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Taking schedule and injuries out of the picture and looking just at talent, depth, and cohesiveness - how much better is this year’s team compared to last year? It seems as if we’re destined for a similar record as last year.
KQ- It is significantly better and you've seen that week-to-week. In the previous four games before Miami, they got decimated with key injuries and were competitive in each game and won several. They beat Miami with a QB who couldn't throw downfield playing 2/3s of the snaps and two RBs who were not in the rotation most of the season forced into action for the entire second half in Trey Cooley and Anthony Carrie plus you were down your best CB and your nickel against the best passing offense in the country.
They had a hard schedule, GT also screwed up early as the defense was struggling and they had some very bad mistakes in the Louisville game and the Cuse games. They could easily have two more wins but could also have more losses too. That shows how the team has grown IMO year over year.
Who did the Georgia tech rival site before you started and was it a difficult decision being a UGA graduate to start covering Georgia Tech?
KQ- I've answered this question a lot of times on here. First off, our UCF pub Brandon Helwig owned the site before I eventually got ownership of it, long story that isn't that interesting. I ended up owning the site a few months after taking over as the primary reporter. We had a handful of posts a day and very little content. Brandon was based in Orlando and did the best he could but even Rivals leadership at the time thought the site was a waste of resources.
I disagreed and thought there was a big enough fan base that I could come in and shake up the market especially seeing the players in the market and what was going on. History proved me correct on that.
As far as the UGA thing, yeah I went to UGA because it was free. My parents didn't have much money. I grew up in a very small house and later an apartment with a single mom after I was 8. I wanted to go to Boston University. It was at the time $25k for tuition and room and board. We couldn't afford that and I didn't want to be in student loan debt forever. I also had a chance to go to Penn, but it was a similar deal. I wanted to go to a J-school and I had two options, UGA which was in my hometown (my mom worked for UGA and was in charge of the reference dept at the library) or Georgia State. That was a pretty easy call because UGA had one of the top journalism programs in the country.
My mom disliked the UGA football program as she thought it was a waste of resources and took away from academia (funny given some of the discussions on here about that and GT). So we never went to a football game growing up. I went to one UGA spring game when I was a kid because Vince Dooley let the local YMCA pee-wee football teams come play at halftime of the spring game and I went to a UGA-Auburn game with my older brother when I was in high school. That was it until I started college.
When I was in school I started covering UGA football for radio and then online stuff, but once I got to know the people and worked in the sausage factory I didn't have much of a taste for sausage if that makes sense.
Covering GT my relationships run a lot deeper both with people on here and the people who work at the school and I sought out a different vibe and experience. I wanted to live in Atlanta and get out of going to a media avail with 14 beat writers and like 30 cameras and that is what UGA was turning into. I didn't like that and I like the more laid back thing we have going here. It suits me.
What made it difficult was the financial component of it and being a solo shop for many years and really leaning on some amazing GT people who helped me bridge the gap for the first three years financially to make it get off the ground and become viable as a full-time endeavor and I'll be forever in their debt for that along with everyone who has helped build this up and continues to support the site in various ways.
Whatever happened with Tobi Haastrup? From what I remember, the kid really values academics and he has done visits to BC and Vandy (among others). Seems like a good kid and is a WDE, which I think we need. Surprised I haven't heard more about him and GT. He's a 5.9 so I can't imagine we wouldn't want him.
KQ- He just OV'd to FSU and Vandy and is likely going to Oregon next. I think they are focused on other guys and that would be someone like Chase Linton.
Basketball had about as bad of a disappointing performance against North Florida than I’ve seen in quite some time. Not going to overreact, but did this loss bring up any red flags for you that weren’t there before?
KQ- Not really, I watch a good bit of CBB and see stuff like that all the time. North Florida beat South Carolina and got their sealegs going and will win their league if they stay healthy and be a pesky 13 seed. You lost to a NCAAT team. Forget that it is North Florida, that shit doesn't matter in CBB the way that people think it does. They played like shit and still had some chances to get back in the game, but missed a couple of key buckets when they got it down to single-digits or around 10 points and couldn't get it lower. This is a team that is still learning how to play together. It takes a few games. They had no clue at the time that contract was signed that North Florida would be that good either.
Do you expect King to be able to throw the ball further down the field this season or do you anticipate his injury hampering him the rest of the year?
KQ- I've explained this a few different ways, but the easiest way that most people who played any sport could understand is how you feel when you sprain your ankle. It takes time to heal and it feels bad when you try to run on it (aka throwing the ball). The more rest he gets the better it will feel and eventually it will feel much better, but that takes time. It could feel much better for NC State or worse. That is something we won't know much about going into the game in two weeks IMO.
Biggest learning opportunity the basketball team can take from the loss? Also thought Damon was working on improving defense with multiple defensive looks…what happened to that? Conditioning didn’t look great
KQ- I thought they looked tired and disinterested on defense. Luke O'Brien called out the guys for it after the game. Losing Jaeden Mustaf hurt because he is one of their stoppers and Damon could've used him to help some of the issues on D IMO. So that hurt as well.
FOOTBALL Couch Coach vs. Miami
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Here are a few gifs i decided to breakdown to give an idea of what happened on field vs. Miami. These are used to give others a different perspective on how to watch football. I don’t do this to disparage players or coaches, but to give insight to GT enthusiast on what I’ve learned as a player and avid football fan.
A masterclass on how to utilize the bye week to make adjustments. Game ball to both coordinators. Today, i will breakdown how CBF made lite work of Miami’s man defensive scheme. Versus primary coverage team (FSU, UNC, & Miami), the offense has rushed for avg of 220yds. Santucci made a switch in the secondary with Omar Daniels and CPL. Daniels was at safety and CPL at nickel. The switch led to Daniels having the game of his life.
