smokey_wasp
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Turn it around and ask yourself if any other school would be looking at Godsey, though.I doubt a middling NFL OC would even consider coaching here without a Tech connection.
Turn it around and ask yourself if any other school would be looking at Godsey, though.I doubt a middling NFL OC would even consider coaching here without a Tech connection.
Did you watch the last 3 Games?What are you basing your opinion on?
The legwork and numbers for the improved OL recruiting have been noted here extensively already. Now can he coach them up? That's an argument you could make, but there's no doubt he's improved our OL recruiting to new levels. If you read KQ's stuff, many linemen talk about how great of a coach Key is and how they'd love to play for him. He was under Saban for years, he's got a record of putting guys in the league.
But that's not what you said. You said, "Being an NFL OC won't make their Play Calls work behind a CBK led OLine." If I'm not mistaken, Brent Key did in fact, coach that line, regardless of what color their chips were coming out of HS. Pretty sure two or three of the guys on that line ended up getting NFL paychecks. . Not a stretch to surmise maybe he had something to do with that and he might be pretty good with kids whose body types project to the next level. Those are the ones we are trying to get, right? Maybe Brent can use THAT tape on his next recruiting trip. Our true Freshman center who had to start the last two games seemed to acquit himself pretty well considering who he had to line up against.Sark was calling plays behind Saban's Blue Chip Recruits at OLine!
Honestly, do you think CBK is the answer at OL coach for GT FB?
Aha, gotcha posts only work when they are done in the proper context
Great sense of humor though!
Yeah if you were apparently going to spend top dollar, then find a top dollar guy.just open up the wallets and bring on Cutcliffe as Offensive Coordinator
I think Cutcliffe would require Brian Kelly money to take a coordinator job under Collins.just open up the wallets and bring on Cutcliffe as Offensive Coordinator
TChoice has done well imo.I'm probably going to catch fresh hell for this but help me understand why it has to be a Tech guy. Looking at our track history, every time we've tried to hire someone that previously played at Tech its been very underwhelming or a downright failure as either HC or as a coordinator. Curry, Fulcher, Pepper, Roof X 2.
God I wish we had hired Whisenhunt instead of Gef.That's what I thought he was doing with Whisenhunt, but heard later he was actually going to hire him. If we end up not even interviewing one of the up and comers because TechMan....just...ugh
I didn't want Whiz, but it's for sure now that he would have been better than CollinsGod I wish we had hired Whisenhunt instead of Gef.
I’m in the same spot. All of the gnashing of teeth about Whiz and we end up worse in retrospect with Gef.I didn't want Whiz, but it's for sure now that he would have been better than Collins
I think about that sometimes. I think we'd be a dull 5-7 type team by now. Recruiting would probably be worse (but somewhat improved from CPJ). Execution would probably be better.God I wish we had hired Whisenhunt instead of Gef.
I'm basing my opinions on my eyes, the things I see from our OLs and the things I don't see from them.What are you basing your opinion on?
The legwork and numbers for the improved OL recruiting have been noted here extensively already. Now can he coach them up? That's an argument you could make, but there's no doubt he's improved our OL recruiting to new levels. If you read KQ's stuff, many linemen talk about how great of a coach Key is and how they'd love to play for him. He was under Saban for years, he's got a record of putting guys in the league.
I’m fine with giving the original assistants a shot. If the panned out, we would have looked like geniuses. Year 1 was going to be a ööööshow regardless. We could have maybe transitioned to a pistol or shotgun open team, but that would have delayed the inevitable. Year 2, especially with Covid, was going to be a crapshoot. We got players and stepped forward. Year 3, we had enough players to evaluate the coordinators. We didn’t look good. They got replaced. It’s football. CGC mishandled the fans and got burned. He can get better or the AD/assistants can field more questions. It’s fixable.I think about that sometimes. I think we'd be a dull 5-7 type team by now. Recruiting would probably be worse (but somewhat improved from CPJ). Execution would probably be better.
I still like the Geoff plan. I think the mistake was not insisting upon good assistants from day 1 and begging the donors for the money then.
Then again, you never know. If he convinced the right QB to come in, we maybe could have gotten a couple good seasons out of him.
uga is playing for the CFP with stetson bennett at QB.I think about that sometimes. I think we'd be a dull 5-7 type team by now. Recruiting would probably be worse (but somewhat improved from CPJ). Execution would probably be better.
I still like the Geoff plan. I think the mistake was not insisting upon good assistants from day 1 and begging the donors for the money then.
Then again, you never know. If he convinced the right QB to come in, we maybe could have gotten a couple good seasons out of him.
I have a better idea.just open up the wallets and bring on Cutcliffe as Offensive Coordinator
UCF canceled a game with us for no reason a few years ago and an SEC team canceled a game with us unilaterally last season. Just drop both games and line up replacements.I would also look to squeeze in some creampuffs for 2023. Shoot, I would try to replace Ole Miss or UCF next year with the worst team I could find. Pay Ole Miss to delay and take a trip to Uconn. Maybe give Ole Miss two home games to wait.