The Run Game is not in trouble!

[Bluetic]

good point.

If was a FSU fan, and someone told me that we had the coaching triumvirate of Randy Sanders, Sal Sunseri and Jay Graham I would want to punch that someone in the face.

People are confusing Jay's ability as a player and his prowess as a coach. He might be a decent RB coach but it isn't like he is irreplaceable. I give him a nod for staying through recruiting season. There is no better time to leave than this part of the year, insofar as being the least damaging to a program during a coaching transition.

+1 160 yds a game is not gonna get it done...

 

[sjt18]

You guys are unbelieveable. As long as CJG is wearing the orange and white, he is a fantastic coach who brought our running game out of the doldrums. Now, since he's gone, our run game is mediocre at best and CJG wasn't a good coach anyway.

Let's be realistic--he stabilized the run game, he did great things in recruiting but for reasons only he and his family know, he decided to move on.

We'll hire a good coach and we will move forward.

I don't think I ever fell into any hype about CJG. He did a good job making the RB's better but they weren't great. What's-his-name made the OL better too but there's more work to do there as well.

My biggest surprise is that keeping Graham did NOT result in UT landing even one top shelf RB recruit much less the two everyone seemed to think were needed/wanted. If I had to make a guess at why UT didn't try harder to keep Graham... that would be it.

There are plenty of good and some great RB coaches around. You can find them at lower levels too. Graham was a good recruiter but you can find better ones. Without the baggage and burned bridges, Trooper Taylor is probably better at both.