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This is a fair point. I've asked a number of times why some are so certain Eberflus is such a gem - I'm not saying he isn't, but his resume isn't really stellar.
You don't really hear much about him. There was scuttlebutt that he basically ran the defense other than on game days during Rob's last year. And the fact that he was Rob's protege and the team kept him on after dismissing Ryan was pretty telling. Ryan used to go on and on about what a genius the guy was. Problem with that is that Ryan was an idiot, so it's hard to know how to weigh his two-cents.
From what I've seen since then, the team seems to consider Marinelli the actual gem, and Eberflus the on-staff replacement if Marinelli were to retire or lose a wrestling match to a bear or whatever.