Don’t expect ‘movie, TV crap’ from Johnson
Don’t expect Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson to do anything special to try to get his players motivated for Saturday’s game at North Carolina. The players admit that they have played flat the past two weeks in a win against S.C. State and a loss at Kansas.
“From the looks of the game, I can certainly motivate better,” Johnson said. “But you know what my experience has been in 31 years? That’s movie, TV crap. You’d better be able to motivate yourself. I’m not going to motivate you 12 Saturdays a year. Anybody that thinks you’re going to go into the locker room and somebody’s going to punch the locker, or cave in the blackboard or head butt somebody and everybody’s going to go ‘AAAAAAAAHHHH!’ It’s make believe. It doesn’t happen.”
Saturday’s game is important for a variety of reasons, starting with it’s the Yellow Jackets’ first conference game since winning the ACC championship last season. Also, the team hasn’t lost back-to-back games since Johnson took over for the 2008 season. Johnson has said good teams rarely lose consecutive games.
“It’s a challenge for us,” he said. “We’ve got to play better. If we don’t play better than we did in the first two games we aren’t going to win on Saturday, I can tell you that. This is the best team we’ve played.”
Johnson said he hasn’t seen any of the players step up to try to help focus the team, nor does he want to. He said the entire operation, from the coaches on down, needs to improve.
“Show me, don’t tell me,” Johnsonn said. “We’ll see what they can do on Saturday. You do it by playing and doing your job, and doing what’s right. Anybody can stand up on the plane and say ‘Guys, we’re coming this week,’ until you get hit in the mouth the first time. Let’s see what happens on Saturday.
“We’ll find out starting today how serious we are.”
The players said as much after the game on Saturday, saying it’s time to start doing and stop talking.
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AlabamaRamblinwreck
September 14th, 2010
2:08 pm
First, and CPJ is the man
GT FAN IN PA
September 14th, 2010
2:11 pm
You got to love the fact that he shoots it straight- you either like this man or hate this man- no in between- GO JACKETS!!!
GT Sambo
September 14th, 2010
2:21 pm
Good! I’ve seen too many comments even from Tech fans knocking CPJ, so I like to see a few positive comments. While there is plenty to be disappointed about with GT, coaching scheme isn’t it. And I like the fact that CPJ is treating these young men like young men. I think it is a continuation of building an overall DNA into this program. Hopefully we will continue to attract higher quality human beings and athletes who hold themselves accountable for their performance and look to improve themselves every week. Long-term hopefully the Tech football team will be better for it and it will translate into wins.
GTBob
September 14th, 2010
2:25 pm
They have been flat the first two games. That will change though. Getting motivated for the SC St game was going to be tough, and I think they were a little over confident when they played Kansas. This week they are playing a tough team, its an ACC game, and they should have a little fire in them after losing a game they shouldn’t have. I think we will see a better performance this week.
old gold engineer
September 14th, 2010
2:31 pm
I believe the players’ mentality cost us the game at KU. The worst thing that happened was NDSU beating KU in week 1. After that, I think the GT players figured on an easy victory. We need Coach PJ building up the opponent and reassuring the Jackets that they can be beaten by anyone on the schedule. Show some healthy respect for the opposing team and be prepared for a tough contest.
old gold engineer
September 14th, 2010
2:33 pm
Thank goodness we don’t play VT this week, or we might see a repeat of the Kansas scenario.
GT+CPJ=SUCCESS
September 14th, 2010
2:40 pm
I agree with you about going into the game thinking easy win and getting surprised, but how do you not turn up the intinsety level when it’s obvious the other team came to play. I hope I see a complete turn around in intensity and mental focus. GT needs this win or we as fans could be in for a looooong season.
TURN THAT D@MN THING UP GO JACKETS
September 14th, 2010
2:49 pm
this coach and this team won the ACC Champioship last season, didn’t see Clemson, FSU, VT, Miami, UNC or the rest of them pull that off.. CPJ is the best coach GT has had in years and then some. GO GET EM JACKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vegas Jackette
September 14th, 2010
2:54 pm
I mentioned this before but players got surprised at what they had waiting for them at Kansas, a team and fans out on a mission to WIN, same atmosphere GT had when they played VT at home last season. It will be a sea of blue again at Chapel Hill but now they know, it’s no cake walk, no excuses.
techengineer
September 14th, 2010
2:55 pm
I love PJ and his offense and the Jackets but they are in trouble this year. No passing threat along with Nesbitt being a big power runner will allow defenses to stack the box against them. I’ve never betted against PJ since he’s been at GT but I will spot GT 14 this weekend and feel pretty confident. GT is in big trouble this year. No leadership. More importantly no Thomas!
meller
September 14th, 2010
2:59 pm
Tech will destroy NC by at lest 20 , they would have beaten them with a full team but now it wont even be a game , kansas was a fluke the jackets won’t lose an acc game all year .
back to back acc champs write it down
Shug
September 14th, 2010
3:01 pm
I can almost guarantee you that Paul Johnson is the best coach Georgia Tech has had at any sport since Whack Hyder.
Brandon Spikes
September 14th, 2010
3:01 pm
No motivational movie? That’s weird. Coach Johnson asked me for an autographed copy of my “movie” just last week. I guess it’s for his personal collection.
GTJeff
September 14th, 2010
3:02 pm
This year reminds me of 2001 when we were ranked #7 & expected to WIN the ACC & compete for the NC. Too much hype & looking at a disappointing season.
ManUp...
September 14th, 2010
3:02 pm
Daniel, what does that make you? Coach Paul Johnson makes a living in the public eye (public enough that he’s certainly gotten your attention) and has earned a name for himself. Call him what you want, but realize in the process that you are just a nobody to him. You want to put a man like him down? Gather a team of your own and go coach against him in a football game. Talk is cheap and potshots are free. Enjoy sniping at men you cannot reach.
North Ave killer Beez
September 14th, 2010
3:05 pm
Any word on JC Lanier, is getting reps in practice? Also what about Denzel McCoy? Any news on these two?
Baldemar Huerta
September 14th, 2010
3:06 pm
It’s hard to compete when all the Thugs go to another school.
Techman78
September 14th, 2010
3:06 pm
One freakin loss and the idiots start harping about people have figured out our offense, that our defense sucks, our coordinators need to be fired etc. Those arent real fans, their bandwagon jumpers. After we lost last season at The U all these same idiots said the same crap, then what happened?? We won 8 straight, won the ACC, and played in the orange bowl. CPJ is a hell of a coach and I expect a truly inspired game this week against the heels. Virginia Tech lost to James Madison…James Freakin Madison an FCS school…people were talking about the chokies as an outside contender to win it all and they are setting at 0-2, people arent saying that Frank Beamer’s system has been figured out though. Piss on all the people that dont believe in our coach and our players, we have a very good team and it will show as the season progresses. Go Jackets! THWG and THW all the bandwagon fans!!!
coachx
September 14th, 2010
3:08 pm
I’m a Dawg fan but I got to love Coach Johnson !
