GT hires Chip Long as new OC/QBs Coach

[Heisman's Ghost]

Look I know some of us think Tech is a little messed up

But we are not Miami who fired an AD sill don't have one, has a Head Coach and fix'n to hire another Head Coach for 8 million. 2 Head coaches no AD now that is what I would call FU*k up.

Miami doing Miami things. Stech you have been around long enough to know that Miami has a limitless capacity to waste time, money, and resources that would tax any private school. When they hired Manny, they paid Temple $3 million to buy out the month he was actually coaching there. It is what they do.

 

[RhoChi]

I will say I like this hire. He’s seems to be an actual smart and situation playcaller that evolves his calling over the course of a game. Something we had issue with in the last seasons is that we wouldn’t change our calls even if they didn’t work ever. Hopefully this guy will come in with a Chip on his shoulder for the Long term

 

[wesgt123]

Hoping this guy can whip our boys into shape and give us some excitement

 

[stech81]

Question now is do we hire a QB coach ?

 

[jacket38]

We were able to hire an offensive coordinator… that’s impressive in itself.

 

[SteamWhistle]

Why our fans choose to look at one season with a terrible Tulane team vs Memphis and Notre Dame is mind blowing to me.

 

[gt6776c]

Aside from Friedgen and PJ himself, this (on paper) is a better resume than any of our recent past OCs: Nix, Bond, Pateneude

 

[Lotta Booze]

Don't know how the hire will play out but preparing myself for 3rd and Chip Long jokes regardless

 

[Ash]

How is his playcalling? That was the first gripe with CDP on my list.

 

[Vespidae]

As far as an OC, Long is fine. He's experienced at the P5 level (a high level at that) and ... he's willing to take the job to get back into somewhat big time football. I would call this an upgrade ... not what I wanted, but I think he will be fine.

 

[FLTech]

I don't know, I never played football at the college level but the OC does more than stand on the sideline or in a both and calls plays correct?

The OC coordinates the practice for the Offensive correct? Drills, intensity, etc. right?

Everybody is talking about Play calling. Honestly, that is the least of my concern. It's how intense, focused, etc outside of the actual football game is the results we will get on the field. right?

Again, I did not play college football but I just want to make sure that the OC is in charge of a lot more than just calling plays on the sideline.

 

[GTRock]

Are there others I'd have preferred? Sure. But this is about as good a hire as one could realistically expect we could have made right now IMO. Just wish somehow we'd also end up hiring a new DC...

 

[IronJacket7]

He is highly respected as an offensive mind. He is highly regarded as a great recruiter.

 

[4shotB]

Don't know how the hire will play out but preparing myself for 3rd and Chip Long jokes regardless

Lol! I am now left wondering if his system is designed to do well in 3rd and long situations?

 

[Techwood Relict]

Pretty decent hire, wonder how he will mesh with Collins approach or if this will help change the approach.

Now just need to know what the deal is with DC .

Researching background some and came across this article, though dated.

247Sports ranks Chip Long as No. 5 recruiter in the country

247Sports updated its recruiting rankings this week and Notre Dame still has the No. 5 class in the country for 2020. The recruits will get most of the attention, but another interesting ranking th…

fightingirishwire.usatoday.com

The article notes the rankings for coaches are as reliable as the one's for players, but it looks like Long has the ability, which should mesh with CGCs focus on recruiting.

 

[bobongo]

Jon Tenuta, other side of the ball.

I wish Jon Tenuta was on the other side of the ball.

 

[Lavoisier]

My only reservation is the same as my major criticism of Coach P: can he develop the QBs. I was really hoping for a bigger jump between last year and this year for both Sims and Yates, especially considering the number of starts Sims had. Tommy Rees (current ND OC) was the QB coach while Long was OC at ND, Long coached the TEs. I really didn't dislike Coach P's offense and his play calling wasn't that bad, but our QBs need help to grow because we aren't going to be bringing in a finished product via recruiting.

 

[gtg936g]

I am not excited about the hire but will give him a chance. I thought Kelly took over play calling duties at ND prior to Long being fired there, but I could be wrong about that. Collins seems to be trying to design an offense centered around a TE, I hope he has some elite TE talent in the pipe.

 

[Jacket05]

I was a little concerned with him getting fired from ND and also not having a great year with Tulane. However the more I read about those situations the more I think the issues were with the HC and not him. Both Kelly is an offensive coach (in both meanings) so I bet they just butted heads too much when it came to game planning. Fritz is also offense minded and it sounded like Long wasn't able to really have the freedom to run his offense.

He had a good bit of success at Memphis and ND so he knows how to coach a good offense and will have the freedom here to run it how he wants.

 

[Lightbulb]

This is a great hire.

Curious as to why you think so