Prematurely grading coaching hires is near the top of college football’s power rankings of pointlessness, somewhere up there with preseason polls and third-team all-conference selections.
Some hires look better at their introductory news conferences than they ever do on the sidelines.
Some, most recently Louisiana State’s Ed Orgeron, turn early jeers into cheers, serving critics crow along the way.
Then again, how a new hire navigates the obstacle course of a global pandemic that shut down spring ball after two practices is not usually part of the evaluation process that shapes first impressions.
We still have much to learn about Eli Drinkwitz.