The man tells it like it is.
GT Sambo
September 14th, 2010
3:12 pm
You want to see some serious over-reaction from fans go take a look at the UGA boards. I bet some of the people calling for Mark Richt’s head this week were the same people who said UGA would be undefeated after the ULL game.
5150 P.O.A.D.
September 14th, 2010
3:14 pm
Walls was not taking out 2 blockers in the Kansas game. Walls has to play bigger in the middle.
Wreckem
September 14th, 2010
3:17 pm
LOL@ Mr. Spikes.
CPJ is the man. No fluff, just play football hard. Gotta love it. Also, shame on all the “fans” hating on CPJ after the KU loss. He is the best thing that has happend to GT football in years.
GT71
September 14th, 2010
3:23 pm
It ani’t about bandwagons, it ain’t about CPJ.
It’s about FOOTBALL. And that’s as an intense 5 seconds per play you’ll ever see – a coordinated frenzy. 80-100 times per game.
Get the coordination from the coaches and the reps – get the intensity from within.
CPJ is the coach.
But the players must man-up. And PLAY!
Destin Dawg
September 14th, 2010
3:24 pm
gotta like CPJ….. GT go get “em Sat… we’ve both have a big challenge.. conference games that will impact our seasons… lets get things turned around !!!! Go DAWGS !!!
Dawglasville
September 14th, 2010
3:24 pm
I have always believed that high emotions were a waste of time anyway. You have an assignment. You play 100% every time. I agree with the coach. Of course, the head butting thing did actually happen a long time ago.
Knoxdawg
September 14th, 2010
3:26 pm
Dawg fan here but got to agree w/ CPJ. He says it like it is. Need Richt to do that more often. I feel he is going that direction and we will see. Gonna be a tough game in Chapel Hill but GT can win. Not sure how all the suspensions of NC players will effect the outcome. It has to be a distraction. GT was like UGA thinking that all they had to do was show up and the opponent would roll over. You gotta play hard, smart and motivated in every game you play or you will not win. Both teams have new DC and new schemes so it will take time to adjust. I believe they both will get it done.
BartBuzz
September 14th, 2010
3:28 pm
It’s refreshing to read some positive comments from UGA fans. Thanks for the support!
But come November…it’s THWG!
dawgster
September 14th, 2010
3:33 pm
This is not a bash at GT so don’t take it that way and i am a true dawg fan, but the comment above is correct..Had the dawgs lost to a team that had very little respect as Kansas the dawg nation would explode…It is absurd at some of the comments that supposedly true dawg fans have commented on the dawgs who by the way lost to a very good SC team..I will say that there were plenty of GT fans bashing the dawgs also, so i’m not going to do that to Tech and no i don’t have any hidden secret love for the jackets…but it was one game, CPJ is a very good coach and i’m sure he will get it corrected…you also have a new DC as the dawgs do so one could expect some learning curve…I will give the tech blog some kudos in that the comments are more positive than the negative ones that the dawg fans are giving our team…It saddens me that we are stooping to this in the second game of the season…Yes the dawgs have issues, but from what i have seen there are alot of fine programs around the country that are having some early season difficulties..
GT75
September 14th, 2010
3:41 pm
What would be the point?
Fire Paul Bewitt
September 14th, 2010
3:41 pm
Johnson the man Paul Hewitt will never be. Go Jackets!
Fire the Bewitt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T-MAN
September 14th, 2010
3:44 pm
Enter your comments here
GTFan
September 14th, 2010
3:46 pm
I always pull for the dawgs when not play us. I have no hate for UGA except on game day. Richt is a good Coach but he needs help..Bobo maybe? but so do we. Good luck to both teams.
Believe Fox is better than Hewitt.
DAWG
September 14th, 2010
3:48 pm
How much hate did you insects have for him after you got drilled on your home turf against a Dawg team that was riddled with problems last year? We are looking pretty shakey this year, but will likely take it to you again. (Thought I would jump in here and be obnoxiuos since I see so many techie geeks in the UGA blogs spewing garbage).
GTFan
September 14th, 2010
3:50 pm
Praying for u DAWG.
rduck
September 14th, 2010
3:51 pm
now this is a decent blog. thanks to all bloggers of all teams that keep on topic and keep it classy. CPJ doesn’t sugar coat it when it comes to what he expects of his players. the system and players are what they are. they are not going to change anytime this season so the players are just going to have to step it up a notch. ain’t gonna be no growth spurt between now and January so we best find that next inner gear and ramp it up! giv’em Hell Jackets!
DAWG
September 14th, 2010
3:51 pm
GTFan, so you know I pull for Tech as well except for that one game.
juvenal
September 14th, 2010
3:52 pm
FPB-SN pre-season top 50, B-ball, uga yes, GT no….have gotten season tix since 78, don’t criticize if they do their best & lose, but learned how to be analytical at Tech,&, folks frun us cuz we like games but this is a game & you try to win, even if you think out of the box, & the only worse loss this century was to duke, this is a BIG back step…5150, Walls was not a wall by any stretch…besides, nobody has negative feedback for the gov’t, or they don’t love the USA?(thank God the US won world B-ball, best sports i saw last weekend)
JasperJacket
September 14th, 2010
3:54 pm
The sad fact is that GT has been outcoached and out played 3 of their last 4 ball games. This weekend is a very critical game for this ball club. Unless GT finds some linebackers that play the game at full speed and a group of d backs that decide to hit someone then this truly is going to be a very long season. PJ is correct in saying that if they do not motivate themselves then they will get on the plane in NC this weekend having lost 4 of their last 5.
rduck
September 14th, 2010
3:54 pm
then along comes the typical a-hole with nothing better to do then spew doggie bits all over the place… sorry bout ya sad life dude…
GTFan
September 14th, 2010
3:54 pm
DAWG pray for me too. Thanks.
Techblood
September 14th, 2010
3:57 pm
GT Sambo, the DNA that this team needs is called TALENT. PJ is proving he can’t attract that. He needs to prove something. Not these players. Aren’t you getting tired of hearing that blowhard scapegoat players when it is he that can’t recruit, can’t put any semblance of a balanced team on the field, and constantly focusing on proving to the world that all he needs to win is that damn high school offense of his. When is the last time he beat a good football team. 2-3 in the last 5. Gimme a break. It’s Paul Johnson that needs to prove something. End of story.
DAWG
September 14th, 2010
3:58 pm
GTFan, from the looks of things right now, we will both need plenty of prayer this year. rduck, whaaaaa, and loosen up! You go through life without a sense of humor you are just not going to have any fun.
RDR
September 14th, 2010
4:00 pm
With 13-16 NC players on suspension (mostly defensive starters) shouldn’t this game be a blowout? Seems I was hearing a couple of weeks ago that LSU was basically playing a B team. Any idea why the line on this game is so tight (tech getting 1)? Just seems like an odd line to me.
