What's missing?

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What\'s missing?

George Godsey had a tremendous 2 year career as a starter at Georgia Tech. There were many big plays and big wins. However, the play that stands out to my the most during his tenure was not in a game. It was during the middle of spring practice '00. The team was working on goal-line offense and Godsey rolled out and headed for the endzone. Chris Young was standing in his way, and Godsey lowered his pads and knocked Young on his arse as GG walked into the endzone. The offense went crazy and a leader was born.

George Godsey was a great leader, he played with confidence and intensity. I'm not sure I see that right now at the QB position. Suggs has some decent tools and makes some plays here and there. But it doesn't appear that he has that extra spunk necessary to lead a team.

IMHO, an offense takes on the personality of it's quarterback. If he believes, they believe and vice versa. Bilbo doesn't know the things necessary to lead this team to victory on a consistent basis, but he does seem to have the natural charisma of a leader. That might be a good place for our offense to start.

Coaches evaluate the physical and mental performance of a QB in practice, but they can't measure his ability to lead an offense on gameday. IMHO, that is the most important piece of the equation. Hopefully, it will be a factor in the coaches' decision-making process.
 
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What's missing is leadership. Both from the coaches and on the field. That was a game that TECH had no business losing. The better team lost and frankly my trust in this coaching staff is on par with my trust in Dan Reeves (which isn't much).

I think the '02 season is shot folks.
 
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Bingo, Bingo you (as usual) GOT IT AXE !
Couple of more points:

1. AJ has now had THREE opportunities to make a late comeback for a win (once vs Clemson, and TWICE vs Wake (the fumbled snap and the incompletions).....0-3 in late comebacks.

2. THIS is what chafes me.....I just read in the AJC, that the reason Bilbo didn't get in at the end is because he HASN'T PRACTICED THE 2 MIN OFFENSE enough !@!! ??? !!! HUH ??? WHY NOT ??
Give me a break - this is BS - and for the first time, I am MAD at the coaching staff, under ANY circumstances, BOTH QBS SHOULD PRACTICE THE TWO MIN OFFENSE !!!!!!! I don't care if SUggs is the next John Elway = the back up needs the necessary practice at the 2 minute offense - if nothing else - in case of injury

3. I have heard the arguments against Bilbo (doesn't know the offense....Doesn't have the whole package etc etc), well, I just witnessed Wake POUND us, with a grand total of about 8 plays!!!!

4. If we use Bilbo, we may lose (because of #3)...Well, this hasn't been expressly said, but thats the obvious implication...well, guess what coaches - WE're LOSING NOW !!!!!

5. I recall when S Jones started as a true frosh - and yes he made some mistakes ( I still recall that NCSU game, FWIW I sat next to his dad the whole game) - as did J Hamilton...But it PAID OFF didn't it ???

6. I do believe Bilbo will make some mistakes - but we're MAKING MISTAKES NOW !!!!!!!!!

7. We need a change and we need it now. Period.
We're just not getting it done at QB. Period
 
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One more thing - NOT going for it on the 50 yd line was one of the WHIMPIEST calls I have ever seen

We knew that our D couldn't stop Wake at that point...we NEEDED at least 3, maybe 7 at that point.

AND, FWIW, I believe if you can't get a foot on 4th down, you don't deserve to win anyway, but at least you gave yourself a CHANCE
 
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I agree on the 4th down call and I'm surprised there has not been more mention of it. I know Chan is a conservative guy, but by not going for this, he sent a 'no confidence' vote to the whole offense IMO. This play killed what little momentum we were building on when Wake took the ball, held it, and eventually got some more points.

I still don't get why we couldn't cover #15...fabian I can understand because of his speed, but the other guy looked like Kelly Campbell against Clemson 2 years ago- he must have caught 10 down and outs and we never were within 10 yards of him. Was he that fast that we were afraid of getting beat deep?
 
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We were playing a soft 3 zone (or at least I think that's what it was). The LB's and safties are supposed to jump in the flats while the CB's take the deep routes. WF outcoached us this weekend. The LB's and safties were so busy trying to stop the run they didn't have the time to get in the flats to help.
 
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Ok, so we're playing that soft D - then why not make any adjustments at the half ?

Having said that, I still believe it was the O at fault on sat - I mean, when is the last time you saw so many 3-out's at Tech ? Man, its been a loooooong time IMO......
 
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that talk about bilbo not knowing the plays is pure BS, are we going to teach them to him if aj went down in about a minute. give me a break.
 
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I agree re:Bilbo

What really iced it for me, was reading in the AJC that the reason Bilbo hasn't played at the end of these games (don't forget, Suggs has had THREE chances to win games at the end - once vs Clemmons, and twice vs Wake) - is because Bilbo hasn't practiced the 2 min offense enough...HUH ??

Then WHY NOT ! ? ! ? ! ?
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What are we missing?

Based purely on Saturdays game...

No leadership on offense... the leader was carted off the field near the end of the BYU game...

Lack of execution at QB.. I dont want to say that AJ doesnt have the talent... but I will say that we arent getting the job done at QB... erratic passing, poor decisions, mental mistakes... a week ago I wouldnt have said this, but today I say give Bilbo the shot...

Poor play selection on offense.. our offense is predictable, and to tell you the truth.. boring.. and I dont mean that I think we need to light it up passing... but I do think we need some variety... maybe O'Leary wasnt the problem with BOB last year...

Poor game prep on defense and offense... after the first drive... it seemed that Tech was in the ozone... Gailey didnt lead the team in this area..

Confidence... I am afraid the confidence of our team rested on the shoulders of Hollings and Gathers... I dont see alot of confidence.. even against a middle of the road ACC team...

I expect this to be BOB's last year on the flats... and I hope that either the light turns on for AJ... or he finds his way to the bench... Tenuta should apologize to everyone for the soft coverage on defense, and especially the defensive call on WF's last touchdown... there was no left tackle on defense... there was one linebacker on the whole left side... it was ridiculous... I couldnt believe it...

Two weeks ago everyone was talking about the character of the team in preparation for NC.. there is no doubt this team has character... but there is also no doubt that this team also has problems... if they arent addressed NOW... the season is going to be over quickly...
 
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