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Key Press Conference
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Seems that the concept of "scheme" only comes up in discussions of offense.
As in "Navy plays the 3O scheme to give them a better chance to win against teams that they may not be as big/fast as". Does the concept not have the same merit on the defensive side of the ball? It never seems to come up or at least I don't see/hear it except in the context of offense.
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I suspect that's because most people don't understand defenses well enough to discuss the scheme. It's much easier to understand offense than defense, and people are much more interested in it.
If you go looking for in depth discussions on defense, there is plenty of talk about defensive scheme as evidenced by my link above.
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We won't be dominating Ugag for a very long time so long as Kirby is there. But, I don't mind him saying that because what is he supposed to say? Something like "well our goal is to beat all of our ACC opponents but lose to UGA yearly"
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I’d probably say they weren’t the only ones. Basically called all of them out without mentioning names.
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If he’s not if wont be for lack of trying, caring, or use of gimmicks.
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Offense is for show, defense wins championships.
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"We will never embarrass Georgia Tech."
Good place to start. Looking forward to Coach Key's regime.
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Not to split hairs but what Key said is that they would work hard every day towards that goal. And while everyone knew which team he was talking about, he was smart enough not to call them out by name.
When Pat Dye interviewed for the Auburn job, Auburn was Bama’s bitch. The asked Dye “how long is it going to take for you to beat Alabama?” The answer got Dye the job.
“60 minutes”
So don’t be so quick to write Key off. No coach as long as I’ve been around has had the balls to take a shot over the dwag’s bow.
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Defenses have a scheme - 4-2-5, 3-3-5, Tampa 2.
But just like the commercial with Glavijevand Maddux, it’s all about the long ball
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Key just gets it. He played here, knows the challenges facing our student athletes. The thing that got me was when he recognized his coaches from high school. He seemed to get choked up and that shows me his passion for the game. He's the right man for the job.
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If you’re beating the dwags, the Virginia game will take care of itself.
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That was after our game
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Because you have a certain unnecessary phobia
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Gotta love the mean mugging the whole time.
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Finally got a chance to listen to this presser. My takeaways.
1. I first noticed the Coke Zero Sugar and Dasani bottles on the podium and simple PNC / GT banner in the background. Maybe that's not new and I just don't watch a lot of GT pressers. But two big names, not some local car dealership, not a million logos. We are in the middle of the biggest and most important business center in the south. We have to continue to recruit the biggest businesses in Atlanta, writing the biggest *single* checks, to have our backs. Georgia Tech the school does a great job of that. Cabrera and ADJB need to both do a better job of that for the football program. Fix football funding, and it will fix the GTAA. You don't stitch a cut on a finger when the torso is bleeding out.
2. This is picking nits, but both ADJB and CBK had to gulp when Cabrera opened the presser and spent just a bit too long on how difficult it is to be a student at Tech, let alone be a S-A at Tech. That clip won't make it into the video they send recruits. Cabrera should have been more mindful of the situation IMO. CBK mentioned the challenge of being a S-A in passing later in the context of recruiting the right guys for GT. It just can't be the headline.
3. ADJB is polished and confident. Moreso than I thought he would be.
4. CBK clearly knows we've been a soft and undisciplined program. I think he did a great job fixing that as best he could as interim with no benefit of offseason practices and S&C programming. And he did a great job not calling out people by name who led to our program being soft, while pointing at that glaring weakness.
5. CBK talking about knowing Georgia Tech, the fans, the electricity in the stands that *can* be here. He's got to know that when we are winning 9 games a year and beating UGA 1/3 of the time, the fans will be there (yeah I know that's a high bar for us historically, but that's our fans expectations no matter the norm). Look at the stadiums of every other school these days except the highest ranked factories - the stands are virtually empty. I think GT actually gets pretty solid stadium support by comparison, considering how dark the recent years have been. But to fill up the stadium you have to win, period. Get ranked in the top 25 in Week 5 with a 7:30pm Saturday game on ESPN2 and the stadium will be 95% full like it's 1999.
6. CBK talking about staff - won't be in a rush to make decisions, wants teachers and recruiters.
7. CBK mentioned several time that roster improvement starts with improving our current roster - great. We're not a program who can get better with an exodus of players and rely on the portal overnight. And there are enough recruits out there that are fast, have the right frame, want to work hard, hate losing, that can exceed their star ratings in college, whether they start as a 2, 3, or 4 star. I don't have confidence that we've had any sort of real work ethic as a football program over the last 4 years to accomplish that.
8. I love that CBK doesn't say UGA by name. öööö 'em. I hope we go back to the O'L days where no red is allowed, whether players or recruits. Don't get it or don't like it? Fine GTFO.
9. When Kelly, Rod and Ken asked their questions they asked it "for Brent" - if I'm CBK I would have taken a moment to correct him that it's "Coach" or "Coach Key" but it's sure as öööö not "Brent". Weak questions from all 3 of them, too.
