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Stubblefeild and Barry have really distinguished themselves. Their units are showing marked improvement and they are developing their players. Much respect to those two. They had to weather all of the adversity that came when the team started at 3-4 but they just kept their noses to the grindstone and kept working. Much respect to those two and the entire staff for hanging in there when the going got nearly unbearable. I would like to single out Butch Barry as his unit was getting an insane amount of heat and deservedly so as that unit was as awful as you will see the first half of the year. Barry hung in there and never let his guys quit. They just kept working and we are beginning to see the results as the OL has made a significant improvement over the last few weeks.
All of these position coaches and coordinators who have stuck it out and have kept coaching and teaching through the shytstorm are motivated by one man and that's the head coach as it all starts at the top. Being the head coach Manny Diaz was responsible for the poor start we had and by the same logic he is also responsible for what is starting to look like a huge turnaround. This team has most definitely turned a corner and has improved in all facets of the game most notably OL, penalties, defense and special teams with WR being in there as well. I'm not here trying to proclaim that the guy is Nick Saban or Dabo Swinney just that Diaz has engineered a nice turnaround in the face of tremendous adversity and deserves to be praised for it.
We still need to finish it out by beating FIU and Duke but that task seems so much more doable than it did a month ago. I remember ripping Diaz and staff for the clown show we were witnessing on a game to game basis and I said that I would much rather Diaz turn it around and prove me wrong because that would be so much better for the program right now. Well, Diaz has gone a good way towards doing exactly that and the finish line is in sight in terms of completing a total team turnaround. Winning out and finishing 9-4 with a Bowl win while continuing to improve is the goal now and it is reachable. If Diaz pulls that off after the way things were going after GT, he will earn major respect and admiration from this fan base and deservedly so. I'm pulling for him and this team in a big way.
Guys, again I'm not sitting here trying to tell you that Diaz is the guy that's going to lead us to multiple titles. I'm not saying that he is some Yoda level type guru/coach. All I want to get across is that after the Georgia Tech loss this team was 3-4 and at a point where the locker room could have completely disintegrated and this team could have easily packed it in and tuned out the staff. That did not happen however and what we have seen is tangible improvement in many areas like penalties, lack of discipline, poor OL play. Erratic and disjointed play on defense, average WR play, terrible special teams and horrendous play calling. We have seen tangible evidence of improvement in every one of those areas in addition to player development and a team that is clearly still together. I'm not saying we're ready for Clemson but I am saying that Diaz deserves some credit for keeping this team together and improving in the face of tremendous adversity.
All of these position coaches and coordinators who have stuck it out and have kept coaching and teaching through the shytstorm are motivated by one man and that's the head coach as it all starts at the top. Being the head coach Manny Diaz was responsible for the poor start we had and by the same logic he is also responsible for what is starting to look like a huge turnaround. This team has most definitely turned a corner and has improved in all facets of the game most notably OL, penalties, defense and special teams with WR being in there as well. I'm not here trying to proclaim that the guy is Nick Saban or Dabo Swinney just that Diaz has engineered a nice turnaround in the face of tremendous adversity and deserves to be praised for it.
We still need to finish it out by beating FIU and Duke but that task seems so much more doable than it did a month ago. I remember ripping Diaz and staff for the clown show we were witnessing on a game to game basis and I said that I would much rather Diaz turn it around and prove me wrong because that would be so much better for the program right now. Well, Diaz has gone a good way towards doing exactly that and the finish line is in sight in terms of completing a total team turnaround. Winning out and finishing 9-4 with a Bowl win while continuing to improve is the goal now and it is reachable. If Diaz pulls that off after the way things were going after GT, he will earn major respect and admiration from this fan base and deservedly so. I'm pulling for him and this team in a big way.
Guys, again I'm not sitting here trying to tell you that Diaz is the guy that's going to lead us to multiple titles. I'm not saying that he is some Yoda level type guru/coach. All I want to get across is that after the Georgia Tech loss this team was 3-4 and at a point where the locker room could have completely disintegrated and this team could have easily packed it in and tuned out the staff. That did not happen however and what we have seen is tangible improvement in many areas like penalties, lack of discipline, poor OL play. Erratic and disjointed play on defense, average WR play, terrible special teams and horrendous play calling. We have seen tangible evidence of improvement in every one of those areas in addition to player development and a team that is clearly still together. I'm not saying we're ready for Clemson but I am saying that Diaz deserves some credit for keeping this team together and improving in the face of tremendous adversity.
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