GT4ever
September 14th, 2010
4:07 pm
Anybody that knows a thing about football and objectivity has to know that had we played SC instead of Kansas, Marcus Latimore would have run for 500 yards on our soft as mush defensive line. How many passing yards could Garcia have put on us? It would have been embarrassing. When is the great (LMAO) Paul Johnson going to figure out it takes a whole team. Recruit some players Paul. Beat some good teams Paul. Get your fat butt out and recruit some better players or STFU.
BartBuzz
September 14th, 2010
4:08 pm
@RDR…
Don’t pay any attention to the odds. Tech by 14 against KU didn’t mean squat. Tech needs to play the damn game and not read about how many points they will win by.
GT4ever
September 14th, 2010
4:13 pm
I guess it’s also up to the players to figure out how to install a short and medium passing game too, huh Paul.
Dan
September 14th, 2010
4:16 pm
Good points GT4ever. Say what you will you’ll never hear Mark Richt scapegoating players. He straight up says it the coaches fault. Richt is a lot bigger man than Paul Johnson. PJ is a legend in his own mind and nothing can possibly be his fault.
GT75
September 14th, 2010
4:18 pm
Don’t expect any of that passing “crap” from a CPJ offense either. Ride that TO straight to hell.
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
4:20 pm
He said that the entire operation needs to be better. From the coaches on down.
“There’s not anybody who is playing who can’t play better, and we can coach better. The whole operation can be better.”
Conyers Yellow Jacket
September 14th, 2010
4:26 pm
I agree with CPJ`s comments that motivation does not come from the
old rah-rah stuff. However, the bottom line is that GT does not
have the ability to recruit the caliber of players necessary to be a top tier
team consistently even in the ACC. Granted they won the ACC last year.
Everyone has an opinion as well as a nose. Sorry if the other GT fans do
not like mine. Regardless of how good or bad GT plays, I will continue
to be a fan as I have since 1951.
GT75
September 14th, 2010
4:26 pm
It’s time for Paul to show us something too Doug. He beat 4 teams with winning records in 6 years at Navy. He’s 2-3 out of the last five games. He has HIS players on the field. Could it be that history is repeating itself here at Tech. Better offenses than his can’t win without defense and talent.
Lame-O
September 14th, 2010
4:27 pm
Paul Johnson is a pig and not that great a football coach. Not much to like about this particular human being. That is all.
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
4:30 pm
You need to check that winning record stat
GT75
September 14th, 2010
4:30 pm
It’s that damned TO that is killing recruiting. Mike Leach could bring talent to Tech. June Jones could. Kevin Sumlin could. Hell, Chan Gailey recruited better than PJ. What happens to this program when PJ is gone with this talent drain we have going on here? Drad needs to have a talk with his coach.
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
4:32 pm
Once again, what talent drain are you talking about? I’ve about had it with the r-word on the blog.
BartBuzz
September 14th, 2010
4:33 pm
Lame-O….thanks for your wisdom. I’ll flush it the next time nature calls.
8 of 9
September 14th, 2010
4:35 pm
LOL! @ You Paul Johnson apologists. Check out his bowl record for starters. That silly gimmick offense is going to win you a trip to the blue field (again)
dawgy
September 14th, 2010
4:38 pm
I think Johnson is a good offensive coach, but this year should be interesting. He’s never faced real media scrutiny the way Richt has. He was in small markets/obscure programs before he got to tech. Also, he has had an inordinately long honeymoon, albeit deserved. If he starts to falter, look for some Gundy-esque media tirades. Then i guess we’ll see how much “class” the tech people have by the way the view him then. Say what you want about his suntan, or curious Ford commercials, or even his team discipline…Mark Richt has put up with a whole buncha media crap, and he’s done it with a steady hand. Let’s see if FishFry has the same cojones.
Reality Stinks
September 14th, 2010
4:39 pm
How is this going to be any better when you run the middle school option veer?
GT75
September 14th, 2010
4:41 pm
You don’t see the lack of talent Doug? Or do you just not believe your lying eyes?
pissed off jacket
September 14th, 2010
4:42 pm
All I know is I used to play d-line for Ga Tech while Chan was there and I feel that EVERY ONE of our d-lineman needs to have their scholarships threatened to be taken away. After that piss poor performance at Kansas where our whole line got pushed back 3-5 yards on EVERY play and did not get ANY penetration or pressure on the QB. They should be ashamed of themselves for letting a team (that could not even score a touchdown on North Dakota State) push them around like a bunch of sissies. Where are the Joe Anoia’s, the Darryl Richards, Eric Hendersons, Michael Johnsons, Derek Morgan????? We have ALWAYS had AT LEAST a decent d line. What the hell has happened to our talent level? I am extremely discouraged and we are in for the looooooooooooooooooooong haul this season
juvenal
September 14th, 2010
4:43 pm
too early to tell about the talent, that really does show ignorance(i.e., look at the BYU approach..)
Randall
September 14th, 2010
4:46 pm
it’s easy to see what’s happened to the defensive talent level. If you were a stud defensive player in high school, whould YOU want to get chopblocked every day in practice in college? The answer? NO!
What moron would voluntarily go to a school where he’s guaranteed to get his knees blown out in practice? The answer? Somebody with a VERY thin offer sheet.
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
4:47 pm
I think there is talent
Andy
September 14th, 2010
4:47 pm
Even with all the players that NC lost they can still play ball. If the LSU game is any indicator then i believe TECH needs to be ready and not dwell on the fact that majority of their defense. Hopefully this weekend is another dissapointment for metro atlanta teams.
juvenal
September 14th, 2010
4:47 pm
our seniors & r-jrs. are players chan left….
pissed off jacket
September 14th, 2010
4:48 pm
And one of the biggest parts of coaching is MOTIVATING. I dont know what the hell paul johnson is talking about. All coaches can do x’s and o’s, it is the personality, passion, and drive that separates coaches. It is the coaches job to get his players pumped up to their ultimate levels of motivation when preparing for the game. Football is mental and PLAYER PLAY OFF OF EMOTIONS. So for Paul to say that “the players should motivate themselves” really dissapoints me and tells me that Ol’ CPJ may not be turning out to be the kind of guy we need to win big games.
GT75
September 14th, 2010
4:48 pm
pissed off jacket, Doug thinks the talent leve is just fine. LMAO!
GT75
September 14th, 2010
4:52 pm
The R word. Are you talking about recruiting? Unfortunately for us that r word matters. It’s probably why a sorry UGA team can beat us and the LSUs and Iowas beat us. They r word better than us.
69dog
September 14th, 2010
4:52 pm
I thought CPJ was an offensive genius. Turns out, he is merely offensive. A sour, negative, butt of a man who deserves to be at gt.
Reality Stinks
September 14th, 2010
4:53 pm
Doug
Tell Paul Johnson to go find a QB that is a QB and not a running back in the QB position
Yes that crap works at southern but not in big time college football week to week and surely not in the NFL
Zeke
September 14th, 2010
4:53 pm
Ya’ll better watch it! Dougs panties are in a wad and ya’ll gonna get banned. You heard him. He’s sick of that r word.
