Okay, but I am not trying to irritate anyone . If you have been paying attention, then you already know we are a .500 program since the Orange Bowl appearance. And that is in a conference that until this year had no powerhouse programs. Quarterback recruiting, and development is a BIG issue. Offensive line recruiting and development and performance is a big problem. Special teams are improved but for half a dozen years they have been, and continue to be mediocre or below. We are on our third DC in six, now heading into seven years, not counting Charles Kelly. I like how the defense is playing, but we are stocked with 3-4 athletes and need to recruit 4-3 players. That will take time and in the meantime I don't think anyone would call us a shut-down defensive team capable of winning games with the defense. Running backs, both A & B have been a patchwork quilt since Anthony Allen left. We have not scouted, courted & signed a single game-breaking talent in four years for an offense that relies on rushing yards to be successful. We have a system that supposedly devalues the 1000 yard rusher because we run 90 % of the time and our scheme creates big yardage for the ball carrier, who ever he might be. Yet we haven't had a outstanding ball carrier in years. So, yes, we are a program with lots of big problems. The biggest is we don't win any games against good football teams.
1.) QB recruiting? Let’s see Josh Nesbitt, Tevin Washington, Vad Lee, Justin Thomas and Matthew Jordan. All of these QBs had/have the skill sets that fit with Tech offense. The numbers but up over the careers of Nesbitt and Washington and Lee contradict your position. Thomas and Jordan have yet to show what they can do but their high school stats argue that they will be successful at Tech.
2.) O line problems? Health wise, yes. Production wise. No, again the production and stats belie your position.
3.) DC? Past issues, no doubt. That issue appears to be moot with the hiring of CTR and the improvement shown by the D last year. I anticipate the D will continue to improve with players’ time in the system and continuing improvement in recruiting.
4.) Running backs? Production out of both the B back and A back positions, yet again, belie your assertions. I’m not going to regurgitate the stats that have been posted on the board already. Has Tech had the Dwyer or Allen in the past couple of years, no, but the production has been there. Adding Custis and Wilson in the B back mix bodes well, in my opinion, for the next couple of years.
5.) Special teams? Full time coach in place, excellent young kicker, no long snapper issues and returners in place.
6.) And last but not least, the easiest gripe to address. “we don't win any games against good football teams”. I supposed that depends on your definition of good football teams. Has Tech been less than successful in winning against ranked teams? Yes, but so has the rest of the football world. With rare exception Tech wins the games they should win and is competitive in games where they are underdogs. Is that good enough? Not in my estimation but it could be a helluva lot worse. Tech has yet to have a season under CPJ where every facet of the program was clicked in the same year. Why? I can list a number of reasons but suffice to say that each of those have been addressed in the last few years and, to me, that breeds optimism in the future of Tech football.
You say you don't want to irritate anyone yet I've yet to see a post from you that has contained anything positive about Tech football with the exception of a token comments here and there about a subject that you can't find something negative to say.
