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Scouts and coaches can miss on a player evaluation and often do. But taken in aggregate as the ranking does, the hits and misses should tend to average out. So if your team is performing well below its talent ranking, that's an indictment of coaching and development. That's the really...

This post is spot on. When I heard coach say we had good practices this week (a seemingly rare occurrence), in the back of my mind my pessimistic side said "uh-oh". It does seem like our second-half swoons (or in Saturday's case, second quarter) are at least partly the result of getting...

The talent ranking is for folks who get excited about recruiting rankings and doesn't take into account imbalances by position. The ranking of 36 is about right when you factor in transfers. We have some talent concentration on offense, for example, our #1 and #2 QBs are both 4-stars, and...

Yes - just saw this in the AJC at https://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/sherrer-replaces-thacker-as-georgia-techs-defensive-coordinator/4GDYYCC3EZENJHTLDIICWROF7U/#:~:text=A%20Furman%20graduate%20and%20Cartersville,2021%20and%2085th%20in%202022. I had overlooked the fact that his contract is...

Thanks for reinforcing my points about misleading stats. What I am not sure about is our run game. Are teams selling out to stop the run, thus opening up more passing opportunities, or are we just bad at our run game? Or both?

I don't disagree with any of your statements. But there is an implication from some posters that our QB is above criticism, or that his actions played no part in our loss. I could be reading too much into those posts. I concede that “bad” was a poor choice of a word to describe our QB’s...

Should have put a /s after my comment, but thought it would be obvious. Apologies.

Well, hindsight is 20/20, and I wonder if Key is also now regretting his decision to retain Thacker at the end of last year. We’ll probably never know the whole story, but I still think Key had his doubts or he would not have brought in a co-DC. Had our defense not shown improvement during Key’s...

Just another random thought as to why Thacker was retained in some capacity…we are only weeks away from early signing day, and Thack has connections with several recruits – including our highest-rated one. Perhaps Key did not want to jeopardize his first recruiting class. ?

Why did you wait so long to tell us that Key was the wrong hire? I mean, you’re obviously the smartest poster on this board; you should post more often than once or twice every 8 years.

Agree that King was not the reason, or even the primary reason for the loss yesterday, but it was a team loss and virtually everyone shares some responsibility. While I continue to believe that King breathes life into our formerly abysmal offense, he did not have his best day yesterday, and I...

That’s a valid question and one others have also posted. Thoughts: Key got enough extra staffing $ to turn over most of the offense-side coaching staff but wasn’t able to stretch it enough to go further (and Thacker was relatively cheap); Key being a former O-lineman is comfortable making...

I like the move, but also think it's delusional to expect to now be able to go down to Miami and stonewall them. Their QB is playing at an elite level. I do hope and expect that our D plays with a sense of urgency and energy going forward. If we suddenly learn how to tackle, well, I will be...

I assume they are bandages from putting his fist through the wall.

Some fans are justifiably in a foul mood due to bad-loss hangover. I know I am. We could have announced we cleaned house and hired Saban and his staff as replacements - but they would have complained that he's too old. That said, I'm trying to see this move as somewhat planned in advance...

For all the posters critiquing this move, what would you suggest we should have done instead? Retain Thacker at DC? Fire all the coaches and start over mid-season? Dump Thacker completely and hire a new DC mid-season? There aren't a lot of solid DC resumes in circulation right now. Although...

Indeed. I haven't watched any of their games except the BC-FSU one, which apparently was a fluke.

We don't know that he didn't ask to be retained in some capacity while he gets his job search going. Happens all the time with executives. Also, I had predicted earlier that Sherrer may have been hired as a backstop to Thacker in the event this needed to happen. That's likely why he was made...

I watched the Duke-ND game last night, and these stats seem about right. Duke's defense is elite, despite not having any superstars. While they may have a bit more talent than us at a few key positions, it's not that significant on paper. My takeaway after yesterday is that we should throw...

Not going to respond to the Fire-the-Coachers or the Eeyores, but there is no sugarcoating this one. And I like the stats when they give true insight. The problem with many stats is that they are averages, and don't take into account other key aspects of the game. For example, between our...