What’s the best way to beat to man coverage? Misdirection and motion. The constant eye candy displaced defenders and created edges/angles for a big day on the ground
We have split backs with #8 Rutherford in the backfield. The split action in the backfield takes a defender out of the box. Great seal and kick by Hawes & Robinson. Haynes in the open field 1v1 is almost an automatic win for him
Miami played mostly in a 5 man Bear front with a stand up DE and LB on the edge. They slanted away from the formation strength.
Simple outside zone. This play illustrates why #54 Jordan Williams was OL of the week. He washes the slanting DE and climbs up blocks the MLB to make this an explosive run. I need Alexander to stick his foot in the ground and cut back for the TD
This may have been our best tackling game all season as well. Here we have a tunnel screen. Appears there is a hat for hat but Miami double teams the Nickel back. Good job by Daniels sticking the ball carrier for a short gain
Here is another example of our DBs being physical. This is the effort we needed vs. Syracuse and Notre Dame
Scouted look of the week!!! You couldn’t defend this any better. Great job speed turning by the CB to find the TE, good job taking the RB in the flat, great job by the LB shooting his gun forcing the QB into a decision and great job Josh Robinson for covering the 3rd TE who posted at the sticks on the hash mark. Job well done
Great release and stacking the DB by Chase Lane. We have Miami in Cov 1, which means outside leveraged by the DBs. Chase beats the jam and gets directly in front of the DB so the DB has to play thru his body. Great ball by Philo. Put it in a place where only Chase can catch it
Playmaker making plays in key moments!!!
Here we have a high low concept for Miami’s Cov 2 defense. Massive coverage bust by Miami LB.
The MLB is inexcusably covering a 5yd route on 3rd & 18. Situational awareness on -10. The WLB out does the MLB and decides to cover a route behind the LOS. If the WLB drop in his zone on the hash, he makes this window a lot tighter to throw in. Nonetheless, great throw and catch by the PACS guys
Same Bear look, same results on the edge. The man coverage is causing a lot of issues bc you have to respect your assignment. Great job by the TEs blocking and the hard read to the RB freezes the MLB which is just enough for King to get to the edge
I’m not sure what is more impressive here: The effort and guys maintaining their rush lanes or the DBs doing a great job not getting picked in man coverage and causing a coverage sack. Excellent team defense!
SMH. Not to disparage anyone but what did he see here to run out of bounds bc both of the defenders in his vision were blocked. This should’ve been an easy first down pick up
Not sure if King wanted to make a statement run or his arm was hurting, but this was an easy TD if he dumps it to the TE here on the RPO
A masterclass on how to utilize the bye week to make adjustments. Game ball to both coordinators. Today, i will breakdown how CBF made lite work of Miami’s man defensive scheme. Versus primary coverage team (FSU, UNC, & Miami), the offense has rushed for avg of 220yds. Santucci made a switch in the secondary with Omar Daniels and CPL. Daniels was at safety and CPL at nickel. The switch led to Daniels having the game of his life.
What’s the best way to beat to man coverage? Misdirection and motion. The constant eye candy displaced defenders and created edges/angles for a big day on the ground
We have split backs with #8 Rutherford in the backfield. The split action in the backfield takes a defender out of the box. Great seal and kick by Hawes & Robinson. Haynes in the open field 1v1 is almost an automatic win for him
Miami played mostly in a 5 man Bear front with a stand up DE and LB on the edge. They slanted away from the formation strength.
Simple outside zone. This play illustrates why #54 Jordan Williams was OL of the week. He washes the slanting DE and climbs up blocks the MLB to make this an explosive run. I need Alexander to stick his foot in the ground and cut back for the TD
This may have been our best tackling game all season as well. Here we have a tunnel screen. Appears there is a hat for hat but Miami double teams the Nickel back. Good job by Daniels sticking the ball carrier for a short gain
Here is another example of our DBs being physical. This is the effort we needed vs. Syracuse and Notre Dame
Scouted look of the week!!! You couldn’t defend this any better. Great job speed turning by the CB to find the TE, good job taking the RB in the flat, great job by the LB shooting his gun forcing the QB into a decision and great job Josh Robinson for covering the 3rd TE who posted at the sticks on the hash mark. Job well done
Great release and stacking the DB by Chase Lane. We have Miami in Cov 1, which means outside leveraged by the DBs. Chase beats the jam and gets directly in front of the DB so the DB has to play thru his body. Great ball by Philo. Put it in a place where only Chase can catch it
Playmaker making plays in key moments!!!
Here we have a high low concept for Miami’s Cov 2 defense. Massive coverage bust by Miami LB.
The MLB is inexcusably covering a 5yd route on 3rd & 18. Situational awareness on -10. The WLB out does the MLB and decides to cover a route behind the LOS. If the WLB drop in his zone on the hash, he makes this window a lot tighter to throw in. Nonetheless, great throw and catch by the PACS guys
Same Bear look, same results on the edge. The man coverage is causing a lot of issues bc you have to respect your assignment. Great job by the TEs blocking and the hard read to the RB freezes the MLB which is just enough for King to get to the edge
I’m not sure what is more impressive here: The effort and guys maintaining their rush lanes or the DBs doing a great job not getting picked in man coverage and causing a coverage sack. Excellent team defense!
SMH. Not to disparage anyone but what did he see here to run out of bounds bc both of the defenders in his vision were blocked. This should’ve been an easy first down pick up
Not sure if King wanted to make a statement run or his arm was hurting, but this was an easy TD if he dumps it to the TE here on the RPO
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