10. I don't understand what CBK is saying about not caring about results when Klein asked his question -- it's pretty straightforward.... CBK said earlier that you don't look at the scoreboard because you go one play at a time with maximum effort. He didn't say he doesn't care about the scoreboard at the end of the game. Dumb "gotcha" attempt by Klein, who is so bad as his job that after what 15 years he's still stuck at a local Atlanta ABC affiliate. But he successfully tripped coach up on his words. Coach should have just told the dwag fan that he never said he didn't care about results.
11. Finally Schultz asks one of the only questions we care about -- what have you seen in the last 4 years that disgusted you? CBK answered I guess the best he could without throwing his former boss (who brought him back here) under the bus. I guess I'm ok with that. We all wish he would have been less professional here and just lit the flamethrower.
12. CBK talks most confidently and at ease when he talks about the players. That's great but being a successful HFBC today entails a lot more than that so I hope ADJB and Cabrera are ready to support in all the other ways with respect to the business of the program.
13. How does no one specifically ask about conference affiliation impact on finances, and ask Cabrera specifically whether Georgia Tech, the school, in the past, had broken off discussions with the B1G? When are you going to get Cabrera in the room with respect to athletics again? That's a fundamental missed opportunity, if it happened.
14. "Recruiting at a high level" -- phew, barely dodged "at an elite level" there in an answer toward the end.
15. If I'm ADJB and CBK (and hell, Tex and the other $$ guys), I'm in Cabrera's office every month for a standing meeting about football funding. Cabrera has to be involved. This is the most public-facing subsidary of the firm, by far. You can't allow it to be cash-strapped. You have to fix it. This is part of the job of the president, it's not just the GTAA on an island.
Overall, I think CBK wants out of the monkey suit and back on the practice field or weight room more than anything. That, combined with it being his first presser, I'll round it up to a "B" for his first presser as HFBC.
1. I first noticed the Coke Zero Sugar and Dasani bottles on the podium and simple PNC / GT banner in the background. Maybe that's not new and I just don't watch a lot of GT pressers. But two big names, not some local car dealership, not a million logos. We are in the middle of the biggest and most important business center in the south. We have to continue to recruit the biggest businesses in Atlanta, writing the biggest *single* checks, to have our backs. Georgia Tech the school does a great job of that. Cabrera and ADJB need to both do a better job of that for the football program. Fix football funding, and it will fix the GTAA. You don't stitch a cut on a finger when the torso is bleeding out.
2. This is picking nits, but both ADJB and CBK had to gulp when Cabrera opened the presser and spent just a bit too long on how difficult it is to be a student at Tech, let alone be a S-A at Tech. That clip won't make it into the video they send recruits. Cabrera should have been more mindful of the situation IMO. CBK mentioned the challenge of being a S-A in passing later in the context of recruiting the right guys for GT. It just can't be the headline.
3. ADJB is polished and confident. Moreso than I thought he would be.
4. CBK clearly knows we've been a soft and undisciplined program. I think he did a great job fixing that as best he could as interim with no benefit of offseason practices and S&C programming. And he did a great job not calling out people by name who led to our program being soft, while pointing at that glaring weakness.
5. CBK talking about knowing Georgia Tech, the fans, the electricity in the stands that *can* be here. He's got to know that when we are winning 9 games a year and beating UGA 1/3 of the time, the fans will be there (yeah I know that's a high bar for us historically, but that's our fans expectations no matter the norm). Look at the stadiums of every other school these days except the highest ranked factories - the stands are virtually empty. I think GT actually gets pretty solid stadium support by comparison, considering how dark the recent years have been. But to fill up the stadium you have to win, period. Get ranked in the top 25 in Week 5 with a 7:30pm Saturday game on ESPN2 and the stadium will be 95% full like it's 1999.
6. CBK talking about staff - won't be in a rush to make decisions, wants teachers and recruiters.
7. CBK mentioned several time that roster improvement starts with improving our current roster - great. We're not a program who can get better with an exodus of players and rely on the portal overnight. And there are enough recruits out there that are fast, have the right frame, want to work hard, hate losing, that can exceed their star ratings in college, whether they start as a 2, 3, or 4 star. I don't have confidence that we've had any sort of real work ethic as a football program over the last 4 years to accomplish that.
8. I love that CBK doesn't say UGA by name. öööö 'em. I hope we go back to the O'L days where no red is allowed, whether players or recruits. Don't get it or don't like it? Fine GTFO.
9. When Kelly, Rod and Ken asked their questions they asked it "for Brent" - if I'm CBK I would have taken a moment to correct him that it's "Coach" or "Coach Key" but it's sure as öööö not "Brent". Weak questions from all 3 of them, too.
10. I don't understand what CBK is saying about not caring about results when Klein asked his question -- it's pretty straightforward.... CBK said earlier that you don't look at the scoreboard because you go one play at a time with maximum effort. He didn't say he doesn't care about the scoreboard at the end of the game. Dumb "gotcha" attempt by Klein, who is so bad as his job that after what 15 years he's still stuck at a local Atlanta ABC affiliate. But he successfully tripped coach up on his words. Coach should have just told the dwag fan that he never said he didn't care about results.
