Sorry for running a little behind this week due to family obligations and forgetting to post the question link on Thursday.
Music question (subjective)…Hearing about you seeing U2 last week got me thinking about under-appreciated guitarists. The Edge is certainly not a shredder, but his use of reverb to create melodies might be unparalleled. Who would you put on a top 5 list of under-appreciated guitarists whose bands were the most prolific, iconic, or unique in rock history? Here’s my top 5…
The Edge (U2)
John Frusciante (RHCP)
Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Brian May (Queen)
Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
KQ- You started off with some quality names so I would piggyback a little off that as far as underappreciated guitarists go but I'll give you different answers.
Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and session work wrote "The Boys of Summer" for example for Don Henley maybe my favorite song of all-time)
Andy Summers (The Police textualist like the Edge)
Elliot Easton (The Cars so tasteful in pop music with his soloing and tone)
Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes riffs galore and alternate tunings)
Steve Lukather (Toto and session work just listen to Thriller he plays all the guitars basically except for the solo on "Beat It")
Even lesser known and my favorite David Bowie song "Stay", Earl Slick is amazing. The video is cool as he shows "Stay" and "Golden Years"
In your Stoudamire thread you expected “five to seven will leave”. Is that existing players with eligibility left who will transfer out? Has Miles Kelly given any indication of his thinking?
KQ- No he has given no indication on his thought process one way or another. I believe Damon would like him to stay one more year.
Do you have a way to early prediction on the football record this year?
KQ- Not really, my range is 5-8 wins depending on a lot of factors, but rosters are still far from being set both at GT and elsewhere.
I think a guy who is incredibly underappreciated is Terry Kath, due to the band he was in. Chicago is known for their horns and vocals and sissy love songs but their music before Kath died in the late 70s featured some damned good guitar playing
KQ- Yes, just watch this
You or someone else on here mentioned, CDS needing to change his messaging in post-game pressers. Saying the way he was answering questions was with a NBA mindset. Throughout the season, how have you seen or noticed CDS change his coaching, approach, or whatever from an NBA coach to more of a college approach. What areas does he still need to change, if any?
KQ- Yes I've seen him coach more in games. The first half of the season he spent a lot of time observing and laying back NBA-style. He is now more engaged possession to possession than early in the season. His expectations are a lot higher as well and you can see him getting frustrated when they don't execute it.
I think some of the issues are purely personnel and I think the unwillingness to run zone or teach it on D early in the year really hurt them. I still think they need some tweaks to the offense as well. It is a little predictable at times when teams play man-to-man.
Is there a different process for players on visas transferring vs US residents or is it generally the same?
KQ- I think it is pretty straightforward and I haven't really heard of specific issues regarding that.
I know you’ve briefly touched on it but how does NIL factor for players on a visa? Outside of Baye and Sacko, are any others playing on a visa-Gapare/Nait?
KQ- Nait is a Canadian citizen. Not sure what the background is on Gapare, those aren't really conversations I have with people at GT asking about someone's visas or if they are US citizens now or what type of visa they are on.
Should we simmer the expectations on the OL, or is this the best that group has looked in a long time?
KQ- If everyone is healthy there is no reason why the OL shouldn't be the best-performing group in many years at GT.
At the end of the 2024 season, does any GT position group lead the ACC this year? My guess would be OL, or WRs.
KQ- You could see QB, RB, OL or specialists. I am a little more pessimistic on the WR thing because I need to see more from guys not named Eric Singleton Jr or Malik Rutherford on a down-to-down basis.
