Reality continuing to sink in about Dools and Chaney?
Play calling can be adjusted by a head coach's game plan and instructions. When Chaney fell short he lacked a real head coach that understood the game to make corrections or override the call. As far as being an OC in all other aspects, Chaney is top tier. The players showed you that yesterday if you missed it previously.
The difference in being bowl bound and not is on Hart/Cheek/big boosters. The die was cast well before USCe. No excuse for not canning Dools after the USCe loss. There would have been 2 or 3 more wins because the negativity and incompetence surrounding Dools would have been gone. Players want to have fun. Imagine that - it's a game. Not an exercise of the German army.