So how is it that our players couldn't put on 10-20lbs of muscle. Why is it our defense couldn't tackle? Is Duke talent that much better than Tech's? I thought the staff was installing tough, hard nosed, physical football. Didn't see that against L-ville.
Forgot about that. UNC used to be run by the Carolina Mafia. Now, they figure they are big time CFB.
Two fumble turn overs in the Duke red zone and they apparently recruited against us for a FG kicker.
This was my main concern from Friday night. Our OL and DL were both smaller (and apparently weaker) than Louisville's and got pushed around pretty good. This after 9 months of talking about building toughness. That was my doubletake from the evening. I think the O will be fine, overall, but will have to contend again with an underperforming OL. The front 4 on the DL left me very concerned.
When you have totally ignored any kind of strength and conditioning for 3 years, you don't start emphasizing it and expect immediate results. HOPEFULLY, that is and will continue to be, a priority and produce stronger players on both sides of the ball, but it's not gonna happen overnight. I know we are ALL tired of waiting, but recovery from cancer (what the clown was) takes time and a LOT of "therapy" and continued (though hopefully decreading) suffering. Not making excuses, because I was PO'd at that loss, but again, you can't play tough, hard-nosed, physical football with weaker players who aren't there yet because of the clown. And NO Tech team for at least the past 20 years has shown any ability to tackle. Why that has never been fixed is beyond me. I HOPE that Thacker and the other defensive coaches will do a better job of addressing it than previous defensive staffs have done.
maybe our proximity to the cheetah is the problem
We've only had one offseason with the new S&C coach, after three plus years of making great motivational social media sizzle reels but putting out a slower and weaker team.
He was pretty good on Match Game.
