Scouting Report: Georgia Tech

[Brad]

Tech Coach Paul Johnson following Alcorn State game:

GEORGIA TECH HEAD COACH PAUL JOHNSON

 Opening Statement

“I think that anytime you can win a game and win it in a pretty dominating fashion that is a positive, at the same time I was disappointed in the way we played offensively for sure. I thought that defensively we played pretty well for the most part.  We did miss some opportunities. We missed a couple of turnovers we could have had. We missed a few tackles, some organizational stuff we had to burn a couple of timeouts with ten on the field. All of that stuff should get worked out and get better. So we have to make a ton of progress from week one to week two as the competition will continue to ratchet up each week we play. For as many guys we had returning on offense that was a pretty sloppy performance.”

 On the offense during the first half being done by individuals instead of offensive linemen:

“I don’t know about that I mean we had long runs on the pitch and they knocked the corner and the safety down. We had a couple quarter back draws. We had people blocked. I mean it was just inconsistent. I wouldn’t just blame the offensive line. There was more than enough to go around.”

On the performance of the new defensive staff and players:

“Well I thought overall, like I told our defense after the game, if you don’t give up any points you’re probably never going to lose right? So that was a positive, but at the same time with what we want our standard to be we missed some opportunities I thought in the second half we let them string some first downs together, had a couple of drives where they had three or four first downs, that I challenged our guys to try not to let them cross midfield, and we didn’t do that. But, all in all, our defensive effort was certainly better than offense.

On the game overall:

 “I thought it was lousy. (We) threw the ball lousy. The second drive of the second half, I wanted to throw the ball down the field, and they were able to do that. Now we hit a scramble play for the touchdown. But (TaQuon Marshall) did hit a couple throws. He hit a high one over there to Jalen [Camp], a little drag to Qua [Searcy], but all in all it wasn’t up to speed. It wasn’t up to my standards.”

On the consistency of the offense:

“You know, I guess I have a high standard. I don’t know. We punted the ball one time, and I just didn’t like the way we played. I didn’t think we were consistent. I didn’t like how we played considering who we were playing. We didn’t throw the ball well. We didn’t block well.  We turned too many guys loose inside at times. We got too much pressure when we did try to throw. We didn’t throw well. I mean, yeah we converted some third downs and we scored, we should. We should be able to move the ball and beat those guys.”

 

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[Brad]

[BulledOver]

452 rushing..that **** option. On 54 attempts. Tough to defend. D line worried me against Elon. Our O lone got very little push. Questions will be answered...sure we've played an option team in past ( Navy) but with a different D than this year. Questions. Hopefully CCS has them ready. I think our offense may be more than GT can handle unless they dominate our line and keep Barnett running. 

I believe the GT girl in the pic may be an Anatomy major. Possibly you should put her moms pic up there prob less jail time...

[GT FAN]

On 8/11/2018 at 7:59 AM, GaUSFBull said:

Really only one in the PJ era, Demaryius Thomas.

We’ve had a starting senior WR drafted every time under CPJ minus this past year with Juene, who still got on a shot at the NFL. Not sure if he’s still with Dalas or not. 

[Rocky Style]

11 hours ago, BulledOver said:

452 rushing..that **** option. On 54 attempts. Tough to defend. D line worried me against Elon. Our O lone got very little push. Questions will be answered...sure we've played an option team in past ( Navy) but with a different D than this year. Questions. Hopefully CCS has them ready. I think our offense may be more than GT can handle unless they dominate our line and keep Barnett running. 

Basically, yes.  I am definitely 50/50 on this game.  

[GT FAN]

On 8/11/2018 at 12:39 PM, BrassBulls12 said:

Most option Receivers are hybrid TE's in HS.  Very rarely do they have a true vertical threat because their main job is to block. 

Not true, Stephen Hill, Darren Waller, DeAndre Smelter, Demaryius Thomas. All guys who could stretch the field and did really well at GT. None of these guys were TE type guys. 

[GT FAN]

For those who care lol.

GT has a very experienced OL, but had communication problems this past Saturday and our coach was not happy with their play. At A-Back and Bback we are very experienced as well. WR is probably the biggest ? On offense, we do have a guy with a lot of talent but we just need to see it first, his name is Camp.

 

On Defense we have a new D coordinator who will be pretty aggressive. I’m not sure what we will be like this year because our first game was so vanilla (assuming not wanting to show y’all our hand). Our DL has some talent but needs to be consistent. LB is probably our biggest strength. In the secondary we started two young guys this past Saturday but both were 4 star guys out of high school. Were pretty young all over our secondary which worries me a little but we have some size there. 

 

Should be be a fun game, and wish everyone a good time. 

[Rocky Style]

5 minutes ago, GT FAN said:

For those who care lol.

GT has a very experienced OL, but had communication problems this past Saturday and our coach was not happy with their play. At A-Back and Bback we are very experienced as well. WR is probably the biggest ? On offense, we do have a guy with a lot of talent but we just need to see it first, his name is Camp.

 

On Defense we have a new D coordinator who will be pretty aggressive. I’m not sure what we will be like this year because our first game was so vanilla (assuming not wanting to show y’all our hand). Our DL has some talent but needs to be consistent. LB is probably our biggest strength. In the secondary we started two young guys this past Saturday but both were 4 star guys out of high school. Were pretty young all over our secondary which worries me a little but we have some size there. 

 

Should be be a fun game, and wish everyone a good time. 

I appreciate the break down.  Have you heard from your end how many people are coming down?  I am hoping for a big turnout all around.  I am also driving down from Atlanta, so I'll probably see a lot of GT fans on the road.

I am concerned about our line play in the first game, but we'll see. The QB came out slinging dimes, which I definitely did not expect.  Our secondary stood out in coverage.  We had a sidelined RB that was much ballyhooed, so I am hoping that is an X factor in the next game as well.

[GT FAN]

26 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

I appreciate the break down.  Have you heard from your end how many people are coming down?  I am hoping for a big turnout all around.  I am also driving down from Atlanta, so I'll probably see a lot of GT fans on the road.

I am concerned about our line play in the first game, but we'll see. The QB came out slinging dimes, which I definitely did not expect.  Our secondary stood out in coverage.  We had a sidelined RB that was much ballyhooed, so I am hoping that is an X factor in the next game as well.

Not sure how many are coming, I know a lot are staying back because it’s so hot there and they have opted for the Louisville game. 

[ilovetheoption]

9 hours ago, GT FAN said:

Not true, Stephen Hill, Darren Waller, DeAndre Smelter, Demaryius Thomas. All guys who could stretch the field and did really well at GT. None of these guys were TE type guys. 

Dude, Darren Waller is a TE in the NFL.