Home
Articles
Photos
Interviews
Forums
New posts
Search forums
Georgia Tech Recruiting
Dashboard
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Chat
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Georgia Tech Athletics
Georgia Tech Football
If Tech Was Consistently Ranked in Top 25 for Recruiting….
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="dressedcheeseside" data-source="post: 28715" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>We had significant injuries to our second team OL as well as the first team. A lot of guys completely miss how debilitating that was. </p><p></p><p><strong><u>OT</u></strong></p><p>First, losing Bailey was the worst case scenario. Yes, he has a history of being hurt. But when healthy, he was arguably our BEST OL. With him at full go, I'm certain we win at least 2 more games last year and that's with all the other OL injuries still happening. OT was our least deep spot on the OL. Our backups were just not ready yet, see Bryan Chamberlain for proof. To make matters worse at the position, we lost Beno, the other starting OT for much of the season.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>OG</u></strong></p><p>Errin Joe going down killed our depth at the position. He would have played significant minutes backing up both Mason and Jackson. When Beno went down, it forced us to move Jackson to OT which further hurt our depth and talent at guard. </p><p></p><p><strong><u>C</u></strong></p><p>Finch made it through the entire year w/o missing signifcant time, kudos to him. However, the time he missed in preseason while rehabbing from surgery was huge, imo. First, he wasn't in game shape to start the season. Second, his absence in preseason killed the unit continuity that's vital to a precision based scheme. To make matter worse, the top backup at the position and future starter Freddie Burden, went down with a season ending injury. Thank goodness we had "Auto parts" as a third option, but he was a step down from the two guys in front of him. </p><p></p><p>People understimate the significance of losing depth. It forces coaches to play starters longer in games and through injuries that normally put them on the sidelines. If you're gassed or dinged up, you're production suffers. My guess is this has a lot to do with the disappointing performances we saw. </p><p></p><p>Also, I think the qb being tentative made things much harder on the OL. His inability to master the base offense was the big blow, however. Guys in the trenches were forced to abandon what they did best, blocking for the option, and try to fit what the qb could do better. I bet Tevin would have gotten us at least two more wins last season in spite of all the OL injuries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dressedcheeseside, post: 28715, member: 77"] We had significant injuries to our second team OL as well as the first team. A lot of guys completely miss how debilitating that was. [B][U]OT[/U][/B] First, losing Bailey was the worst case scenario. Yes, he has a history of being hurt. But when healthy, he was arguably our BEST OL. With him at full go, I'm certain we win at least 2 more games last year and that's with all the other OL injuries still happening. OT was our least deep spot on the OL. Our backups were just not ready yet, see Bryan Chamberlain for proof. To make matters worse at the position, we lost Beno, the other starting OT for much of the season. [B][U]OG[/U][/B] Errin Joe going down killed our depth at the position. He would have played significant minutes backing up both Mason and Jackson. When Beno went down, it forced us to move Jackson to OT which further hurt our depth and talent at guard. [B][U]C[/U][/B] Finch made it through the entire year w/o missing signifcant time, kudos to him. However, the time he missed in preseason while rehabbing from surgery was huge, imo. First, he wasn't in game shape to start the season. Second, his absence in preseason killed the unit continuity that's vital to a precision based scheme. To make matter worse, the top backup at the position and future starter Freddie Burden, went down with a season ending injury. Thank goodness we had "Auto parts" as a third option, but he was a step down from the two guys in front of him. People understimate the significance of losing depth. It forces coaches to play starters longer in games and through injuries that normally put them on the sidelines. If you're gassed or dinged up, you're production suffers. My guess is this has a lot to do with the disappointing performances we saw. Also, I think the qb being tentative made things much harder on the OL. His inability to master the base offense was the big blow, however. Guys in the trenches were forced to abandon what they did best, blocking for the option, and try to fit what the qb could do better. I bet Tevin would have gotten us at least two more wins last season in spite of all the OL injuries. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
What's the good word?
Post reply
Home
Forums
Georgia Tech Athletics
Georgia Tech Football
If Tech Was Consistently Ranked in Top 25 for Recruiting….
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top