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Posted on 11/12/11 at 2:06 pm to TTsTowel
I'll say this as an AU fan:
Chizik has an eye for coaching talent and is a much better recruiter than I ever thought possible. He put together a top 25 class in '09 after having basically a month and a half to recruit after being hired and followed that up with consecutive top 5 classes. That's awesome, especially considering the recruiting competition in the SEC. He deserves a lot of credit for the talent we're getting in our program.
But I don't know how good of a head coach the guy is. Recruiting is great, but you also have to coach those guys up. In Chizik's two seasons without Cam, we've been drilled by Arkansas and LSU both times and lost a close one to Bama. And the defense has been an embarrassment. I gave Chiz and Roof a pass in '09 because of our lack of depth thanks to Tubbs' feeble recruiting efforts in his last couple of years here, but these last two years are inexcusable. We haven't been able to stop a nosebleed. Chizik and Roof constantly have heated arguments on the sideline, and that's got to stop--one way or the other.
Another weird thing about Chiz is the way he answer questions during interviews. There is coachspeak, and then there is Chizikspeak. I just don't understand it, and it pisses me off. He sounds like he has no idea about football. His answer to any questions he gets about schemes, strategies, situations, personnel--anything about the game--seems to always be something along the lines of how he's extremely blessed and how everybody is all in. Look, I'm a man of Christian faith and have no problem with Chizik's proclamation of his faith and trying to instill that in his players, but if this is the only way you answer just about every single question, it makes you look like you have no idea what you're talking about. Chiz seems VERY guarded about everything, and it's weird.
Next year will tell a lot about which direction we're heading. It will be Chiz' first year with all of his recruits, and we'll return nearly all of our starters. We have a chance to win 8 games this year with a win over UGA today--and possibly more--which is great when you consider our youth and lack of QB play.
If we win 8 games this year, anything less than 9 or 10 wins next year, especially with all of our tough games being at home minus Bama, will be disappointing, IMO, and will have me questioning whether Chizik is the man to keep us competing for championships.
Chizik has an eye for coaching talent and is a much better recruiter than I ever thought possible. He put together a top 25 class in '09 after having basically a month and a half to recruit after being hired and followed that up with consecutive top 5 classes. That's awesome, especially considering the recruiting competition in the SEC. He deserves a lot of credit for the talent we're getting in our program.
But I don't know how good of a head coach the guy is. Recruiting is great, but you also have to coach those guys up. In Chizik's two seasons without Cam, we've been drilled by Arkansas and LSU both times and lost a close one to Bama. And the defense has been an embarrassment. I gave Chiz and Roof a pass in '09 because of our lack of depth thanks to Tubbs' feeble recruiting efforts in his last couple of years here, but these last two years are inexcusable. We haven't been able to stop a nosebleed. Chizik and Roof constantly have heated arguments on the sideline, and that's got to stop--one way or the other.
Another weird thing about Chiz is the way he answer questions during interviews. There is coachspeak, and then there is Chizikspeak. I just don't understand it, and it pisses me off. He sounds like he has no idea about football. His answer to any questions he gets about schemes, strategies, situations, personnel--anything about the game--seems to always be something along the lines of how he's extremely blessed and how everybody is all in. Look, I'm a man of Christian faith and have no problem with Chizik's proclamation of his faith and trying to instill that in his players, but if this is the only way you answer just about every single question, it makes you look like you have no idea what you're talking about. Chiz seems VERY guarded about everything, and it's weird.
Next year will tell a lot about which direction we're heading. It will be Chiz' first year with all of his recruits, and we'll return nearly all of our starters. We have a chance to win 8 games this year with a win over UGA today--and possibly more--which is great when you consider our youth and lack of QB play.
If we win 8 games this year, anything less than 9 or 10 wins next year, especially with all of our tough games being at home minus Bama, will be disappointing, IMO, and will have me questioning whether Chizik is the man to keep us competing for championships.
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