New DC - Blake Gideon

midatlantech said:
Syracuse knows the Tech game is big for both schools and he hired an informant.
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Syracuse had us pretty much figured out last time, so not sure they need an informant. They owned us until the last few minutes when we managed to make the final score look respectable. I agree: big game, certainly for us.
 
Vespidie said:
We must have taken "Tech Man" off the hiring sheet. Otherwise some o' the peeps would be squealing.
BTW....I hear that Blake is Lively.
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No one wants Tech men disqualified. We’re just tired of it being the first name out of everyone’s mouth. Hire the best guy available, period. Enough of this “will he understand Tech” bullshit — you know what he shouldn’t know? How things have been done here most of the last 50 years. Hire guys who know what’s been done at Ohio State, Bama, Michigan, and (puke) Georgia. Like CBK has done.
 
BuzzCzar said:
:bigcry:

Would you like to make a wager as to your supposed omniscience regarding our next KO return or punt return TD? If not, you're a clown. A very thin-skinned, overly sensitive, and apparently stupidly boastful one.
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I was right. A self loathing puss. Imagine how miserable one is in real life if you can’t even have fun with something as meaningless as a college football team.
 
justafan said:
No DC experience is a bit concerning. Hopefully a rising star. We have a DL crisis so I'll take it as a good sign if he finds a way to address it.
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Architorture23 said:
I think he checks every box except we don't know how good of a play-caller he is. That's just something we'll have take a risk on. But the guy can coach positions and he can definitely recruit and he has good experience at great programs under great DCs and HCs.
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33jacket said:
No past production to rely on. Will be a crap shoot. May be good. May be ok. May be a disaster. We don’t know. He hasn’t owned a defense, owned a gameplan, owned consistent decisions throughout a game. I mean so many unknowns.

For me. Its just wait and see. Is he buster faulkner or is he jimmy lake.

Hopefully faulkner.
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LaFlavor said:
I think cautious optimism is warranted, with the needle moving more towards the optimism side than the cautious side. He has been successful in his role at a big time program. Key has been successful with these types of hires in the past. Obviously, there are no guarantees, but it looks like a good hire.

*Edit to add that I like the fact that he was a successful special teams coordinator in the past as well. Still no guarantees, but it's a plus that he's had that experience moving from a position coach to a DC.
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All true... many, many DCs are former DBs.... no stats or sources other than the casual observations of an OldeFarTekker.

Play calls, both offensive & defensive, are pretty much the end result of a collaborative group effort breaking down the opponent's tendencies. And just like I would prefer a former QB be the OC, I would much rather have a former DB doing this than a former DT/DE/LB. DBs, especially Safety's, have to have a bigger set of eyes than a DL, see the whole field and make the calls accordingly.

After this many years plying his craft with DBs, I think he'll do fine.
 
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