Trip
September 14th, 2010
4:53 pm
What’s the R-word, Doug?
Yougottabekiddin
September 14th, 2010
5:00 pm
So Doug, what do you want us to say? Paul is great Paul is good. Come on Doug. The guy can’t attract the talent that it takes to consistently win at this level. Thank God we’re not in the SEC with his recruits. We don’t have to play MSU this year do we? Please say no.
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
5:05 pm
I would simply like facts. If memory serves, the classes are all top 40 or so, for whatever that’s worth.
Yougottabekiddin
September 14th, 2010
5:06 pm
juvenal
September 14th, 2010
4:43 pm
too early to tell about the talent, that really does show ignorance(i.e., look at the BYU approach..)
Look at BYU’s offense. It ain’t that damn TO. At least BYU can attract D1 level skill players. Look at Houston. Look at SMU. Look at TCU. Look at Texas Tech. Think they’d have all that offensive talent if they ran God’s, I mean PJ’s offense. And in case you haven’t looked lately, not many top flight O lineman are showing up on the flats either. And how much softer can the D get. Those ARE PJ’s r words you know.
Yougottabekiddin
September 14th, 2010
5:07 pm
Doug. Puhleeze. One of his classes was #52 and another was #49.
Reality Stinks
September 14th, 2010
5:09 pm
Doug
Are you going to help Paul Johnson find a QB and not a running back in the QB position?
brokeback jacket
September 14th, 2010
5:12 pm
Doesn’t tech always lose in the movies anyway?
Maybe a movie with free popcorn and Cokes would sell out that tiny stadium. It’s a better bet than the weekly high school football games they’ve been scheduling.
Yougottabekiddin
September 14th, 2010
5:13 pm
RIVALS 2009
06.)Florida State
08.)North Carolina
11.)Miami
24.)Virginia Tech
26.)Maryland
33.)Virginia
37.)Clemson
52.)Georgia Tech
50.)Duke
51.)NC State
64.)Wake Forest
70.)Boston College
Jeff Monken – Georgia Tech Football
Football Recruiting Front Page … Previous Team Rankings Georgia Tech has 20 commitments and is ranked the No. 49 recruiting class in the country for 2008.
Really now Doug.
GEORGIA institute of TECHnology
September 14th, 2010
5:13 pm
i agree with CPJ he shouldnt have to tell the team why they should play hard or show up every day
Sam2
September 14th, 2010
5:14 pm
Doug says the r word doesn’t matter. So it doesn’t.
GT4ever
September 14th, 2010
5:18 pm
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
5:05 pm
I would simply like facts. If memory serves, the classes are all top 40 or so, for whatever that’s worth.
For what it’s worth Doug, when the teams you want to beat constantly out recruit you you probably are not going to beat them more times than they beat you. As much as it hurts, i.e. UGA vs us.
black bee
September 14th, 2010
5:19 pm
I understand what CPJ is saying but someone needs some fire on that defense! It was like looking at paint dry. Somebody needs to look at a Ray Lewis tape and get fired up, emotion and motivation can help and we see TECH WILL need all the help we can get!
BobBuchanan
September 14th, 2010
5:20 pm
PJ’s r words really lit it up against Kansas.
GTBob
September 14th, 2010
5:21 pm
Tech has never recruited well, its not just CPJ. They still get a fair share of talent though. Easily enough to be competitive. If you guys think that CPJ leaving will turn our mid 30s-40s recruiting classes into top 10 classes then you are crazy. Chan Gailey only had one good recruiting class the whole time he was there.
BobBuchanan
September 14th, 2010
5:26 pm
And GTBob that’s the one that won the ACC title. Now they’re gone and already Kansas has beat our azz. Keep drinkin that koolaid.
what goes around
September 14th, 2010
5:31 pm
I think some of you guys are going a little overboard. This is not a program that will be BCS bound every year. We are down a little on talent on the defensive side of the ball. When we are able to get some linebackers with real speed like we have had in the past we will see improvement. As far as the offense goes, we have plenty of talent but we have a weak passing game which should improve when CPJ brings in another QB. Be satisfied with 8 or 9 wins this season-that is all we can expect after the players we lost to the draft last year. We have never been able to reload like UGA does.
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
5:33 pm
GTeever: I would point out what has Georgia done with its top-10 recruiting class recently, or FSU with its classes, or Miami, or Notre Dame…the list goes on and on. Way too much is way made of it.
what goes around
September 14th, 2010
5:40 pm
I agree with you Doug. Rivals and many of the other services can’t tell what the 3 and 4 star guys will do in college. Any one can project that an AJ Green or Julius Jones will be great but there are only a few of those guys.Look at Boise-not many blue chippers. You have to coach these guys up and get them prepared-that is what Gailey never did and Johnson will have to do to be successful.
BobBuchanan
September 14th, 2010
5:42 pm
Beat our azzes 8 out of 9 in the Richt era, that’s what they’ve done Doug. 2 SEC titles, 3 SEC title games. 6 top 10 finishes including a #2 and a #3. That’s what they’ve done recently Doug. The r word matters. A LOT!
Jefferson
September 14th, 2010
5:44 pm
The dang defense need to stop someone.
Carl D.
September 14th, 2010
5:45 pm
I guess Florida and Alabama wins all those NCs with GT’s recruits. Doug you’ve let that PJ man love cause you to lose your grip on reality.
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
5:49 pm
Only one team can win a national championship. There are a few schools that attract the elite talent. You named two. There is a large group that attracts similar talent. I’m not apologizing for or defending anyone. I just can’t understand the recruiting concerns or reasons for them.
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
5:51 pm
Didn’t some of those losses occur with some of what y’all seem to think is better talent under gailey?
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
5:55 pm
Ill add this: mccollum knows how to recruit. Giff smith, who was here a while, did too. I think y’all are worrying too much
Carl D.
September 14th, 2010
6:09 pm
Doug as badly as we’d like to think we are even the caliber of a UGA, the record says different. Recruiting matters. Unless PJ starts winning bowl games and out of conference games against good teams he is no better than Chan Gailey. We lost to a 5 loss LSU team by 35 points. We lost to a 5 loss UGA team. We got embarrassed by Iowa. We have lost 3 of our last 5. With PJ as coach I might add. So please enlighten us Doug. Is there a talent drain that PJ can’t coach up, or is it that PJ just might not be all that at this level? It’s got to be one or the other.
And by the way. Recruiting also builds depth. We don’t seem to have much of that either.
Walter Hill
September 14th, 2010
6:15 pm
I guess if UNC beats us with a those missing players that means Butch Davis is a far superior coach. Or could it be that UNC has recruited talent and depth and we can’t overcome that. If T.J. Yates lights up our defense does that mean he’s all of a sudden God’s gift to the QB position? It probably will mean that their talent and coaching is better than ours. Wasn’t GT supposed to be the center of the football universe when ole PJ got “his” players on the field? That isn’t happening is it?
