Post game Discussion 9.30.2023

77GTFan said:
I still think the opportunity Key missed was after the reaching tackle that was called a horse collar, followed by more reaching and wide open receivers on simple delays over the middle. After about the third first down with us up 14-0 he should have called time out and gathered the whole team and lit into them. If not then, then immediately after on its next possession the offense had a lame three and out. If the head coach had used his leadership ability and recognized his team wanted the game to be easy and was giving half-hearted effort he could have gotten their attention and won the crowd’s support.

Instead he seemed to do little to change the level of effort. I thought his unwillingness to play Pyron at a time the backup deserved his chance after the pick six and 38-0 run smacked of insecurity. So does his demotion of his defensive coordinator today. You can say you take the blame all you want but today’s action appeases angry fans, points the finger at Packer as the culprit for the loss, and almost any intelligent person would predict will create issues in the locker room. I am disappointed in how he has handled the last two days.
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I agree. You don’t demote a man in front of the whole fanbase and the locker room and expect no problems to arise. Now you’re dividing the defense, are you Thacker’s player or Sherrer’s player. Yes we have to pay him to leave but either fire him or tell him he’s got to do a better job and keep him. Demotion was a weak action of a man who looks like he’s way over his head. He wasn’t like this last year when the expectations were low and I don’t know if he’s too scared to make the tough calls now that it’s his job to lose or if he’s fooled us into thinking he’s got the mettle for it.
 
Akinji07 said:
I agree. You don’t demote a man in front of the whole fanbase and the locker room and expect no problems to arise. Now you’re dividing the defense, are you Thacker’s player or Sherrer’s player. Yes we have to pay him to leave but either fire him or tell him he’s got to do a better job and keep him. Demotion was a weak action of a man who looks like he’s way over his head. He wasn’t like this last year when the expectations were low and I don’t know if he’s too scared to make the tough calls now that it’s his job to lose or if he’s fooled us into thinking he’s got the mettle for it.
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I think the only reason why he has a job is because he's heavily involved with this year's incoming recruiting class. He is a decent recruiter. Now if he remains to next year will be the question. I don't think he makes it.
 
Akinji07 said:
I agree. You don’t demote a man in front of the whole fanbase and the locker room and expect no problems to arise. Now you’re dividing the defense, are you Thacker’s player or Sherrer’s player. Yes we have to pay him to leave but either fire him or tell him he’s got to do a better job and keep him. Demotion was a weak action of a man who looks like he’s way over his head. He wasn’t like this last year when the expectations were low and I don’t know if he’s too scared to make the tough calls now that it’s his job to lose or if he’s fooled us into thinking he’s got the mettle for it.
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I am surprised Key kept him as a position coach and I am surprised Thacker chose to stay. This has to be awkward going forward.
Who coaches the linebackers now that Sherrer is the Defensive Coordinator?
 
gt9589 said:
I think the only reason why he has a job is because he's heavily involved with this year's incoming recruiting class. He is a decent recruiter. Now if he remains to next year will be the question. I don't think he makes it.
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I will be shocked if Thacker is coaching at a P5 school next season.
 
JJacket said:
And another complaint. We are so ööööing amateur for the whole stadium experience.

1) the North Avenue pregame setup absolutely sucks balls. The band march in with the wreck and playing on the stairs has been destroyed. Literally NOBODY CARES about the Wreck and band playing on North Avenue. You can't see a ööööing thing. The stairs at Callaway worked because it was a visible performance, not guys standing on a corner line cheap whores.
If I were UGAg, I would ABSOLUTELY try to have my band play the stairs at Callaway. One big F-U GT. As their DT Adams said to Yates "you guys are so unprepared". It shows in our pregame "festivities"
2) the handling of our recruits is a disorganized ööööing mess. Jesus F Christ sitting there watching us try to corral them like they are a heard of cats. We directed them to one narrow stairway and kind of randomly put them in the west stands, I suppose. It was a öööö show. Crowd them into a funnel and pack the area where the band comes out. Took 20 minutes to get them sorted. Embarrassing



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And look at that crowd!


3) and I don't need 130 decibel gameday PA. And nobody likes your öööö music. And did we blare Luke Bryan at one point? I am concerned that GT football has now become a psychological study by the CIA to see how far a man can be pushed and prodded before leaping from the north deck. Don't worry, I wouldn't jump. We aren't worth it. I'd just get hot pointed sticks and poke my eyes and ears out.

4) sat down to drink my Coke Zero from the LW burger grill. Absolutely flat. öööö. The burger was about what you'd get in a high school cafeteria. Fries were OK though.

