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  1. swampsting

    Hire Fast, Fire Slow?

    One difference between corporate world and sports: You might turn your work force over every few years in the corporate world You will turn over your work force (the players) every 4-5 years in college athletics
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    Coaching Upgrade?

    UTSA might disagree after Lucas threw for 333 and 3 TDs against them in SDSU's bowl game. But it's hard to be even a decent QB with a bad offensive plan and a sieve of an OL.
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    CGC on 680 this AM

    Saban uses his press conferences to talk to a number of audiences — the press, whom he apparently has varying levels of disdain for, the fans and at times his own players. For example, rat poison, and at times "yummy" rat poison. Some coaches know how to use that to convey their message. CGC did...
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    CGC on 680 this AM

    The problem with that is the press records and then turns that around to the fans. So the end user and consumer of press conferences are the fans. The press is there, ostensibly, to ask questions to produce the answers that ultimately will be for the fans. If he just wanted to talk to the...
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    Going on the Record

    We have seven players left from each of the 18 and 19 signing classes, guys who, under normal circumstances, would be redshirt seniors and seniors. The guys from the 2017 class would be COVID redshirt seniors. But none of them are left. That's not a lot of guys to call upon for senior leadership.
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    Transfer Portal: Who's Coming and Going (2022 Roster)

    But frankly, doesn't it all come down to that, for the most part? Say, for instance, "The talent level is bad" - why isn't that on the coaches for either being poor evaluators or not bringing in better talent? You can coach up lesser talent - we've seen it happen. We've also seen teams with...
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    Way too early forecasts

    The bad thing about that is it doesn't take into account strength of schedule (brutal) and coaching (also brutal - until shown not to be brutal. But as long as the same guy sits atop the organization, I'm going to the default setting of brutal).
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    Coaching Upgrade?

    I am not going to call any of the new coaches upgrades until they show that they are in fact upgrades. Right now, they're just different than what we had.
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    Rate: Strength Coach Lew Caralla

    We looked weak and slow, especially on the OL.. That S&C staff either better get better at what they do or change the offense to fit our long list of shortcomings. Besides, what coach doesn't say they want to be physical? "We don't want to hurt the defense?"
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    We need to jump ship

    I still think the ACC is banking on the March Madness cash cow.
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    We need to jump ship

    I don't get all the thrill of a push for the Big 10. Maybe I just don't look forward to away games in November in West Lafayette or Bloomington or Piscataway. Besides, when the Big 12 does eventually break up, the ACC will make a play for Kansas to solidify itself as the No. 1 basketball...
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    We need to jump ship

    Georgia wouldn’t tinkle on us if we were on fire
  13. swampsting

    Mostly “Fire Geoff Collins”, some reminiscing, maybe bourbon or other distractions

    I appreciate and am jealous - also wary - of your optimism. The last three years have drained my tank of such. I have none.
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    Collins on Packer & Durham

    Ok, back to that segment. Love how packer chewed up two plus minutes talking about Weinke's play action skills. Collins sat there almost mummified. Best part of the interview.
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    Suddes

    Not the original Morpheus. The guy who followed him. And this is the latest roster from ramblinwreck.com. https://ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/roster/
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    Rate: Strength Coach Lew Caralla

    One more Guyton story. Homecoming game his senior year - he scored a TD on offense, a TD on defense and a TD on special teams. Oh, and he was named homecoming king at halftime. I knew he'd be a good pro player. He had the length, the quickness and the heart.
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    Suddes

    Has anyone else noticed that the director of applied sports science, one of CGC's early off field hires, and the social media specialist "Morpheus" replacement also have left the program?
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    Rate: Strength Coach Lew Caralla

    Two quick stories about Guyton. One, there was a big Georgia booster at his signing with Tech. Why? Because that guy was the lifeguard at the rec pool one day and pulled Gary off the bottom of the pool. Saved his life. Two, and this is one of the great all time examples of sportsmanship. Gary's...
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    Suddes

    Need wins. 3 win seasons are getting old.
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    Collins on Packer & Durham

    If it is 5, those will be his last 5 at Tech.
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