In no way do I blame those kids, because they bust their asses all year long to put on a show for us and I know they're hurting inside right now, but all this falls back onto the coaching staff. At some point you gotta cut out the buddy buddy Sh.it. and be a figure of authority. I imagine that if it were Nick Saban I imagine smoke and fire coming from every hole in his head.
CGC needs to get ahead of this problem before the fans begin to turn on him. He knows what expectations come with this program and fanbase. And he has to be open minded to criticism.
First, we wouldn’t have to wait until after the game for Satan to choke out his OC. It would have occurred on the sideline. The PF bubbas would have been found on the bench, even the ones that were not flagged.
Secondly, CGC’s problem is there’s not real opportunity to respond to criticism because of the way he has promoted the program. It’s not technical, analytical, breakdown of fundamentals, etc it’s culture laced hypey blather so what’s going to be the response to the Citadel debacle? More blather? It won’t sell with those of us debased on here for not being hype monsters & buying into it.
I want to see a disciplined, well coached team. Sure we’ll get beaten because our talent is lacking some times (maybe more times than we’d like), some times it will be bad luck, etc. Get beat like a man if you’re gonna get beat. Getting beaten when you are ill-disciplined is a bad look when you’re trying to get your system installed. A very bad look. We don’t play dirty at GT and certainly should not against a clean program and absolutely not the 4 times we actually got caught.
I want to see good decision-making and in game decisions. Don’t bench the hot hand. Don’t bench the ACC LB’er of the week. I really don’t care if the guy wins practice if he folds like a cheap tent on the field. Put that guy in when the game’s out of reach as a reward or after injury/when someone needs some O2. If you win practice and win on the field you get more playing time, maybe snatch the starter’s spot.
For Pete’s sake, know the damn game rules. Basic damn game rules should be like the back of your hand, your QBs hand, etc. C’mon, nobody should even have to say that. We didn’t know the rules & in this case it cost us the team the embarrassment of being the 2nd GT team to lose to an FCS team not to mention a winless FCS team.
If that’s not what we get at Temple, that will speak volumes.