Tommy Rees $2 million, and landed a Broyles Award...