I had the same reaction to CPJ's actions this week. Pretentious people who obsesses about grammar drive me crazy. It was clear to me on my first read that your post contained valuable information from a source close to the team. I also don't think you were being overtly negative - probably just more frustrated and advocating from a perspective that's not been expressed on the forum this week. Thanks for sharing.
Based on your comment, my knowledge of our offense's blocking schemes, and watching the way we executed against some of BC's defensive formations, I'm fairly confident that GT wasn't prepared for some of the formations that we saw. Furthermore, there's a correlation between BC's pre-snap weird formations and GT's play call. For example, the 3-3-1 was run primarily against the counter. Maybe that's coincidence. Or maybe BC analyzed CPJ's offense and found tendencies. . . it's not that far fetched. With a pretty limited playbook, many years of calling plays, and an offense designed to read certain defensive players & run towards the number advantage, it shouldn't be that hard to game our offense (in theory).
The 3-3-1 is a way to hack our offense. There's no way for the pulling the guard to know that the stacked MLB / S is going to be his guy unless they practice for it. The guy is coming from a different angle than a LB would so you can't just hit the first thing that crosses your face. The counter is the absolute worst play to run against this defense because the LBs were reading the guards / not flowing to the play fake. Not to mention, #71 wasn't the guy who made the mistake on this play. If anything, Will Bryan should have cut off the playside OLB. Very, very hard block. and depending on how it was called, that guy may have not been will's assigned block. My point is - that's on the coach. That's a blocking scheme error. And that defensive formation should have vulnerabilities elsewhere that we should be able to exploit with a pre-snap adjustment.
I thought Shamire Devine played a hell of a game. Not only was he effective, he played hard throughout the game. His pass-blocking is sooo good and probably the major reason why JT had time to throw the ball. I hate to say this, but Shamire should not have gone to Georgia Tech. He's an elite LT. He could of went to a pro-factory and signed an NFL contract for 10+ million next year. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he is at GT and i still think he has a bright future.
But, I don't agree with CPJ's handling of the offensive line this week. or a-backs. or his coaching staff. I'm just not that type of person. I don't think throwing your guys, your assistants, your players under the bus publically like that is an honorable thing to do. You can disagree with me and have a compelling reason for your stance, no doubt. And I'm sure CPJ doesn't care a lick about what I say. So, this is just my worthless opinion. I don't like the fact that CPJ is making 3+ million a year, 3rd highest in the ACC, and openly complains about the lack of funding for our facilities. Or the lack of money to hire more assistants.
I don't like the fact that Shamire's weight seems to be public knowledge throughout the year. Or that CPJ has such little faith publically in his offensive line. I don't like the way that CPJ suggests that #71 wasn't firing off the ball or hitting people, because he's actually good at those things. If he struggles, it's when he's in space. He's a 5* talent player. If he isn't working for CPJ at guard, then CPJ should move Shamire or modify Shamire's roll. But CPJ is way too inflexible to ever consider changing his offense. And he can't replace Shamire because he's way too stubborn to close on a player like Jordan Johnson, who was very talented but perhaps ideologically opposed to johnson's POV. He doesn't have the persona to land a big name guy like Campbell. He doesn't seem to have a good track record retaining players, especially along the Oline. Remember, there were rumors c griffin was transferring before he got injured. Gary Brown. Phil Smith. Nick Claytor. . . that's just off the top of my head. None of these things would be detrimental by themselves, but are we really to believe that in CPJ's 9 seasons, there's only been one offensive lineman who did what CPJ told him to do? At what point does the o-line isn't blocking narrative come into question?