11. Finally Schultz asks one of the only questions we care about -- what have you seen in the last 4 years that disgusted you? CBK answered I guess the best he could without throwing his former boss (who brought him back here) under the bus. I guess I'm ok with that. We all wish he would have been less professional here and just lit the flamethrower.
12. CBK talks most confidently and at ease when he talks about the players. That's great but being a successful HFBC today entails a lot more than that so I hope ADJB and Cabrera are ready to support in all the other ways with respect to the business of the program.
13. How does no one specifically ask about conference affiliation impact on finances, and ask Cabrera specifically whether Georgia Tech, the school, in the past, had broken off discussions with the B1G? When are you going to get Cabrera in the room with respect to athletics again? That's a fundamental missed opportunity, if it happened.
14. "Recruiting at a high level" -- phew, barely dodged "at an elite level" there in an answer toward the end.
15. If I'm ADJB and CBK (and hell, Tex and the other $$ guys), I'm in Cabrera's office every month for a standing meeting about football funding. Cabrera has to be involved. This is the most public-facing subsidary of the firm, by far. You can't allow it to be cash-strapped. You have to fix it. This is part of the job of the president, it's not just the GTAA on an island.
Overall, I think CBK wants out of the monkey suit and back on the practice field or weight room more than anything. That, combined with it being his first presser, I'll round it up to a "B" for his first presser as HFBC.
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Thanks for the post, interesting thoughts. Some comments below.
The thing is that every recruit is going to get that headline no matter what from every other school competing against us. It's easier to combat that if we own it and aren't afraid of talking about it.[/quote
Noticed that too and loved it.
Agree with your premise but not the fix. This is a conversation you have with them off-camera. Correcting them during your introductory presser would make CBK look insecure in my opinion and possibly embarrass the journalists. And while there's no need to kowtow to the media, there's certainly no reason to piss them off unnecessarily either.
Have to disagree here as well. You made a great point earlier about how CBK was able to call out softness in the program without specifically targeting individuals. Well, a similar thing happened here -- throughout the presser, he did enough to show what he thought about how things used to be run without coming off like a dick.
It's also important to remember that a lot of the players in the locker room may still like Collins as a person and probably feel like they are part of hte reason he failed. Again, there's no need for CBK to kowtow to that or let it impact anything he wants to do, but there's also no need to purposely be a dick about it for no real reason other than to dunk on the previous regime.
They would have gotten a total non-answer, just like they did when they asked about the interview timeline. I wouldn't have really minded the question since it is legitimate, but I don't really see it as a missed opportunity for that reason.
The thing is that every recruit is going to get that headline no matter what from every other school competing against us. It's easier to combat that if we own it and aren't afraid of talking about it.[/quote
Noticed that too and loved it.
Agree with your premise but not the fix. This is a conversation you have with them off-camera. Correcting them during your introductory presser would make CBK look insecure in my opinion and possibly embarrass the journalists. And while there's no need to kowtow to the media, there's certainly no reason to piss them off unnecessarily either.
Have to disagree here as well. You made a great point earlier about how CBK was able to call out softness in the program without specifically targeting individuals. Well, a similar thing happened here -- throughout the presser, he did enough to show what he thought about how things used to be run without coming off like a dick.
It's also important to remember that a lot of the players in the locker room may still like Collins as a person and probably feel like they are part of hte reason he failed. Again, there's no need for CBK to kowtow to that or let it impact anything he wants to do, but there's also no need to purposely be a dick about it for no real reason other than to dunk on the previous regime.
They would have gotten a total non-answer, just like they did when they asked about the interview timeline. I wouldn't have really minded the question since it is legitimate, but I don't really see it as a missed opportunity for that reason.
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It was his first formal presser, and he did fine, with room to improve. He's a football coach who is a (fairly) recent former player who bleeds white and gold. He is passionate about winning - I think about how 20 years of rubbing elbows with GOL and Saban rubbed off on him. Both of them have a visceral hatred for losing and you can tell by his voice he hates it, too. I wonder what the last 3.5 years were like for him. I wonder how that just stoked his passion. I wonder if he felt what they were doing was embarrassing the university. I love the guy's authenticity - genuine passion - not false bravado.
Anyway, I digress.... your #7 above: I wonder if this perspective speaks to the woes he endured working with the perpetual patchwork of transfers at the OL position. By this I mean the practice of bringing in transfer after transfer, knowing they would be gone in a year, and you would start all over in the spring. That he wants to take the guys he had and develop them, to me, is *huge* and he gets kudos from me for pointing that out. Think of how it also encourages the existing team! Those are the ones who have to wonder every year if they're going to get covered up by some transfer who hasn't put in the sweat, blood, and tears at Tech that they have - both in the classroom and out.
This, I thought, was a statement to secure the team first. I consider it a job well done in that presser.