Bits from Monday
Greetings-
Sorry for the delay in posting post-practice. I’m pinch hitting for Doug and wasn’t sure of the protocol, particularly now that practice is closed to media. As such, can’t offer much in the way of observations, other than that the team returned safely from Rose Bowl Fields to the locker room.
A lot of the stuff is posted in the notebook I wrote for Tuesday’s paper. The main highlight is that Paul Johnson said that quarterback Jaybo Shaw’s return from a broken collarbone should be six weeks, which means that he’d miss Jacksonville State, Clemson, Miami and North Carolina.
Also, former Tech commit Chris Jackson (who later de-committed when Chan Gailey was fired, went to Alabama and then left Alabama this summer) had his first practice Monday, along with several walk-ons.
First, Shaw. Having Tevin Washington as the No. 2, at least right now, looks like a fairly significant downgrade. Shaw knows the offense well and has proven he can run it. Washington is getting there – he’s made significant improvement since last year, his redshirt year – but is steps behind Shaw.
Quarterbacks coach Brian Bohannon said Washington needs to be more focused and more consistent in his play. He described it in an interesting way. With Shaw and Josh Nesbitt, for instance, Bohannon knows what he’s going to get – what they do well, don’t do well, etc. With Washington, because of his play-to-play inconsistency, Bohannon isn’t sure what he’s getting.
Second, Jackson. Interesting how things turn out. Gailey recruited him to play wide receiver, then Jackson decided to go elsewhere when Johnson’s run-oriented offense came to town, and now Jackson is back after he didn’t get much playing time at Alabama. It’s interesting that Johnson was O.K. with Jackson coming back after he spruned them two years ago. I imagine some coaches might have taken a different approach. But, I think among other things, Johnson is a pretty practical guy.
I think you could certainly say that Jackson had reason to de-commit from Tech – after all, he wasn’t Johnson’s recruit, and it was within his rights to be wary of how much he would get the ball at wide receiver in this offense – and perhaps Johnson recognized as much.
Also interesting is that Jackson will be an A-back, not a wide receiver.
Guess that’s about it. Talk to ya later, Tech fans.
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to kelly
August 18th, 2009
4:12 pm
so lsu did what the dogs could not do…
Was that from injuries?
Was that from lack of smarts to figure it out?
What was it?
macrotech
August 18th, 2009
6:05 pm
To all the pups that want to spout the genius of lsu figuring out the Tech offense……does that mean that the mutts won’t stand a chance against Bama and the Gators? Just watch the video of those games and the dogs have NO chance! The ONLY thing that can be gained by watching the footage from the Tech vs. lsu game is that Tech SUCKED on special teams and needs to focus through the entire season….including the vacation of post season bowls! CPJ is already handling this….our offense is going to be better than last year! Granted, our defense is going to be the key ingredient to how far Tech can go this coming season! It’s going to be an amazing season, or it’s going to be a long season! GO TECH!!!
AlabamaRamblinwreck
August 18th, 2009
6:11 pm
“Sorry to jump in late. I think most of the questions have been answered, ”
No, the first question was not answered. What is Jorday Luallen’s status? Is he close to returning?
GT9
August 18th, 2009
7:15 pm
I saw David Simms for the first time two Saturday’s ago and man, that kid is built like a linebacker. He’s still shaky at execution but it’s all still new to him. He and Luallen will be a potent 1-2 punch in a couple of years.
Last year, at the Jax State game Jaybo looked fantastic, breaking off long runs and distributing the ball. We’ll be able to compare Washington to that in a few weeks. For those at the ‘09 spring game, Jaybo fumbled his first pitch. He’s not perfect.
I’d like to hear a little bit of the thinking on how Miami is going to put some payback on the Jackets. We ran all over them in ‘08 and Dwyer didn’t play a single snap in the second half. Oh that’s right …, they’re gonna watch the LSU “blueprint.”
I’m going to the Miami game again this year. Last time we went down there, they tore the stadium down after we left. they got tadpoles the size of Mercury’s down in florida.
gtgrox
August 18th, 2009
7:55 pm
It is just me or does Doug have a crush on TJ Barnes. Just for kicks look at his articles and number 4 on the depth chart TJ Barnes is mentioned more than ACC Player of the year Dwyer & All American candidate Morgie Morgie. Case and point – Look at today’s article…3 lines and HIS favorite player is mentioned
7-5 again
August 18th, 2009
8:48 pm
I promise tech fans are 18 days away from the beginning of an extremely pathetic season. You need to stop building this team up in your heads so it doesn’t hurt so bad once it happens. One 9-4 season (could have VERY easily been 6-7… GWebb, FSU, UGA) and you think you are good?
to again
August 18th, 2009
9:32 pm
Win yours in Still waters first and then come back.
Kelly's a Dawg
August 19th, 2009
10:58 am
Buzzed, did you learn that cute “not” joke from Borat? Very nice.
Dawghater, you can only wish that GT beat GA the way that FL and AL did. Yes, we got our tails whipped by the #1 and #6 teams in the nation last year. GT winning by 3 POINTS is not “destroying” anything. But if it’s last year’s history you want to discuss, what do you have to say about losses to the good ole (unranked) boys of Virgina? And how about that 3 point beat down you gave Gardner-Webb (10-7)…that was awesome!
NOT!!!
Heck, I almost forgot to remind y’all that the Dawgs destroyed LSU in their own back yard last year…52-38.