Part of Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson’s plan to help his players “just do their job” in Saturday’s game against North Carolina included simplifying the way the plays were relayed to the offense.
Instead of sending in plays through either an A-back or wide receiver, which is the way Johnson has done it at Tech, the plays to quarterback Justin Thomas were sent by hand signals from either A-backs coach Lamar Owens or graduate assistant Steven Sylvester.
After Thomas received the play, Tech’s players would line up and the coaches would analyze how North Carolina lined up.