5) I am drinking beer while UGAg massacres us. There is no fight in me. It won't be close. They are right. They are superior.
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In the last 15 years or so I've observed that GT fans are 'fashionably' late to games (both fans and students). I just don't get it. Other fan bases and their home stadiums are almost full even 20-30min before kick off. It gets worse every year. It fills in finally half way through the 1st qtr. Whether at BDS or the Dome, it's always like that. It's embarrassing.
 
BrentwoodJacket said:
Faulkner is limited by the weakness of the offensive line.
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Then why does he keep changing plays to run into the interior for no gain when we clearly need something with potential. It's not a scrimmage. You can practice giving the OL more challenges at practice. Game time we need to be creative all game long. Run more option. Run more play action. Throw more quick hitters. Loosen the opposing D up. Get people into space. Make them play your game. Quit being so predictable. Is it the playbook? That was P-Nod's excuse his first year or two. 'Haven't had time to implement the full playbook.' Didn't quite buy that then and wouldn't buy it now.
 
BrentwoodJacket said:
I am surprised Key kept him as a position coach and I am surprised Thacker chose to stay. This has to be awkward going forward.
Who coaches the linebackers now that Sherrer is the Defensive Coordinator?
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I'm pretty sure he's still coaching the linebackers. Most coordinators double as coordinators and position coaches in college.
 
gnats67 said:
Then why does he keep changing plays to run into the interior for no gain when we clearly need something with potential.
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the constant interior runs that get stuffed are a head scratcher to me. how is o-line so bad they cant create some holes, and why do we keep running those plays with such low success rate.
"Georgia Tech, favored by 22 1/2 points, was overwhelmed after taking a 14-0 lead. Bowling Green (2-3) scored the next 38 points to claim its first win over an active member of the Atlantic Coast Conference"
this the worst part to me, we're continuing clown's trend of setting embarrassing records.
and blame defense all you want, they deserve it, but it's also tough when your defense is on the field the whole game cuz offense keeps going 3 and out and kills time of possession battle.
 
77GTFan said:
I still think the opportunity Key missed was after the reaching tackle that was called a horse collar, followed by more reaching and wide open receivers on simple delays over the middle. After about the third first down with us up 14-0 he should have called time out and gathered the whole team and lit into them. If not then, then immediately after on its next possession the offense had a lame three and out. If the head coach had used his leadership ability and recognized his team wanted the game to be easy and was giving half-hearted effort he could have gotten their attention and won the crowd’s support.

Instead he seemed to do little to change the level of effort. I thought his unwillingness to play Pyron at a time the backup deserved his chance after the pick six and 38-0 run smacked of insecurity. So does his demotion of his defensive coordinator today. You can say you take the blame all you want but today’s action appeases angry fans, points the finger at Packer as the culprit for the loss, and almost any intelligent person would predict will create issues in the locker room. I am disappointed in how he has handled the last two days.
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He hired a "waiting in the wings" replacement. He didn't fire Thacker. Nobody yanked off the field and sent to ride the pine.

There's smoke.
 
Reminder that Nick Saban, Brent Key’s mentor, went 6-6 in his first season and dropped a game to ULM.

We still have time to have a great season and great future. BG was not even close to the worst loss ever.
 
stinger78 said:
Who is saying the I didn’t have issues?

Were we not behind, the O would have put 31 points on the board. As it was we missed of a 2-point conversion and a 4th and 1 at the BG 14. That’s 4 points we otherwise would have had. IMPO, 31 points was enough to beat BG, even though we should have scored 50 on them. So, even though there was plenty for them to work on, they weren’t the cause of the loss.

This is reminiscent of folks blaming CPJs O for not scoring 45 points when the D was giving up 42.
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Had the offense not öööö the bed after the first two scores we wouldn’t have been behind.
 
GTRules said:
Had the offense not öööö the bed after the first two scores we wouldn’t have been behind.
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I am agreeing with you, for the most part. Why are you continuing to argue? I won’t lay responsibility on the O, though, as they scored pretty much 31 points. Even with their mistakes that should have been enough to beat an FCS program. The problem was the D only made 2 stops each half… against an FCS program.
 
76tornados said:
Wasn’t Faulkner the OC there then?
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First full season.
I stand corrected - Blue Raiders won 8 games and did not go to a bowl.
Looking back at that 2012 game - and I remembered how confident Rick Stockstill sounded in his pregame chat with GT Radio - it was 21-21 at the half and it was 35-28 with 11 minutes to go. But we gave up 510 yards that day and lost three fumbles.
 
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