Alright, I’m done with Above the line crap

GT98

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This was always a nothing year. It won’t materially affect recruiting. It won’t decide a game in 2022 and beyond when this team/program will be relevant again.
It shouldn’t take that long to be relevant again. Can’t imagine recruiting being any good if the team isn’t making strides towards the end of next season.
 

wesleyd21

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Maybe CGC can be like Chan and hire a new OC every year.

Literally every single year.
 

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Why does ATL apply at QB and Kicker but not at Punter?
I have to believe that an ATL rating is relative to others in your position. So it means that none of our QBs are standing head and shoulders over the others and it really means that we don’t have a true QB. We have one who can run really well from wildcat formations, but that’s the job of a running back who wants to scare defenses with the occasional passing threat. So that’s where we are right now. If we had one who was so much better than the others, he’d play the majority of snaps.

Edit- relativity is also proven by the OL where they are all clearly BTL.
 

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Guys, neither are power 5 QBs. It just is what it is. JG could be a QB, didn’t dress today. We don’t want to burn Yates’s redshirt or risk injury in a lost year, clearly. We lack division 1 talent throughout the entire roster.

This sucks for you guys who live in ATL and have to hear about it all the time. I get that. But objectively, this doesn’t matter. This was always a nothing year. It won’t materially affect recruiting. It won’t decide a game in 2022 and beyond when this team/program will be relevant again.

It sucks. It’s disappointing. But it’s really not the end of the world.
A continuation of the past 3 games....... WILL damn well impact recruiting.
 

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I have to believe that an ATL rating is relative to others in your position. So it means that none of our QBs are standing head and shoulders over the others and it really means that we don’t have a true QB. We have one who can run really well from wildcat formations, but that’s the job of a running back who wants to scare defenses with the occasional passing threat. So that’s where we are right now. If we had one who was so much better than the others, he’d play the majority of snaps.

Edit- relativity is also proven by the OL where they are all clearly BTL.
It HAS to be relative to make any sense at all. I can buy it somewhat for positions not named Quarterback, but you don't pull a clear number 1 QB out of the game just to be fair to the other guy because he does well in practice. We just don't have a clear number 1 (although Oliver is the best athlete on the field and would have won us the game yesterday with a starting QB's snap count). Can anybody name a single other coach in college football or the NFL that publicly supports the very idea of not having a starting Quarterback?
 

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It HAS to be relative to make any sense at all. I can buy it somewhat for positions not named Quarterback, but you don't pull a clear number 1 QB out of the game just to be fair to the other guy because he does well in practice. We just don't have a clear number 1 (although Oliver is the best athlete on the field and would have won us the game yesterday with a starting QB's snap count). Can anybody name a single other coach in college football or the NFL that publicly supports the very idea of not having a starting Quarterback?
The New England Patriots constantly pull that Brady guy because #2 threw a few good passes in practice, don't they?
 

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I think Collins does himself a diservice by saying the QB choice is because of ATL. At Temple they had a starting QB that got 90% of the snaps. Johnson plays because they think he throws the best on pure passing plays. Oliver plays because he gives us the best chance to move the ball and score.

With Graham hurt I’m not sure what the option is? Mostly pure running O with Oliver? But that sucks for development of the offense.

I said it the other day: we don’t have a Power 5 pass first QB on the roster. I have no idea why they didn’t look for a transfer QB.

Development of the offense?? Why the hell does that matter now?

Jordan Mason is about the only one starting right now who will sniff the field next year. Maybe TO at a position other than QB.

Play to freaking win with what you got!!
 

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Development of the offense?? Why the hell does that matter now?

Jordan Mason is about the only one starting right now who will sniff the field next year. Maybe TO at a position other than QB.

Play to freaking win with what you got!!
Simple. Given the roster makeup, lack of talent on offense, and transition of the offensive scheme, this was going to be a bad year so logically you are developing for next year.
 

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That’s swell Wally. Done with substituting players during a game as well?

Ever stop and think that we have had a disease in the program for a few years where the best were not playing? Check out some LBs we had not named Roof. Ever heard of an OL that should have played, by every account I have heard and read, a WHOLE lot more than he did. Appears he did not lick sewaka the huts boots enough.

Ever consider our staff is having to correct some internal, festering problems in a different way we are not familiar with?
that's fine with some positions but literally no offensive scheme has ever produced worth a flying öööö by trotting out 2 QBs during the same series of plays. If you wanna switch 'em at halftime or for some Wildcat situational package, fine. But putting LJ out there to throw a ball into the stands on 1st down, TO running for 5 on a predictable Keeper on 2nd down and then have LJ try to force a pass into double-coverage on 3rd down, you end up with the öööö show we saw yesterday.

Stop the QB switching now. Only time LJ should ever see the field as QB should be an end-of-game/halftime Hail Mary play. He might be able to find a WR if we have 5 of 'em down there at the goal line.
 

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I think Collins does himself a diservice by saying the QB choice is because of ATL. At Temple they had a starting QB that got 90% of the snaps. Johnson plays because they think he throws the best on pure passing plays. Oliver plays because he gives us the best chance to move the ball and score.

With Graham hurt I’m not sure what the option is? Mostly pure running O with Oliver? But that sucks for development of the offense.

I said it the other day: we don’t have a Power 5 pass first QB on the roster. I have no idea why they didn’t look for a transfer QB.
At Temple, they have a QB is actually really good. Russo is a beast.
 

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That’s swell Wally. Done with substituting players during a game as well?

Ever stop and think that we have had a disease in the program for a few years where the best were not playing? Check out some LBs we had not named Roof. Ever heard of an OL that should have played, by every account I have heard and read, a WHOLE lot more than he did. Appears he did not lick sewaka the huts boots enough.

Ever consider our staff is having to correct some internal, festering problems in a different way we are not familiar with?
Yuuuuuup
 

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Simple. Given the roster makeup, lack of talent on offense, and transition of the offensive scheme, this was going to be a bad year so logically you are developing for next year.
You're not "developing" anything if these players will not even be playing next year.
 

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Guys, neither are power 5 QBs. It just is what it is. JG could be a QB, didn’t dress today. We don’t want to burn Yates’s redshirt or risk injury in a lost year, clearly. We lack division 1 talent throughout the entire roster.

This sucks for you guys who live in ATL and have to hear about it all the time. I get that. But objectively, this doesn’t matter. This was always a nothing year. It won’t materially affect recruiting. It won’t decide a game in 2022 and beyond when this team/program will be relevant again.

It sucks. It’s disappointing. But it’s really not the end of the world.
Every single word of this post is ATL. Post of the year. Agree 100% with all of it.
 
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