Why is Brent Key getting zero love on the boards?

TiftonJacket97

TiftonJacket97

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I am struggling with a number of names I am seeing on the boards regarding coach search. Being honest, our list is going to be short due to budget and academics. Personally, I really believe any candidate without any experience at Tech should not be considered unless you have coached at one of the academies.

So with that said, I see a lot of love to Ken W, Tony Elliott, Jeff Monken, and Brian Bohannon but nothing much about Brent Key.

Ken W is going to cost too much money, has not coached at the college level since 96. And I would not call his time with the Titans successful. Probably a really good OC but HC? To me, Ken is Chan Gailey all over again.

Elliott probably fits into the budget, brings a creative offensive mindset, but has zero experience at the school. And let's be honest the real coach at Clemson is Venables. Until he arrived and made that defense into what it is, Clemson found a way to lose 2 to 3 per year including several to our out going coach who has been hammered the last few years because of the Clemson D. So would Elliott be a Fedora or Kingsbury?

Monken and Bohannon would fit into the budget, know the school, and represent a less painful transition to a modern offense. But do we really believe they can achieve the success with this offense in a Power 5 conference.

All said, to me Key seems intriguing with risks. You know he would fit the budget, he played and succeeded here, and finally Saban made a place for him on his staff at Alabama. Just because he is at Bama doesn't mean he will succeed here.

But why not take a chance on a guy who has seen football success at the highest levels up close and personal. I get zero coaching experience but he was the OC and recruiting coordinator at UCF until 2016 so every kid that has won 25 straight he brought to that program.

Plus could he get Goose to come and be the OC? Key and Goose played together.

I want to hear what's the issue with looking at Key hard for this job?
 
Most of us think having some tie to the school doesn't really mean jack on your resume. So if he didn't have GT ties, would he be on the list? Probably not. And neither would Ken W.

Would Monken and Bohannon be on the list? Maybe Monken would, because Paul was on a list 11 years ago. But Bohannon wouldn't, imo.
 
Architorture23 said:
Most of us think having some tie to the school doesn't really mean jack on your resume. So if he didn't have GT ties, would he be on the list? Probably not. And neither would Ken W.

Would Monken and Bohannon be on the list? Maybe Monken would, because Paul was on a list 11 years ago. But Bohannon wouldn't, imo.
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My point about the school tie is not about loyalty but about understanding the culture and how academics impact what you can and can't do with recruiting. To me Gailey struggled terribly with restrictions and expectations which is why we were put on probation. Just saying up front getting somebody with an understanding of what they are going to face with the Hill would be a plus. Yet not seeing any comments on why Key should not get a strong look
 
The Tech man is related to understanding WTF you are getting into which is premised on nothing changing. But if nothing changes its kinda a big deal to have a good idea of what you are getting into.
 
TiftonJacket97 said:
My point about the school tie is not about loyalty but about understanding the culture and how academics impact what you can and can't do with recruiting. To me Gailey struggled terribly with restrictions and expectations which is why we were put on probation. Just saying up front getting somebody with an understanding of what they are going to face with the Hill would be a plus. Yet not seeing any comments on why Key should not get a strong look
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Or maybe we need somebody to come in and say "enough with those tired excuses" and go recruit some great players.
 
GTCrew said:
The Tech man is related to understanding WTF you are getting into which is premised on nothing changing. But if nothing changes its kinda a big deal to have a good idea of what you are getting into.
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Exactly. What better time to cast off those shackles of excuses than with a new hire who just might have some momentum to change things?

The worst that can happen is he finds out it tough to recruit? So what? Everybody already knows that. It is not a secret that only someone who went to or coached at GT is aware of.
 
Because when you are GT your candidates should be HCs or at least OC or DC.

Third tier schools hire position coaches as HC. You think Key is a Dabo who gets to skip from peon to boss? If TStan thinks its a good idea Ill give him the benefit of the doubt.
 
I can't recall the details but can definitely recall some bad blood between BK and GT. Perhaps someone can refresh on the details.
 
Architorture23 said:
Exactly. What better time to cast off those shackles of excuses than with a new hire who just might have some momentum to change things?

The worst that can happen is he finds out it tough to recruit? So what? Everybody already knows that. It is not a secret that only someone who went to or coached at GT is aware of.
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The fact that you describe reality as "tired excuses" that the previous coaches were just too stupid to "cast off" says all I need to know.
 
TiftonJacket97 said:
My point about the school tie is not about loyalty but about understanding the culture and how academics impact what you can and can't do with recruiting. To me Gailey struggled terribly with restrictions and expectations which is why we were put on probation. Just saying up front getting somebody with an understanding of what they are going to face with the Hill would be a plus. Yet not seeing any comments on why Key should not get a strong look
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There is nothing about Georgia Tech that a coach can't learn in a very short amount of time. Gailey had problems because we had moron administrators not doing their jobs.

Why would Key even be considered? He's done absolutely nothing to warrant an HC job.
 
GTCrew said:
The fact that you describe reality as "tired excuses" that the previous coaches were just too stupid to "cast off" says all I need to know.
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I've know all I needed to know about you for a long time.
 
just because he obviously pays money/favors to players, doesn't mean he deserves to be the head coach of our team.
 
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