From what I've heard from players, none of them liked Dearmon. They said his attitude was awful and by mid season, Brent Stockstill started taking over the QB's and working with them in addition to the WR's.. Basically, Brent Stockstill was already a co- OC which is kinda why Dearmon left. The Hockman thing really pissed off Stock too. The players I talked to said that Hockman and Dearmon were buddies and there was definite favortism there over Chase. Everyone wanted Chase to start from the jump.
I noticed it on the sidelines in later games that Brent Stock was in the middle of the sideline huddles working with the whole offense. He became more involved as the season progressed.
Dearmon really didn't impress me that much. His play calling was ok at times and downright dumb at others. With Willy at FAU, he's more of a liability than an asset. Everyone knows what he's about. They just read his book. Shafer will re read it too. ODU sure did. That was a game where they should have fired Dearmon right there.