We’ve talked a lot about how we admire David Cutcliffe’s character as much as his coaching acumen. He’s an unusually good man who shines even in a often dirty profession.
Still, it’s odd to hear someone from Duke praised in the Washingon Post. The sports page there is pretty reflexively anti Duke or any ACC team from this state really. It’s a bit of a holdover from Maryland’s eternal grievances against the conference when it was still a member.
So seeing this lovely piece about Cutcliffe from Sally Jenkins is really nice. She starts out talking about leadership in this time of crisis and goes on to argue that Cutcliffe’s ability to teach quarterbacks to make decisions under pressure is a major asset that translates into the rest of life very well.