As the Bulldogs march into Holtz's second season at the helm, he's still searching for the pill.
"We are still working on it and if we come up with it, we're going to make a lot of money for everyone coaching around the country in all sports," Holtz said, cracking a smile.
All jokes aside, he could use it despite what the numbers show in terms of experience.
Tech has 20 seniors on the roster, but just six of them have been in the program for the duration of their careers. The remaining 14 are either junior college transfers from 2013 or Division I transfers this summer who are expected to play key roles.
The result has Holtz in a predicament he's never dealt with in his career.
"This is one of the bigger hurdles that I think I've had in my coaching career with the number of new faces that we have on offense and trying to bring them all together," Holtz said.
The verbiage sounds eerily similar to what Holtz preached last year when he referenced a group of 32 seniors Tech lost from the 9-3 campaign in 2012.
And while it seems obvious Holtz's job should be easier in year two, he has a different view.
"With this group, it's like a free agency wire when you're just picking them up and they're just getting here, and I think that's what makes it challenging and a little bit different this year than it was in the past," he said.
From a talent standpoint, Tech is a cut above the 2013 squad just two practices in.
Holtz even noted Tuesday that senior wide receiver Sterling Griffin told him how noticeable the talent upgrade was from 2013 to 2014 based off how many balls the receivers were catching in "routes on air," adding just 50 percent of balls that were caught compared to almost 90 to 95 percent through two days.
The talent can quickly become irrelevant, however, if the players don't understand how to fit in with the program.
"Leadership is certainly a question on our entire football team because of the non-typical route that most of our seniors have," Tech defensive coordinator Manny Diaz said. "We have sophomores that have been on campus longer than most of our seniors. It's not your traditional college football team where you have player development and these guys are groomed into their roles and now it's their natural progression to take over."
Plus, Diaz's system isn't too difficult to grasp, or so his players say.
"It's a lot less thinking and a lot more playing," linebacker Mitch Villimez said. "It's just playing ball even though this is a new defense."
While Diaz's scheme may be relatively easy to understand, the only way to master it is through live game action, something Tech won't face until the season opener at Oklahoma on Aug. 30.
"You can sense their urgency to get it right now," Diaz said. "We can't wait until October or November. We have to know what we're doing from Day 1."