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I know that. But recruiting is what gives you a chance to be good.
In other words, the approach matters. Thank you.
I know that. But recruiting is what gives you a chance to be good.
Plenty of other teams in FBS have large players. It takes coaching as well to put a good product on the field. Those thinking getting larger o line solves everything are in for a rude Awakening.We hav 7 OL commits on the way....averaging 6 ft 4 and 287 pounds...help is coming.
You may want to check Saban was 7-6 his first year ( which we would take ) and 2nd year was 12-2 and 3rd year 14-0 .You seriously think we can go from recruiting low 3* to high 4* in one cycle? It took Saban longer than that at Bama. The main benefits of Collins connections and recruiting will come down the road as most of these high 4* kids never heard from our previous coach. The key for GT are those kids in 9th and 10th grade who are getting GT love early. That’s what recruiting is all about. Any coach can reach out to stud seniors but the coach who lands them are the ones who have been showing them love when no one else was. Collins is good at that but the payoff is down the road (hence the 7 year contract).
In other words, the approach matters. Thank you.
I agree but it does take a few years on the OL and we are behind not to be blamed on CGC.We hav 7 OL commits on the way....averaging 6 ft 4 and 287 pounds...help is coming.
Plenty of other teams in FBS have large players. It takes coaching as well to put a good product on the field. Those thinking getting larger o line solves everything are in for a rude Awakening.
Plenty of other teams in FBS have large players. It takes coaching as well to put a good product on the field. Those thinking getting larger o line solves everything are in for a rude Awakening.
You're describing the situation as if we're Rutgers. This was a bowl team a year ago with average recruiting classes in the 40s. We were just shutout at home for the first time since the early years of the Cold War, and we lost to an FCS team for the first time in 30 years. Objectively, there are reasons for concern.
Frankly, we're closer to being 0-10 than 3-7. Thank your deity of choice that USF fumbled and Miami's field goal kickers had the yips. We just lost by 45 to a team we beat 49-28 last year. That's a 66 point swing in a calendar year.
Let's say your premise that wins and losses don't matter is true. Does player development matter over the course of the season? We don't seem to have that at all. The inconsistency is troubling. Delay of game penalties on the first snap are concerning. Time management is concerning. Game awareness is concerning. Plenty to objectively be concerned about that can't be hand waived away with lines about recruiting.
You're free to trash the players as much as you would like, especially on this site, but the lion share of the criticism should remain on the individuals that are paid. Ultimately, they are most accountable.
I dont want Collins gone, just need him to be more transparent with the ongoing progress inside the program that WE fund.... it's our fking program too and he acts like it's some big damn secret illuminati organization. Also, yes P'nut is garbage and needs to be canned. Send him back to TempleTotally disagree. We weren’t a bowl team last year at all. As proven when we got waxed in one of the lowest tier bowls that exist. Bowls are a joke and no longer a marker. As for player development, I’m seeing a lot of it. But the problem Collins and Key have is you can’t develop what you don’t have. We don’t have a QB and we don’t have an offensive line. I’ve coached baseball before and you either have pitchers or you don’t. No coach can develop a weak armed backup outfielder to be a pitcher. That is what you are judging Collins on? Right now, we are absolutely the definition of a dumpster fire. But this isn’t 2015 in year 8 of a system. This is year 1 with a coach who was given a few weeks to salvage whatever Johnson called a recruiting class, with zero QB’s, and the smallest OLine in P5, yet y’all are ready to run him off. Did y’all not see our guys compared to UNC’s players? We looked like a middle school team in size. Collins will fix that but he can only do it 25 players at a time.
When I was at Tech, there were pages and pages devoted to Tech coverage. Probably four at least. Now? One? Maybe ....
The AJC was more Tech friendly then.
Totally disagree. We weren’t a bowl team last year at all. As proven when we got waxed in one of the lowest tier bowls that exist. Bowls are a joke and no longer a marker. As for player development, I’m seeing a lot of it. But the problem Collins and Key have is you can’t develop what you don’t have. We don’t have a QB and we don’t have an offensive line. I’ve coached baseball before and you either have pitchers or you don’t. No coach can develop a weak armed backup outfielder to be a pitcher. That is what you are judging Collins on? Right now, we are absolutely the definition of a dumpster fire. But this isn’t 2015 in year 8 of a system. This is year 1 with a coach who was given a few weeks to salvage whatever Johnson called a recruiting class, with zero QB’s, and the smallest OLine in P5, yet y’all are ready to run him off. Did y’all not see our guys compared to UNC’s players? We looked like a middle school team in size. Collins will fix that but he can only do it 25 players at a time.
You may want to check Saban was 7-6 his first year ( which we would take ) and 2nd year was 12-2 and 3rd year 14-0 .
I didn't he did please read each post not only one it helpsAre we comparing Alabama to Georgia Tech?
We're Georgia Tech and we can do that, we are doing thaaaaaaat!Are we comparing Alabama to Georgia Tech?
We hav 7 OL commits on the way....averaging 6 ft 4 and 287 pounds...help is coming.
You seriously think we can go from recruiting low 3* to high 4* in one cycle? It took Saban longer than that at Bama. The main benefits of Collins connections and recruiting will come down the road as most of these high 4* kids never heard from our previous coach. The key for GT are those kids in 9th and 10th grade who are getting GT love early. That’s what recruiting is all about. Any coach can reach out to stud seniors but the coach who lands them are the ones who have been showing them love when no one else was. Collins is good at that but the payoff is down the road (hence the 7 year contract).