‘It was hard, it was not fun at all’ – Georgia Tech coach Brent Key did something he’s never done before ahead of game against Tennessee
Tennessee is set to play Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Saturday night. The Yellow Jackets are coming off a tough season-opening loss to Colorado.
Georgia Tech head coach Brent Key admitted this week that he did something after the Yellow Jackets’ loss to Colorado that he’s never done before.
Key is preparing his team for a big matchup against the Tennessee Vols in Atlanta on Saturday night.
But before moving forward to Tennessee prep, Key made his entire coaching staff and team watch film of the Colorado game together.
Brent Key said it was hard to look at what went wrong against Colorado
Key said on his coach’s show on 680 The Fan on Thursday that he canceled his staff meeting on Sunday and instead had all of his coaches and players gather together to watch the film from the loss to Colorado.
“On Sunday, I did something I’ve never done before,” said Key. “I was supposed to have a staff meeting at 10 am and a team meeting at 1 pm. I canceled the staff meeting, and I had one meeting with everyone. I stood in the front with all 200-plus people and basically had my staff meeting in front of the team, and I had my team meeting in front of the staff.
“And then we sat down and grabbed the clicker and we watched the game in its entirety in front of everyone. Because I wanted the players to see that it’s not all on them. I wanted the staff to see that it’s not all on them. It was also a therapeutic thing. It’s one of those things that I wanted them to see me be vulnerable. To see me talk about things that you know we did or didn’t do, and that everyone is accountable. And guys that did things that are not what Georgia Tech football is, from an emotional standpoint, they got to come sit right next to me in the front row, and we talked very openly in the meeting. And that was very needed. … It was hard. It wasn’t fun at all.”
It’s very clear that Georgia Tech did not take the loss to Colorado well. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a coach linger on a loss the way Key has lingered this week on the Yellow Jackets’ loss to the Buffaloes.
Now, that’s not me throwing shade at Key — I have a ton of respect for who he is as a coach and as a person. Maybe his team responds well to this method and beats Tennessee this weekend. I have no idea what’s going to happen. It’s just an approach you don’t usually see.
We’ll see on Saturday night if it was the right approach.
