dressedcheeseside
Helluva Engineer
- Messages
- 14,224
me too. I wore my "Rudy Was Offsides" Tshirt last time. I gotta see if it still fits.It will be the third on for me....caught the 97 and 07 games there as well
me too. I wore my "Rudy Was Offsides" Tshirt last time. I gotta see if it still fits.It will be the third on for me....caught the 97 and 07 games there as well
I hear you, Boomer, and I appreciate and respect your viewpoints. But, in the case of AllBarn, they still had much more talent based on their recruiting success the past few years, so even if their fans/alumni didn't believe this was possible this year, it really was. I would argue that our situation, with our recruiting the past few years, is much different, but I want you to be right about this thing being turned around fast.
LOL.me too. I wore my "Rudy Was Offsides" Tshirt last time. I gotta see if it still fits.
You hit the nail on the head if you ask me. Finding a way to lose has been our calling card, in closely contested games, the last few years. Just give us a .500 record in close games since 2010 and we would all be thinking a lot differently about the football program. Have we pulled a single game out of the fire the last 3 years? I guess UNC 2013 qualifies. Besides that I can't think of one. We sure have given up a bunch though.Idk if its just me, but in 08-09 I felt like even when we were losing we would find a way to win. These past few years I feel quite the opposite. Sure we can beat decent teams but in the big games I feel like we will lose even if were up 20-0 in the first half
I think you are correct, IF there is no improvement. I guess looking at both FSU and AU, it was first year QBs that turned them around. That is what I am trying to say though. It could be that ONE position that makes a difference for us like that. What are the chances? Well, your guess is as good as mine.I would love to be optimistic about next year but without someone taking charge of the QB position and running the option smoothly and a more consistent OL we are not doing any better than this year, it's just the truth. I do think our D is going to get more and more solid under roof and Pelton though, the offense? Not so much.
I know people are trying to keep it positive on this thread and see the bright side, but IMHO, we're closer to 4-5 wins than bumping up to 8+ wins.
I hope I"m wrong about all of it, but looking at our situation objectively, it's really hard to see us improve from 7 wins to the next tier.
If we had the same schedule as last year I would likely agree......but we have a far easier one in 2014.
We will win 3 out of the gate, UVA, Pitt, NCST, are wins....we have UNC, Duke, Mia, VT, Clemp, and UGA. We win at least one of the UNC Duke games, if not both...the other four....who knows.
How did all that talent lose 9 games last year? Largely, I agree with you. There are a lot of questions for GT. I wonder what questions Allbarn had after 2012? Were they saying they were the most talented 3-9 team in the land? I am sure they lost players. They didn't have 22 starters returning. Would the smart money have been placed on AU getting to the BCSCG? or even getting to, say 9 wins? The biggest point I was trying to make was not to blow a bunch of sunshine or predict huge things, but rather to highlight the fact that every team is in a state of flux every year and major changes happen in terms of player development, new recruits, coaching changes, system changes, team chemistry, leadership and so forth. At the very least, it should be interesting.I know people are trying to keep it positive on this thread and see the bright side, but IMHO, we're closer to 4-5 wins than bumping up to 8+ wins.
Just way more questions than answers heading into 2014. I keep seeing JT will be an improvement and is a better fit for our base stuff than Vad, but I didn't see anything from his extensive play against the upper tier teams on our schedule (namely Miami and BYU) to lead me to think he'll get us over the hump versus those teams. His quickness and speed, which is his advantage, was negated against the faster teams who had players with the same speed. Vad took a season's worth of snaps, getting use to adjustment and reading defenses, and option reads away from JT.
We lose our best pass rusher since Derrick Morgan, who helped the entire D-line become better because he took an extra blocker away. Our DLs had problems getting to the QB with the benefit of Attachou taking up double teams, how is the DL going to get pressure without him? That's one of the things people didn't realize about having Attachou...the domino affect of how the offense had to give up blockers to handle him benefitted the rest of the DL and LBs. Guys like Gotsis became a better player because of Attachou.
We also lose the two most versatile defenders on the team, Watts and Jemea who could flex out to different positions. On top of that, they were just two VERY good pieces on our defense. Our safety spot is dependent on a player who will have missed an entire season due to injury (I Johnson) and another one who was also injured but was still unsettled at safety when healthy (Jamal Golden).
The most important pieces of our offense, OL, will depend on guys who didn't exactly shine when the veterans were injured. That means guys like Devine, and Griffin, though supremely talented, will have to step up. Our projected center, the most pivotal piece of the OL, missed an entire year of development due to injury.
Surprisingly, the most experienced position group on offense will be WRs and ABs. Think about that. Kinda scary...and let's hope our QB can get the ball into their hands.
While it's easy to say we're close like Auburn, the reality is, Auburn had a LOT of talent already on the roster, and added one of the top dual threat QBs in nation to go with an explosive offense.
I hope I"m wrong about all of it, but looking at our situation objectively, it's really hard to see us improve from 7 wins to the next tier.
How did all that talent lose 9 games last year? Largely, I agree with you. There are a lot of questions for GT. I wonder what questions Allbarn had after 2012? Were they saying they were the most talented 3-9 team in the land? I am sure they lost players. They didn't have 22 starters returning. Would the smart money have been placed on AU getting to the BCSCG? or even getting to, say 9 wins? The biggest point I was trying to make was not to blow a bunch of sunshine or predict huge things, but rather to highlight the fact that every team is in a state of flux every year and major changes happen in terms of player development, new recruits, coaching changes, system changes, team chemistry, leadership and so forth. At the very least, it should be interesting.
Bad coaching? Chizik?
The man won a Natty and now he is a bad coach? As fans we don't know what goes on behind the scenes. If we were so good at evaluating coaches, we'd all be hired as ADs.
No you don't hope you're wrong because nothing would give you greater pleasure then to come here and say, "I told you so." Just like every other Tech fan that tries to be right all the damn time. Next years schedule is easier, a lot of ACC teams are taking a step back next year along with us. We don't really know what we have at D Line but its not gonna be much worse than what it was under Groh and we still won a fair number of game in that situation.
Closer to 4-5 wins than 8 give me a freaking break. Duke won 10 games due to schedule alone. Where is their talent?
In fact is say being as pessimistic as you are is actually looking at it through gold tinted glasses because we seem to be one of the only fanbases that takes pride in correctly predicting our teams struggles.
You win best avatar btw.The man won a Natty and now he is a bad coach? As fans we don't know what goes on behind the scenes. If we were so good at evaluating coaches, we'd all be hired as ADs.