Before that, he had short stints as WR coach at two small programs (SC State/Furman). He had no HC or OC experience before getting the OC thumbs up from Dabo. That just doesn't fit the narrative of elite programs hiring coordinators with lots of high-level experience, like O'Brien and Wilson, which was the point of your comment. There is no reason to twist this around . . . Elliot was a completely different type hire than O'Brien and Wilson . . . and is much more akin to the Rees situation than to the Bama or OSU guys. The fact that Elliot turned out to be a great OC doesn't change the fact that he was of a different lineage than the highly experienced hires. If Rees turns out to be a savant, Broyles Award winner, and NC coordinator, like Elliot, it won't change the fact that he had little high-level experience before getting the OC job, like Elliot. If Rees falls on his face, we'll probably both agree that he was in over his head. On that, yeah . . .we wait and see.