This ^^^
I’ll certainly agree that Gase and Co are a sh-t show for sure, and that is not benefiting Darnold.
But some folk are good in a classroom, but are poor in transferring that knowledge into a practical application setting. When I ran a bicycle shop we had customers who were Pratt and Whitney engineers, a couple of which couldn’t change a flat tire on their racing bikes to save their own lives, they knew the steps required, had seen it demonstrated repeatedly, but would almost always puncture the new tube at some point while installing it. It is what it is with some folk. Darnold as smart as he is may be one of those guys.