The D in the Ole Miss and fsu games was horrid, and that's with fsu trying to help them. They have been improved though overall. We have a lot of work to do to replace Thomas and Eley. We all better hope the new guy is, or has access, to a true OL whisperer.
We gave up like 600+ yards today. I realize that the O sure helped that stat in the first half. None of this staff is worthy of retention. This is likely our 4th straight year of 3 wins. How long am I expected to endure this misery.
And what do you think about Chadwell? Iirc you wanted him at UVA...
Chadwell's a really good coach, IMO. I wish we had him at UVa. But for you guys, who CAN'T get it wrong, I think maybe Leipold's a little safer choice. Like, you've aleady missed badly once. The margin's a little slimmer for you than it was for us.
I mean of course Leipold’s a safer/better choice but that’s also the reason the market will command a much much higher price for him than chadwell. Someone of chadwell’s profile is probably the safest bet we can make with our budget. It doesn’t get much better than winning across 3 programs and divisions
Leipold’s buyout is 5 million and he makes 2.8 mil/year, Would he even want to leave KU for Tech? Why?
No to Dell McGee
Why? I will admit, I was swayed by a crowded booth video following collins' firing. The video summarized McGee's pros as follows:
You make some great arguments.
collins failure has soured so many people on the idea of a coach who’s bread and butter is recruiting and connections. in the common poster’s of eyes because collins didn’t work there is no possible way that is gonna work at tech ever again and we HAVE to have some sort of “scheme” offense or some gimmick like clawson’s slow mesh.
While I realize that it's silly to say because it didn't work it can never work, it's also true that the definition of insanity is to keep trying the same thing expecting a different result. We simply can't miss this time or it will be decades of woefulness for GT Football. I worry that too many people want to win at the water cooler rather than on the field.
I'll answer number 3
the insanity is assuming that any coach of the same archetype is gonna be the same as another.
Yeah, I get it. But dang I'm not interested in a coach who is more about the sizzle than the steak. Give me someone who wins 6+ games a year every dang year over someone who turns in a 9 win followed by a 3 win or two. And I'm not 'okay with mediocrity', but at this point I'm sick of most fall Saturdays being sad and never even being truly in the race.
Maybe he couldn’t execute it because it’s a bad strategy for GT?