I believe the same thing was said about every opposing coach. That is, the speed and quickness of the offense and how it could not be replicated in practice and thus was always a surprise starting with the first play. Couple with the quickness of its execution under Thomas it must be a windstorm out there when the ball is snapped.
Burden is a STAR. I remember preseason last year Eric saying something to the effect of "he comes off the ball like he was shot out of a cannon, and is a destroyer at the second level".
retorcly )me for suggesting the possibility - burden to right guard?
:And some people think he doesn't know football.
Does anyone else share the impression I have that Richt and CPJ respect each other? I have never seen either of them feel the need to talk trash about the other. And, as someone already said, Richt clearly understands the nature of Tech's offense as well as the fact that everybody does cut blocking.Turned out I'm the joker who went and dug up a pretty complete transcript of that 2014 Ga Tech week Mark Richt presser. I referenced this earlier. Here are some excerpts you might enjoy.
Oh, and I dare you to try to read this in retrospect without grinning a sly grin
** Their offensive line is very impressive, three returning starters there. Actually nine -- excuse me, six returning starters offensively overall, but three are up front. And they average nearly 300 pounds. They're big, their athletic. In some years past they weren't quite as big as these guys, but they're bigger, stronger, faster than I've ever seen.
**We work on drills, you know, to work on cut blocks, and then, you know, we'll get some scout team work as well, but you just can't simulate it. You can't simulate how well they play offensive football and the way they block, and they're not always cutting. You know, and a lot of teams cut block, so it won't be the first time we'll play a cut block all year. But you know, on average they probably do it more than most people. But you have to – I just got a feeling we're going to have to play a series or two to really get a feel for how fast it happens, and not so much fast in between plays, but when that ball is snapped, how fast things happen, how fast they can get you on the ground, how fast they can be up on you. So it's going to be interesting to see. I mean we work hard to get our scout team to try to simulate it, but you just can't do it. You can't do it.
**I think just the original thing I was talking about as far as, you know, just how the game goes, I mean how you have to be ready every single snap, because any snap it could go to the house. If one guy makes a mistake or one guys decides he's not going to play good fundamentals this play or one guy decides he's going to do his own thing, bam, big play. Because you'll see a lot of three, four, three, two and a half, you know, and then bam, big play, pass or run. And that's what we gotta try to minimize, if possible.
completely agree
FWIW, I'm pretty sure Groh was actually the first to do it. I remember watching when he switched a DE to NG against you guys, and set him back a yard, and watched him wreak havoc on your system. I'm of the opinion that it was part of the reason that Johnson hired Groh in the first place. He saw that he was an x's and o's schemer that threw Johnson a curveball.
