Key Press Conference

stinger78 said:
Due to the changes in several of the groups, I tend to lean on two explanations for the above: 1) There had developed a dark cloud over the program under TFG and that suppressed performance somewhat, and 2) the approach of TFG to bring in OL transfer after transfer to plug holes instead of just playing, growing, and developing what you had likely delayed the progression in that room. Meaning that OL, more than any other unit, require not only personal development, but development as a unit. Until this season, due to the transfers, there was no unit that had practiced together longer than a year. Part of that was the OL deficit they inherited, part was -0- OL signed in 2019, and part was relying too heavily on one-and-done transfers.
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stinger78 said:
Due to the changes in several of the groups, I tend to lean on two explanations for the above: 1) There had developed a dark cloud over the program under TFG and that suppressed performance somewhat, and 2) the approach of TFG to bring in OL transfer after transfer to plug holes instead of just playing, growing, and developing what you had likely delayed the progression in that room. Meaning that OL, more than any other unit, require not only personal development, but development as a unit. Until this season, due to the transfers, there was no unit that had practiced together longer than a year. Part of that was the OL deficit they inherited, part was -0- OL signed in 2019, and part was relying too heavily on one-and-done transfers.
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There also could be something to the way practices were run that affected multiple position groups - but some more than others. Particularly the assertions that TFG ran practices at slower speed (IIRC, I believe that was something that CBK alluded to in one of his first press conferences as interim HC). I can see that affecting both the O-line and the defense a lot more than, say, offensive skill positions. If you practice it one way, that's what you get on the field.

To be clear, I'm not putting hands-on blame with those position groups with TFG - I don't think he actively came in and micromanaged what was going on with each of them (although I could be wrong). But I can see how one blanket way of doing things could affect multiple downstream groups more than others.

(I'm of course looking at this through my own lens, where working under a certain VP led to lackluster results due to some specific work methodology they insisted on, which was immediately overturned when the new person came in, leading to improved results. But I'm not in college football as a career, so YMMV.)
 
stinger78 said:
Due to the changes in several of the groups, I tend to lean on two explanations for the above: 1) There had developed a dark cloud over the program under TFG and that suppressed performance somewhat, and 2) the approach of TFG to bring in OL transfer after transfer to plug holes instead of just playing, growing, and developing what you had likely delayed the progression in that room. Meaning that OL, more than any other unit, require not only personal development, but development as a unit. Until this season, due to the transfers, there was no unit that had practiced together longer than a year. Part of that was the OL deficit they inherited, part was -0- OL signed in 2019, and part was relying too heavily on one-and-done transfers.
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3) Key undermined TFG by teaching the individual OL positions the wrong blocking schemes. So RG was taught LT, LT was taught RT, RT was taught LG and LG was taught RG. Also long and short snappers were switched. Once Key took over he put the guys in the positions they had been taught.
 
So, to understand CBK's statement about dominating UGAg, I looked at his interactions with them on the football field. Prior to his addition to CGC's staff, he had 8 such interactions: as a player for GA Tech from 1997-2000, as a GA for GA Tech from 2001-2002, and as a coach for Alabama from 2016-2018. In his time as a player at Tech, we were 3-1 against the mutts, as a GA we were 0-2, and as a coach at Alabama they were 2-0 against them. In total, he was 5-3 against them - 3-3 at Tech and 2-0 at Alabama. He's now lost 3 IAR since joining the coaching staff in 2019 dropping his record against them to 5-6. I think these interactions fuel both his hatred of losing to them and his conviction that they can be beat - regularly. To this I say, "Have at it, young man! You've been there and done that. Now go do it again."
 
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