GT75
September 14th, 2010
6:18 pm
I guess we won’t be getting any of that passing crap from CPJ either.
Carl D.
September 14th, 2010
6:26 pm
Yeah I bet we beat a lot of top teams with undersized O lineman that can’t get off that bigger, stronger, recruit to make that down field block that makes the TO work. Maybe you’re right Doug. It’s not PJ’s recruiting. It’s his damn TO and his high school coaching philosophy.
Alex
September 14th, 2010
6:39 pm
Well then either GT or UNC is not good after this game because one will have consecutive losses.
Nate
September 14th, 2010
6:43 pm
we’ll see how much you live johnson when he has 3-4 seasons of 6-7 win ball in the 5th worst conference. this season is shaping up for as a 6-6 year.
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
6:46 pm
It’s one loss, folks. One loss! In a game that, despite how badly Tech played, they still had a chance to win.
Funniest post on this blog...
September 14th, 2010
6:51 pm
is from
Dan @4:16 pm
Yep Dan – CMR always says it is on him and the coaches – apart from when he had his news conference and said the players “played timid”.
dawgfan
September 14th, 2010
6:55 pm
Roberson, is there some Techie that provides all of your talking points for you?
“What has Georgia done with its top 10 recruiting classes?”
“We almost won and still had a chance to win.”
LMAO!!! Good grief you’re like a puppet. You spew the same crap they spew.
I’ll tell you what I tell all the smack talking Techies about our top 10 recruiting classes. They’ve been good enough to wipe the field with your sissy butts 8 out of the past 9 times. That’s all any Techie should concern themselves with, including you Roberson. This would be the part where Tech should be DOING instead of TALKING like their coach says they should.
Class dismissed.
Rabun Dawg
September 14th, 2010
6:58 pm
Well, must say that while I somewhat agree with CPJ about the motivation stuff, he more than likely was taking a shot at CMR with the “gimmicks” he has tried. Blackouts, changing jersey and helmet colors, etc., etc. That being said, I have personal acquaintences who played for UGA when Erk Russell was the defensive co-ordinator, and I will tell you that they all said that when Erk headbutted a locker and had blood streaming down his face before a game, they were so fired up that some were ready to run through a wall. It worked, as his defenses did play with passion. On the other hand, if players cannot get “up” for a game by just realizing they are on scholarship at a major school and are there because of their ability, then I doubt not much of anything will motivate them.
Sorry to wade in on your time, but you some of you sound much like what is being said on the UGA blogs. I know both fan bases are disappointed with the losses, but let’s see what this next game brings. Good luck to the Jackets,I wish all State teams well every week! (not applicable to last Sat. in Nov}
Paul in RDU
September 14th, 2010
7:07 pm
Let me see if I have this correct – the reason that GT won the ACC last year was because of Chan Gailey’s recruits and the reason they lost to UGA, Iowa and Kansas was because CPJ has brought in stiffs. Never mind that CPJ won 20 games the last 2 years with the players Gailey recruited (Gailey won 9 games once – his next best year he won 7) – do any of you “experts” have a calendar? Who do you think recruited all of those JRs, SRs and R-SOs playing for GT?
CPJ took over in January, 2008. The recruiting for the 2008 class was pretty much over by then (although signing day is after the season for FB, unlike B’Ball). He has had 1 real signing class (2009) and he redshirted most of them. They’ve basically played 2 games.
BTW – If the TO has been found out – as demonstrated in the games against UGA (24 pts), IO (14 pts) and KS (25 pts) – what does UGA scoring 2 FGs from a pro set mean? How about PSU scoring 1 FG?
Doug Roberson
September 14th, 2010
7:17 pm
Thank you, paul, for saying in one post what I’ve been trying to say in several.
Russ the Painted Mascot
September 14th, 2010
7:25 pm
Any Georgia Tech fan who has a problem with Coach Paul Johnson has a problem with 99% of the Tech fanbase also. CPJ is a great fit for the Institute and represents us better than any coach since Bobby Cremins. Go Jackets, and Keep up the Good Work Coach Johnson.
Old Tech & Mountaineer fan in NC
September 14th, 2010
7:31 pm
Without a doubt, better ingredients (recruiting) make better pizza.
Wow, I thought I was disappointed with the loss Sat, but some of you guys must have had a heck of a bet on the game…..so bitter. Relax. Enjoy the game against the heels Sat.
Russ the Painted Mascot
September 14th, 2010
7:44 pm
Fellow Tech fans, I’d rather have Coach Johnson chewing out a Jacket about a missed block than showing “Rudy” to “motivate” them. At Georgia Tech every student, including student-athletes, know the value of preparation and execution in their professional, workaday approach to meeting the challenges of work and life.
Russ the Painted Mascot
September 14th, 2010
7:50 pm
It’s amazing how many “fans” put such an inflated value on pep talks and collective emotions to college football teams. So it’s refreshing to hear CPJ once again tell it like it is.
BKB
September 14th, 2010
7:51 pm
Folks, remember UNC didn’t know they’d be missing all those players until the day before the game. Now, they’ve had over a week both to ready their players and specifically to prepare for Tech – it’s going to be a tough one.
Onimonipea
September 14th, 2010
7:59 pm
Why do Tech bloggers resort to calling the other team’s players thugs? I believe Tech would have taken any of the UNC players who have been held out. Did they not really want Austin, Quinn and Little? Everybody else did. I guess they are thugs simply because they didn’t want to go to Tech, because they have not been found guilty of anything to this point to my knowledge. They might get a several-game suspension for making bad decisions, but I don’t automatically equate that to being a thug. Maybe Tech has a moral character assessor they use when assessing recruits. Or maybe the bloggers are simply guilty of hypocrisy. But, its not really for me to judge.
Russ the Painted Mascot
September 14th, 2010
7:59 pm
Rabun Dawg, you are right on. Erk was something special, and he and Coach Johnson undoubtedly got along well during their Ga. Southern days. Johnson also gets fired up and can fire up his team because, as it was with Russell, it is genuine. These coaches who rely on gimmicks may find it works once, but overdoing it is counterproductive. If a player knows his job well he should be able to perform it regardless of distractions, mood, or cheesy gestures.
Goldenrod
September 14th, 2010
8:00 pm
Yes, Doug – you are right – it was just one loss. What troubles me is this offense is so one-dimensional, especially with Dwyer and Bebe gone. Teams focus on Joshua and if they stop him then they stop the Perfect Option.
Our recuiting isn’t bringing in any big stars – where do you see this program headed once Nesbitt is gone?
I’m headed to Chapel Hill this weekend but to be honest I’m dreading the results I think we will see on the field. At least UGAy will lose this weekend as well.
Russ the Painted Mascot
September 14th, 2010
8:09 pm
Onomatopoeia? Is that the word you were trying to spell?
