What needs to change in 2022?

Tech needs to change conferences. Based on the performance of the defense, the Big 12 might be Tech's best fit.
 
A quicker hook for QB1 when he starts getting generous with the football (turnovers), forgetting his own snap count and being surprised that the ball is hurtling towards his chest, one hopping the ball on the turf, or stepping out of bounds at n-1 when n= the line to gain for a 1st down, (n+1 if you’re past the 50 yd line).
 
Maybe not the right thread for a serious response, but on defense we need to be more varied. We went to the 404 front (go back and read my posts, I liked the move) and never went back and never varied the calls behind it drastically enough so once our opponents had the UNC tape, we never countered their counters. Of course our free lancing safeties weren't helping matters and our DL just seemed to quit. I thought our LB play was average.

With Thacker, I've come to expect the offense to go through our defense like butter on the first drive or two, our adjustment to slow them down for a few drives, then once the opposing OC catches on to what we're doing that we have no answer late (or our players get gassed from being on the field all the time). This trend needs to change.
 
BuzzedATL said:
Season hinges on 3 factors:

1. improved OL play - need this unit to protect Jeff better. The good news is Chip Long’s offense gets the ball out very fast. Patenaude’s philosophy, in my opinion, relied too heavily on long developing plays that our OL couldn’t block long enough for, and Jeff was being forced to make multiple reads under duress before getting the ball out which hurt his decision making and the offense in general. If the OL can improve even just slightly, I think the offense will look worlds better. That leads me to my second factor:

2. The New offense needs to play to our roster’s strengths AND weaknesses - like I said before we need to get the ball out faster for our OL. Jeff needs to run it more too. He is an elite running QB. Hopefully Chip Long’s quicker tempo and quicker developing plays leads to some gained efficiency and fewer 3 and outs. We need to stay on the field longer which will greatly help out my third and final factor:

3. Defense, especially the secondary, needs to get to JUST average. The offense will help out a lot if they can get it together. If defense can just be AVERAGE, middle of the pack ACC, we can get to a bowl.

where are the wins? WCU Duke VT UVA UNC need to be wins.

the tossups: UCF, Pitt, Miami, FSU

the likely out of reach: ole miss, Clemson, uga

Get our Five wins, take one tossup, play the rest competitively and that’s a good season for Geoff to build on. Should help a lot with recruiting.
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A very rational and well-reasoned take.
 
TechRush said:
Tech needs to change conferences. Based on the performance of the defense, the Big 12 might be Tech's best fit.
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Not going to happen for Tech. #1 reason we can't afford the exit fee. Next the ACC teams that other conferences want begin with, Clemson, Miami , FSU, ND. TBH, I do not think that any ACC teams will be moving is because of the exit fee.
 
Patenaude needs to get the ball in Gibbs’ hands more.
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