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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 645065" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I said in another thread that it was obvious to me that Key was a good recruiter and an average OL coach. To see why, let's go back to those storied days of yesteryear: 2008.</p><p></p><p>In that year, Tech was playing the entire time with OLs recruited for a pro style O. And, to top everything off, lost both starting OTs (Brown and All-ACC Gardner) to injury during the year. This wasn't so bad for the right side; Nick Clayton stepped in just fine. On the left, Austin Barrick, a former TE, ended up playing for Gardner. Yet this OL was instrumental in getting Tech to the 3rd ranked rushing O in the country. (All this with, in addition, having 11 starters miss time during the season and starting 15 frosh and sophs during the year. And having the team predicted to go <em>3 - 9</em> due to the offensive transition and average D play in 2007.)</p><p></p><p>And who were the OL coaches who achieved the apparent miracle of changing a team built to run a multiple pro offense into a 9 - 3 offensive powerhouse? Why, Todd Spencer and - wait for it - Mike Sewak. And, since Todd was mainly working on recruiting, it was mostly Sewak. Apparently, taking OLs recruited for a (very) different O system didn't pose such a great challenge after all. To a former successful head coach, at least.</p><p></p><p>Now, before everybody jumps down my throat, I'll be the first to concede that an OL transition back to the pro style from the spread option is more difficult and that the 2008 team had more talent then today's team does. (Shoot, we had <em>Dwyer</em>; enough said.) But I have a hard time believing that our OL transition was a whole lot easier in 2008 then the one we have now. You adapt the OLs you have to the kinds of techniques that will work with their talent. So far, there has been little evidence that Key and co. have been able to do this.</p><p></p><p>But I also said earlier that we would be running around on offense like chickens with their heads cut off for the first 4 games. That this has continued for 5 is not that surprising, especially with so many scholarship OLs hurt. I'm willing to concede that the above analysis could be off and that we'll slowly come out of our blocking problems. We'll see soon enough.</p><p></p><p>Source for the above: <a href="https://ramblinwreck.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/08-bowlguide.pdf" target="_blank">https://ramblinwreck.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/08-bowlguide.pdf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 645065, member: 265"] I said in another thread that it was obvious to me that Key was a good recruiter and an average OL coach. To see why, let's go back to those storied days of yesteryear: 2008. In that year, Tech was playing the entire time with OLs recruited for a pro style O. And, to top everything off, lost both starting OTs (Brown and All-ACC Gardner) to injury during the year. This wasn't so bad for the right side; Nick Clayton stepped in just fine. On the left, Austin Barrick, a former TE, ended up playing for Gardner. Yet this OL was instrumental in getting Tech to the 3rd ranked rushing O in the country. (All this with, in addition, having 11 starters miss time during the season and starting 15 frosh and sophs during the year. And having the team predicted to go [I]3 - 9[/I] due to the offensive transition and average D play in 2007.) And who were the OL coaches who achieved the apparent miracle of changing a team built to run a multiple pro offense into a 9 - 3 offensive powerhouse? Why, Todd Spencer and - wait for it - Mike Sewak. And, since Todd was mainly working on recruiting, it was mostly Sewak. Apparently, taking OLs recruited for a (very) different O system didn't pose such a great challenge after all. To a former successful head coach, at least. Now, before everybody jumps down my throat, I'll be the first to concede that an OL transition back to the pro style from the spread option is more difficult and that the 2008 team had more talent then today's team does. (Shoot, we had [I]Dwyer[/I]; enough said.) But I have a hard time believing that our OL transition was a whole lot easier in 2008 then the one we have now. You adapt the OLs you have to the kinds of techniques that will work with their talent. So far, there has been little evidence that Key and co. have been able to do this. But I also said earlier that we would be running around on offense like chickens with their heads cut off for the first 4 games. That this has continued for 5 is not that surprising, especially with so many scholarship OLs hurt. I'm willing to concede that the above analysis could be off and that we'll slowly come out of our blocking problems. We'll see soon enough. Source for the above: [URL]https://ramblinwreck.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/08-bowlguide.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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