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<blockquote data-quote="CEB" data-source="post: 904068" data-attributes="member: 4905"><p>This is a very fair question and the short answer obviously is that time will tell. It’s very possible that Collins really was so bad that he brought everyone down. I find that hard to believe but wow, the evidence is piling up. </p><p>As for Key and his coaching ability....</p><p>a PERFECT coach gets the most out of what he’s got every single day. That doesn’t always equal a “W” because sometimes you are outclassed, but it’s the ability to have people mentally and physically prepared to execute at the height of their ability AND the ability to put them in positions (or maybe keep them out of positions) to do so. A big part of that is everyone buying into the belief that what your doing is going to be successful. That’s the generic “coach-speak” answer. </p><p>We definitely have a very skewed view of who we are and what we can be. Key certainly deserves props for the immediate improvement we’ve seen and he is no doubt benefiting from what we’ve all witnessed under the previous guy. Where I think we can safely say Key is a great coach: he has this team bought in and believing in what they are doing. We have had so many opportunities for “here we go again” moments over the last two weeks and each time we responded exactly the opposite of how I would expect a perennial 3 win team to respond. That’s no small feat and it’s no accident. </p><p>Key has another opportunity this week. Not only does he have the luxury of time, he also has some great teachable moments:</p><p>1. Duke game was 50+ minutes of all Tech. We should’ve won that one going away. We lost focus late. Mental lapses on punt and D and loss of intensity on offense. Virtually no one is good enough to coast; especially us right now. Emphasize finishing; maintaining intensity for 60 minutes. Cliche, when you say it, but we just had a perfect illustration of it... hammer that home. </p><p>2. Similar to the above, in the last two games we have been in control late in game and half only to give up big drives. I don’t know if it’s a D issue bubbling up (the old prevent adage) or if we lose intensity and start clock watching. Pitt had three major two minute drives: 1 to close first half and 2 to nearly get the game back. Duke had one at the end of each half. Of the five drives, 4 were TD and 1 was a FG. Dukes were “set up” but we didn’t get stops. Pitt, just legit drove it down the field 3 times. </p><p></p><p>That’s the next thing I want to see... then we can come up with another and another, and sooner or later, we’ve got ourselves a football coach!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CEB, post: 904068, member: 4905"] This is a very fair question and the short answer obviously is that time will tell. It’s very possible that Collins really was so bad that he brought everyone down. I find that hard to believe but wow, the evidence is piling up. As for Key and his coaching ability.... a PERFECT coach gets the most out of what he’s got every single day. That doesn’t always equal a “W” because sometimes you are outclassed, but it’s the ability to have people mentally and physically prepared to execute at the height of their ability AND the ability to put them in positions (or maybe keep them out of positions) to do so. A big part of that is everyone buying into the belief that what your doing is going to be successful. That’s the generic “coach-speak” answer. We definitely have a very skewed view of who we are and what we can be. Key certainly deserves props for the immediate improvement we’ve seen and he is no doubt benefiting from what we’ve all witnessed under the previous guy. Where I think we can safely say Key is a great coach: he has this team bought in and believing in what they are doing. We have had so many opportunities for “here we go again” moments over the last two weeks and each time we responded exactly the opposite of how I would expect a perennial 3 win team to respond. That’s no small feat and it’s no accident. Key has another opportunity this week. Not only does he have the luxury of time, he also has some great teachable moments: 1. Duke game was 50+ minutes of all Tech. We should’ve won that one going away. We lost focus late. Mental lapses on punt and D and loss of intensity on offense. Virtually no one is good enough to coast; especially us right now. Emphasize finishing; maintaining intensity for 60 minutes. Cliche, when you say it, but we just had a perfect illustration of it... hammer that home. 2. Similar to the above, in the last two games we have been in control late in game and half only to give up big drives. I don’t know if it’s a D issue bubbling up (the old prevent adage) or if we lose intensity and start clock watching. Pitt had three major two minute drives: 1 to close first half and 2 to nearly get the game back. Duke had one at the end of each half. Of the five drives, 4 were TD and 1 was a FG. Dukes were “set up” but we didn’t get stops. Pitt, just legit drove it down the field 3 times. That’s the next thing I want to see... then we can come up with another and another, and sooner or later, we’ve got ourselves a football coach! [/QUOTE]
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