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Well, there is a contradiction for you. If he can't win with them why recruit them? Look, all this stuff is basically Spy vs. Spy -- probably dated myself -- your coach vs. my coach and his scheme against your scheme or some such. I like the under-center and unconventional triple option --...

Not what I said at all. I said or tried to say that those players had skills that could have been used as a good coach would do as he installed his system. And frankly I seriously doubt Collins could coach the option based on our offense so far.

There is no question the players from Johnson's scheme did not fit well with Collins' offense. It is also true that Collins made no effort to adjust his expectations and offense to take advantage of what they brought to the table. I have never read or heard any different than a good coach fits...

Well, damn.

Okay. Not a problem. And if I can do a hummingbird, am I the only one who thinks today's game is a golden -- pardon the pun -- opportunity for Georgia Tech to step up and compete with a Notre Dame team I again feel is overrated? (It should be a recruiting mantra for them: "Come to Notre Dame...

Understood. But this defense? Let's get a defense first.

The press ought to get "difficult" immediately. As the Athletic reporter braced Swinney when he whined about Syracuse coverage when everybody and his 4th cousin could see Clemson was flatter than yesterday's beer, "We are not here to ask positive questions all the time." Coaches get paid a lot...

Right now I don't think Collins ought to be breaking out the Black Watch, else that reputation will be shattered forever.

Maybe it is time for the head ball coach to decide whether he wants a playmaker or a game manager at QB. Given our luck so far, I would opt for the game manager and if I recall from two years ago when I forced myself to watch two recorded Temple games, a game manager is what he had. Not a great...

We have been talking about defensive coordinators since God made dirt. To paraphase a former campaign advisor, it's the players, stupid. We just have to face up to it.

Time flies. Miller once "coached" young kids in ball drills to perform at college halftimes. More interestingly, his uncle coached at New Hanover High School in Wilmington, N.C. -- Trot Nixon was one of his products -- who after losing to a FG reluctantly went to the soccer team to recruit what...

You just gave us the new slogan: "He's Likable".

I appreciated the skill needed for the under-center triple option, and the beauty of it in execution. I would like to be wrong but we will never see it again in P5 competition, and one of the reasons is attendance. It requires football savants to appreciate it, and winning to sustain it. (by...

I agree with most of this, though admittedly I thought, and think, the Collins hire was a mistake, driven mostly by the fact he coached in Atlanta a couple of years. Regardless, four years is a good window but the problem is they gave him seven. In the meantime a little enthusiasm on the...

Well, okay. But the "previous" staff also put a outstanding offensive guard and one of the NFL's best tight ends into play, and neither was highly recruited out of HS. Alabama or Georgia it is not, but they could play for anybody by the time they finished at Tech.

It makes the whining about no longer relevant.

We really need to stop enabling the coach and whining about the roster. Collins said it was his dream job, and he took it. Nobody twisted his arm; the scholarship roster was known; his schedule was known. Now to coin a phrase we need to shut up and dribble.

Well, okay. But "limiting possessions" means getting first downs and starting over. We had no chance against Clemson, and for the second time in five years I thought we quit. In fairness, after an early string of success followed by a losing streak, Johnson was told GT was "not doing very well...

By the way, and this is purely subjective and personal and has nothing to do with coaching. Collins does not look like a coach on the sideline. He just doesn't. He looks like a chunky strength coach handed a headset who will choke if he shows any enthusiasm. Like I said, it is personal. I just...

He has routinely pulled him after the first series of the second half. If he plays him less than that there is no reason for him to have played at Clemson. The backup got dinked in practices. The No. 3 got hurt after two series in the second half. (Maybe he should just play one series?) Try...