I think a lot of people are taking @JorgeJonas’ notice of the O negatives as an absolute statement there was no progress. I don’t think it’s at all clear that is what he stated or even hinted at.
Tech ran the ball better than anyone else has vs UM. That’s a big positive. 3rd down conversions were a big positive.
There is a ton to improve on still. I still don’t think the staff is doing a great job getting our O players in positions to succeed consistently. But we are young. Growing pains should be expected and we will make mistakes. Let’s just hope we see 2 steps forward for every step back rather than 2 steps back for every step forward.
Our guys proved they have P5 talent today. Our staff still needs to prove they belong. I still feel a lot better about our D staff than our O staff.
I don’t think he or others understand what the word improvement mean. Improvement doesn’t mean that everything is fixed. It means that things are better than they were the week before and earlier in the year.
How anyone watching our offense today could say the offense isn’t improved or hint that it hasn’t because of points scored baffles me.
To your point that our staff isn’t putting guys in position to succeed consistently, how do you know this? There are things I can see and there are things I just don’t know. Some listed below.
I don’t know:
1. Enough about Oline play and the intricacies of our scheme to comment on that.
2. How ready Graham was after a shortened spring and Fall camp to start the season as QB1
3. What this team would look like if Graham had of not been hurt against the Citadel
4. What Graham’s grasp was of the playbook in his early work this season or even his first start.
5. Same above for our Oline
I do know:
1. Graham taking over has changed the whole feel of the offense.
2. The offense has looked better every game since Graham took over
3. The offense is developing legitimate balance since Graham took over
4. The offensive line has gotten better since Graham took over.
5. The running game has improved the last 3 weeks.
What do you see/know that leads you to believe we aren’t putting players in a position to succeed? I’ll add to stay within our new scheme and not running the old offense (not that you were going there, but someone might).
I’m not trying to be combative, I genuinely want to know if I’m missing something. I’m a baseball guy that stopped playing football my sophomore year in HS. I by no means have all the answers.
Lastly, I agree with your hope that we continue to take 2 steps forward. I would just add that our steps backward get smaller (or go away!)