I don’t see an over-emphasis on “thuggery” in Tech blogs. It is true that when other teams (Richt’s UGA with 9 arrests this year so far, for example, or Davis’s UNC with numerous investigations/suspensions) show a propensity for illegal, unethical, or other grossly inappropriate behavior we might call them “criminals, thugs, etc.”. Would you rather us call them “socially maladjusted individuals” or “victims of cultural pressures.”? In that case,, your name must be “EUPHEMISM.” No program is perfectly “clean” but habitual, repeated violations do indicate a problem by any name.
Alex
September 14th, 2010
8:10 pm
I have NOT been impressed with Coach Al Groh’s defense.
There’s a reason his Cavalier teams won 2 games last season, looks awful so far. Can’t wrap-up/tackle.
Russ the Painted Mascot
September 14th, 2010
8:13 pm
IF we have to lose, it’s better to lose in Week Two than in Week Eleven or Twelve. Still time to learn from our mistakes. I have predicted a 7-8 win season all along, but I hope it’s better, of course. Still, the departed talent and our over reliance on Nesbit’s toughness (added to his passing woes) makes this year particularly challenging.
yellow kool aid
September 14th, 2010
8:18 pm
So one pandering comment to techies from PJ and every single tech alum is back on the bandwagon? A tidal wave of insert massive problem here followed up with “…but we’ll be fine” isn’t fooling anybody. The ACC doesn’t play SEC level football (god willing) yet but that doesn’t mean every other team hasn’t been prepping for GT since last year. I sincerely feel bad for any athlete who is having their professional prospects hurt by this fool and his crazy no playbook offense. But I’m still going to delight in every techster’s anguish over the coming 6-6 season. GO JOKETS!!
Onimonipea
September 14th, 2010
8:22 pm
Russ, thanks for helping me with my spelling, but I don’t need your condescension. I believe that UNC has run a pretty clean program over the years, far from being guilty of demonstrating a Propensity for illegal, unethical , or grossly inappropriate behavior. Matter of fact, UNC will not tolerate such behavior among its players, and will take immediate action to dismiss such players from its team if and when such behavior is determined to haven taken place. Have they ever done otherwise? In your opinion, has UNC run such an unethical program in the past? What more would you ask them to do at this point? “Pontificate”, like Russ the Painted Ascot does.
UGA VII
September 14th, 2010
8:27 pm
I am a ball licker and a leg humper.
UGA VII
September 14th, 2010
8:27 pm
I be taken a dirt nap.
yellow kool aid
September 14th, 2010
8:31 pm
TO Russ the Painted Mascot – You’re saying that GT wouldn’t accept highly recruited individuals because they were/are ‘thugs’. Haha I thought it was because every single one of them passed on tech.
yellow kool aid
September 14th, 2010
8:31 pm
6-6 season baby write it down
messin with sasquatch
September 14th, 2010
8:39 pm
i thought the run set up the pass. go hogs….
Wally Butts
September 14th, 2010
8:45 pm
yellow kool aid, yew shur got a pretty mouth, ain’t cha?
Damon Evan's smelly syphiitic pustules and lessions
September 14th, 2010
8:52 pm
Where Courtney at? That ho cost me my wife, kids, job and now my johnson got some kind of nasty. I would do it again tomorrow as Courtney a fine juicy peach.
yellow kool aid
September 14th, 2010
8:53 pm
thats correct byetch
brokeback jacket
September 14th, 2010
9:02 pm
Where will the honey bees be after the tarholes stomp them a new mudhole? No doubt, it’ll be mighty quiet in that already quiet “stadium” at the next “home” game.
The Truth
September 14th, 2010
9:19 pm
Is there an uglier coach in the history of the NCAA? I don’t think so.
Paul “Fish Fry” Johnson runs a high school offense that is unstoppable. LOL!
GT Sambo
September 14th, 2010
9:23 pm
Thank you Doug for trying to defend CPJ and his recruiting. Techblood, what do you base CPJ’s lack of recruiting talent on. If you are comparing CPJ’s talent to Texas, USC, UF, FSU, and even UGA then you are corrent, we are not getting that kind of talent. But why would you expect that kind of talent to come to Tech? The 2008 recruiting cycle was CPJ’s first class, which means that most of his first full class of recruits are only RS Freshmen. Get back to me in three years, and then let me know how our overall talent compares to today.
CDAWG
September 14th, 2010
9:27 pm
I totally disagree with CPJ saying it is not up to him to motivate his players; yes it is. He gets paid the big bucks to produce a high quality product and if it takes motivational speaking then that is his job. I saw that and thought what a load of crap. If he does not want to do that and his team loses, well there will be someone else who would be glad to pick up that paycheck. Yea the players have to take some responsibility but it goes back to the head coach.
Stinger
September 14th, 2010
9:33 pm
All that matters is we are still much much better than UGA.
Stinger
September 14th, 2010
9:36 pm
uga is PATHETIC. WHAT A POOR EXCUSE FOR A FOOTBALL TEAM. GRADE SCHOOL ALL OVER AGAIN.
The Tech Shop
September 14th, 2010
9:40 pm
I watched the replay of the game this afternoon on CSS. The holes up the middle last week and this week are bc of no lbs helping the linemen who have to dance with the offensive linemen. The Tech lbs tackle lousy on the runs up the middle. Sometimes they tackle well on blitzes, but that’s the only time they tackle well. The dbs really miss that guy who played last year and went to the pros. They are not playing well. They need to blitz some, not just the lbs. They can get in there quicker than lbs. On offense, Nesbitt can’t throw it in the ocean. He overthrew against Kansas on soft, semi-long trajectorys. Hill can’t catch. Tech needs a tight end to throw it to. What about Cox to throw to from two years ago? I think CPJ needs to realize Nesbitt can’t throw it anymore, and has the equivalent of the yips in golf now. Nesbitt threw ok two years ago, and ran out of ability halfway into last season. CPJ should switch qbs to some youinger guy, and switch Nesbitt to a halfback, use Allen as a fullback, and run some I formation plays- alot of them. Joshua is a runner now, a running back. In college ball the qb needs to pass it sometimes, not just run it, particularly if the run is defended well, like Kansas and Iowa did. Tech need to line up in shotguns against good defenses like Kansas fielded. I hate to say this about my alma mater, but I expect Tech to lose every ACC game this year. Look at how many points Duke scored against Wake this week. And N Dakota State beat Kansas. I thought Tech would go undefeated, and now I think they will go defeated, except for SC State. I wish The Tech Shop was still in business. I never went in there, just window shopped it.
The Tech Shop
September 14th, 2010
10:04 pm
“CPJ should switch qbs to some younger guy, not youinger guy”. Sorry for misspelling younger. I did not do it intentionally. Also, Nesbitt has no chance whatsoever of winning the Heisman bc of his passing.
