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Offensive Line Has Looked Good (zone vs road grading)

There's not one decent player in the whole bunch, may be Scaife someday but not right now
 
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There's nothing quite as satisfying as watching our RB run past our O lineman trying to pull and then wonder why the play blew up.
 
Coach Macho said:
Are you referring to the times where we run fullback dive?
That's just wedge blocking.
It's always easier to get movement when you wedge block.

We should get movement on zone-blocking too, we just aren't athletic enough make/sustain contact.
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Yeah I ease referring to the fullback dive. Do you think we are recruiting the wrong type of linemen?
 
Zone blocking requires smaller more agile linemen. Think GT’s best guard was only 280lbs last Saturday but he gave Willis all he could handle cause he fired off fast and low. Dude was also getting to the LBers in a hurry. That is a zone blocking linemen. I believe one of the reasons we get beat is we are making our linemen think too much. Which zone blocking can do, especially in blitz situations. We should keep it simple and have the center assign man to man blocking. No decision making, just line up and whip your guy.
 
My favorite call of the entire game was when we ran that split-back cross influence running play for the second time. Sorry for the awkward description but you'll figure it out.

We got away with it near the goal line on 3rd down during the first drive only because Dallas slipped several tackles and managed to turn the corner just enough for the first down.

But instead of realizing what a stupid call it was and we were lucky as **** to succeed, Richt somehow brainstormed to call it again on a pivotal play in the second half.

Hysterical. It was wiped out and deservedly wiped out.

The wedge blocking is indeed the only thing that looks good on a regular basis. Otherwise when we pop something it looks mostly random, and the fault of the defense. I'm convinced if we blocked downhill all the time the running game would steadily improve as the season went on, which was the tendency during the glory era. I was never worried when the running game started the season slowly in those years.
 
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Insanecane said:
Zone blocking requires smaller more agile linemen. Think GT’s best guard was only 280lbs last Saturday but he gave Willis all he could handle cause he fired off fast and low. Dude was also getting to the LBers in a hurry. That is a zone blocking linemen. I believe one of the reasons we get beat is we are making our linemen think too much. Which zone blocking can do, especially in blitz situations. We should keep it simple and have the center assign man to man blocking. No decision making, just line up and whip your guy.
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Very good summary. Paul Johnson spends all season every season prioritizing his guards getting to the linebackers in a hurry. He'll scream at them beyond belief when he thinks they don't understand how important it is. The past few years after Shaq Mason graduated Johnson has been screaming all the time. But this season they finally have quicker more agile guards so Johnson is more relaxed and he's also not forced to call as many rocket tosses or passing plays. This would be one of the better Georgia Tech teams in Johnson's tenure if the defense were more talented.

Most posters here don't bother to watch what Georgia Tech is trying to do on offense...when they can merely say high school offense and call it a day
 
At the end of the day, the goal is to score points be it through a triple option formation, pro-style, or air raid offense. Those more successful in their offensive scheme are the ones that post up the most points. I’ve always admired Johnson and GT if only because they’ve stuck to their guns, recruited properly to fit their needs, and work tirelessly on technique to properly execute it. Now, I’m not advocating we run it at the U but when it’s done right it is a machine of beauty. It would be nice to see our OL execute as a single purpose unit, firing off the ball in unison and affecting the line of scrimmage in a positive manner, netting us gains on a consistent basis and eventually wearing down a defensive front. How I long to return to those days when our OL was properly trained on technique and how to whip the man across the field from them. Are there any good OL coaches we can pry away from their current schools that can come in after this debacle of a season is over, and begin the long, hard work of getting our OL to work the way many of the upper echelon schools do? I’m not as familiar with who’s a great OL teacher since the days of when Kehoe was here. I would think he’s too old these days, and wasn’t he fired anyways by us not that long ago?
 
kryptonite said:
Ask me how I know you're trolling.
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Many say that we should get a new offensive line coach. But the question is how much impact does a Ritch scheme have on the performance of the offensive line?

That is something that really needs to be discussed
 
ToiletWater said:
Many say that we should get a new offensive line coach. But the question is how much impact does a Ritch scheme have on the performance of the offensive line?

That is something that really needs to be discussed
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Simple. It's both.
 
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ToiletWater said:
What I find interesting and I noticed this during the short yardage plays. Even when everyone in the world knows what play we will run.

When the offensive line simply lines up and runs down hill they move bodies.

When we attempt to to zone block we look lost, weak and horrible. It makes me wonder if our coaching and technique are bad. How can the O Line get push on short yardage plays when they simply line up and put a hat on hat but look like high school cheerleaders when zone blocking.

I ask this question for this simple reason. If Searels is the problem then we should see instant results with a new coach. Or is the problem Ritch’s scheme which is making the offensive line look bad?

I am worried that a change may be made that has nothing to do with the issue
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It makes you wonder?
 
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