The criticisms of the Eli Drinkwitz hire were obvious from the moment the announcement was made. He doesn’t exactly have the requisite seasoning to be a head coach in the SEC, does he?
It’s a question we don’t know the answer to. And we won’t for quite some time. That reality is why the hire comes with a huge risk, but also a massive potential reward. The risk and the reward comes in the unknown.
Drinkwitz has been ultra successful at a lower level of competition, but he did so with obvious caveats. He was only successful for one season with someone else’s players without really establishing his program and his culture.