There are already enough threads with enough posts that express enough opinions and provide enough analysis of Saturday's game. I have tried to tiptoe around the following, but there is an 800 pound gorilla in the room that we all are avoiding. I alluded to it earlier in another thread when I wrote this:
"I like Skip Holtz as a person alot. But he has a well established record as a head coach. In his 14th year as a head coach he has a winning percentage of .550. He has won two conference championships, his last, 10 years ago. His winning percentage at LaTech is frighteningly similar to his overall record at .576. He is who he is."
The problem is not J'Mar, or the OL, or the special teams, or the LB's. The problem is Skip Holtz.
Skip anointed JMar.
Skip calls the offensive plays and thinks he's good at it. He's not.
Skip hired the new special teams coach. I am not exaggerating when I say that had such poor special teams play occurred under Maxie Lambright, the person responsible would have been demoted or terminated BEFORE the bus left the stadium to return to Ruston. Don't doubt me on this. When I was a freshman, the kickoff team allowed one long return that didn't affect the game's outcome. That was the only special teams mistake in the game. However, was still steamed on Monday, normally a shells day, and made the kickoff team dress in full pads and stay an extra 45 minutes after regular practice to practice staying in your lane and taking proper pursuit angles as the ball was advanced up the middle and up different sides of the field. There were probably 15 kickoffs, each requiring full speed sprints to the ball. I don't recall kickoff coverage ever being issue thereafter.
Over a 13-year head coach career, Skip has won an average of 7.1 games per year. While at Tech, he has averaged 7.6 wins per year.
Regardless of personnel, history
unequivocally demonstrates that Skip will manage any team to an average of just slightly over 7 wins per year. If you want conference championships and more wins, the problem, ultimately, is not the personnel. The problem, regrettably, is Skip.
There, I said it.
"I like Skip Holtz as a person alot. But he has a well established record as a head coach. In his 14th year as a head coach he has a winning percentage of .550. He has won two conference championships, his last, 10 years ago. His winning percentage at LaTech is frighteningly similar to his overall record at .576. He is who he is."
The problem is not J'Mar, or the OL, or the special teams, or the LB's. The problem is Skip Holtz.
Skip anointed JMar.
Skip calls the offensive plays and thinks he's good at it. He's not.
Skip hired the new special teams coach. I am not exaggerating when I say that had such poor special teams play occurred under Maxie Lambright, the person responsible would have been demoted or terminated BEFORE the bus left the stadium to return to Ruston. Don't doubt me on this. When I was a freshman, the kickoff team allowed one long return that didn't affect the game's outcome. That was the only special teams mistake in the game. However, was still steamed on Monday, normally a shells day, and made the kickoff team dress in full pads and stay an extra 45 minutes after regular practice to practice staying in your lane and taking proper pursuit angles as the ball was advanced up the middle and up different sides of the field. There were probably 15 kickoffs, each requiring full speed sprints to the ball. I don't recall kickoff coverage ever being issue thereafter.
Over a 13-year head coach career, Skip has won an average of 7.1 games per year. While at Tech, he has averaged 7.6 wins per year.
Regardless of personnel, history
unequivocally demonstrates that Skip will manage any team to an average of just slightly over 7 wins per year. If you want conference championships and more wins, the problem, ultimately, is not the personnel. The problem, regrettably, is Skip.
There, I said it.
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