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rghoae said:
My biggest problem is that through 4 DCs we haven't heard from the leadership why none of those defenses were successful.
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There have been comments from cpj about them all, but the gtaa hasn't (and shouldn't) explain it.

Iirc:

Cpj said that players came to him about having issues with wommack. He didn't explain exactly what the issues were though. He asked him to to step down, but wommack decided to depart instead.

Cpj said the issue with groh is that the players couldn't pick up all the info with the time they had. He talked to groh (and mentioned in interviews repeatedly) that they needed to simplify. Groh couldn't simplify enough that they players could retain all of the information. Players would be out of position and lining up incorrectly repeatedly.

For roof, i dunno about how often it was an issue, but one of the guys in the secondary wanted to simplify the schemes last year and went to roof about it. He went with it and simplified for the second half of 2016 but wanted to get fancy again for 17. I suspect roof was getting some fancy packages in that were either too complex or not working.

Seems like the trend is the schemes or plans not getting absorbed by the players.
 
QuadF said:
Data for the last few years doesn't support the argument that we've has DL issues for decades. Not saying you're wrong, but if you're trying to make a larger point about dcs under cpj or gt in general, the data provided is insufficient.
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Our best defensive rankings in 10 years have been 60th, 66th, and 70th:
For what it’s worth, the three highest rankings for defensive efficiency (by the metrics of the Football Outsiders website) in Johnson’s 10 seasons took place under Roof’s watch.

What those rankings were, though, is the issue going forward for Tech – 60th, 66th and 70th.
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https://www.myajc.com/sports/colleg...defensive-coordinator/8ZU3MT16lWKjLeE79g65YJ/
 
rghoae said:
Our D was pretty bad.

That being said, the real question is why our D has been bad under 4 different DCs.

Is it recruiting? Is it scheme? Is it leadership? Does it have something to do with our offense?

Scheme/leadership sound unlikely because we have had 4 different leaders/schemes. The leaders include people who have in the past been made head coaches on the basis of their defense.

Is it recruiting? Then the problem may not be the DC themselves. Has the problem got something to do with our offense? Then we need to accept that our equalizing offense includes a poorer defense and balance it out. Or potentially try and identify why the offense leads to this and try and mitigate those issues.

My biggest problem is that through 4 DCs we haven't heard from the leadership why none of those defenses were successful.

Also, since we've now gotten rid of 4 DCs who thinks that even an upcoming DC is gonna take a risk with us? We have basically become DC killers. It would have been much smarter to get Roof an assistant we paid a lot of money to so they could get promoted to the position and not take full responsibility for failure.

On the positive side the expectations are gonna be real low.
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We are hiring CPJ’s fourth DC not firing him.
 
Most college programs go through ups and downs due to player turnover and injuries. Over CPJ's tenure, Tech's success has consistently reflected the potency of the offense, while the defense has been predictably mediocre. I don't know if it's possible to have a consistently strong defense at Tech, but it would be nice to get some "up" years on the defensive side to offset the youth and injuries that hold the offense back at times.
 
The 3rd down efficiency stat can be bogus. In the Duke and mutt game, they got 1st downs without needing to go three downs.

I hate that Roof had to go. He was one of us and personally one of my favorite players and seemed to be a good recuiter, but I know it was time.
 
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