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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 939769" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>Yes, and it usually isn't mentioned that 2008, with a restricted roster, was <em>also</em> a very bad season for injuries. 11 players who started in the first game missed at least one game and both OTs went down to injury, including future long-time pro Andrew Garner. Despite this - or, perhaps, because of it - Tech vastly over-performed predictions.</p><p></p><p>As I've said here before, I'm an old OL. I spent most of Paul's 11 years watching the blocking schemes and tying to figure out what was happening, especially after the half. No coach I ever saw was better at halftime O adjustments then Paul and it almost always involved simple changes that took both me and the other side by surprise. My favorite = the sudden use of the belly dive in the 2014 Orange Bowl. They couldn't stop it, Tech kept running it, and it made their second half a living Hell. Heaven for Tech, of course.</p><p></p><p>I'll miss Paul and the spread option for, I'm sure, the rest of my life. I doubt that Tech will go with one of the coaches now running it even if the present experiment fails. And I continue to wonder what would have happened if Tech had offered the job to Monken. More success for sure; how much more is a question.</p><p></p><p>I hope Key succeeds, of course, and I support him fully. I think he's probably sure to get us to Gailey-level success. We'll just have to see about going higher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 939769, member: 265"] Yes, and it usually isn't mentioned that 2008, with a restricted roster, was [I]also[/I] a very bad season for injuries. 11 players who started in the first game missed at least one game and both OTs went down to injury, including future long-time pro Andrew Garner. Despite this - or, perhaps, because of it - Tech vastly over-performed predictions. As I've said here before, I'm an old OL. I spent most of Paul's 11 years watching the blocking schemes and tying to figure out what was happening, especially after the half. No coach I ever saw was better at halftime O adjustments then Paul and it almost always involved simple changes that took both me and the other side by surprise. My favorite = the sudden use of the belly dive in the 2014 Orange Bowl. They couldn't stop it, Tech kept running it, and it made their second half a living Hell. Heaven for Tech, of course. I'll miss Paul and the spread option for, I'm sure, the rest of my life. I doubt that Tech will go with one of the coaches now running it even if the present experiment fails. And I continue to wonder what would have happened if Tech had offered the job to Monken. More success for sure; how much more is a question. I hope Key succeeds, of course, and I support him fully. I think he's probably sure to get us to Gailey-level success. We'll just have to see about going higher. [/QUOTE]
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