Roger Ramjet
September 14th, 2010
10:09 pm
Both GT and UGA have excellent coaches and excellent football programs. That doesn’t mean they will win every game or even most of the games since the other team has a serious say in the outcome. Let’s be thankful for the class and professionalism both coaching staffs exhibit. No one on either staff is acting like a Lane Kiffin and for that we’re all thankful.
TechFoolsGalore
September 14th, 2010
10:23 pm
Stinger
September 14th, 2010
9:33 pm
All that matters is we are still much much better than UGA.
Yeah you’ve proved that 8 of the last nine years moron. LMAO!
Ed Delacroix
September 14th, 2010
10:32 pm
At least we won’t go to one of those bowls this year where we know our butt is already kicked in the first 10 minutes like last year’s Orange Bowl. The kind where their defensive line pushes our undersized Oline 5 yards into it’s own backfield before the play even gets off.
messin with sasquatch
September 14th, 2010
10:49 pm
cmr really does motorvate me to sleep……..
Paul in RDU
September 14th, 2010
10:56 pm
Onimonipea,
I agree with you that UNC has run a clean program in at least the past 25 years (post LT) but there are definitely some problems in CH at the moment and you are burying your head in the sand if you think otherwise. I won’t call any of the players “thugs” (especially not Quinn, who is a great story), because I don’t think they have behaved as thugs but there are likely some violations of NCAA and school rules.
Austin, for one, is a fool. He’s deeply involved in the agent scandal and after being put on the scout time has effectively been kicked off the team by Butch for misbehaving. Several of the other players are implicated with the same agent/runner who paid AJ Green $1,000 for a jersey. That’s before we even get to the matter of the Associate Head Coach resigning under pressure for being accused of steering players to an agent – who he just happened to work for several years ago. Don’t forget that a former tutor of Davis’ son (a current HS SR) may have written papers for UNC players while she was employed by the school.
Nope the players aren’t thugs – it’s just that a significant number (down to 12 right now, but could possibly increase since Baddour admitted last week that the problems may have been going on for a while) have only been implicated in violations of NCAA rules and/or an academic cheating scandal.
Delbert D.
September 14th, 2010
11:12 pm
This offense does not need 6′6 330 lb 4 and 5-star linemen. Like Alex Gibbs’ cut-blocking OLs, Johnson looks for quickness, mobility and precision blocking. Gibbs once said he’d never draft an OL or RB above the 3rd round.
Paul in RDU
September 14th, 2010
11:17 pm
Delbert – Alex Gibbs? What the heck does he know? All he ever did was put together OL’s who produced 1,000+ yard runners in the NFL and led to 2 Super Bowl wins
Gt Fan
September 14th, 2010
11:30 pm
Doug, Can you get my brother a press pass for the next home game so he can take some pictures of the game?
college football
September 14th, 2010
11:39 pm
rumor is the ACC has petitioned the NCAA to go Division II…that would certainly fit the ga tech blowflys that lost to Kansas who lost to that High School team in South or North Dakota…what a phony bunch HAHAHAHA
4 Jacks
September 15th, 2010
12:13 am
Good for CPJ. Any coach can only do so much. If your coaches are putting you in position to win that is all the players can ask. If these players cannot get motivated, then that is their problem. If they can’t throw the ball, catch the damn ball when it is thrown decently, cannot block or tackle because they are not motivated, then that is a them problem. One more thing for the players to think about, if you can’t motivate yourself in the work force you won’t keep your job very long even if you have a GT degree. Some of these so called playersneed to wake up and smell the coffee. This is not on the coaches, this is on the players. It is time to step up and show what you are made of, if anything.
The Right Opinion
September 15th, 2010
2:48 am
You guys can argue about recruiting all you want. The issue is that the majority of 4 and 5 star players aren’t smart enough to play at Tech, literally. You forget that college players have to take college classes. There are only so many VCR programming classes available, and GA Tech’s programming classes are much much harder than those at other schools. The thugs they recruit in the SEC, more recently other ACC schools, and the likes couldn’t maintain the grades necessary to stay eligible at Tech even with all the “help” the football program gives them.
So in short, no the Yellow Jackets will never have the caliber player other programs have unless high schools start producing mass amounts of students with huge athletic talent who also have a mental capacity capable of more than holding on to a ball and running fast.
Tombee
September 15th, 2010
3:10 am
Actually, if Josh could throw a ball in the ocean from the beach we would have won rather easily. He can tote the mail but is a miserable passer. I cannot help but wonder why he was left in on the obvious passing downs.
JD
September 15th, 2010
4:34 am
I don’t know why Coach Johnson is upset. He has stated that his one and only goal is to beat UGA. Wait, he lost to them too.
GT4Ever
September 15th, 2010
6:05 am
Doug is right!!! Call it over confidence or what ever. The team has played very flat and with no urgency the first two games. The talent is there. The team just needs to play like they’re capable. It’s only the first two games. There are at least ten more to work this out. Every year the offense starts out slow and then kicks it into high gear and I don’t feel this year will be any different. The tackling on defense has been horrible. CAG and the defense knows this. It’s up to them if they want to stand up and start playing with some intensity and passsion. I believe CAG will fix this and the defense will start playing better. Can it get any worse?
GT4Ever
September 15th, 2010
6:07 am
Hill did drop a sure TD.
DC
September 15th, 2010
6:44 am
Like he fixed Virginia huh GT4ever?
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7:07 am
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Southside Drug Rep
September 15th, 2010
7:15 am
No Back to Back Losses?
Georgia wrecked Tech last November
and then they wet the bed in the Orange Bowl.
It was a great way to start 2010.
Jean Shorts Torture
September 15th, 2010
7:36 am
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SCJacket
September 15th, 2010
8:20 am
Where is the senior leadership? Joshua for Heisman? Seniors make sure that players stay focused. Coaches teach X’s and O’s. If the seniors don’t seize the moment now and play well this weekend this season will spiral out of control. Hard to believe we are in this position after 2 years of watching our boys play hard every down of every game but this team is lacking something…oh yea LEADERSHIP!
Wreckbone
September 15th, 2010
8:41 am
I agree recruiting is on par for what we can expect. If we win continuously then we will get better there. We had a couple 5 star running backs looking at us. We’ll land one one day. We’ve NEVER had a 5 star recruit EVER. Look it up. the one we were gonna have was that QB who ended up at his 3rd school. Nesbitt’s passing is not up to pr but relax. the younger guys look like they can sling it a bit. CPJ will play to his players strengths and passing game is not one of ours right now. After we get a QB who can pass balls that are caught more often then we will look more balanced. I really dont understand it though. He does have plenty of drops each week that looked quite catchable. So its not all Nesbitt. We are not going to turn into a Bama winning all the time every year and remember even their first year winning 10 games they barely scraped by Duke at home. Of coarse I wanted to beat Kansas. But hey these guys are in the Big 12. they play some pretty good teams each year like Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma. They were winning up till last year palying those types of teams so I dont think they are as bad as everyone thinks. May be on par with South Carolina….who knows? They played a complete game and we had many sloppy things. We were not blown out. We had a chance to win even playing so poorly. Those Special Teams blunders were like the turnovers they suffrered the week before. Kind of like the UNC game in 1990 (I was there – broke my neck playing Rugby the night before) we turned it over 3 times inside our own 30 and tied 13-13. We were MUCH better than that team and only tied. Its only one game and remember no bearing on conference standing and what CPJ says, good teams don’t lose 2 in a row.
