Watching other coaches around the league struggle to get rebuilds off the ground definitely helps you appreciate how quickly Dave Doeren got NC State back to respectability. By his second season, he had Jacoby Brissett ready to step in at quarterback, and that year started a run of five consecutive bowl seasons.
Tony Elliott has had no such luck at Virginia, though of course finding the right quarterback is a huge part of climbing back out of the void, and there the Wahoos are still searching. Monmouth transfer Tony Muskett won the job out of camp but injured his non-throwing shoulder in the opener against Tennessee and has not played since.