Like that would have made a spit of difference. It was his players, his system, his asst coaches, and they were completely mystified as to what to do. This is not a crit of CGC, it is a compliment to CPJ.
JT was great and PJ was master of his offense but to suggest CGC being there would have made no difference is silly. And it is just as much a criticism of him as many claim the posts about the excitement of the new staff and brand is a criticism of PJ.
Not saying the outcome would have been different just that removing one of the hottest DCs that year from the sideline had to have an impact. The MSU staff was completely lost. I simply don’t think that would have been true of CGC.
First of all this is all conjecture. That’s mainly my point to those who insist Collins being there wouldn’t make any difference. But several points...Collins was/is clearly light years ahead of whoever was in charge in his absence (I seem to remember they split duties? Like that ever works), we rave about Johnson’s in-game adjustments but don’t think Collins would have made any?, my recollection is Collins was not involved in game planning, certainly the first time Collins would have faced us but I have no idea if he faced an option team in his career. Not that big of a deal really just think it’s an interesting take.
