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As has been stated before, our offense has gotten stale and predictable. Our defensive philosophy of bend but don't break, is broken. It will be hard to get a new HC in here but not a more aggressive DC. CPJ needs to update his offense and bring some excitement to the program.
As has been stated before, our offense has gotten stale and predictable.
The dog, I think, is over in Athens. My bet is that there is none in Johnson. He won't quit because he thinks he can fix it. If there is a problem in hiring Roof it is that he is a GT man and that is hard to overcome "with the base", so to speak. And I have no clue even whether anything should happen with Roof. Just that it is depressing and stressful every time we give up the football.I'm getting with the poster. I was where I would schedule things around the game so I could watch it. Not saying I won't watch the next game but now if something else comes up that sounds like fun, then to hell with the game (UGA game being the exception). I like CPJ and think he is he is very good play caller ( Clynch and Jeune pass plays were good calls by coach on plays we have not seen this year) , but besides 14, the last few years have been pretty bad, and the defense has been awful. We used to could count on the offense to at least to make it a shoot out. The last two years they seem to screw up so we throw points away. I wonder what is running through CPJ's mind. He has had a good career, he has basically said this is his last stop, and he has probably reached as high as he is going to go and passed up opportunities to go higher for family and lifestyle reasons. He also is starting to talk like someone ready to retire given he is not holding anything back. Is it possible he says to heck with it and retires? I wouldn't blame him and would tell him it's not a bad choice.
If Johnson is to be believed and if my eyes are to be believed, give or take windage, it is not a triple option offense. Option, yes. But many of our best scrimmage plays have been quick tosses to A backs, options to the B back, toss to the B back, with an occasional triple option mixed in. So I guess you are saying we need to make it the routine staple of the offense, three out of four or some such. But it's not clear to me. The points seem mutually exclusive: more triple option, but less triple option for recruiting ... this really is a deceptive offense after all. But the sad truth is Johnson can fire off howitzers on offense but when we have to give the ball back ... well, we see what happens.The other thing is the offense. I don't see us truly committing to the TO to the level we need to be and make it successful. I mean, building a program around. I spoke with a number of folks offline and some from other programs like UT and Alabama that I know. They all said the same thing ... great offense when it works. But, you can't recruit it, so it becomes a vicious cycle of ever smaller players.
One alum put it this way ... "Every player who loves the game will try to be the best. And that means NFL. And he may never play in the NFL. But at least he is exposed to how the pro game is played and players developed." He went on to add that giving the finger to the NFL and sticking to the TO is not a good way to endear players....
If Johnson is to be believed and if my eyes are to be believed, give or take windage, it is not a triple option offense.
As has been stated before, our offense has gotten stale and predictable.
CPJ needs to update his offense and bring some excitement to the program.
If you think our talent level on defense right now is at the level of being dead last in the entire country on 3rd down % and that a very slightly higher rated recruited class coming in is going to greatly improve that...I buy season tickets as well and will continue to buy them and want CPJ to stay. But like the OP, wait until next year and hope we get the recruits some of you guys believe we are getting. Right now our talent level on defense is abysmal. Not defending Roof or pointed fingers but we don't have the players needed to compete with teams above Vandy and Duke. Also worried about QB which is critical to our offense as is the case with most offenses.
People who want a new offense just hate their lives and want to find something to ***** about. Its obvious the offense is not the problem.
Respectfully disagree due to the fact that it is more than just what happens on Saturday.
Our system, in recruiting circles, has gotten the "knock" on it. On both D & O. And it makes recruiting more difficult.
And if we lose a game, the O did not score enough & the D did not stop the other team enough.