Defense vs Offense

I would give Marcus Freeman a shot. Right now is the right time for GT to hire a black coach. If he can get the D to the middle of pack ACC, and CGC continues to flounder, give him a shot a HC. Similar to what we did with O'leary during the B*** L**** fiasco.
 
GTWannaBee said:
He’s on the right path, and he’s been successful on all of his stops.
LB coach - Kent State
LB coach - Purdue
DC - Cincinnati
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Then we should have hired him out of Purdue and before his price went way up. GT would have been a better move than Cincinnati.
 
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ee8384 said:
They we should have hired him out of Purdue and before his price went way up. GT would have been a better move than Cincinnati.
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Still is - power 5 conference. Just depends on if we could pay him enough.
 
Butch Jones will be available at the end of the year. Maybe he wants to go back to just coaching the defense…

EDIT: Meant to type Butch Davis not Butch Jones.
 
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GTWannaBee said:
Butch Jones will be available at the end of the year. Maybe he wants to go back to just coaching the defense…
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He is an offensive coach, isn't he? Would be a lot of juice if he were on staff in some capacity, though.
 
GTWannaBee said:
My bad. I mean to type Butch Davis - FIU coach - former UNC coach.
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No to either Butch, Jones or Davis.
I'd even say no to Bruce Willis as Butch in Pulp Fiction. Though on second thought ... he knows how to take care of business. Just don't forget his watch.
 
aeromech said:
I would give Marcus Freeman a shot. Right now is the right time for GT to hire a black coach. If he can get the D to the middle of pack ACC, and CGC continues to flounder, give him a shot a HC. Similar to what we did with O'leary during the B*** L**** fiasco.
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Will Collins hire an assistant who might replace him?
 
johncu said:
Let me preface this by saying I’ve been a pretty severe CGC critic from the beginning. I knew the transition would be difficult, but I also knew that a great coach would find a way to win - especially by Year 3. We are not a good football team, and there is no excuse. Unfortunately, we are stuck with the dude for at least one more season, so I’m trying to think of anything that will allow me to give a shot about GT football next year. Here’s what I’ve got:

The transition would obviously be the hardest on the offense. In Year 1 we were hot garbage, Year 2 we were just bad, and this year I think we’re mediocre. That’s not exciting, but it’s at least meaningful improvement. I’ll admit that we do still have a lot of issues on the OL that can’t be corrected in 2 years, and we do have a lot of young skill talent, so I can be somewhat optimistic on that side of the ball. Probably foolish hope, but it’s something.

Defensively, however, it’s an absolute ööööshow. 3 years in and we’re every bit as bad, if not worse, than the terrible CPJ-era defenses with as much talent and experience as we’ve had since 2008/2009. I can’t see any way that Thacker and probably some position coaches are retained for next season. He seems like a great dude, but he’s not getting it done. Collins is a defensive guy and did have some legitimately good defenses as a DC. I just looked it up again and they ranked 15, 14, 14, 8 in 2 years at MSU and UF, respectively.

So my question is… if we fire Thacker and clear out some of the defensive staff, would you be more optimistic about next season?
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Yes
 
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