When he arrived, he was brutally honest about our program being soft. He instilled toughness as well as an innovative offense. Recruiting improved, including program changers like Deshaun Watson.

Of course, Venables was his counterpart on defense.

These two hires by Dabo were brilliant. That’s when and how we became elite.

We need to get that fire back. We were fun and innovative. Now we are boring and stale.

It’s Dabo’s job to figure it out. As I’ve said for a couple of years now, I’m not sure Dabo knows how to fix it.