It's not hard to imagine a lot of coaches out there being totally out of sorts over the last two-and-a-half months.

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These are creatures of to-the-minute routine. Their daily, weekly, monthly and even yearly schedules are mapped out well in advance to the finest detail.

A sudden ejection from this comfort zone can't be easy, but in the time of a pandemic the spoils go to those who effectively adapt to sudden and profound change.

Dabo Swinney has popularized the ethos of blooming where you are planted, but he probably didn't mean his coaches blooming with their rear-ends planted on their couches at home.