Agree with Doug on the R-word. On the other board we have been top 40 past few years coming in at top 25-ish for CPJ first year. And other schools have recruited well but not gotten it done.
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8:52 am
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juvenal
September 15th, 2010
9:03 am
SDS, won CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP between uga & iowa….Kent Hill came in at 195, 1st. rounder 5 years later…
Hayseed Dixie
September 15th, 2010
9:22 am
Wreckbone, “NEVER” had a 5 star, huh?
Then who was that Calvin Johnson guy? Three star?
Some of you Tech “fans” are pathetic. I mean, really.
While the Date Rapists like to point out that our stadium isn’t sold out regularly, I’d say there are far more people actually watching the game at Tech. Far less bandwagon fans, too. I suppose I’ve gotten used to no bandwagon Tech fans over the past 35 years, so when I see them all over this blog I get a little ill.
Tech and CPJ will be fine. CPJ can’t stand losing or lowered expectations, that much is obvious.
In parenting you have to let your kids find out the hard way sometimes, I don’t think that it’s much different in coaching. You guys want to play nonchalant, fine. Lets see how one in the L column feels. Don’t like it? Get to work. That’s what I see here.
juvenal
September 15th, 2010
9:43 am
Kent Hill came in at 195, 1st. round pick 5 years later…
Jonathan
September 15th, 2010
10:52 am
This comment is for anyone who says PJ can not recruit. At the Bama game this past weekend they interivewed Bobby Bowden and one of the primary things he alluded to for FSU struggling so much over the past decaded….. is that ALL HIS 5 & 4 STAR RECRUITS did not pan out and that the coaching staff did a poor job of recognizing who really was the real deal… Its absolutely correct to say he will never sign a Stafford or McCoy, etc…. but watch out when he gets a Pat White or Denard Robinson… So there you have it a coaching legend… saying the 4 & 5 star recruits dont mean anything… look at all the QB flops over the years in college football… Name some major college football QBs that are good in the NFL… why did Brady, Rothlesburger, Flaco, Warner, Farve??? (SoMiss are you kidding me!!!)…. Why didnt there doors get beaten down by Ohio State, UF, FSU. USC, etc… so much for recruiting!!!
Logical Tech Fan
September 15th, 2010
12:03 pm
Johnathan, You are naming OFFENSIVE PLAYERS. name some on defense that were 2 star recruits. You wont find many outstanding 2 start defensive recruits in the NFL. Defensive players have to be Athletically GIFTED, point blank. Offensive players can out-scheme and outwit, but not defense. its man on man in the open field and its man on man often before the ball is even thrown. You have to have good players at these positions.
We constantly get beat because our DBs are slow and LBs cant shed blocks fast enough.
Doug Roberson
September 15th, 2010
12:04 pm
I don’t think Mario Butler would have started for the past three seasons if he were slow.
Logical Tech Fan
September 15th, 2010
12:16 pm
Doug, Mario Butler gets burned REPEATEDLY, and he only starts because the other DBs are slower. Morgan Burnett was a good safety, but wasn’t fast enough to make up for some of his cover mistakes, i.e. the bad angles he often took.
Im not dissing the entire core, im saying that you CANNOT have DBs who run 40 times above 4.5.when the receivers they are playing run sub 4.5’s. thats LB speed for 5 start recruits.
Also, I think Isiah Johnson is going to be pretty good in a few years.
Doug Roberson
September 15th, 2010
12:45 pm
do you know the difference between a 4.3 (since below a 4.3 is almost physically impossible) and a 4.5 is negligible over 30-40 yards? To the point of being almost a pointless reference. Not being argumentative, but it is.
GT Sambo
September 15th, 2010
1:35 pm
Wow Doug! Very Nice! I would also point to the CB from Florida Joe Haden who ran a 4.6 40 at the NFL combine and still got drafted in 1st round (7th pick actually). Speed isn’t everything.
GT Sambo
September 15th, 2010
1:38 pm
Plus 40 times are so misleading based on the surface you are running on. I read a story about a guy who ran a 4.4 40 on a track and a 4.7 40 on grass. Clearly if you just read that his 40 tme was 4.4 you’d say he’s fast and if you read that his 40 time was 4.7 you would say he was slow.
RazzMaTazz
September 15th, 2010
2:34 pm
PJ’s GT teams have tended to lose when opponents have had more than one consecutive week to prepare for GT’s rarely-seen option offense. Kansas newspapers reported that KU spent much of the summer practicing for GT’s option offense which may explain why Kansas lost to North Dakota State in week 1 and beat GT in week 2. So it’ll be interesting to see if UNC’s depleted defense can thwart GT’s offense with 2 weeks to prepare.
Logical Tech Fan
September 15th, 2010
2:41 pm
Explain to me why we constantly get burned by the pass Doug and GT Sambo? its seems like alot of excuses, which don’t get you a REAL ring. I’m tired of seeing our DBs 2-3 steps behind everyone else.It was OBVIOUS in the Miami game last year. And 40 times are not misleading, they judge your acceleration more than anything else, which is what most DB’s depend on when coming in and out of breaks. some backs just cover well, i.e. Joe Haden. But the greatest of all time are the fastest, i.e. Deion Sanders. In the 90’s Florida State didnt even have to blitz because they had shut down corners everywhere.
Put it like this, our defense is 80% of the reason we lost to UGA and Miami last year. and 70% of th reason we lost to Iowa. If we dont recruit better athletes, im sorry fellas – we wont win a National Championship. We struggle against teams who have good passing attacks because of our slower and less skilled DBs and LBs. THANKFULLY Derrick Morgan disrupted the QB enough to where it nullified our lack of speed in the defensive backfield, so please don’t bring up the ACC championship.
Hayseed Dixie
September 15th, 2010
2:53 pm
Doug, I wouldn’t even respond to some of these dickheads.
RazzMaTazz
September 15th, 2010
3:20 pm
Logical Tech Fan: Interestingly, last season, GT’s two lowest yardage games came against the only two teams that had more than one straight week to prepare for GT’s rarely seen option offense; Miami and Iowa. So I don’t think it’s fair to place most of the blame for those losses on the defense. So as long bowl games are scheduled a month after the season, it looks like GT will have a tough time winning a bowl game (let alone a national title) as long as GT runs the option.
True Jacket
September 15th, 2010
8:23 pm
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Fillin' up @ Juniors
September 16th, 2010
9:18 am
I seem to remember coming out flat two years ago, and a little last year too.